Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
GERMAN PRISONERS
At FORT NJ PHERSON
MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
Ten Members of Crews of
Prince EiteI Frederick and
Appam Dig Their Way Out
of the Internment Camp

Secret service agents Wednesday aft
ernoon were working on the theory that
the ten German prisoners, members OF
! interned German ships crews, who es-
| capped from the wa prison barracks at
/ For; Mcpherson some time Tuesday
night through a tunnel they had dug,
are secreted in the home of friends in
| Atlanta.
Just what steps will be taken to as
certain whether this is true and just
what houses are under suspicious could
not, of course, be divulged.
/ The department Of justice operatives
are confident, however that persons ION
the outside" are aiding in the conceal
ment of the men.
The men who escaped were two Of
! icers and eight seamen who were among
! the men brought to Fort Mcpherson
two weeks ago from the war prison
barracks at Fort Oglethorpe. They are
members of the crews of the Prince
Eitel Friedrich and the Appam, two
members Of whose crews escaped from
Fort Oglethorpe several months ago,
DISCOVERED AFTER DAYLIGHT.
The escape was discovered shortly
after daylight Wednesday when reveille
was sounded. Investigation developed
the IdGI lndl a lUIlISA AldN DCOi SNeSA hCN
under one of the barrack houses and dug
for hundred feet or more to an open
ing outside the camp.
Evidently the prisoners had been
working on the tunnel ever since their
arrival, digging at night and scattering
the earth along sidewalks that are being
constructed.
Bloodhounds trailed the men in a
southwesterly direction from the fort
Nearly a mile from the camp they took
to a stream with a view, it is believed,
Of throwing dogs off their trail
At the edge of the branch the retSu-
gees had discarded their socks.
Near the place where the socks were
found the searchers discovered two pairs
of oyeralls, an old overcoat. pair OF
corduroy trousers and other articles or
clothing, all of which are said to have
been discarded by the escaped prisoners.
Several squads of soldiers are SCOUT
ing the country near the fort with or
ders to get the fleeing men dead or
alive"
Wires have been sent to every part
Of the country asking officers to be Oh
the lookout for the men, whose descrip-
lions were detailed in the kilograms.
That the war prison barracks have
been in need of more guards for some
time has been generally known, Colonel
Van Orsdale having asked the recruit
ing officer to enlist sixteen men for
that duty.
The men who escaped and their de-
scriptions follow:
Hans Berg, No. 1902, officer German
navy: nationality German; age forty,
height feet, inches, light brown hair,
light gray eyes, complexion fair.
Paul Falg, No. 1852. sailor German
navy. nationality German, age twenty
two. height feet. IL inches, complex
ion fair, color of eyes gray, color of
hair blonde.
Alfred Loescher. No.6-2, officer Ger
man navy. nationality German. age thir-
ty-nine; height 5 feet, inches, com
plexion fair, color of eyes blue, hair
light brown.
Max MILAN Menzinger, No. 1902, saik
or German navy, nationality German, age
twenty-five, height feet 10 inches, COM
plexion dark, color eyes brown, hair
brown.
Carl Schultze. sailor German navy,
nationality German, age twenty-three,
height feet, IL inches, complexion
fair, color of eyes blue, color or hair
blonde.
Paul Eisuer, No. 1882. sailor, nation
ality German, age twenty-nine, height
) feet, inches, complexion fair, color
Johann Adelhardt No 1912, sailor
German navy, nationality German, age
twenty-four, height feet. inches, COM
plexion fair, color of eyes blue, color
of hair brown.
Granz Beer, No. 500, sailor German
navy, nationality German, age twenty
two, height > feet, inches, complexion
fair, color of eyes green, color of hair
blonde.
Paul Sabel, No 67-2. sailor German
navy. nationality German, age twenty
five, height feet, inches, complex
ion fair color of eyes blue. color of
hair dark.
Arnold Henkel officer German navy,
nationality German, age thirty-fiVe,
height ; feet, inches, complexion dark,
color of eyes gray, color of hair gray.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
l.. j. Bailey. Of the department Of JUS
tice announced Wednesday afternoon
that a reward of $50 would be paid for
the capture of each of the Germans.