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Show A CAMXi' KOKHEK. The Four-Footed Assistant of a Mexican Bauclit. Tntvelm SMicd by the Huge Brute nod Held While il Is Mailer Relieved Xheiil of Their Valuable. For over a year the people living within a radius of twenty miles of this place, says a City of Mexico correspondent correspond-ent of the St. .Louis Glohe-Democrat, have been in a state of semipanic over the strange attacks which have been made upon travelers who are compelled to be out -after nightfall. There appeared ap-peared to be some demon who took delight de-light in mangling belated people and robbing them. No deaths occurred, but in each instance the party attacked wss suddenly grasped by the throat by some apparently powerful animal, which was so strong jawed that it shut off the air at the first grasp and caused the victim to faint. When consciousness returned, in every instance the victim found himself him-self lying with a bleeding ., throat and his Dockets rifled of all llielr nnnfl: One man who had occasion to be out after .dark says that it appeared to be some long animal when it came leaping leap-ing upon him, and he had barely time to notice this ere he was borne to the ground and held with a grasp of the awful jaws. Manuel Penez, a wealthy ranch owner, made himself an armor to protect his throat from attack of whatever it was that caught the people. Taking the heavy leather stirrup piece from his saddle he cut a collar and fitted it to his neck in such a manner that it fully covered his whole throat. Then, with a pistol in each hand, he rode through the dark roads toward the city. lie was in sight of the lights of the city and began to feel that he had safely passed the danger when he saw an animal leaping toward him. lie had just time to notice the animal when it leaped at his throat and bore him from his horse to the ground. 11 is armor served well, however, and the animal could not get a grip on his throat. ; . Penez had his revolver ready, and pressing it against the side of his assailant assail-ant fired a shot which rolled it over. Then, jitst as he was rising, he was again attacked, but this time by a man who struck him with a club. The blow was not severe enough to do much harm, and in the hand-to-hand conflict which followed Penez got the better of his adversary and stunned him. He bound the man and brought him to the city. An investigation showed that the animal was a great Dane hound, which had been trained to pull down the people without killing them. His master sent him after the victims, and when they were rendered unconscious ho would rob them with impunity, and then return to his home without fear of detection. The prisoner appeared to mourn the loss of his dog greatly, and did not seem to care what became of -iUd0 fmimal Wi-dfiad- . An in. uu7nTnrirauititia iJl and was evidently a tomale vender. In his cabin were found the fruits of sev- eral recent robberies, and evidence sufficient suf-ficient to show that the prisoner made robbery his regular nightly occupation. An effort was made to get him to tell something about himself and the -dog, but he stubbornly refused to tailed |