Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-16
SAFE HOME FROM PAU, FRANCE
Frank Edward Johnson His Mother and Grandmoher Reach Norwich = Three Weeks the Way-Mr Johnson Held 37 Hours at Taub German Spy-FinalIy Re
 leased With Prouse Apologies From Prefect of Police.

Grateful to the highest degree that they were once more on American soil and In Norwich, which they declared never looked so good to them as it did Sunday night, Frank Edward John son, the we'll known explorer his moth CT, Mrs. Edward ". Johnson, and his grandmother. Mrs. Isabella Graham Thomas, reached nere Sunday night af- ter trip of nearly three weeks from Pau, Franch, a town on the slopes of the Pyrenees.
 They had left Pau on Tuesday, Oc- tober 27, on the first train out of there that has carried baggage since the out break of the European war in the be- ginning of August They came to Bor- deaux and then to Liverpool sailing from there on the American liner New York on Saturday, November z, and docking in New York at 2!S0 Sunday Gfternonon. From there they came on there by the late afternoon train, reaching Norwich a little after o'clock in the evening. Along with them came all their worldly possessions in person. al property packed into IA big trunks which had been safely transported out of the troubled zone across the water.
 After their troublous experiences MT. Johnson and his relatives found a hS- yen of refuge at the Wauregan house and in the comfortable parlor there he gave a vivid recital of some of their experiences
 Most thrilling of all was his own narrow escape from being shot as a German spy at the French town or Taub, where are located turpenite with this terrific explosive. For 37 hours he was a. prisoner, part of the time being marched around the town under guard with bayonets and drawn sword while mob followed, throwing stones at times, and with shouts of Death to the German spy" Throw him in the water" But MT. Johnson is satisfied that no American in France ever came nearer to being shot than he did during that time.
 It was on a trip that he was making oToulouse to bid goodbye to some Pau for America, when the express train stopped at Taub and he learned that it would be two hours before it went on again He decided to walk out of the city short distance to call on some friend.
 In the suburbs fle was halted by a soldier who wanted to see his pass ports. The Frenchman declared they were not right and in spite of MT Johnsons assertion that he was an American citizen, charged him with being a German spy who had come to blow up the turpenite works. You are the biggest man 1 have seen and the 'boehes' (Germans) are all big, and your eyes are blue and your moustache blonde. You are a German
 Instantly a guard of six men with bayonets was summoned, he was plac- ed under arrest and marched into the tow nwitl1 a gathering threatening crowd following. It happened that the perfect of police was away attending the funeral of a relative and he could not be reached for 24 hours His guards took his money away from him as we'll as his luggage, but finally con scented to let him stay at the hotel with a. soldier guard. Finally, after 37 hours, he was released with profuse apologies from the perfect, who declar- cd his passports all right.
 MT. Johnson said it was all bluff on the part of the French soldiers as