The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
INSULTS THE KAISER
TO. OBTAIN A LIVING.
German Socialist Thinks i ks. Life Life in
Prison IS Pr: Preferable iie1 1D',. to
Work Outside.
HIS sclEM.EE a SUCCESS
Authorities Desire to Get Rid Of
Him, But Cannot: Without
Ignoring Law. 5a
HIS scHEME a SUCCESS
BERLIN April %.

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strange methods OF earning a;llving arc
frequently employed In this strenuous a go
OF fierce compotitlon,.ul the ostremark-
able way Of procuring food and lodging at
other people 8 expense has been invented
by q German shoemaker named George
Schocne, formerly II resident OF 0oerlitz.
lie makes n business Of Insulting the Ger
man Emperor and he has pursued this
occupation with unvarying success for tho
last ten years i
y schoene received good education In the
Prussan State, schools UP to the age OF Is.
and afterward at various supplementary
night and technical Institutions. At the
axe Of It he was -apprenticed to n shoe
maker, and piled this humble calling for
six years. during which, like many other
young German workmen, he became i'm
bued with moro or less soclalistlc ldcas.-
He came to the conclusion that 1t was
unjust for him to be obliged to work hard
for thirteen hours d dayein order to RI
a weekly wage Of "a shilinEs, while other
people are enjoying a supernuity or
wealth, and he combined with these theo-
ries n rooted dislike for any kind OF labor.
One day he stood in the street In front
OF tho principal police station In Goerlitz
and shouted at the top OF his voice along
and vehement denunciation OF the Gerna n
Emperor. M st8s
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A crowd gathered and listened In aston
istment to this torrent OF, abuse. = One ter
rifed citizen dashed into the police station
10 fetch the police Schoene WAS arrested
and indicted on a charge OF lese majestic
at his trial he offered no explanation OF
his conduct whatever, and tho Court,fin
view OF his previous good record, passed
the minimum sentence for this offense-
that OF two months. ,imprisonment.t
This was precisely what Sch0cne de-
sired He had come To the conclusion In
the course OF his meditations that It
would be an extremely clever. thing TO live
at the expense of the community In one
OF the State prisons. lie was note quite sure
whether the pleasure of n life without
care would sufficiently compensate for the
loss OF liberty, but his two months' eX-
perience In prison allayed his doubts on
this point. He thought prison was a
great i'm prov ement on the hard life which
ne had lived as a sweated shoemaker, and
nc made up his mind that his lncarcera-
ton would not terminate at the end Of the
two months. n
When he was released from the prison
at Goeritz schoene walked straight
through tho town to the exact spot In
front OF the principal police station where
he had committed his first offense. and
proceeded once more to bawl out OF the
ton OF his voice insults aimed at the
Kaiser. Again crowd assembled, and
again the police swooped down and ar
rested the culprlt. This being the second
offense, he was sentenced TO SIX months
Imprisonment, which he enjoyed as much
as the first.
Did It Again.
when he was released for the second
tino ne again walked$to the same spot,
shouted his familiar, abuse. OF the En-
peror. and submitted with feelings OF tho
keenest pleasure to arrest. This time ne
vas sentenced tc one years 3imprlson-
ment. This process was repeated tifne
after time. until schoene had spent ten
years In prison, except for those brief
Intervals required to walk from the prison
rates to the spot where he perpetrated
the crime Of lese majeste.
\ The authorities have made various at
tempts to evnde the necessity. OF; scndlns
Bchoene to prison for this offense. They
have caused him TO he medically exam
,ned. with a view toSobtatnng a declara-
ton that as a ilunatfc he is not Responsible
for his actions. The physicians. however.
declare that he is perfectly sane. German
lau, In regard to insults, or even disre-
apectful remarks about the Kaiser Is
stringent, and once the offense Of lese
majesty has been committed the perpe-
traitor must be sent to prisSn. The only
way to prevent schoene from living the
lie he has chosen would be to reform the
law relating to lese majestic. and this cam
not be done. because the powers that be In
Germany believe thatsthe foundations OF
the empire would thereby be imperlled.
Is in Prison Again.
Recently schoene3.Was released from
prison after serving@a sentence OF two
Years, and he Immediately repeated the
offense in the oldSfanlltur way. He has
now been sentenced to{four years inlpris-
onment because IS the law provides that
repetition ot3thlsi crime must be punished
with Increased severity.
schoen {. . who Ia now SO years Of age,
viii thus. at thafage Of IS. have spent
fifteen years in voluntary 1mprsonment.
and there is every reason 10 anticipate
,hat when l,e regains his liberty IN 1910 he
viii viii once more compel oiiicladom to lock
him I'M for another period. He has In
deed become unht~to procure l'vlng by
any other means.
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