The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-01-02

at the signal TO fire, on account,of ihni
ovcrchargc in the blunderbuss. llcy
pulled Tie gun from my forehead aSlt
exploded and il flew ont of the Pom
bo's hand 'Kill him. Kill him the
mob cried as ! laughed az the accidciifi 1
He shows no fear Kill him! Iltc
pumho, always superStltious, blauiN
he Jumping OF the matchbox from ~ 4
hand TO some snpcruatural iorcc a5G
net TO The ovcrchargc OF powder le
seemed reluctant 30 proceed witli the
execution. This was my oppc:nutN.
| cried. III you kill ne to-day ypa VIII {,
all die tomorrow For wllileth
we're silent. bet again the mob cor
mcnccd TO cry for my bic. The P0rllia
now worked himself in M ever greater |
frenzy and froih fleckcd firm his
mouth A Lama handed him 2 heavy
tWo-handed sword and tucked ~ his
sleeves TO give his arms irce play r. j
ordered MERIDA 10 bend down my head
10 receive the blow. but J resisted
with all my feeble strength # ives
10 die would die with my head rp
would never bend to the brutcs lr- 4,
lore me
The Pombo advanced toward ,'st
swinging the shiny blade from, sidcll =
side. He measured the blow ,cqrlren
to behcad me by drawing the haSe !
across the back Of my meek A,AE /
then he made q mighty stroke aTAN'if
blade swept past me. IT WIS liarLs
realize that my head was rot ON i
think ! ceased to breathe. Tic Pcir, W
went to the opposite side and sgs !
drew the keen blade across NJ ners
and then with his trembling hsnd stnt
with all his might. made 4 blow att a.
Again he missed the blaIc pasr 7
over my hair The crowd howleVtii
my blood but the PcTbl rcspee.iri
my apparent indifference. refused =
proceed with his ghastly wcr'. [
later learned that this apparcQt ni'f' ( T
ing Of the mark in an execution WIS
merely one way of prolongingg ms
agony and torturing the victim.
The Tortrres Continued.
"Mansing was now brought towarf.
me and we were informed that botl
OF us were 10 be beheaded on ts:-
morrow The execution was being dt
layed re were informed. with the %
ject of getting a longer performance
out OF IT, We were getting weak .froh
hunger felt my strength giving owf-
| asked for food, saying, III you dn not
give us some ronrishncnt we shall die
ol starvation AID defeat the eNeclit
tion. This was reason, and the Lanlas
brought us food and stuffed Il With
their fingers down onr threats AgaiN
our tortures were continued My ltgs
t,wcrei torn wider open and fastened tr
logs. Mansing's were treated III tlic
same manner My hands, as well 5s
Mansing's, we're fastened behind and
thea pulled up by rope rassec
through hole in a post. We were
stretched as far as possible without
tearing our bodies apart and the yopes
were fastened Tie joints ofniy arnls
were rwisted in their sockets, and the
agony was beyond description. Man
sings neck was tied TO mine with the
object of keeping the strain on our
arms.
Il made many atte,- to escape,
but my weakness was so great that
they were ineffective. We were logged
when it suited any passing soldier.
And each succeeding hour brought
with it more torture. All night the
rain fell and could not help thinking
that we would not survive the treat
mcnt even il we were not beheaded
the next day
In the morning my baggage, that
had not been searched was opened,
and ii Is due to the ignorance and
superstition Of the Thibctans that the
world ever heard Of my torture The
series Of accidents that were easily
accounted for by myself. were looked
upon by the Thibeians as supernatural
doings. and | encouraged the belief
For instance, when the PonibO opened
my undcvelopcd photographic plates
and exposed them 10 The light they
turned black why IS this9 he cried.
That is sign that you will suffer for
what you have done TO me. lie
squirmed. and ordered the plates to
be buried ont Of his sight
Under the plates there vas q huge
bath sponge, which by the weight OF
the plates had become iiattencd down
10 the thickness OF about a quarter OF
an inch. The Pombo held It before
me, bit it, and tore It Sponges were
absolutely unknown il Thibet and ne
was puzzled What is it'll he de-
nanded, as he threw it III a rain pool
beside me. ! saw it commence 10
sven. MS Was dnOtptl oppOt thhit<
to scare them. ] held an animated
talk with the rapidly cxpatiding
sponge which grew larger and larger
every moment. The Tliibetths
watched me in fear | cried, IL you
harm me any more thfs will efowsafid
grow till it floods your nation and de-
stroys You ALL could see their ter
ror, and when the sponge had reached
its normal size asked it in Tliibetan
to cease growing till further command
A great show Of relief came over my
captors. The next accident that helped
me was the bursting Of my rife Ono
of the Isamas who had been very cruel
took the Weapon. which had been
jammed into flle mud and choked. and
asked how II was used. I told him:
and. putting in a cartridge, be hred
at a yak few wards away. With
terrific report the rife burst and
smashed the face OF the Lama. Ny
supernatural powers were now cstaD-
lished. at least. il that locality.
~Not long after this nay bonds
were removed from my deadened
limbs. Clinging to the ropes were