Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23
SUBJECTS OF KAISER
THOUGHT To BELONG
TO ORGANIZED BAND
Agents of Department of JUS
tiCe Cause Arrest of Walter
WanderweII and Hugo COu-
tandin, Registered Here

Agents Of the department Of Justice
who caused the arrest in Atlanta We'd
nesday of two German youths, armed
with cameras and carrying the flag Of
Germany concealed in knapsacks wrap
ped on the outside with the Stars
and Stripes. are said TO - working on
the theory that the pair are members
Of an organized Dand OF Germans who
have been tramping through the coast
cities of the United States within the
past two years under the guise Of world
mixers
The theory is substantiaJed by photo
graphs and newspaper clippings found in
the prisoners effects The photographs
show the two men, first with one mixer
and then another. the total number or
mixers pictured mounting up 10 dozen
or more. The newspaper clippings show
that al one time the mixers claimed 10
be walking for a wager, at another for
their health, again because they were
informed German sailors and could not
leave the country. One clipping de-
scribed a couple, man and woman. as be-
ing on their honeymoon
This evidence is contradictory at many
points to the story told by the two Ger
rams under arrest in Atlanta one Of
y
one Of them is Frenchman and the
other a Germans denied by two GER
tificates giving both their birthplaces in
Germany.
This is not the first time that sus-
picion has turned toward world mixers
who put in their appearance here. At
Iantz, in common with many cities or
the United States. has been visited fire.
oUently Of late by khaki-clad. sun
a.
the newspaper offices and with great
show Of frankness, exhibited papers in
proof Of their statements that they were
walking from coast TO coast, or trotting
around the world, or going from Chi
csgO 10 New Orleans, fer wagers of
thousands of dollars
Not infrequently have these breezy
gentlemen carried kodaks or their arms
and il has been remarked as significant
that they were most often seen i'm cities
on or near the seabOard. The stories
they told made good copy for the
newspapers. Nearly all of them had
escaped from Mexican bandits and had
met Pancho villa in person
II was known that the department of
justice was keeping track OF the more
ments of several Of these mixers. so il
came as no surprise Wednesday when
two OF them had scarcely set foot in
Atlanta before they were arrested.
STILL GOOD FRIENDS.
In accordance with the hikers' Gus
tom, the PAIR presented themselves at
The Journal Office Wednesday after
mon One Of them gave the name of
Walter WanderweM He said he was A
member OF the wandervogeI. a German
walking club. and had set out from
Posen. Germany. the summer before the
war began. to tramp $4,000 miles for
? wager OF $4,000 marks.
His companion, he said. was his time
keeper. Hugo Coutsndin. born in Pie
mont, France Wanderweu stressed the
point that while he himself was Ger
man. Coutandin was q Frenchman, and
they were stiIl gutter freunden." Wan
derwell did all the talking: Coutandin
merely nodded scquiescence-
The department OF justice was in
formed OF their presence in the city.
and they were arrested Wednesday night
~ the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion on Luckie street. where they had
engaged rooms Held at police head
quarters on a blanket charge of suspi-
cion. they stuck TO their story Thurs
day
But in the meantime government
agents. examining their baggage. were
picking flaws right and left in their
statement and accumuIating ? mass Of
evidence on the theory that an or
Eauized hand was at work throughout
the country
So tightly packed were the Germans
papers that they made two small bun
dies. but once the various postcards.
clippings. albums and papers were I'M
bound. they made enough to I'LL a good
sized trunk.
First were the -knapsacks- The Amer
lean flag was wound around each. but
inside were ribbons Of red. white and
black. and flags embiazoned with the
imperial governments shield Each con-
tanned a camera and a roll Of film.
WHAT PAPERS SHOW.
Among the most important papers
we're applications for naturalization
wanderwell's gave his name as Pieczyn-
ski. the name under which he register
ed At police station
His application was taken out July
s. 1918. before william p Schneider.
clerk OF the supreme court OF New
York He described himself as Valeriau
Johannas PiecZynski. nineteen years
old: occupation, ships quartermaster;
residence. New York City. where he
Jane from Hamburg, Germany. on board
the tramp steamer. Clumber Hall: last
foreign residence. Posen, Germany; al
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