The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-06
FROM TRENCHES OF EUR0PE's
WAR TO DADE COUNTY JAIL

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It's far cry from the British ar
my in Belgium to the Dade county
ja'l, but that's the route Travelled by
John Grady Lowe, of Key West, who
Saturday afternoon was sentenced to
serve six months on the chain gang,
by Judge Jesse L. Billingsley, of the
criminal court of record.
John Grady Lowe, who was con-
victed on a charge of grand larceny
growing out of his entrance into the
fish house of the Miami Fish COM
pany, where he stole a valuable time
Piece, and several articles of cloth
in?, the property of Rodney Albury,
a fisherman, recently deserted the
British army, after having seen sew
eral weeks service in Belgium.
Lowe was enlisted with the Kings
Liverpool regiment and was dis
! patched to Belgium where he assist
ed his company in bringing several
German prisoners back to Merry,
| England. Believing that the next
movement of his regiment would be
, in more dangerous environs, Lowe
deserted at liverpool. slowed away
on tramp schooner bound for Bos-
/ ton. arrivn; in this section of the
country several weeks, ago, pennless
and hungry.
when entered that fish house
] was almost starved" Lowe declared
Saturday afternoon before Judge
Billingsley. 81 got so desperate for
something to eat that | didn't think
of violating the law. and could only
think of getting, in some manner
something to eat, for | was nearly
famished."
He was sentenced to serve six
months on the chain gang.
According to a story he told a rep-
resentative of the Herald, and it APP
feared plausible, for he exhibited
papers in the Kings Liverpool regi-
ment, Lave enlisted under the name
of Martin Reaney. of Canada, it be-
ing impo 'sihlc for him to enlist as
an American.
we were given eight-hour drills
at Liverpool every day" Lowe SEQ.
and it was hard work, too. Some
times we were compelled to drill for
ten hours day. Some of the Brit
ish soldiers were utterly unfit for
Guty. but one-legged, one-armed and
otherwise deformed and crippled
men are taken in as quickly as are
those in perfect health and who are
otherwise more physically able to
stand the hard grind of actual duty"
According to loves story. he
went to ENGLAND with a shipment of
1900 head of horses, shipped by
Miller Brothers of the IOl Ranch.
Bliss, Okla. He stated that he was
in charge of one deck of these war
horses, which were consigned to the
British government.
Arriving at Liverpool, he at once
enlisted in the Kings liverpool regi-
ment. under the name of Martin
Reaney, of Canada. They would
not permit Americans to enlist"
Lowe explained, 80 adopted
fictitious name and told them | was
a Canadian. | had no trouble pass
ing the examination, which amount
ed only to the asking of few Sizes
tions, and | was given duplicate
copy of my enlistment papers"
These papers the prisoner still re-
tains. He stated that after accom-
panyine the Kings Liverpool resi-
ment to Havre, France, the entrain-
ed and proceeded to a point about
eighteen miles across the Belgian
line.
Not house remains standing in
tact, the prisoner continued
They have all been dynamited or
otherwise destroyei by the heavy ar
tillery of the &C." an q my. Peonle
in Belgium are gradaa'iy starving -
d ath and il was Nitn relief that v
left with German prisoners foi
Havre, where We boarded battle
ship and set sail for Liverpool.
After several days IN Liverpool
during which We drill d from ei9n.
to ten hours dsy, ! decided to de-
sat. and watchinr the si'l:ng list Of
vessels bouLj for America, finally
stole away onS ','.ht and slowed
away on a tramp schooner, bound for
Boston, made a successful get
| aMaN and arriNed In Boston ON