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light; deprived Of the association of ali
ings except those inimical 10 ones
covery hearing nothing but the onu 4
throbs Of ones own restless heart; prom. "A
nothing but continued confinement IN such
living and lingering hell; robbed of all
sympathy and encouragement; looking for
ward 60 nothing but a repetition of past
wrongs and indignities; cheered by no raw
of hope of being released when
even hate and malice had exhausted
themselves; isolated and compelled to
commune with the bitterness and rancors OF
wounded pride and laudable ambition. and
surrounded by criminals and imbeciles of
every grade, what being in the world could
maintain the possession of his mental and
moral powers, or cultivate a sweet and
amiable disposition?
Milton might tax his gifted pen to the Mt
most in describing the forlorn condition of
satan and his apostate angels and Dante
might strive with the loftiest efforts of his
exalted genius to depict the horrors of the
Inferno, and yet neither could adequately
portray the intensity of woe and suffering
Of prisoner, arrested on mere suspicion
and incarcerated without feeling in one of
those dens of corruption and indescribable
horror and desolatiou.
On the sth Of February, 1882, / made my
escape and went to the house of Rev
Scheltler Lutheran minister at Dryhausen.
who gave me money and clothing, and sent
man at night who aided me 20 reach the
railroad station at Fronhausen. I passed
over the road to Belgium through which 1
went on foot to Antwerp There l took
passage for the United States, paying my
passage by shoveling coal. We landed April
4, 1882. In 1888 petitioned Emperor Will
liam to pay me, but never heard anything in
reply.
On the 5rd of August 1884, wrote letter
from Chicago, H.. to Bismarck and pre-
sented a claim for S25, 600 for twenty. seven
months imprisonment. This emand was
made four ii es but was unheeded It was
done in order to keep the claim alive.
From 1884 to 1888 l worked in the Union
Pacific Railroad shops in Kansas City, Mo.
In 1888 l went West and for time worked
at Leadville, Colorado. The same year /
went to Occur d'Alene, Idaho, worked at
the mines aud took up land at Kingston on
Occur d'Alene river. There remained un.
Ill 1894. A strike occurring went on a
prospecting tour to the Uintah Mountains
IAaAi anu AooA up oolAG Nlhlula
In 1897 1 went to Germany to make a
final appeal to the chancellor for just and
equitable settlement Of this whole affair.
In four distinct statements, covering 70
pages of closely written matter, copies of
which are herewith submitted and marked
H, J." IT, y" and *" appealed to the
Chancellor and Emperor in behalf of jus.
tice and honor, with the assurance that my
demands would be fully sustained by every
civilized nation in the world. was conf
dent that when the facts in the case were
fully known there could be but one de-
cision, and that in my favor.
At FIRST Prince Hohenlohe, the representa-
tive of the Prussian government, seemed
disposed to inquire carefully into the mat
ter but it was permitted to pass without
satisfaction. II was finally turned over to
the chief of police at Berlin with directions
to get rid of me. l was constantly under
the espionage of secret detectives. A mum
Der Of times l was brought TO the police
station and compelled to establish my citi-
zenship as an American. On one occasion
an attempt was made to get my passport
from me, but / refused to deliver it up
without receipt. Even after / showed the
document to the chief Of police they kept
up their pernicious system of surveillance.
On the 9TH of May, 1898 was called to
the police station One man in citizens
clothing informed me that he was sent by
the chief of police to see me We had a
conversation for a few minutes, when,
showing him my passport, l was permitted
to return 10 my home. On the 18th of May
/ was asked to call for an answer to my ap-
peal to the Chancellor. l went and after
waiting for a time for the lieutenant of
police to come, and he failing to appear,
decided to return to my home. was not
permitted to do So but I'was arrested and
taken by four men without charges, trial or
any explanation, to the insane asylum at
Dalldorf
On the next day, viz. May II, 1898, wrote
a letter to the United States Consul Cen
eral at Berlin, stating that 1 was held as a
prisoner, and asked his help. On the 23rd
of May a young man, Henry Hasper, ap-
peared to see me and asked me a great
many questions. He was busy in writing
answers.
On the gath of June I wrote another letter
to the Consul General aud called for the
charges against me- received no reply.
On the 28th of June / wrote to the Em-
tAeAF9ftNAeAf AAAs " AAAEt ana BNkENu AAdA
medical experts be sent to test my sanity,
as l knew myself to be perfectly sane,
though was treated as though of uusound
mind.
On the 18th Of July 1898, / received
through a messenger sent to John Jackson,
First Secretary of Affairs TO the Embassa-
dor, the reply that would not have trial
by experts, inasmuch as it was decided that
aOaS insane and dead 10 the Vorld
On the sth of August, 1893, my brother
came to look after me He and six other
relatives made an application for my re-
lease This failed to accomplish any re-
suit
About a month afteiward a deputation of
the superintendents of the insane Of Berlin
made an application to the over president
Of the province of Brandenberg, Dr. Achen-
bach, TO expel me from the country and
ship me to the United States This, also,
was abortive.
On the I2th of November, 1893, trial
was had to put me under guardianship and
bury me forever The result Of this
trial was announced on the 18th Of Decem-
Der. See Exhibit "A"
On the 18th Of January, 1899, I appealed