The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-30
VACATION IN JAIL
Alwill Voos Goes to Ger
many for a Summer
Outing.
BUT ISN'T ALLOWED 10 WALK
Hotel Proprietor Has Elm
Arrested and Then Worse
Things Happen.
BUT ISN'T ALLOWED 10 WALK

Alwill E. Voos, musician, of NO. 80
Montgomery street, has just returned
from a European trip that he says Nj as
one continuous round of pleasure save for
an experience he had in Munster, Ger
| many For that experience he now Oils
upon the United States Government 70
institute proceedings to compel Germany
to pay to him $500. Mr.. Voos say5
series of mishaps of the most disagree
able character befell him while at
Munster He was first forced to suffer all
the mental torture that being accused Of
being a hotel beat can cause. Then. he
was Summarily arrested, cast into JAIL
| held there for three weeks, and two days
before he was granted hearing was
| kicked and cuffed, cursed and ill-fed and
| treated like a dog generally While IN
Jail and finally discharged from custody
and permitted to roam the streets OF the
town until he allowed himself to be led
| to house of i'll repute. He got to that
house not many hours after his exit from
| Jail and while enjoying an hilarious spree
was robbed of TWO pawn tickets and Sio
J meerschaum cigar holder, a SILVER
plated cornet mouthpiece and his pass
port. The pawn tickets We're for a Watcn
| valued at $40 and a diamond pin valued at
| $500
Mrs yoos admits he was drunk when
| he was robbed He says when he aWoSe
| he started to recover his property. me
| police laughed at him when he reported
| the robbery and he then went to the
American Consul where, he says he was
| threatened with arrest if he made any
| kick there.
While on his way home from Europe on
| board the Mesaba, Mr.. Voos wrote long
| letter to the State Department at Wasn-
| ington, in which he set forth his Mum
| ster experiences at length. In that letter
| he wrote that he arrived at Munster on
| April 27 He went to a hotel bag ana
| baggage, in the evening and engaged
| lodgings. He was troubled with insomnia
! and after vainly courting sleep hnal1y de-
cided to go aboard and walk off his nerv-
| BUSINESS. At three O'Clock in the morning
| he left his room and started to leave
the hotel for turn "a, around a the e t9wn 9,e ss 9
! passing through the street door and
| blocked his. way, saying that ne could not
| leave the house until his bill had peen
| paid Mr.. Voos argued with the waiter
/ explained that he was only going for
walk and that anyhow he. had left his
| baggage in the hotel and that should be
| a guarantee of good faith. The waiter
] was obdurate. The argument grew heat
| ed, with the result that the waiter called
| a policeman upon Mr.. Vooss fiat refusal
| to pay until he pleased.
81 was taken to jail, = wrote Mr.. Woes
| to the State Department, "and kept there
! for three weeks and two days for exams
nation. On May q l was discharged-i.o
Telling of the robbery in the house of i'll
| repute and the steps. taken to recover his
properly ME y99fifs letEfsr
| laughed at. I then went to the American
| Consul. I told MIN my tale of woe. He
merely said Pshaw ,nd3snab4 and turned ned MS
pressed press myself accordingly, when an
| other German gentleman presumably the
| vfce-corsul) said, Do not make any kicks
! here or we will have you arrested. left
| and went to see a lawyer
| 1t cost Mr.. Voos 20 marks to see the
! lawyer. The lawyer told him that ms
| keep it for their trouble, but the pawn
! tickets would be returned to him in six
months. 1T is an l,. outrage" Mr.; r. Voos ,,ss
| pawn tickets and thereby compel me 10
pay interest for six months
In an interview with a News reporter
| at his home this morning Mr.. Voos told
more incidents of his experiences. He
| said that when he was taken to the jail
| he was cast in one of the poorest cells
hefe teaer pnere he on
make his Jail life most disagreeable.
II said to this keeper one day, Why is
| it that you treat me so much wore than
| YOU do other prisonerS?' His reply" said
! Voos was
8 we hate such dogs as you.
! We hate all Americans, but especially
German-Americans, who run away from
| army. I'd hang you if I had my way.
| Then came the arraignment in the
police court on charge OF attempting 10
| swindle hotel proprietor.
| After the case was given to the court
| for consideration and settlement, said
| Mr.. voos, "the chief judge and the dis
| trict attorney conferred and then the
| judge turned to me and said
.s Mr. Voos, the district attorney .-links
| we ought to send you to jail for two
| weeks m ore, but it seems to me that IN
! view of the fact that you have been IN
| iail three weeks and two days and evil
.dently intended to pay the hotel bni any
! how, we ought to set. you at liberty, SO
you are discharged.
| In appealing to the State Department
| Mr.. Voos failed to make clear what he
| sought in the matter OF adjusting his dlt-
| ference with the Munster authorities. In
| his letter and in his interview this mor1l-
| ing he considers the loss of the pawn
| tickets of the greatest Importance. He
| gives up hope of recovering The money
| but insists on the return of the pawn
| tickets His appeal to the State DEPART
| ment was vague but he has decided to
| correct this in another letter in which he
| will mention Tie sum of $500 as satisfac-
| tioli. J.,
Mr.. Voos received a letter from the
/ Munster lawyer, to whom he paid 20
| marks to look after his interests The
| lawyer wrote that he could not continue
with the case and enclosed money order
| for s31 explaining that he had retained
| SlS4 for his fee, which amount he said
/ he Thought was only reasonable.
/ The matter of Mr.. Voos's arrest and
| Imprisonment at Munster will not be
| taken up by the War Department, which
/ holds that Mr.. Voos's remedy lay In the
| courts there. A copy of Mr.. Vooss letter
/ has been sent to the Consul at Hamburg
! With the letter Mr.. Voos sent his certifi-
1 cate of naturalization to show that he is
| an American citizen.
| Mr. Voos says he has lost profitable
/ position in New York because of being
| detained in the Munster Prison.