Evening journal., 1900-02-16
TORTURED in rAlssr.
1er's Fearful Experience In the
Contra Of Asia.

IS q grandson Of the famous poet and
author, Walter savage Lander. Tho
account Of hisSatten1pt to reach Lhas-
50 the capital Of Thibet and the
slfon thold Of LsmaisGic Buddhism.
where mo white man has ever been, Is
deeply interestins
a non. Buddhist is forbidden under
penalty OF torture and death TO enter
Lhsssa II is the most mysterious
city IN the world Thibet is ruled by
the Grand Lama, priest Of the high
est orders Some OF the tales told
by the explorers are thrilling in the
extreme There is much in them to
excite skepticism among those who
have neither had firat-hand acquaint
nnce with the Thlbetans nor suffered
! similar hardships They have how
ever been fully investigated by per-
sons appointed for that purpose, and
while these have in a great measure
been Obliged to depend for informa-
tion on the statements OF the traveller
himself the confrmatory evidence is
Overwhelming.
Mr. Landors objective was Lhassa
( He reached India IN April. 1897, and
Carbyang toward the end OF the fol-
lowing May. He had With him as az.
tendants native following OF thirty
men. What he desired to do was to
enter Thibet by the Lippu LEX Pass,
but the Jong Pen. of Taklakot pre-
vented him. and he was Obliged TO
abandon the ordinary trade route Of
, the country and attempt TO go through
the Lumpial Pass, which is at an altl-
tdde OF 1880 feet.
= His guides. according 10 all &C.
counts, were a bad lot, and with dis
missals and desertions their number
was presently reduced 10 two. Chan
don Sing and Mansing. With these
two and two yaks Mr.. Lander crossed
Nthe. Marian La Pass, and one Of the
animals went down in the Mo Tsambo
River with the various provisions
and personal chattels which IL carried.
.. I'D to this time Landor doggedly kept
aloOf from the inhabitants. but hun
gty, mnu doesn't wait on ceremony,
and finally he was obliged 10 go to the
village Of TOKEN in search Of food.
: Here on August 20. while engaged IN
hartering for fresh animals and sup
plies he and his companions wprc
sovorpowered and bound. -.
Bound limbs and body With ropes,
he was Knocked thfeo- OHcs-t0 the
ground. The natiycs stamped and
trampled upon him with their heavy
boots. With his two guides he was
dragged by the rope around his neck
to nearby camp, where number Of
soldiers surrounded him. Bc was'takop
70 tribunal composed OF n number
high Lamas. who ordered him ia
kneel He refused. and they stigat-
cd him with lInotted and loaded leath-
or thongs they they took his note
book and maps and demanded 20
know why he had made sketches Of
the holy land.
Following q nights confinement In
q loathsome and vermin-infested tent
the explorer was brought forth by q
number Of soldiers What happened
after that Mr. Lander tells IN his own
graphic style as follows:
oh shouted he, rtriking mo on
the shoulder with his heavy hand, the
usual way of addressing people in Thi
bot oh repeated lie again, before
tho sun goes down to-day you will bs
logged: they viii break both YOU
less. they will burn out your eyes anf
viii cut on your head. lie accom-
ranicd each sentence Wiz q gesture
ven inuftrltlne ois wcrlst ] roarei
with laughter ] could but think thhi
this merely said to intimdate me
though tho man seemed quite IN earn
est, and this made me laugh all this
more"
Finally, after such suffering as lei
, him to believe that they we're in earn
est he was calmly informed that h'
was TO be beheaded Immediately. The
/ natives secured him to prism shapeC
log on the ground. his legs as widl
apart as they could be stretched, and
, a man gripping him by tho hair Their
the explorer was subjected 10 further
fortunes.
1.-THE Pombo raised his arm an,
placed red-hot iron bar parallel q
and about an inch CT two from m.
eyeball," Mr.. Lander says and al
but touching my nose. Instinctivell
kept nay eyes tightly closed, hut thI
heat wad so intense that it seemed a.
70 my eyes. the LETT one especially
! We're being desiccated. and my nos
I storched. Though the time secmel
llterminable | do not think that th
D heated bar was before my eyes az
tually more than thirty seconds or sc
= Vet 10 was quite long enough, 70
!. when | lifted my aching eyelids I say
r everything as in a red mist. My lei
3. eye was frightfully painful. and ever
Few SECONDS IL heciuto rs II tVuetuiH
IN front OF It obscured its vision. Wit
the right eve I could still see fairl
b : well, except that everything. as
4 have said. looked red instead OF II
2. usual color"
g "The cxecutioner, now close I
d explorer held the sword with hi
n neN Gus hands lifting il high aboy
,. his shoulder. Ho then brought
e down 10 my neck. which he toucbe
n with the blade, 10 measure the di
y lance as il We're for a clean. eifectiy
I stroke Then. drawing back a step,
"a quickly raised the sword again an
T. struck a blow at me with all HI
might. The sword passed disagreeabl
cicsc To my neck but did not touch nj
Apparently against his viii, the OK
!. cutioner went through the same kin
= of performance ON the other side
81 my head. This timo the blade posse
3. 20 near that the point cnnnot hay
~ heen more than half an inch on ;
u from my neck
There had been. II appears. no re
Intention to execute him, and foho'
log a night Of fortunes on a diabo
rally contrived rack, he was place
IN napsrfa harIr a,l NTH ri