Sunday Washington globe., 1902-04-06

habits and general good standing in the
State Of Utah and elsewhere, attention is in
vited to exhibits I'D" and 60"
It is proper that I present brief bio
graphical sketch Of my life:
/ was born May %, 1885 in Alt Lietze-
goerike, County Of Koeuigsburg u-m,
Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of
Prussia. From six to fifteen years OF age l
attended school at my own home. In the
spring of 1858 began to learn the trade of
blacksmith, and completed my apprentice
ship in 1857. l entered the army October /,
1857, in the regiment gayde dW c0ybS Kings
body guard on horse) and served three
years. From 1860 to 1868 l served in the
second regiment garde of Dragons being
engaged in a number OF severe battles. /
retired, finally, on account of heart trouble
and rheumatism, receiving pension Of
SI.75 per month. was discharged with a
good record as a soldier, and take pleasure
in calling attention to accompanying docu-
ments marked "E, +, and c."
After leaving the army in 1865 was EN-
ployed as a custom house officer on the
frontier between Holland and Prussia. In
1870 a comrade Of mine came into conflict
with a superior officer, and l was called
fear or favor, but my testimony being un-
favorable to the superior officer he en-
deavored to iutimidate me and to break
down my testimony.
On two occasions had a fight with per
sons smuggling goods across the line Be.
ing an unusually strong man, was not
liked by these smugglers because frus-
trated their wicked plans / stood for law
and order and justice.
One Of these smugglers was young man
who iusulted my wife and myself / struck
him severe blow on the head as punish
ment For this offense / was imprisoned
one week
Because / was given to telling the truth
frankly in all such cases, was reduced in
rank and salary. instituted suit against
Kienitz, Superior Inspector, and Schultze,
Superior Comptroller, both of whom had
committed purjury in testimony against
me. l finally concluded to present their
cases to the throne for justice. but received
no satisfaction. was not permitted to go
to Berlin, nor to send up papers presenting
my grievances. I discovered an unusual
amount of official corruption. This occurred
during the period from 1870 to 1872.
In July, 1872, / was assigned to the duty
of beer inspector and superintendent of
toll on the pixies within my district. Some
men refused to pay toll. reported the
cases to my superior officer, and they were
fined. In revenge, one of the six men
whom I reported stated that he had heard
me use against the Emperor "Popanz"
(scare-crow) For this charge which was
wholly untrue, was arrested and for two
months was confined in the fortress. Soon
after my release l was falsely charged
second time by the superiors, with the same
offense and was discharged from my posi-
tion. During the whole time of my prOsecu-
ton, which was one year and eight months,
| waslpaid the meager sum of SIo.85 to sup
port family of seven persons. Moreover,
! was threatened with the loss of even this
amount if I attempted to earn anything ad-
ditional in any other calling. Sixteen petit
tions all told, for the redress Of grievances,
/ made, but all to no purpose I finally
concluded TO make my appeal to the world
and let the light Of truth in upon this dark
picture.
These matters it seems, never reached
the Emperor. He is hampered by the ac-
tions and whims of his subordinates, a
clique Of petty officials consisting Of
board of supervisors. His title, The all
gracious, most powerful, is in name only,
and has no existence in fact
In addition to the sixteen petitions TO the
Emperor, I wrote four letters to Bismarck
asking for an investigation. He did nothing
but send my letters to my superiors, the
identical persons with whom I had had all
my trouble This simply made matters
worse, and had a tendency to aggravate my
condition.
In 1901 wrote to General Won Moltke
asking where Emperor William obtained
his goodness and justice and honor IN per.
mitting a call in 1873 lplebiscite) for
Dfenig one quarter cent from each person
in the Empire as a testimonial to royalty.
demanded an investigation into the mat
ter, and intimated that l would insist upon
it even if had to resort to harsh means for
the treatment / had received. / was des-
perately anxious to get hearing which was,
perhaps, the severest thing to be said of
me.
For that letter l was arrested November
:, 1879, and instead Of having a hearing in
court as German law requires, l was con-
fined in an insane asylum at Frankfort-on-
the-Main.
On the 8th Of January, 1880 was trans
ferred to Eichberg. On the Sth Of July
was again moved to the cloister of Haina,
where l was metaphOrically buried for life,
physically, mentally and morally He who
enters such a place is not expected to
escape during his natural life. I was placed
in a cell FIVE by seven. After twenty-five
days of confinement endeavored to make
my escape. They put me in total darkness
for period from August / to November O.
1880, and kept me in this cell to the end of
February, 1881, the purpose being to make
me insane or commit suicide / was called
up by the guard every two hours to ascer-
tain whether was still Ia the cell Four
times the guard endeavored to kill me
Once they said they would tie my hands
firmly in front of my breast, my feet around
the ankles, toss me into a pond Of water
and then turn hose Of water upon my
face. Their purpose was to destroy my
life. In fact / expected as the result of
any action made TO be hurled instantly
into eternity. One Of the inmates of the
asylum was killed in this manner on the
10Th Of November, 1880. He died within
one hour after such brutal treatment
Three murderers were punished, two for
one year and one for eight months in the