Evening star., 1914-07-31
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
FACES SERIOUS CHARGES
Remarkable Career of Daredevil
Jack" Won Tarlenheim,
Under Arrest.

Daredevil Jack" Won Tarlenheim, &C.
cidental crack gunner OF Villas army
and the artillery hero OF Tampico. check
raiser and deserter from the revenue
cutter service. for which last o1ense he
has been punished, IS now under arrest
on charges pending against him in Little
Rock, Ark. His career is that Of a sol
dier of fortune. and is SO recorded in the
archives of the government.
His real name Is believed TO be J. F.
kaufman. He is well educated. not
more than twenty-five years old. and has
a diploma as a civil engineer from Car
ncgie Institute Of Technology at Pitts
burgh. His parents reside in Kansas
City, Mo.
The revenue cutter Window was a.
Galveston when Kaufman blew" into
that town. He put up at the best hotel
in the place until. funds getting low, he
took quarters in a less expensive hotel.
His money ran out. and he decided to
get a job. He applied 10 the Window.
asking for a berth as an ordinary sea
man.
The commanding officer of the Win
dom observed his neat appearance and
considered that he had no work that
would nit him. Informed that Kaufman
was educated and could blow bugle,
however. he took him on proba ton. The
but was handy with his pen and with
the typewriter and was tractable and
willing.
Deserted September 80 Last Year.
When an ex-army bugler wanted to en-
list. tie commanding officer of the Win
dom offered to let Kaufman go, but he
preferred to be disrated to the rank OF
ordinary seaman. This happened in
September. last year. and September 30
Kaufman deserted.
Reports of crooked procedure marked
the trail of Kaufman through the south
during the next few months. Bogus and
raised checks appeared in many cities.
He gave himself up as deserter In
January 10. this year. and got of easy
on a plausible tale.
After that. justice was after him and
he was traced to Galveston. He escaped
the detectives. crossing the river at
Brownsville. where he fell in with villa
and his forces. Not knowing anything
about artillery. he somehow persuaded
Villa that he did. and was made a lieu
tenant in the constitutionalist army. He
was wounded May l. and upon recovery
was promoted to captain. A price Of
$1,000 Mexican. was put upon his head,
dead or alive. in Mexico City, according
to papers found upon him.
Decorated by Villa.
While in the Mexican army his name
was Jack Won Tarlenheim. He was the
man behind the artillery attack at Tam
pico, which made it too hot for the fed
eral gunboats to remain in the Panuco
river. He was the constitutionalist ennis
sary to the American feet at the time
notice was given that they were going
to shell the town.
The soldier of fortune went through
nearly every fight where artillery was
used He was known as Mad Jack.
Jack the Gunner. and Daredevil
Jack Fearing Intervention and posi-
BILE ASSASSINATION by the soldiers of Viii
las army. he decided to return to the
United States.
He was decorated by Gen. Villa with
the Legion Of Honor. carrying with 1t
the promotion to be a major Of artillery.
He made his way north via Browns
vile to Corpus Christi. arriving there
June 81 July he was taken into Gus
tody. discharged from Jail July 23. he
was Immediately rearrested. He faces
charges-of check-raising in one city. the
other charges not having been prosecut-
ed 1t is believed his family settled
these cases.