Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-07-20

ESP|ONAGEACT
VIOLATION IS
COMPLA|NG
AGAIN ST
FARMER

Eve tmeaning the Germnas), have pen-
ty OF officers and men on the other side
of the river and can blow up all these
river pumps when the time comes," Is a
statement alleged in complaint filed be-
fore U. s. Commissioner f. X. Goodrich,
against w. +. Lorence, farmer living
near San Juan, in Iidalgo county. Lorence
was brought to Brownsville yesterday by
military authorities and turned over to
Deputy United States Marshal 4. l..
Reed.
Lorence is charged in a complaint al
legng violation of the Espionage Act,
signed by an agent of the department
of justice with saying:
I'VE have men and officers on the 9th
er side training troops. We can blow up
these river pumps when the time comes,
and when they come over here we won't
or | won't leave, but will join them right
here. We will show the who we
are. General G. has more sense than
all the Americans have.
"You are helping out the Red Cross
helped them out the first time they came
around, but | will never have anymore
money for them. The government j. ship
ping all the foodstuffs abroad instead of
helping the poor laboring man at home like
ii ougt to.
''Don't you think there j. half million
men over there for the German submarines
have got at least half of them!'
Lorence will be given a preliminary
hearing before L. ;. Commissioner Good
rich Wednesday afternoon.
According to the report made by the
agent. he was called to Mercedes on July
l3 to investigate Lorence, who had been
arrested by state rangers. That Lorence
told him that he came to the United States
from Germany in 1852, that he went to
New York and then To Dakota and from
Dakota to Iowa and from Iowa to San
Juan. lie claimed that he had become a
naturalized citizen, but did not have his
papers.
The statements made above accompany
the agents report in the form of affidav-
its from citizens of San Juan and Mer-
cedes. The agents report states that
when Lorence was arrested he had in his
possession a newspaper clipping alleged
to have been written by former resident
of San Juan section, and puglished in q
Nebraska newspaper. The cnoing reads
Mr. Syberkrop: Enclosed find an ar
ticle clipped from paper which suppose
won call wonderful piece of writing. This
only thing | can see in il is that Satar
must have guided your hand when yor
wrote it.
Do you know what ! would call itl
would call it blasphemy. Do you believ'
in God and eternity! If YOU do YOU ha'
better cut away from Lucifer. The Ameri
can people are geeting too much OF tina
lind Of trash, which i not fit for any de
cent man or woman TO read Trash whicl
any decent paper would refuse to print.
If YOU are writer, then why do yoI
not use your pen in the uplifting of man
kind instead of trying to show your hat
red against certain race just becaus
Wilson declared war against them. Sup
posing Wilson had declared war agains
England what would the king of Englan
suffer as the dear kaiser is suffering now
To the writer of this article. who's
name Is given, but for which obvious rea
sons is withheld from publication. the an
thor of the nwspaper article has replied
at j. plan that you come from the Ian
of Bloodwurst. The poor kaiser is not suf
fering vet. but he will. The slended threa
which stll holds his brain intact will brea
before long and the madman stripped .
all his royal regaIia and pomp will hay
to rave and ramp like the wild boar he re
sembles 30 much. for that viii be the en-
of his career"