The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-02-09
DESERTED FOR LOVE.
Policeman Tells of Romance
When He Fled From Germany.
Soldier Unable to Wed, but With Aid
Of Friends and Kin He Eluded
Authorities and Came to Amer
lea With Finance.

Chicago a man will risk
his honor and his life for love he can
be pretty sure it's the real article"
said Lieut. Max Heidelmeier, com
handing officer of the hudson avenue
police station, and for 3S years a mem
Der of the department, TO a group OF
friends in his Office the other day.
What did you ever risk for love,
lieutenant" asked an amused listener.
Il left the German army on April
81, 1867, so that | could marry the
girl loved was the policeman's re
ply
What" cried one man who had
known the lieutenant for 25 years.
you deserter? Never!"
Il quit all right, but you. would bet
ter wait and hear the circumstances
before you judge me-" answered Held
elmeier.
Il am a native of Bruckenau, Ba-
varia where my father owned a large
hardware store" began the police Off
cial. Il fought in the war of 1866, be-
tween the north and south German
states, and was home on a furlough
when ! fell in love with Sabina. Sa-
bina was my first wife. s.
81 told Sabina that I loved her and
begged her to marry me. There was
only one way in which we could be-
come man and wife at that time, and
that was to come to America. She
agreed and then | told my father. He
demonstrated with me at first but
finally gave in, and made arrange
ments for Sabina and me to fee to the
United States. Ferdinand Wort, the
steamship agent at our town. was ia
Tiers friend, and through him it was
arranged to have me and my sweet
heart meet at the city of Koeln, and
of Antwerp. Belgium.
The night that Sabina arrived and
emigrant train left for Antwerp, and
became peevish and asked why we
hadn't been sent on.
1.-The emigrant trains are being
be captured were ! to let you go to-
night answered the agent You
needn't fear, however, for you will be
across the border before those who
leave tonight
This is the most dangerous part
of your journey, warned the agent as
he bid us goodby at the train. You
must keep stiff upper lip and fear no
one. Should you be approached by
any one, speak up, and then you will
be carried safely across the line
There is a big arch on the divid
ing line of Germany and Belgium, and
just as we reached it the train
stopped. We saw a number of Ger
man army officers standing alongside
of the coach. One Of them boarded the
train and he and the conductor talked
In low tones at the opposite end of
the coach. l lowered the window and
stuck my head out. In Prussian dia-
lect | asked the soldiers what the arch
signified. One of the officers told me,
after which | asked him for a match.
After receiving it, I gave him a couple
of cigars.
All suspicion left the minds of the
conductor and the official talking to
him, and as they went out of the door
the soldier said to the conductor:
That's not the man. If he was de-
serter he wouldn't deliberately open
the window and ask an officer for a
match.
"a few minutes later the whistle
footed and the train rolled over into
Belgian territory, and we were safe.
The next day the train arrived at Ant
werp and we took passage for new