Evening journal., 1917-06-14
Submarine Warfare Reaches
Plane of Deliberate Murder

them into the sea, emptied the water
keg OF fresh water, and 20 make their
Joke complete, filed il with salt water.
The boats sails we're taken of and that
was practically the only hope Of getting
10 land If the wind were favorable. She
was attacked $50 miles out at sea-
While the Germans were indulging in
these franks with the lifeboat, a bomb
ing marty was wrecSing the ship and
the men were kept standing on the deck
Of tho submarine. The German officers
searched them. Most Of them had little
kitty bags OF handana handkerchiefs in
which they carried few little personal
keepsnkes such rs photographs of their
sweothearts, mothers or wives. These
we're taken from them and thrown into
the sen. Tho first officer. Matthewson.
was kept below decks for an hour and
put through the third degree as to the
routes Of other ships.
The Germans over played this little
drama OF frightfuiness as they used
up a whole hour in preparing the life
boat as a torture chamber for the
mon who we're TO be set adrift in il
A destroyer's smoke was seen on the
horizon and the Germans made haste
10 dive. Matthewson was thrust
through the hatchway and the subma-
rine dlved with the sixteen men stu
stand ne on her deck. They were left
houndering in the water TO swim TO
the empty lifeboat as best they could.
Tho American schooner Woodward
Abrahams was attacked 400 miles of
shore. Captain Van Namme and his
crew OF eight were put in a llfeboat
while the Germans set the lumber
laden schooner afro with incendiary
bombs. The American sailors drifted
about the Atlantic for two days and
two nights when they we're picked up
BY another lumber schooner, the Nor
wegian Anna Maria She was sub
marined 200 miles off shore and the
men again took 10 the lifeboats.
The crew OF the Anna Maria we're
never seen again. After another
twenty-four hours Captain Van
Namme and the Americans we're pick
ed up. Their luck held and they
lived. The Norwegians died
Forst believes from the evidence
sifted by him that the submarine com
manders are widely difference some
Of them delight In making their work
as fiendish as possible. Some or them
when they can lose nothing by It put
on little "gentlemanly buccaneer
comedy.
They we're very polite 10 the crews
they showed of into the boats, ex-
pressed regret and hopes for speedy
rescue.
In no case. however, did this po-
likeness affect their interests. II dis
appeared as the smoke OF a patrol
boat was sighted or as another VIC
tim appeared. In such cases the mask
was dropped and the dirty work was
carried out AT top speed
A British stewardess and her nus
band. a sailor, who were taken be-
low decks and questioned most po-
litely al first were taken TO the deck
and the submarine submerged leav-
ing them struggling in the water az
ter they had refused to give up any
information. In a very few instances
there were signs Of regret on the part
of the submarine officers. one OF
these was related by Second Oihcer
Kolsaat, naturalized British sub
iect who was allowed 10 touch on the
bombs which destroyed his own ship.
In talking with the submarine cap
tain, the latter expressed disgust
with the work cut out for him. With
tears In his eyes he said that sub
marine captains had been put TO death
by slow torture In Germany for let
ting big passenger liners escape them.
Kohlsaat was asked by Frost il he
believed that.
Il don't know. ] am ready to be-
lieve that OF Won Tirpitz. But ! do
know that, whether any men have
been tortured 70 death or not, the cap
tain who was talking to me believed
Il and feared IT,"