New Britain herald., 1915-06-11
BELIEVE SOME Of
 EITEL'S CREW HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY
Customs Collector Hamilton Of
 ' Norfolk Makes Report to State Department
LIEUT.. BRAUER AND
 OTHERS ARE MISSING

UlHEhD A1E MlOOINu Commander of German Cruiser In- termed in the United States Says sOn1cer and Men Left Raider Soon After Her Arrival at Newport News and Before War Craft Took Refuge Here. Washington, June 11.-Lieutenant Brauer and certain men of the crew. { of the German commerce raider Prinz \. Eitel Friedrich, who left the ship be- f6Tsn she was formally informed and have not returned to the Norfolk navy yard are believed to have left the country. Customs Collector Hamil- i ton at Norfolk made this report today to- the navy department
 Special agents of the department of justice now are conducting an investi- gation at the instance of the state de- paFtment to which Collector Hamil- ktpn's report was referred. It appears that Bauer and the men were not on parole because the ship had not been interned, but Collector Hamilton un- derstood he had the word of Captain Therichens that none of his officers or men would leave the vicinity of Newport News while the status of the cruiser was in suspense.
 May Have Left Country.
 Tt has come to my attention,'' Col-I Hector Hamilton reported today, .that. kpne Lieutenant Brauer, who was eith- er the first officer or the executive Of >dcer of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich when she arrived at Newport News, Va, March 10. 1915, has left the ship and is not now aboard. There is also treason to believe that Lieutenant Braper may have left the United Stafes and that certain other mem bers Of the crew of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, who were aboard the ship when she arrived March 10, are not hlow aboard, they may possibly have also left the United States with Lieut.. k3rnler s
 The cornmander Of the Pir:inz Eitel Friedrich admits that Lieut.. Brauer s hot now aboard, nor at the present lime Of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich's brew. He states that Lieut.. Brauer eft the Prinz Eitel soon after her Rarrival at Newport News, as did also uaAf AIfSfIiUCIS Ol IIlS HISWs WuO IIldy uot now be aboard and asserts that slnce the internment of the Prinz EiteI afd the giving of his written parole no officer or men have been severed from the ship
 Left Before Internment.
 AThe commanders assertion that lieut.. Brauer and any others who may not now be of the crew of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich left the ship before her interrnent, and while the Piinz 3itel was at Newport News, suggests Der internment, and while the Prinz Commander of the Prinz Eitel shortly fter the ship arrived at Newpot News which should be here stated.
 The commander when offered by ne the privilege of landing at New port News for any personal business ne might have ashore after having peen at sea for seven months, said he Iould not leave his ship, asserting that his not only applied to himself but |lso % his officers and men who must mafn on board.
 Permission to Go Ashore.
 Two days later, the commander
 dnteered to me the information lat he had received from the proper nited States naval authorities,
 rough Rear Admiral Beatty, com
 anding the Norfalk navy yard, per
 issi6h for his officers to go ashore
 Newport News, Norfolk, Ports outh, Old Point Comfort, Va.
 f"I was advised by Rear Admiral eatty that lhe had transmitted per ission to the commander of the tinz Eitel Friedrich for the visiting hore in restricted territory of the ing Eithel Friedrich officers and that
 omission had been given for the pding of men from the Prinz Eitel
 len Accompanied by guard, either
 5rn Fort Monroe or the navy, these |ards to be furnished upon the ap- Nation of the commander of the
 irz Eite1 Friedrich.
 Landed Prior to Internment.
 tuHder these conditions officers and
 en from the Prinz Eitel Friedrich
 hded, and were ashore prior to the
 inx ,Eiters internment and the giv-
 by the commander of his written
 role to Rear Admiral Beatty of the brfoik navy yard.
 In connection with Collector Hamil-
 nss report, it became known, al-
 ough it was not announced, that he
 \de it on May 13. No explanation
 made of why it was made pub-
 at this time. It was believed. how
 4r, that cable despatches telling of
 arrest on an Italian steamer of
 m said to be Captain Thierichens
 d subsequent conflicting report that
 aer officers of the Eitel were absent,
 td the publishing of the report.
 ptain Thierichens is aboard the