Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-04-06
HIGH GERMAN HAS
A WEIRD TALE Of
HIS PROSECUTIONS
Baron Says He Made Sighting
Remarks of q Prince and Was
Confined With Lunatics.
OF German no

Seattle. Special: OF German no.
bility dating to the 14th century, Baron
Frederick Gunter Won Saalfeld, dragged
from a high social position in Berlin
and thrust into a madhOuse by his
exalted father for having talked too
freely concerning the doings OF a high
prince. has brought up in Seattle with
a thrilling tale Of sufferings.
Two years a prisoner among the i'm
sane, two years in the hold of a tramp
steamship as a coal passer, a wanderer
through the middle west as tramp and
cowboy, then a builder of pipe rgans
in houses OF worship, giving hypnotic
entertainments, are some of the adven-
lures Of h outcast Berlin social baron.
Seven times h young noblcman
tried to get away from his keepers.
Finally he communicated with members
Of the radical party by throwing notes
from the windows. Thus 1t was ar
ranged that he should be spirited to
Antwerp and take the job Of coal passer
to Rio.
Tried TO Poison Him.
His %harrassing life has reduced him
from 202 pounds to 1913. Poisons, he
says. had been sprinkled in his hose.
his clothes and water for his bath.
These were designed to leave no signs.
On his body after death. He planned
to n his w life by cutting his
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Three guards" Saalfeld said, "were
put watching me day and night. My pa
rents did not recognize me and would
not lift a finger to help me escape to
foreign lands. l did not value my life
at a dime from day to day. The doctors
smiled and pitied the poor insane
talking of bad imaginings.'
"A radical obtained a position as a
keeper in h asylum n one dark
night, the 4th of July. 1906, brought
about a successful flight as a result OF
dealing the keeper a blow on the jaw
With a heavy boot.
Seventy five guards and other pur-
suers with guns and bloodhounds
sought to find ne. but l reached the
ferryboat of the Northeastern Sea
Canal, and after ! reached h head
quarters at the seaport Kiel the presi-
dent of the radicals supplied me with
money and a false passport, advising
catch the train to Hamburg.
I'm Hamburg my own uncle. the chief
inspector of revenues, refused help and
nearly delivered me again.
Works AZ Coal Passsr.
II hired III secretly as a coal passer
on an English tramp steamer and came
after 20 days hard and hot labor to Rio
Barbados, West Indies, to New Orleans.
From there I walked with q bag Of
canned goods through Louisiana and
southern Texas until I reached Port
Arthur. From there I went on a pc
troleum BOAT under the disguise OF a
sailor to New FORK. Feeling not very
safe here. I shipped out to northern
Canada, to Cobalt and E%ngelhart, and
returned in the winter time by Way Of
Montreal. Toronto. Buffalo and KAN
sas City to Denver. From Denver I
went to Butte. Mont, where l gave a
hypnotic entertainment at the German
lodge to show how a weak-minded fool
could hypnotic more than a dozen gem
Seattle.
my story sounds like a tale Of old
days. Such things are still done. only
mor secretly. II / should go back to
Germany I would not be placed In an
asylum. I would simply disappear.
Therefore I remain in this country"