The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-13
Local Salvation Army Officer
Has Probably Experienced
More Hardships Than Any
Man in the City.
BEARS LASH MARKS
OF HINDU FANATICS
He and His Companion in Pur-
suing Missionary Work, Oft
en- Exposed Lives to Dam
gerous Beasts.

9OSVOO oO0SlSs
g. Marshall Lewis, captain OF the
Salvation Army post In this city, who
10 instilling great amount of inter-
est In the work and daily securing con-
verts to the faith, is former mission
ary to India. and bears on his back
the scars OF Is lashes given him by
. Monaghan tribe while he and a COM
panion, known In all parts Of India as
Hallejuh Bob" now doing special
work in England, were located there
and preaching Christianity in the ma
tive tongue.
When in the Office yesterday, Mr..
Lewis spoke entertainingly on his ex-
periences in India. He located in In
dia as forester, when q youth, his
father at the time being an inspector
Of the Calcutta mounted police. Later
Mr.. Lewis became telegraph operator
In Calcutta when he became interested
In Christianity. He joined the Ameri-
can Baptist Board at Mandalay, Upper
Burma, but. later became associated
with the Salvation Army which was
becoming particularly strong in India.
In fact this denomination has been
very strong in India from the time Of
its organization.
'HaiIeiujah Bob"
He in company with "Hallejuh Bob
whose real name is Will Plumridge,
could secure no post In India. 80 they
went across the bay and started their
work among the Lweshai tribe, inhab-
iting Upper Burma. This tribe was
for the most part Budda worshippers.
but also included fire worshippers and
those belonging to other heather faiths
Setting out on their wheels, Lewis and
Plumridge went from place to place,
staying in each village few days
and preaching the faith.
Hardshfps were largely the bill of
fare. Hostile tribes were regarded as
even more dangeroue than the dreaded
cobra and man eating tigers, although
the more serious encounters were had
with the latter. At night the men
slept in trees In order to be safe from
the tigers and snakes. Mr.. Lewis re-
ferred to one encounter with . cobra
on this first trip. and fairly shuddered
upon recalling the affair. He and his
companion had been sleeping in a tree
during the night and upon arising in
the morning. his friend started to
mount his wheel which he left under
meath the tree. A cobra lying hidden
NEARBY wound itself around his leg,
and although It Is the nature Of the
SNAKE to keep its head darting rapidly,
IN fact, 90 rapidly that it 10 hard for
anyone to follow its motion. he sue
ceeded In catching it behind the jaws
and In such q position as to be safe
from its deadly fangs. While hc held
the writhing animal, Mr.. Lewis open
ed his long knife and fairly ripped the
snakes body from his companions
leg.
Bitten by Cobra.
Plumridge seemed to have all the
experiences with deadly animals, with
Lewis always coming to his rescue
On another occasion, on this same trip,
Plumridge was bitten by a cobra on
the calf Of one Of his legs. Realizing
his imminent danger he pulled out his
knife and with Lewis assistance, cut
out . large piece of his own flesh This
was all that saved him from q most
terrible death. Wherever he goes he
exhibits this place on his leg. thus
convincing his hearers OF the truth Of
his statements Probably "Hallejuh
Bob's' best drawing card for his pres
ent day activities, is the fact that he
Is minus his right arm. He and Lewis
were passing through the jungles one
evening. just at twilight, when Plum
ridge who was In the lead was attacked
by q tiger. The animal buried its
teeth In his right shoulder and fairly
ripped his arm from the socket. To-
day he appears in his work with his
right coat sleeve hanging loose and on
1t, in gold letters, the words Torn out
by tiger
placed in Stocks.
In answer to the question as to how
he was treated by the natives. Lewis
told the story Of his friend and him.
self being lashed and placed in the
stocks while preaching at Himbumlla.
India. They had been In the village
but : short time, and were the first
persons to ever preach the faith there
They were taken out ard their hands
tied to support over their heads
Their backs were barred of the native
dress and the long lashes soaked in
Galtpeter were welded by the strongest
natives Each stroke Of the lash tore
through the flesh. leaving the salt
peter on the raw flesh and inflicting
great pain. Eighteen strokes were
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