Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-12
CERTAIN men OF CREW"
NOT ON THE PR|Nz E|TEL
Lieutenant Brauer, Third Surgeon
>oite and Several Others Believed
to Have Left Country.
INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS
'ollector Hamilton at Norfolk Makes
report to Treasury Department.
supposed to Have Departed From
ohip Before She Was Interned.

WASHINGTON. June 1l.-Iieuten-
ant Brauer and Certain men OF the
crew Of the German commerce raider
"@ hitel Friedrich. who left the ship
oeiore she was formally informed. and
vhEe not returned to the Norfolk Navy
Tara. are believed TO have left the
country Cuctoms Collector Hamilton,
%. Noriolk. made this report to-day to
'he treasury Department
special agents Of the Department Of
'ustice are conducting an investigation
"' the instance of the State Depart
mcht to which Collector HamiIton's re-
port was referred
IT appears that Brauer and the men
we're not on parole because the ship
nad not been informed. but Collector
hamilton understood he had the word
OF Captain Thierichens that none of his
Pincers or men would leave the vicinity
or Newport News while the status OF
the cruiser was in suspense.
IL has come TO my attention." Collec-
Tor Hamilton said to- day. that one Lieu
tenant Brauer. who was either the first
otncer or the executive officer Of tn"
irinz Eitel Friedrich when she arrived
AZ Newport News. Va. March 10. 1915,
mas left the ship and is not now aboard.
mere Is also reason TO believe that
Lieutenant Brauer may have LEFT the
United States. and that certain other
members OF the crew OF the Prinz Eitel
friedrich. who were aboard the ship
when she arrived March 10. are not
now aboard and may possibly have also
ie't the United States with Lieutenant
Brauer
NONE HAS LEFT SINCE
ISTERSMENT OF SHIP
The commander OF the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich admits that Lieutenant
BFauer Is not now aboard. nor at the
present time OF the Prinz Eitel Fried
10 So
ant Brauer lef, the Prinz Eitel soon
after her arrival at Newport News. as
Ola also any members Of the crew who
may not now he aboard, and asserts
mat since the internment Of the Prinz
F.ifel and the giving OF his written
parole. no officers or men have been
severed from the ship.
The commanders assertion that Lieu
tenant Brauer and any others who may
not now be OF the crew Of the Prinz
Eitel Friedrich left the ship before her
internment and while the Prinz Eitel
was at Newport News. suggests two
interviews which had with the COM
rnander Of the Prinz Eitel shortly after
the ship arrived at Newport News.
which should be here stated
The commander when offered by me
the privilege of landing At Newport
News FOR any personal business he
might have ashore. after having been
at sea for seven months, said he could
not only applied to himself. but also to
his officers and men. who must remain
on board
Two days later the commander vol
unteered TO me the Information that
he had received from the proper United
states naval authorities. through Rear
Admiral Beatty. commanding the Nor
folk Navy Yard, permission for mis-
Officers to go ashore al Newport News.
Norfolk Portsmouth. Old Point Com
fort. Va.
PERMISSION For LANDING
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
Il was advised by Rear-Admira,
Beatty that ne had transmitted per
mission to the commander OF the Prinz
Etel Friedrich for the visiting ashore
N restricted territory Of the Prinz
Eitel officers, and that permission had
been given for the landing OF men
from the Prinz Eitcl when accompanied
by guard either from Fort Monroe
or the navy, these guards to be fur
nished upon the application OF the
commander Of the Prinz Eitel Fried
rich
Under these conditions officers and
men from the Prinz Eitel Friedrich
landed. and were ashore prior TO the
Pr,nz Eiters internment. and the Civ
Ing by the commander Of his written
parole to Rear-Admiral Beatty at the
Norfolk Navy Yard"
Collector fRmlIlCH report, II We
came known unofficially. was made on
May 10. No explanation was made OF
vhy II was made public at this time
1t was believed, however. that cable
dispatches telling OF the arrest on an
Italian steamer Of man said to be
Captaln Thierichens. and subsequent
conflicting reports that other officers
OF the Prinz Eitel were absent. led to
its publication. Captain Thierichcns is
aboard the Prinz Ethel Third Surgeon
Nolte is said to he away from the ship
and an investigation is being made
Department OF Justice officials to-day
settled upon a means OF proceeding
against Lieutenant Brauer and several
sailors reported missing from the In
termed German auxiliary cruiser PrinZ
Eitel Friedrich. at Norfolk. If they can
be located In the United States. Prose
cution under the immigration laws. II
was agreed. would be the most efec-
tive way OF dealing with the fugitives.
After nearly n month Of search. how
ever. agents OF the department have
failed to locate the missing Germans.
and It is supposed that by this time
they must have succeeded in escaping
from American territory Officials of
the State Department are prepared to
make representations to the German
government, If the men return to Ger
many.
During the war between Russia and
Japan, a Russian officer and two men
under parole at San Francisco. escaped
sensations by the State Department. the
Russian government promptly returned
the men, who had violated their parole
CAPTAIN THIERICHENS
DECLINES TO TALK