Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-23
SUBJECTS OF KAISER
THOUGHT TO BELONG
TO ORGANIZED BAND
Continued from Page one)

subject of Wilhelm ii. emperor of Ger
many.
Coutandin's application was taken out
September s.. 1915, I'm Cook county, ILL
nois. before Richard J. McGrath. clerk
of the supreme court. He gave his age
as twenty-one years. his occupation as
an elevator man, his birthplace-not
Fremont. France, as he told reporters
but Waldorf. Frankfort, Germany.
He came to America, said the applica-
ton. from Hamburg, on board the
steamship "Vaterland," (probably the
vessels last transatlantic voyage, as il
has been interned in New York for some
time). COutandin described himself as
a subject of Wilhelm II, emperor of
Germany.
Both declared their intention to be-
come United States citizens. Further
light was thrown on their identity by
other papers. Wanderwell had certifi-
Gates of discharge which showed he was
employed al various times during 1915
and 1916 on coastwise vessels sailing out
of New York City. Coutandin had a
certificate showing that he worked for
nine months as assistant chef in a
country club near Chicago.
In Wanderwell's effects was a hand
some album, made in Germany" con-
tanning pictures of the kaiser and the
royal family: Francis Joseph, of Aus
tria; commanders of the German and
Austrian armies; pictures of German
regiments, infantry, cavalry, artillery
on parade. going through manOuvres and
I'm skirmish line; pictures of German u
boats. and cartoons cut from newspa-
pers all of them lampooning England
and the allies.
HIKING Is POPULAR.
The most significant feature of the
Germans baggage was the number Of
picture postcards and newspaper clip
pings which seem to connect them with
other mixers.
One postcard, signed "A T. Enden,"
showed a German wearing a khaki suit.
II is said that Enden passed through
Atlanta recently. The name also cor
responds to that of the man Wanderwt1l
claims he is walking against and whose
present whereabouts he says he does not
know
There is a postcard showing Wander
well and Enden standing together, and
another showing a girl in high boots,
khaki skirt and campaign hat. The
newspaper clippings contained story
about Wanderwell and this girl, whose
name has been withheld. According to
the newspaper story, Wanderwell met
the girl in Chicago, married her and took
her on walking trip for honeymoon.
In San Francisco, states the newspaper
clipping, she left him and either got a
divorce or. at any rate, decided she loved
Enden the better of the two, for she
started walking with Enden.
Other newspaper clippings quote Wan
derwell and the other mixers as declar-
ing they were walking for their health, "
and again, that they were interned Ger
man sailors and couldn't go back to their
country. There is also a certificate to
show Wanderwell served in the Ger
man army. This is directly contradic-
tory to his statement to Atlanta news
paper men that he did not believe in
war" and fed from Europe as fast as he
could when the war broke out.
There are pictures Of Coutandin with
several other mixers besides Wander
well, and pictures of Enden with men
who are neither Wanderwell or Cou-
tandin. Altogether, the government Of
ficials have the names of about six men
in the mixers band.
wanderwell and Coutandin claim that
they are making their way by selling
postcards and delivering lectures on
health. Wanderwell had on his person
postal savings drafts for $500. $500 and
5000 in cash, and a Miami. Fla, bank
book showing a deposit of S1,72O.5O.