The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-06-16
DAKOTA MAN HAS MANY ADVENTURES

finish. In G guerrilla battle with q
band OF re~volutionists Billy and q com
rada decided TO investigate q small
adobe hut which stood In the low
brush near q road. Billy started round
n aide OF the house. his mate round
the other. When Billy came to the
front of the house the headless body
OF his comrade lay In the dust before
the bali open door. Billy saw red"
He put his hand on the door to push
II open, aud q Mexican lurking behind
1t cut the hand half OF with q machete.
somehow or other, Billy killed the
Mexican with his bare banda.
Then he heard firing and stepped
out OF the hut A bullet passed
through hts face. from cheek TO cheek.
and Billy started to run. Just a. he
reached the road q second bullet
caught him through the thigh and
Billy pitched forward In the dust.
When he recovered consciousness he
Was In a military hospital at Fort
Roswell, N. N.
After billy recovered he went TO
Australia. He left that country In
June. 1914. on m Italian vessel bound
for Liverpool. When the ship reached
Its destination II was learned that the
great wal had broken out.
Goes TO Enlist, ehanahaled on ship.
Billy at once announced his inten.
tion OF going to France aud Joining
the foreign legion.
Jack Hodge. an A~uctralian sailor
who had shipped along with Billy,
decided TO Join the legion with him
and tho Italian captain offered to
carry the two men to Bordeaux ON his
boat. At Bordeaux the two comrades
helped load the boat with q cargo for
Chile, then went into Q cafe with the
captain. who proposed a drink 20 their
success One drink was followed BY
another, and when the two would .bs
legionnaires recovered their senses
they were far out on the ocean en-
route for South America.
Some weeks later the ship sailed
into the harbor OF africa, Chile. Be-
fore going ashore Billy and his mate
gave the treacherous captain q thrash.
ing that sent him into a hospital and
them into n Chilean prison for two
months.
After coming out OF JAIL the two
comrades had TO wait around africa
for several months before they could
get a ship back TO France. There were
many Germans in africa, who did not
relish the loudly proclaimed inten-
ton OF Billy and Hodge Of returning to
France to Join the legion.
One night Billy and Hodge had
been In a saloon together, Hodge
stepped out alone, and. hearing a COM
motion, Billy rushed out after him
He found his mate dying In the street
a knife stack in his back.
Dead IN Battle. Soon Receivers.
The next morning Billy sailed. and
in June, 1915. he reached Bordeaux.
and was enrolled In the legion. He
trained ut Camp La valhonue, and
went to the front with a detachment
OF requirements Just before the
Champagne offensive In September.
A few days after the legion's charge
In the Bots Sabot. on September "a,
| received this news In q letter from
Paul pavelka:
Early In the attack Billy Thorin
was struck tn the bead by a piece OF
shrapnel. He refused to 20 to the
rear. bet kept IN. A few minutes
IAter he Was again hit and topped
over knelt and looked at him. and
he was stone dead
But Billy ~ not dead. He came
to and crawied alone to q irst4id
post. and later reached 4 hospital In
the far south Of France. Billy hss
Just gone back 10 the front