Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-23
.STOWAWAY IS
GERMAN CONSUL

Aboard the transport Logan when
man cleaning decks or shoyeling coal
who proved to be one Of the most in
teresting stowaways that ever reached
San Francisco That he was differ
ent from the ordinary was not dis
covered until after his arrival In port.
The story Of the masquerading of a
German official is thus told in the
San Francisco Chronicle:
When Edward Russell, a stowaw2y
On the United States transport Logan,
was searched after he was discovered
at sea four days out Of Manila, he
was penniless.
When Dr. Karl GehTmann, German
consular agent in Java, was examined
at the United States Immigration SER
vice station on Angel Island after the
Logan reached port sunday, he dis
played $4,000 in currency and ereden-
tlaIs from the German government
which secured his release at 8 o'clock
yesterday morning. .-..#
"Dr. Karl Gehrmann, German at
tache, and Edward Russell, American
citizen, are the same person.
Wearing the uniform of an Ameri.
can soldier, the man stole aboard the
Logan late at night, December II, the
day before the transport left Manila.
He slowed away among the 1900
troops on board and remained unde-
tected for four days. .-
Found by Seaman
lust before the transport touched
at Nagasaki, December 90, Harry
Hall, a seaman, discovered the stow
away, who had changed to civilian
clothes, and took him before Capt.
Charles P. Williams, commanding the
Logan. as3y e SKI. .
He claimed he was an American
citizen, of German Descent Capt,
Williams said last night. His name,
he said, was Edward Russell, and his
home was; in Milwaukee.
Russell was put to work scrub
bling decks and shoyeIing coal.
1--WE searched the man and he
didn't. have q cent, Capt. Williams
said. He told US he was penniless,
and ne made no mention of any con-
Dection with the German or other
government. @a4 sEA-.@..
Gehrmann may have had a confeder.
ate on the transport. He said 1t was
comparatively easy to stow away on
a government vessel and gave full
credenee to the mans later story that
he rode the 5000 miles from Java to
Manila in United States revenue
cutter. 80. g. ~ 3 .r,5#
Resches San Francisco .-.-
His hands blistered by unwonted
toll, the stowaway welcomed the sight
of San Francisco. But he did not feel
happy enough about it to reveal his
true name and position to Capt. VIII
liams. AS Edward Russell, American
citizen, he was turned over to the Inn
migration officers shortly after the
Logan berthed.
Under examination the man pro
duced credentials which proved he
was DR.. Karl Gehrmann, an attache OF
the German government He flashed
a roll Of about $4,000. according to Ed
ward Boyce, deputy immigration In
spector, and at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning he was released.
'Dr. Gehrmann told the immigra-
ton officers he slowed away because
he wanted to get to the United States
on his way back to Germany, and
could reach San Francisco no other
way. He was afraid to take passage
On a vessel friendly to the Allies be-
cause, he said, he feared the posi-.
bility of capture and internment. He
reached Manila by slowing away on
board q revenue cutter from Java, he
said. z @Eh
After his release, Gehrmann. evil
IDENTIFY well supplied with funds, regis.
tered at the Palace Hotel.
where did he get the money!, is /
the question which puzzles Capt. VIII
Iiams."