SHOOTING A A Terrible Scene.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 392, 10 August 1889, Page 6

SHOOTING A A Terrible Scene.

The notorious Jounsar man -earing fcigrosi has at last, says the Calcutta correspondent ot tho 'Times,' been killed by a young forest officer. This tigress has been the scourge ot the neighbourhood o f Chakrata for the last ten year?, and her victims have been innumerable. On one occasion she seized one out of a number of foresters who were sleeping together in a hut, carried him oft', and delibeiatoly made him over to her cubs lo play with, while she protected their innocent gambold from being disturbed. His companions were eventually iorced to take refuge in a tree from her savage attacks. Here they witnessed the following ghabtly tragedy. The tigress went -back and stood over the pros ti ate form of her victim, and purred in a catlike and self comphicent way to her cubs,' who were romping about over the apparently lifeless body. She t.hen lav down a lew yards ofl, and with blinking eyes watched thogambols of her young progeny. In a few moments the man sat up and tiied to betio the young brutes ofi". They were too young to hold him down, so he made a despeiate attempt to shako himself free, and stalled ofl at a run, but beioro he had gone 20 yaids Lho tigte&s bounded out and brought him back to her cubs. Once moro the doomed wretch had to defend himself over again trom their playful attacks. He made renewed attempts to regain his lreedom, bub was seized by the old tigress and brought back each time before he had gone many yards. His groans and cries for help were heartrending ; but the men on the tree were paralysed with fear, and quite unahle to move. At last the tigress hersolf joined in the .gambols of her cubs, and tho wretched man was thrown about -and tossed over her head exactly as many of ua have seen . om* domestic cat throw iat& and mice about before beginning to feed bn them. The man'o ettorts at escape grew feebler. For the last time thoy saw him try to get away on his hands and knees towards -a large h'g tree, with the cubs clinging to his limb«. This final attempt wa« as futile as the lest. The tigress* brought him back once again, and then held him down under her forepaws, and deliberately betran her living meal before their eyes. It Was this formidable beast that the young Uoopershill officer and a student attacked on foot: -They were working up her trail, 15 yards aapartt t when suddenly Mr Osmaston heard his younger companion groan, and turning roundVaw him borne to the ground by the tigress. vMr Osmanston fortunately succeeded in shooting her through the spine, and a second ball stopped her in mid spring. Meantime his companion rolled over the hill, and was eventfully discovered insensible a few feet away from his tcniblo assailant. He id terribly mauled, and now lies at the Chaklata Station Hospital, where hdpe's of his recovery are entertained