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Show DEATH OF MAN-EATINQ TIQER - Carefully Placed Spring Gun Did Its Work Well. On tho morning of Thursday thre Chinese woodcutters left their kongsl homo, situated at the ninth mile, Aver Hltam road, thirteen and a half miles from Kajang, and went Into the Jungle So work. At 3 . m., at a point about ono nnd a half mllos from the road, a tlgor sprang out behind them, and ono of them hit htm on tho head with a backward back-ward stroke of a parang, laying bare the bono of tho skull, as afterward appeared. ap-peared. The tiger did not at thaCtlmo sclzo any of the men, who wont on to their usual working places. About 11:30 n. m. ono of them who was sawing saw-ing atone In a small clearing, a mile further In, was killed by tho tiger and his body carried away. The tracks showed that the tiger had systematically systematic-ally hunted up his man along tho Jun- ;le path. Tho noxt day a search party from KaJnng went out, tho body was found and Mr. Hay set a spring gun, the report re-port of which was heard at tho kongsl houso coon aftor midnight. In the morning the spot was vlsltod again, blood was son and the signs of a tremendous tre-mendous leap made by tho tiger. A few yards nway he was found dead with a wound In his flank. Ho was brought to Kajang the samo ntght, and on being measured wns found to be t foot 8 Inches In length. In the process pro-cess of skinning two cuts were found on ono of tho hind legs, nnd It seems possible that they were tho cuts which a woodcutter stated he had Inflicted on n tiger with an axe a month or two ago. Malay Mail. I |
