Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-10-31
TEN GERMANS ESCAPE
fFtom InterInent Camp Mt Mcpherson.
Descriptions Given.
ATLANTA Constitution, 25th.)

Privileges and coNrtesies extended
Herman prisoners in the German
Eprison camp at Fort Mcpherson are
&oing to be extensively curtailed since
$hhe escape Tuesday night Of ten Ger
19nan prisoners who were members of
the crews Of German ships interned
when the war began.
None Of the ten prisoners has yet
been captured, although bloodhounds
land squads of soldiers secured the
woods for miles surrounding the camp
hll day Wednesday from the time that
% The escape of the Germans was dis
covered at reveille Wednesday morn
Ing.
a Z. ]. Bailey, Of the Department of
&Justice, stated that reward of $50
8or capture of each prisoner would be
Epaid by his department. Telegraphic
descriptions of each of the ten men
&haye been wired to all principal
HoWns In radius Of several hundred
Smiles, though secret service men be-
Mieve the fugitives. are hiding in At
85anta.
VA Appam's Commander Escapes.
Eg Included in the list of escaping
8brisoners was an officer Of the Ger
man navy Of international fame. He
'|SSwas. Hans Berg, captain of the Ger
8Man ship Appam which, after being
#eaptured on the high seas by the Ger
HHmans, was interned at an American
Mort by the captors. Berg, being cap
Tain OF the Appam, received interna-
$3tonal noice In press dispatches. His
8picture has been published in many
80apers.
M The other nine prisoners making
&kheir escape included two officers and
eHeyen sailors.
M The method of the escape showed
shrewdness Of the Teutons: "A
&thnnel, which began underneath One
ffYf the barrack buildings near the big
wire fences that inclose the camp,
Went Is feet into the ground and was
&Aot less than 100 feet long. The
Stresh dirt was scattered over new
3&made sidewalk. The exit was made
about rs feet beyond the outmost sem
HtinePs post, beyond the big wire
Iences. From this exit the Germans
EcraWled through high grass and
sWeeds to safety.
d Clothing Found in Valley.
81 Col. Van Orsdale, in charge, of the
SprisQn camp, Is Of the opinion that 1t
8required all night for the, prisoners
ITO make their escape, and that the
&last prisoner must have fed just be-
8fore daybreak. The Germans arrived
lat the camp from Fort Oglethorpe on
eDctober s; and it is believed that they
went to work at once on tunneling
their way to liberty.
Clothing Of three Of the prisoners
was found in a little valley near Cas-
cade avenue, where the West End car
line ends. Bloodhounds tracked the
trail to this point.
Col. Van Orsdale believes that the
fRrisoners scattered, as their working
clothes were found in various direc-
Hons, He believes that The prison
2ra nave all come into the city with
he possible exception OF those e,scap-
ng saat trOln the ctUD who may still
90 hiding IN the woods nanr the
~Nmp,
The escaping prisoners were all
Baembers Of the German ships crews,
iHtel Friedrich and the Appam. .Pris-
oners from these two ships attempted
to escape while in camp at Fort Ogle-
thorpe. No trouble has been caused
ut all by the crew Of the German ship
kronprinz Wilhelm, interned at Fort
Mcpherson since shortly after the be-
ginning of the war.
y Secret service agents are working
on the theory that the ten German
prisoners are being aided by friends
IN Atlanta who are secreting them in
their homes, according to their be-
lief.
Descriptions Of Men.
A description of the prisoners who
escaped and their names follows:
1Hans Berg, No. 1902, officer German
navy; nationality, German; age, 40;
height, 8 feet z inches; light brown
hair; light gray eyes; complexion
fair.
Pail Falg, No. 1862; sailor Ger
man navy; nationality, German; age,
aplexiQn, fair; color Of eyes, gray;
color Of hair, blonde.
Alfred Loescher, No. 6-2; officer
German navy; nationality, German;
age, 80; height, feet 8 inches;
complexion, fair; color Of eyes, blue;
lhair, light brown.
Max MILAN Menzinger, No. 1902;
sailor German navy; nationality,
&armari; age, 22; height, feet 10
inches; complexion, dark; color eyes,
brown; hair, brown.
.-tCarl Schultze, sailor German navy;
nationality, German; age, %; height,
. feet 6 "a inches; complexion, fair;
color of eyes, blue; color Of hair,
blonde.
Paul Eisner, No. 1882; sailor:
nationality, German; age, 20; height
~ feet inches; complexion, fair;
color Of eyes, brown; color Of hair,
dark.
n Johann Adelhardt, No. 1912: sal
alor German navy; nationality, Ger
man; age. ID; height, s feet 4
inches; complexion, fair; color Of
Aes, blue; color Of hair, brown.