The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24

he went along with the soldiers, and
during the entire night ground out
waltzes and quadrilles to the great
delight of a battalion of police, just
/ the men whose business it was to ar
rest and lead him out to execution. He
| left this dangerous society early on the
/ following morning, but not until he
/ had discovered that Kinkel was con-
fined in the fortress of Spandau, one
of the strongest in Prussia, only eight
miles from Berlin, and the key to the
! defenSes of the capital. 1t was manned
/ by nearly 1000 men, and Kinkel was in
the personal custody of the governor
Of the fortress.
Schurz's Plan For the Rescue.
Then Schurz went out of the hand
organ business, and set about concoct-
ing plan TO effect the liberation Of his
illuStrious compatriot. In all the his
tory of recent events / know of no
thing so bold in conception, so daring
in execution, as the plan of this young
man to release a closely-guarded pris-
oner from the custody of nearly 1000
jailers, stationed almost within hear
ing of the central authority of Prussia.
Spandau in 1850 contained, aside
from its garrison, a population of
about 10000, accustomed. like most
Germans, to retiring to their beds be-
fore midnight. Into this quiet place
there drove one night, not long after
Carl Schurz had played at organ grind
ing for the party Of soldiers, post
chaise, escorted by a guard of four
dragons. 1t rumbled through the de-
serted streets and halted before the
prison, when an officer in the uniform
of colonel of the royal guard alghted
from the vehicle. He was soon cloSeted
with the commandant of the prison, TO
whom he gave letter bearing the Of
.sr-+r ? no
terror at Berlin. The commandant re-
ceived the letter with all due respect,
and read from it as follows:
"a deep-laid plot has been organized
at Berlin, the object of which is to et-
feet the forcible release of the convict
Kinkel from the hands of the authori-
ties. We are now watching the
movements of the conSpiratorS and are
preparing to arrest them. In order
however, to prevent the possibility OF
a surprise the bearer of the present let
ter Colonel -, is commanded to
take charge of your prisoner, whom ne
will Immediately conduct to the citadel
of Magdebourg. and there place MN IN
the hands of the governor OF that
fortress"
KinkeI Released and n Bold Ride.
The commandant had the unfortun-
ate Kinkel aroused, heavily ironed, and
placed in a post-chaise. which set OIL
at once at a rapid pace, guarded by
the colonel and the four dragons, with
drawn SabreS, on the road 10 MaSde-
bourg They rode all night at hlgh
speed, taking relays of horses, the UNI,
form of the colonel and the magical
words, con the kings service" being
sufficient to secure the highest eXpe-
ditiOn.
They rode all night, but the morning
came at last-a gray winters morning
and they stopped, and the colonel
himself opened the carriage door ana
ney was ended. Kinkel obeyed, ana
found himself not at Magdebourg, out
on the seashore, a boat drawn up
few feet from where he stood, and, In
the offing a ship with the British nag
flying. Don't you know me, my dear
MASTER" cried the counterfeit colonel,
tearing off his false mustachio. am
Carl Schurz. Come. let US embrace
once more on German SOIL and then
away for England"
Kinkel could not speak. He could
only burst into tears. In few mo-
ments they were in the boat and row.
ing towards the ship in the offing. AS
they assembled the vessels side, Kinkel
put his arm about Schurz, saying: My
wife, my children, where are they?
He said no more, for in another mo-
ment Madame Kinkel was in his arms
and his children were clinging to his
knees.
The reward which Carl Schurz re-
ceived for this heoric deed was the en-
thusiastic applause OF all Europe:
The subsequent life of Kinkel of
more than thirty years was peaceful
one He landed at Edinburgh, where
he was most CORDIAL received by the
cultivated society of that capital. He
soon afterV ard went to London, sup
porting himself by series of lectures
on German literature. In 1852 he came
to this country with Carl Schurz, but
after a while he returned to England,
where he was appointed professor of
German literature and lecturer on the
fine arts in the University of London.
He held this position until his death
on November Is, 1882. lecturing occa-
sionalIy in Paris on Christian art: but
he never again set foot in his beloved
fatherland.