The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22
AMERICAN ARTIST,
;. PRISONER, VANISHES
arrested by French at Belle
Isle on Spy Charge: Can
not Now Be Found.
l.. 5. EMBASSY MOURNING
speeial cahl. bespa,ch 70 Tnr sry.


PANS, Nov 21.--The present where
shouts Of Arthur u. Frost Jr., son " A.
II Frost, the American illustrator. who
was arrested at Belle Isle on November ~
at n spy. is mystery. Mr.. Frost and his
friend. 2. q. Bruce, an American painter
OF Richmond, Va, had been spending the
SUMNER AT Belle Isle. according TO their
habit for several years mast. and were well
known all over the island.
se There is concentration camp FOR Ger
man prisoners on the island and on the
day Of their arrest Messrs. Frost and
Bruce left their house to witness the ar
fival OF batch ~ prisoners The soldiers
at the end of the street allowed the
men 20 pass. but the Colonel commanding
me troops. who Is also the military gov
ernor of the island. ordered them arrested
y-And brought before him for examination.
10th men protested against their arrest
, and Mr.. Frost was particularly emphatic
I'm his complaint OF their treatment. The
governor ordered that he be sent TO the
gendarmerie and locked up, but released
{ Mr.. Bruce.
u Mr. Bruce to'cgraphcd to friends in
Paris about tho plight of Mr.. FrosI and
Othe American Embassy was notified. The
embassy t.lcphou,d to the Ministry Of
p expected that q release order would be
forwarded and that Mr. Frost would be
- released, instead OF being sentenced to
Il confinement IN the military fortress at
Lorent, As was feared
- On November Il MIR Frost telegrsphed
10 friends in Paris that he had been re-
LEASED from the military prison AT Lorient
on provisional liberty that afternoon and
that he would return to Belle Isle on
Friday. Just what has happened 10 Frost
since Is not definitely known but a des-
patch from Belle Isle says nc was sent
hack TO Lorient on Saturday he was
taken from the Gcndarmcrie to tho quay
between two scnddrmes to take tho boat
for Lorient Bruce followed him. hut
was not allowed t. accompany him. He
is also unable to go to Lorient 30 testify.
as Il is impossible 10 leave hts Young
wife and son alone on the island
Tho American Embassy has received no
satisfaction from bordeaux police
official called at the embassy Yesterday
:. afternoon to verify the details in regard
60 Mr.. FruSt's passports on the basis of
Al telegram from Lorieut Secretary Bliss
OF the embassy told the police agent that
q he would assume re-pous ,b,l!,y for Frosts
good behavior In France after his rtleasc
~: is possible that the police official was
!, looking for evidenc" on which the authori-
y ties at Lorent would be justified N max.
ing Mr.. Eros, : provisional liberty per-
Inanent.
Mr.. Frost and Mr. Bruce shared ,
house A. Hellc Isle and both had pn->-
ports. Three weeks asp they wrote r.
81 Paris for their passports. Which had been
:, LEFT in their ppultmcn.- here when tn
q went to Brittany in July They cx-
II planned that 'tey wanted tie pgyspo..s
because 'inco tn, outbreak of the wa
they had been constantly annoyed ard
suhjected/tn suspicion by the natives Of
Bell" Isle. who are fisher tclk.
y From what was earned dit'r tho AZ,
rest of Frost and B.Gc.. j. appear, tina,
X the Colonel commanding had hylrl store.
i from the natives abeut the ac'tcrs n,
the two men which made him mink Iha'
q their visit to the wharf 10 see tho prison
ers arrive was not due TO curiosity alone
"A The German prisoners on the island es
> pecialy the wounded, are allowed con
sideranl" freedom. and Mr. Frost. who
speaks German. often talked with tn, m
, II was also SAID that Mrs Bruce had re
" Ceived German prisoners at the house an,
q had given them apples and other tn ng,
H. they could not Otuo.v ST on. aio "
sample Of the creduity ~ tn. Breton
4 II may be mentioned that one story cir
u cula:e1 BY them Is 'hat Frost q.d Is ~,
: used q go swimming with towels u uun,
a. their necks to signal to- tny t;rrmnus 4
woman charged that she law tn. tro me-
entertaining German s.an officers whe
there are no such officials a. Tia" pi1c-.
4, The latest from Belle Isle Is ia
the military governor refuses to dlsclo.
d the charge against Frost one of the gru
dnrmes told Bruce that the charge aga ms
Frost WA insulting an officer and no