Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-11
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yards at night. All these prepa parstions
were made very quietly apd the great-
est STrecy preserved was lctalleL
with my car 10 wtrul certain roads
during the twenty -four hours. and, "
course, all the other roads were IA
trolled too. We had orders 10 stop cv
cry one We met, and n they were not
providsl with the special PISS we we're
To take them prisoners regardless OF
what uniform Z ~ were wearing II
looked like tiresome work, but Il prov
ed 10 be rather exciting.
| started over my route rromn'lv ~
q n'clm'k. and you mLiy BE- sure wnS
all on slcc 10 make. canturr Ny
car was flying the flag Or the army
corps hcailua rters. 81 | wn' not both
erred ty the srutrics stopping me [
w,'nt over the ROUTE the first time Win
out meeting soul who wasn't quite
all right | was inurh disappointed
for thought I would be- pUAing up
spies wholesale nn the second trip !
began % think vat | was going 10
have " 'nr. thr same ln' ra ;" "n
the t,Sr fU 'lythiu! r'nW ,clr
quic' md peaceful .. ...
turned into the road wl'h .uia5 H.
Watou, and, as ! said, was hcIIu
Ming 10 be sick of my JOB There WA
rather sharp curve In rb. road aud
as | turned II ! saw hN rIr u,nt ~
my electric hcadi rs trh mtu stand
lug In the rhlllc Ut the mIl. The
minute they ,un..t si-ht n nv car
they started oat a',usS iirld Ns hard
{ az they, could go. Of t..,.. ..iI..
|. ! yelIei at them ard lammcj 10 NY
brakes, They didn't stop. So | pol rd
MY rcfb'r md orat cuG'te u per
stnders .rr them That. hrnr iM
them to a Isi.i risht. and they start
ed yeHmg PndnSH AT tlt. top ~ their
rcices,. ! t~btpi the .NThiia a1Ia on
my car agqapd u.tb lbr w s1uuc full
, ou tlrm ID tined | cn'oi tn (hc'n To-
keep t6cU bands In ri"lait snu r'iins
back on the road .grY
fTbey didn't seem very anxious about
4. builI assured 'hnm itithcy didn't
Noud 81, rhem wi q Hples, Ircg.,
I'll 1b fr.t. qyrcc enough TODD II. They
,olmc 'G.i 6i''tO tlr road. auI I ,nahr
them stand one uu clcll |i'b ~ the
car. Thu noticed tuat ouc II them
hai IN pair OF dermah .osllers'
''h,1tsi aud then | knew that / bad .
tsh for sure. got out apd searched
them. but they were unarmcd
What was worrying me was the fact
that In taking them back one VI them
world have q SIT behind me In the
car ! took "a my spare tires aud pH,
them In the back Of the cnr aud vita
thc straps ! bound one fellows feet
aud hands ! phcd him nto the TN
mean and mlllv the oilCr >it " front
with me assured hlHr7i he made A
singl" move didn't Ike ! worlh
pump him ruil ~ lead T. u. q
In this way took them into camp
without accident. They were shot ~
spies two days later. our haul Tor the
twenty four hours was thirty one spies.
nnd 81 cry one NJ them was German
one u the most terrible thing.
ever witnessed was the Destruction ~
the chateau At llDogr The chateau
was In n very ps'ul.ar position. hclu.
ON the dead ground between our trench
o. aul the Germans Sometimes We
would hold II ana sometimes they
would, aud Il oTctel great chances IN
both for snip,ng
Sometimes We h'd par; " IL. nnl
they would hold the other pnri Then
there was some great hand 10 lnnl
llghtius Onr fellow. In one rom
would be digging holes through the
wall 10 put at Germans iu the next
II was so clos" tn or truu hr, That
We did not dare to shell it aud rr
same thing nppiird Ia the Grrmans
II was lccitlSl tu minr the thiug aul
blow It uf the face NJ the earth
think the Germans had decided the
same tllns. aud II wa, simply case
" who would get their mines mil hr,t
We got the jump on them, aul when
everything was ready our boys cniIr,l
the Germans into II, and then the work
NJ destruction startel was sitting
on horSchac* behind some stan officers
We were nbmIt half a mile frm the
place, hut We had our ears stuIsl
with cotton tn prevent the cV'IusIuu
from lnjuring our hcnring
When the mines were set M ". saw
a sight such M one observes Ou,y on,o
In u lifetime The earth tremhl~l.
low, growing r'nnbir mNlcd, then
mighty crash. aud the air was nll.l
With smoke, flsme, bricks. dust, ilyinx
bodies, heads, legs and arms our frl
lows lct ont mighty cheer aud rhnrg.
"l across the crais formed hy tLc ry.
DlosiDn The Germans seemed stunned
by The awful sight they had witsr,srSl.
aud W. tppk several lines ~ trenches
from them With very little trouble The
,oSscs ou The German side were tcr.i
Bile, ana we lost heavily ourselves 1lt
chateau at lloosr will always br 70,
rh,snhrrrl by thosc who saw II
.u His majesty the King paid hi, irmlr,
q visit IN the iall. aud ~ hrG u,ss""
seen kM. Gcnrrr wsS mnph mttr
rstcd | had seen the king VI RclsI,
um ani also President ro,u,urc "
France, hut up To this Tine | hnl nat
rr seen the hpg fnr whom liNn. Hg,rp,