The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-02
EASEMENT PELTED WITH
MUD BY WAR PRISONERS
Attempt Made to Induce Captured British to Join His
Irish Brigade Met With Derision-Sir Roger Falls
Into Pit Dug to Entrap Him.

he given the privilege OF "goins for
the speaker. The controversy had be-
come so exciting that they had come TO
a fistic encounter.
Mud Balls speed Easement.
In the meantime Mr.. Easement mac
already made his escape. followed every
now and then with mud balls. Unfor-
tuhately the visit of MIR. Easement
brought forth no recruits for the Irish
brigade. No doubt MIR. Easement II
his friends were convinced hat this
would he their last visit to the Puhleben
war prisoners camp.
As the Easement party neared the
boiler house building it became apparent
that the a leading to II through the
swamps was blocked with an angry
mob. yelling and cursing. There was
another road. a broad road. leading TO
the sick room. which also ran through
the swamps n crossed five or six
drainage trenches.
My companions had never been outside
Of Germany n naturally knew very
little about other peoples. They were
all educated men, and SO they did not
even know the human nature of our
own common people.
sThcy had forgotten that these prison.
ers were being guarded by our Land
sturm and that these men we're not
professional soldiers. The guard had
already formed strong friendships with
their prisoners and many of the officers
had long - fraternized with their
prisoners.
They were not aware OF the fact tina.
this good fellowship between the SOL
diers and their prisoners had been re-
garded such a strong menace that these
guards were being constantly shifted
from one prison camp to another. But
even this had changed the situation for
the worse against the prisoners.
DeadfaII for Easement.
Just as ! had suspected Right in
the middle Of the road leading toward
the sick house Mr.. Easement and his
party-not all of it-fcll into a trap dug
by five Sierra Leone men. They had dug
a trench across the road about six fee;
wide and covered IL with poles which
they had stolen from the wash house
over these they had spread old news.
papers. Then they %eprinkled dirt over
the papers.
The men who were walking near Case
mcnt innocently walked into this trap
and in another instant the atmosphere
was thick with the satisfaction OF the
British prisoners, expressed in loud ant
throat piercing wells.
Mr.. Easement and ave OF his party
were in that trap down to their waists
They were Immediately extricated from
this humiliating position. was TOLD
afterward that every one Of the officer:
accompanying the Easement party too
the Incident sportively and tokcd about II
We were also told that this trapping
was a recognized diversion OF the camp
and that even the dignined commander
Of the camp was not immune. once III
ma become indignant and demanded e
know the guilty ones. and after laboriou.
and rigid investigation il WAS discoyere,
that II was the little medical officer whC
was at tho bottom OF the Offence.
The visit of the Easement party Il
the camp grounds ended in twenty min
utes, and not one recruit followed them
In short. from subsequent investiga
tons and detailed inquiries. ] have posi-
lively learned that the so-called "Irisi
Brigade is composed OF 40 lrishmei
,two-thirds Of whom are from the soutl
and one-third from the north. twenty
six Englishmcn. five Moslem Indians an'
four West Indian colorei soldiers.
some Irishmcn From America.
In addition to these. ! am also In
formed, there are a few lrishmen VIII
have succeeded in making their way (