The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-10

wished. | answered, You may tear oil
our skins and we shall feel no pain and
| shall not lie | was dragged away.
and they still continued using the lash
on Chanden Sing, who behaved hcroical-
ly, hiding his PAIN as much as possible
For two days and 4 night was
without food and ! heard no more OF
my servants. On the third afternoon a
huge, coarse soldier came in and slapped
me on the shoulder. saying that I was
to be tortured before sunset You arc
TO be fogged. your eyes burned out,
your legs broken and your head cut off
Some time later man entered the tent
and signalled 10 my guard TO lead me
out My bonds were frightened and |
was taken TO the mud hut. where there
was a mob OF people and soldiers, Noe
long after I entered the hut a squad OF
soldiers entered with Chandcn Sing IN
their midst, tightly bound
"Chanden Sing cried TO me from an
other room of the hut. 'Sahib, Sahib, ]
am dying ! turned toward HIM and
saw that he certainly was in great dis
trcss. We are going to Taklakot.'
said and you will follow The soldiers
now brought ponies to the hut. Chan
den Sing was tied to 4 bare backed pony
and | was thrown up into a saddle on
which there were five sharp spikes,
which caught me in Nhc small OF the
back and penetrated my flesh at every
movement of the pony We were now
surrounded by an armed cavalcade, and
my horse was led by a soldier. Al a
signal We all started off at gallop- As
my hands were manacled behind me
could not ease myself from the spikes
in the back OF the saddle and I could
feel them working deeper and deeper
into me rs the blood ran down my legs.
At different places along the route sol
dcrs with their machlocks fred at me
sometimes at only few yards, but |
was never hit.
Towards sunset VIC arrived at our
destination - GyatSho - and dismountcd
at the foot Of 4 hill on which stood a
fortress and LamaStry I was hustled
amid the insults and jcers Of the mob
10 the execution ground.
Here | was placed on an instrument
Of torture, a prism shaped log, and my
legs were stretched out by FIVE men as
far as they would go ! was then Sc
curely tied with ropes The brute who
had shot At me. MERIDA. same UP behind
me and seized my long hair Before me.
near tho governors hut. stood row OF
the most vicious looking human bruteS
had ever seen Each had in his hand
IN instrument OF torture. One held a
large headed mallct to break bones,
second had a two handed sword. third
carried bow and set OF arrows. and
4 number Of others had variety OF ter
r;hlc tns ~ nj torture
Blinded by Hot Irons.
"By this time the crowd was evidently
becoming impatient, and showed it by
remarks and gestures The musicians
with their crude instruments set up 4
din. and an exccutioner commenced
heating IN IRON bar with a wooden ham
die in 'brasicr' When it was rcd hot
it was handed 10 the 'Pombo who was
chewing something to make artificial
froth in his mouth He then worked
himself into i frenzy and, holding the
hot iron before him. advanced toward
me. | stared at him and he avoided my
eyes. showing some reluctance TO per-
form his task The Lam7s cried. Out
with his ewes: he has come to see our
country. Out with his eyes, that viii
be his punishment He now held the
hot iron close to my eyes. and L closed
them as tight as I could The heat was
so intense that il burned my nose and
seemed 10 drv out my eyes the left one
especially. The iron could not have
been before my eyes more than thirty
seconds hut it seemed m interminable
time When felt the iron taken away
7 oocncd nv ewes One was blind ard
from The other everything looked red
The pain throbbcd and jumped throuch
nv brain On the damn ground beside
nc the hot iron sizzlcd and steamed
Th" din from the musicians Increased
and the ocoolc soat on me as Nerh7 |
tore handfuls of hair from nv head A
was placed against my head |
and fred by the Pombo in an howard |
direction. He was so nervous that a