The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-22
|CAPTA|N SEATON
SOME TRAVELLER
TELLS OF TRIP AROUND WORLD
AND WONDERFUL ADVENTURES
THAT BEFELL.
TORTURED IN Tibet
DID NOT GET TO PHAssA, BUT HE
WALKED AFRICA FROM
CAPE TOWN TO CAIRO.
HE DECLARES.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Captain u.
NJ. Seaton. q Chicagoan. who styles
himself "a prince Of tramps," came
back to New York today after $4,000
mile jaunt that has led him through
many countries and provided him with
enough excitement to last him the
rest OF his life. Out Of his experiences
the royal hobo has managed to piece
together a narrative that well equals
any tale edited by the late Baron
Bunchausen. This tale has been
printed In pamphlet form. and its sale
has had a great deal to do with the
captains menus while In civilized
countries.
In the latter part Of 1907. says this
captains log, Il read an announcement
that a trip round the world without
funds was an impossibility. and then
and there made up my mind to prove
that could accomplish the feat
He said that on April >. 1908 no left
New York walking to Buffalo. Cleve-
land, Chicapo, thence to the Pacific
Coast. "a distance OF s.4sS miles at an
average rate Of 46 miles q day. In
support OF this he exhibited number
of postmarks of the various offices he
visited.
Presence Of Mind.
''F'rom frisco sailed for Honolulu
ti.lu IEoiN tHSio W HhStt oAios aAh0th~
at Brisbane on September 15." said
Captain Seaton. Il negotiated n walk
OF 1900 miles from Melbourne to Port
Darwin across the desert and col
lapsed. I had been without food and
water for three days. / wandered on.
when oh, Joy. stumbled against a
telegraph pole. How I ever climbed
up It and managed TO cut the wire I
don't know. The trick worked ana n
T. ~ "a
TO town. fifty miles away.
"After leaving Port Darwin I went
to Townsville. on the Northeast coast.
from there to Thursday island. and
thence to Japan. where stayed six
weeks early In 1910"
From Japan the captain made his
way to Java. then to Cumatra, and
the straits settlements. through india
and finally landed In Thibet, and
started to walk TO Lhas~a.
'At first tho natives did not bother
me-" said he. ''they simply crowded
me little and were happy 70 spit at
and hiss me, but when they discov-
cred that their sacred city was nv
goal that played a different tune. ana
one night they surrounded and cap
tured me. binding my arms and legs
with ropes and throwing mo into =
filthy hut
tortured IN tDt0et.
II was just thinking things over
when ! saw them building n pile Of
timber outside the hut and few min
ntes later they had started blaze.
When they had got an iron bar white
hot they came to me, barred my chest.
body and LEGS and applied the tor
tnre. II was 6evilish and they kept Il
I'D untjl / tainted. When I recovered
realized that they would repeat the
dose next day. and az did not relish
the idea OF my flesh being burned un-
til It slowly peeled off. I decided to
esca~e."
The captain went to tell how he
gnawed his bonds apart with his teeth.
recovered his rife. overcams the guard
and got away.
MY next adventure In this inhos-
pitabIe country" he continued. ~waa
when I ran into a camp Of head-hun-
tiers only to run out again and beat
them at ten-mile chase. Medicine
men were also attracted by my &arh
and THESE outwitted In different fash
ion. That was in the Chin Hills. Then
I got to Cape Town. and after walking
to Cairo started across the continent
to ENGLAND. where Iectured and sold
photographs to pay my way home"