The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-27
MILITARY DULLES IN EUROPE.
Cases in Which Army Officers showed
How Uneven Justice Can Be.
New York Sun

The peculiar relations between soldier
and civilian in Germany were illustrated
last month by the assassination of the en-
gineer, by the Lieutenant Baron
Bruesewitz. in a Carlsruhe beer garden.
BruesewitZ killed Lehman because Lieb-
mann was slow to apologize for accidental
ly rubbing his arm against BruesewitZ's
chair. Persons who may regard Bruese-
WITT as an exceptionally arrogant officer
and the attitude he assumed toward Lieb-
mann as a rare thing in continental life
may get light from an incident of Vienna
life about two weeks ago.
At 1880 O'Clock in the evening an omnibus
full of passengers was rolling down the
Mariahilfer strasse. near the Kaiser strasse,
when Lieut.. Rudolf Won HeSse, of His I'M
perial Majesty's Fourteenth Artillery,
started TO cross the street with five young
music hall. The driver of the omnibus
shouted a warning to Hesse. but Hesse
way of the omnibus. The driver bore down
on the brake. pulled in his horses with
might and main. and brought the omnibus
Meantime Hesse sauntered s~erenely on to
the opposite side of the street without
Fastening a step. The driver called to him:
Cant you get out or the way. Sir?'
The officer at once threw aside his coat.
called to the women to wait on the walk
for him. and unsheathed his sword. He
ran at the omnibus. halted at the forward
wheels. and brought down the sword on
the drivers hand. still resting on the brake.
He cut off two fingers and stuck the driver
IN the SnOulueT. Inc driver IunDIeU OOWn
from his box. The passengers hurried from
the omnibus. Among them was a captain
in uniform As soon as he saw the cap
tain HesSe saluted and reported:
Mr.. Captain, | report most obediently
that this follow shouted at me and / gave
him a little lesson with my sword"
Exactly" replied the captain. "Your
conduct was perfectly correct"
The officer told a policeman his story.
called a cab, and with his young women
drove away. while the omnibus driver was
carried TO n hospital TO undergo an opera
ton, and the. omnibus and passengers were
left to get out of their difficulty by others.
Hesse was not arrested by the Vienna po-
lice, and he was not even reprimanded by
his superior officers. The driver lost his
hand and his employment.
The BadisChe Landesbote tells of an
army paymaster in Carlsruhe who on one
of the last nights i'm October tried to have
fun with a photographer and an engraver
whom he met as he was going to his quar-
tiers. lie caught them by the shoulders
and knocked their heads together. and the
photographer flung him CT. The paymaster
drew his sword and slashed at him. The
him down and disarmed him. They were
arrested and fined. The paymaster. OF
course was held blameless, except perhaps
for not runnlug the men through before
they could overpower him. At all events,
he was not tried and was not punished I'm
any military or civil court.
Happenings similar TO these nave been re-
ported from Glogan. in Germany, and from
two Hungarian towns. They go merely 10
and the Carlsruhe pavmaster proved that
I'm Central Europe the civilian has few
rights which an army officer may not over
ride with impunity.