The Detroit times., 1916-02-03

prize crew OF 20. with the 20 other
Germans found prisoners when the
Appam was captured, brought a
food of details of the new sea raid
er's exploits.
Early this morning the Appam.
covered with sleet and ice. and look.
Ing like the ghost ship she is. raised
her mudhooks and steamed from
her berth on the government pier
at Old Point Comfort. Most of her
passengers lined the deck rails, even
at the early hour. cheering as the
last leg of their thrilling journey
was begun. Anchored here near the
spot where the German raiders
Kron Prinx Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel
Friedrich nearly a year ago began
their internment, her gangplank
was thrown out and the passengers,
German prisoners for 10 days,
iocked ashore. Trains were In
readiness to take many of them i'm
mediately to New York and Norfolk
where British authorities prepared
to send them to England.
Before leaving the Appam many
OF the passengers. even the British,
thanked Lieut.. Berge and the prize
crew for the courteous treatment
given them during their imprison-
ment.
Among the passengers detained
were four wounded sailors OF the
Australian meat steamer Clan Nc
lavish. sank by the masked raider
In view OF the Appam. SipEdward
Meriwether, British governor-gen.
eral of Sierra Leone, today told a
thrilling story Of the battle between
the Australian vessel and the
raider. He said running fight oc.
CURED, in which the MacTavish
fired the first shot from a three
inch gun mounted on her bow, her
only armament. The raider had
her masked batteries concealed, but
the Australian scented danger and
fired q screaming shell which al
most struck the raider. The steel
mask of the raider was dropped and
the battle began.
"The German let 60 a broadside, T"
said Sir Edward. 1T was fine
tight, II one-sided, for a half-hour.
With her one little gun the Mac
lavish barked away even after be-
ing set afre in half dozen places.
Finally the Germans discharged
two torpedoes. Both projectiles
struck home. The MacTavish reeled
as II struck by some giant and soon
disappeared"
The German boat. Sir Edward
said, rushed to the scene and
rushed the four wounded sailors
placed on the Appam.
With Collector of the Port Ham,
ilton as umpire, the German and
British ofbcials held more confer
ences regarding the release of the
British soldiers and prisoners taken
from the sunken British vessels,
who, Lieut. Berge asserts, acted as
gun pointers, and are, therefore,
subject to internment.
Pending q decision by the Wash
ington authorities, release today OF
these IL Britons was not insisted
upon by the British consular agents.
Among the first passengers to set
foot ashore today was G. ID. Tag
liaferri, Of Eureka county, Nevada.
He boarded the Appam at Segunde.
West Africa. and carried American
passports. No international COM
plications regarding his detention
as a prisoner of the Germans were
expected. He had no complaint to
make regarding his treatment.
Rumors we're rife among the freed
passengers today regarding an i'm
mense cargo of gold captured with
the Appam. Sir Edward Meriweth-
er said he understood gold to the
value OF about 100000 was car
ried and transferred from the Ap-
pam to the raider during one of
the nights when the Appam was
being conveyed.
An examination of the Appam's
cargo will be made today or tomor-
row by the port authorities to de-
termine its value for report to the
state department.