Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-20
HERMAN BLOCH FLED FROM
 RUSSIA
SeIf-lmposed Exile From Ma tive Land Is Now Seeking New location in the Shelter City,

Herman Bloch, of Globe, arrived in town tris week with a view to locating here. MT Bloch has for the past year had charge of the dry goods depart nent of E. F. Kellner and company oI that city. MT. Bloch was member of a Russian regiment during the Japanese-Russian war and was ordered to the front, but deserted and crossed the border into Germany after some narrow escapes.
 Mir. Bloch this morning recounted some of his experiences in this per ilous adventure. Telling an In,erna- tional-American reporter of how he escaped from the army of the czar, Mir. Bloch said:
 'I asked the captain for leave of absence. and gave him S25 so that he would allow me to stay out until mid night. When I had the pass I went to the guard doing picket duty and told him that I was going to a wedding and might not get back at the speci- fled time. You know l told him that might be dancing with some pretty girls, and so on, and asked him not to give the alarm if l did not return un- til a couple of hours later.
 "The custom is to sound an alarm when a man on furlOugh does not re- turn a. the specified time, and knew that they would institute a thorough search for me at midnight if I did not fix it up with the guard. gave him 25 cents to buy some beer, and he promised not to tell.
 Uniform and Sword in River.
 This was July l, and left the bar racks at about II o'clock in the morn ming. wore my full uniform and carried a sword. As soon as 1 got away from the barracks l bought suit of clothes, and taking of my uni form threw it, with the sword and all, into the Wolchowo river. hid in the neighborhood until g in the evening and then took a steamer for the City of Mogorad.
 At o'clock in the morning I step- ped from the boat into train for St. Petersburg. purchased a ticket for the first-class car, and after riding to the next station. came face to face with an adjutant of my regiment.
 He took a seat next to me and l noticed that he was watching me close ly. I sat quietly and pretended that l did not notice or know him until we arrived at another station, when I got out and walked through the depot to the rear end of the train, where I got into thiTd-class car.
 The conductor asked me why rode in a third-class car when my ticket was for the first class section. I told him that the first class was crowded and 1 wanted to sleep a little, so l came back there.
 He was satisfied with this explana- ton and arrived in St Petersburg at 6:15 that morning.
 How He Crossed the Line.
 Here I put my extra baggage, which l had procured, into a check room and went tC restaurant, where remained in a dark corner until ] o'clock at noon. Then I went out and telegraphed to a farmer in Georgen- berg, Russia. That place is only a short distance from the German bor- der, and I told him that I was coming that way and wanted to get across the boundary.
 T took another train and was glad to get away from St. Petersburg, for now I knew that would meet no one who would know that I was a soldier of the Kaiser Wilhelm regiment. ] rode for thirty-seven hours on a fast day train and covered 700 miles.
 When l arrived at the Russian boundary found the farmer waiting for me He took me to his home and gave ne a peasants coat and hat. which he said I should wear. He showed me a place in his home where I concealed myself until night.
 Then he led me to the boundary, where there were pickets every fifty feet. As we approached the guard he told me to tell any one who asked me who I was that I was his son, Julius Brohmann.
 "He spoke with the picket a few minutes and persuaded him to walk away until I could cross the stream called the Schoschupa He gave the picket s10 for the act
 When he had walked away, took off everything but my coat and waded and swan through the stream. On the other side I looked about and found a farmers house, which I decid- ed would enter. The German listen ed to my story of escape and waited with great fear for his answer.
 He was very kind, however, and took me in and gave me an outfit to wear In my travels. He immediately hitched up team of horses and drove me as fast as the animals could go to the nearest railroad station. There took train for Berlin. where arrived in safety and proceeded to Bremen.
 T seiled on the Konig Albert for New York city, taking second cabin ticket. While I was on the boat the crew gave dancing party and hap pened to come across three men with whom I became we'll acquainted
 "After we had -alked for some time, I asked them where they were from and was surprised to find thot thed had also deserted from the Russian army. One wss a lieutenant of the 121st Dan- sker infantry and another quarter master"