Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-10

rented light beard to any person within
the past week or ten days.
Found the Driver.
The detectives were not long in finding
the driver of the coupe. The man hired
him at the Pennsylvania railroad station
and directed him to drive him to the statue
When the Arsenal grounds were reached,
the driver states, his passenger got out and
was back in the vehicle in remarkably
short time.
Now drive me out of here as fast as you
can," was the order he received.
The driver obeyed instructions and when
outside the gates dismissed He was
paid by the passenger, and the latter start.
ed west in the direction of Ith sreet. as II
he wanted to board a Capital Traction car
Although the coupe was hired at the de-
pot the detectives say, 1t does not neceS-
sarily follow that the man had reached the
city on train. man who waned to DO
such thing, they say, would probably DO
some such thing in order to give the inn
preston that he was from out of the city
and start the detectives in the wrong olrec-
ton.
The man first hired the coupe and asked
the driver to wait for him. Wmle the
driver was waiting he went into the depot
room and returned with the satchel. II is
the ught that he lad the satchel hidden IN
house in the neighborhood.
George c. Ellis, the colored man who
saved the statue from being wrecked, mar
rowIy escaped with his own life. While
at police headquarters this afternoon he
was still somewhat nervous over the aIalr
He concluded that he was born under
lucky star, and seemed to appreciate the
congratulations that were showered upon
him.
| Maj. Sylvester and Capt. Boardman are
taking an active interest in the investiga-
tion of the case, and are doing everything
in their power to overtake the offender.
The Presentation Exercises.
The statue of Frederick is the gift of the
German emperor to the people OF the
United States, and was unveiled on No
vember 10 last with much pomp and
ceremony. Speeches were made by the
President, the ambassador of Germany to
the United States, the ambassador of the
United States to Germany, the adJutant
general on the staff of the emperor, and
the lieutenant general and chief of staff OF
the United States army. A large body OF
troops was present during the exercises
which continued throughout the afternoon,
and the music of the two countries was
intermingled by massed bands. The
speeches of all those participating in the
exercises teemed with the sentiment of
eternal friendship between the United
States and Germany. and the whole affair
partook of the nature of an international
love feast.
The statue is a replica of the heroic re-
production of the features of the grim
Frederick that stands in the Theirgarten
at Berlin. 1t occupies a prominent place
there in the group of the statues of the
great men of the house of Hohenzollern
that have been gathered in the Avenue of
Victories from time to time.
At the time of the visit of Prince Henry
to this country in February, 1902, the
many speeches made in various parts of
tIar trN in nf a
all contained references to the friend
ship of the German people for the United
States and of the help Frederick the
Great had rendered the nation at the time
of the revolution when he refused per-
mission to German mercenaries to pass
through his territory on their way to
America to fight the colonists.
On his return to Germany Prince Henry
told his brother, the German Emperor, of
the manner in which he had been received,
and mentioned the continual references to
Frederick in the speeches he had heard.
Emperor William was greatly pleased at
the manner in which his brother had been
received here, and he desired to make some
public testimonial of his esteem. The part
that Frederick played during the revolu
ton gave him his cue and after consulting
with his ambassador in this city he made a
formal offer to the people of the United
States of reproduction in bronze of the
famous Thiergarten statue of Frederick.
President Roosevelt, in the name of the
American people, accepted the statue, and
Sculptor Uphues, who made the original,
was commissioned to make another for the
United States.
Created Discussion.
The matter of selecting a site for the
statue was left to Congress and created
unusual discussion. In the minds of some
of the members of the two houses, the ac-
ceptance of the statue of a monarch of
Fredercks character by the people of a
republic was a thing unheard of and most
inappropriate, and the speeches that were
made in Congress were most heated. After
threshing over the whole subject of mon
arches and republics and the relations of
one to the other, the Congress finally de-
cdeo to accept this statue, but in doing so
passed a bill which is now on the statue
books ID which prohibits the acceptance
by this government of any statue of any
monarch, emperor, king, prince or poten-
tate from any other government
The site selected for the statue was the
esplanade of the War College building and
it was provided that the statues of Alex
ander the Great, Caesar and Napoleon
should also occupy places on the esplanade
but that each of these statues should be
provided by the United States government
The site selected, it only remained for the
completion of the statue to set it up and
formally convey it to the people of the
United States. The statue arrived in this
country from Germany in the latter part of
October and was Immediately set up on
the pedestal provided for it.
The German emperor sent his adjutant
general, Lieut.. Gen. Won Lowenfeldt, to
this country as the custodian of the statue
On November 10 the statue was unveiled
by Baroness Won Sternburg, wife of the
German ambassador. 1t was presented to
Ambassador Won Sternburg by Lieut.zGen
Won Lowenfeldt and by Ambassador Stern
German emperor, to the President who
received 1t for the American people.