The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-05-05
PUTS PRICE ON
HEAD OF DARING
French AVIATOR
German Government Wants
"Corsair Of the Air." Dead
or Alive.
LEADER OF BOMBING RAIDS
Has Caused Damage OF Griesous, Kind
and With Presidency Thassskssns
20 Know No Llmlt--Rewafd OF
$3.50 10 offered.

Paris. - On the head OF one man In
the French army the German govern
meut has put price This man has
caused them damage Of "a srievous
kind and with persiBtency which seems
10 know no limit.
Tho sum OF $4,000 marks ts6.25o)
will be- paid for Captain X, OF the
French aviation service dead or alive.
The French government has been very
careful 10 avoid giving his name, and
It Ia believed the Germans know him
only by description.
II was Captain X. who three success
sive times went to lombard the Ger
man powder and ammunition factory
at Rottweil, In Wuerttemherg On each
occasion he performed an e1traordl'
nary feat
Tho sobriquet OF "corsair OF the air
has been given to him Some OF his ex'
ploits partake OF the ruthless vtgor
of tho true pirate
Captain X. la the principal leader
Of the French bombing expeditions,
and he seoms like hero who has
dropped out Of romantic novel Dan.
ger Is his very life, and he plays with
It So that his adventures during the
war have boon almost fantastic.
fle began by being made prisoner
AZ a result Of All injury TO his motor
which Obliged him to descend In n neu-
trail country, but he succeeded In OBJ.
tanning his release. When he returned
TO France he was Tctit to the eastern
frontier for active service.
Though he demands much from his
Aubordinates. he sets a good example
himself. When he goes out with them
for bombardmsnt each Of the ma
chimes carries a special sign. He takes
his position about eight thousand feet
above the object to be destroyed, while
his companions are discharSing their
missiles.
Through his glasses he watches tho
results and notes the points which
have been struck and tho actual dam
ago done and makes n record OF II all
In his notebook When the others
have completed their work the captain
,descends in spiral aims with preci
sion and delivers the final. and gen
orally thu most fatal, blows to the
enemy property.
Guards His Flock,
lie waits to Judge the effects OF his
work, and then he starts for home.
eseorting HIS men and acting Az n
faithful dog does to- the dock. hurrying
90 the assistance Of those who may
need il. 1t IL net without having run
the most serious Kinds " risks that he
has become the terror ot the Germans
During enc hombardmout he fought
with u large German ayia,tk armed
with two machine guns His whole
machine Was seriously damaged by
shots number Of important parts
OF tho apparatus being cut and torn,
but lie continued on into German ter.
ritorN and went direct 10 a railway sta.
ton and factory which he had set out
to lombard. carried out h!s mission
and returned safely 10 his base
The E'rst time he went 10 attack the
pcwde. factory Of Ro,tweil was On
March J, 1918 The journey lasted
tive hours and twenty minutes Ten
minutes after he began the attack on
the plant conhsgration was noticed
beneath him, and he realized that he
had DESTROYED At least an important
Part of Il. He had brought four large
shells With him and be descended very
low In order to deliver his attack 50
that each ot the shells struck home
One OF them landed in the mixing
h&sin * nitric acid and glycerine ana
tho others fell GA the buildings
Flames at once arose and the smoke
made & column forty five hundred feet
high,
His next important bOmhaTdment
was at tbs railway station which tire
French authorities indicated as Y, TO