The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-08
CAPTAIN OF KOEPENlCK HERE
TOOk THE ARMY AND ar.
RESTED THE M RGOM.tSTER,
men Carried OH ths ToWn Funds Tnls
Made the Kaiser Laugh with the ReSi
% SSeVmany and Sent Noixhs "a Prison
Ns~ Me Proposes 20 lecture.

--Ns~ Hs Prop.se. 20 lecture
The Captain ~ Kocpenics- IL in town
and IN mutt lie did tot arrive bv auy
steamsh!r toad hing At th.s port Cs hs
Was aware that ,herp va. a large dee
CATION % German newspaper mon WAITING
for him and he feared tina, tine publicity
incidenta. 60 his discovery niight cause
the unsan'imental inspectors of the -'aa
=; William Williams. Commissioner o..
immigration. 90 d~tain hiri ard le, tif.,
anguish a while al Wis l@land and
then sert h.n hack - tIrUpe hsca.so
he hid been in prison IL ,;iniany. A.
he called from Engian - arrive! .:
Montreal. thea corning Cv,.. he Sorde=
into the realm " Uncle Fan Indp;ectca
I hv the American inspectors. 10. cannot 20
sent back to Germany. me home country.
AMI Canada won't want hing.
! Some Of the despatches that told Of the
remarkable hoax the Captain. known TO
his fellow subjects ~ William Noigt. the
cobh'er Of Tilsit. perpetraied on the
German army said that he was an Ameri-
can citizen and that he had in his residence
/ in this country accumulated q spirit "
hume. nv reading Mark Twain. ArSsmus
Ward and John PhRnix U course n he
Is an American citizen he can come out
IN rho opeu and defy the immigration
officials.
I. j. said that he Captain. who travelled
frat cabin to Montreal from Liverpool.
had money enough 20 last him several
years. hut hr wa> not averse TO making
mere. Th" pi".oral hLmorists Of Ger
many got NJ a subscription for him after
hIs rel"asa from prison in August. 1908.
ard a B.arllp mUh almost Smutherpti him
with congra'ula' ions on having oilked
tho army. according 10 the story that
GO, aaoat here Yesterday. the CaItain
met Albert Mueller II Fast IcUh street
on the street several DAYS az a ann asked
Mueller the Wdv - IN" Custom HOUse.
The Captain ~aid h. had had y hst Of
picture postal cards sent here and that
they had been held Wy for non payment /
81 duty. Mueller asked thu captain Nho |
h. wa-, and the captain proudly pro- |
Clainted his identify lie was directed TO 4
the tu~tOm House. hui h- did No. III ow ,
up there Later Wa iier In Terrace .
Garden, who Rad known the 'autain IA |
bern saw hm "a the Garden and spoke .
{" Elm lie gave the waiter the I'M
preston thar ha had 'oIne here tO lecture. 3
but h'' I'D 10; want Hnyh,dy to know 1.
about - until he had sqIarcd things with 4
the RIt hoT1,ies
The exploit that made Voighi famous
and CAUSED all Europe America and
the environs 70 laugh financially was
committed ia The town Of koepenick.
not Tar from Berlin m October. 1914
The cOhDler bought a second hand uni
form Of a Captain IN the German army .
and marched ina je~ticaiy into the town 4
He - more than ~ years ~ age and looks /
~. hat has certain dignity that might .
be- suDpOs"f 10 beiong' 10 a German Gap .
tam. He picked up a guard at the garri- .
son and announced that he was especially F.
a -.
the BurSomaster 81 the town Tor NAL
feasanre an office
The guard solemnly ohsved hun The
Burgomastsr " a. arrested and Wa locked .
up and the Captain took POSSESSES on Of .
The money m the town safe, AbOlt 81 .'In .
and went awav Tho BurgomaSter's
wife vert and declared thai her hJiSt and
was an honest man and that she thought
II was q shame that he should - arres 80 .
The captain sympathiZed with her hut 7
remarked that size should think u an honor
TO have her husband arrested hv a @pec. al
of'iC-" 4 rect v from the Emgevor rather
than hv an ord nary pohasr
Even The most conservative newspapers
adm red the audactty Of the Captain when
ths far'S came on; and the pubnC gen
Srallv and the socialists partiC Ilarly
were intensely amused. except m certain
quarters 81 Koepenick ,
~ his mai Noight declared thai he
had been prosecuted hy The police after b,
an efori 20 Lead a useful life following
his release from prison. where he had
spent fftsen years for robbery He was
- forgery and he gnaut horned
wearing 81 uniform and s"n ..ncsi 20
Tour years inprr sOnment
The Emperor hims"f laughed w,th
mot Of che German People A. ths IBr-
isnt and spoke Of the CaDtain ~ q man .
u nerve The non-COumiss' oned officer
u 'he seven kuardarnen who were fooled
" IN" Captain testified thai be- ordered .
hem around IN a lISty maj crfous tone 4
ha' might have been heard a mile away 2
NJ The comic paDerS 81 Germany utilized :
he incident for weeks, ant cartoons and
'ICtuTe~ IN which the Captain was T,or-
raved on postal cards flooded he ktnE-
lOC u - said tha' the Popular "A Ighter
nd indignation caused re.iSon - the
avs governing the relat ons between a
be civic and nj itary authOr,t - by Ehich =
repetition II the area Jest will be i'm :.