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Show M---tM--M- 4 DEATH OF MAN-EATING TIGER Carefully Placed Spring Gun Did Ite Work Well. On tho morning of Thursday three Chinese woodcutters left their kongsl homo, situated at tho ninth mile, Ayor Hltnm road, thlrtoon and n half milos from Knjang, and went Into the Jungle to work. At 8 a. m at a point about ono nnd ft hnlf miles from tho road, a tiger sprang out behind thorn, nnd ono of them hit him on tho head with a backward back-ward Btroko of a parang, laying bnro tho bono of the skull, as nfterward appeared. ap-peared. Tho tiger did not nt that tlmo solzo nny of tho men, who went on to their UBunl working places. About 11:30 n. m. ono of them who wns sawing saw-ing nlono In a small clearing, a mile further in, was killed by tho tiger and his body carried away. Tho tracks showed that tho tlgor had systematically systematic-ally huntod up his mnn nlong tho Jun-glo Jun-glo path. Tho next day a search party from Kajang went out, tho body was found nnd Mr. liny aet a Firing gun. the report re-port of which wns heard nt tho kongal houso eoon after midnight. In tho morning the spot wns vlBltod again, blood was sojn nnd tho signs of a tremendous tre-mendous loap mado by tho tiger. A few yards away ho was found dead with n wound In tils flank. Ho was brought to Kajang tho Bamo night, and on being measured wns found to bo ? feet 8 Inches' In length. In tho process pro-cess of nklnnlntr two cuts were found on ono of tha hind lecs, nnd It soems iwsslblo that thoy weio the cuts which a woodcutter stntod he had Inflicted on n tlgor with on axo a mouth or two ago. Malay Mall. |