The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-03
Deputy Dillon in Charge Of German Pris-
Oners Of War; Will Deliver to
Military Authorities
CROCHOLSKI IS
GENUINE BAD MAN
Tells Deputy Huns VIII Make Him March
With His Hands Up; Thomas
Joins Party Here

Deputy United States Marshal Jim
Dillon and Police Officer Thomas
left this morning overland for FIT
Sill where they will deliver to the
military authorities Paul Wencel
Gfocholski and William Kline, two
German alien enemies, as prisoners
OF war. These men are from the
eastern part of the state, Grocholski
having been arrested in Haileyville
and Kline in Boynton, Okla, by fed
eral men.
Deputy Dillon left Muskogee yes
terday morning with the men and
arrived here with them last night,
the aliens being kept at the Grady
county jail last night. Because oil
the statements Of Grocholski and a
near "run-in'' the deputy and this
prisoner experienced at Sapulpa, it
was thought best to double the guard
from Chicllasha to the post
Grocholski is miner by profes
sion and was picked up as q danger,
Gus man when, according TO state
ments, he made seditious remarks.
Also being an expert dynamite man
he was considered 70 be u liablity
to the nation while at large His
job in the min vses that lf firing
the charges Of dynamite and it was
feared that hD might employ his
knowledge Of explosives to send
some public building bridge, Official
or a portion of some army camp sky.
ward.
Indeed, when arrested he was un.
der suspicion, though not directly
accused Of blowing up a million
aires home in Tulsa At the time
OF this explosion, Kline was working
for the millionaire in the capacity OF
chief engineer of a gas plant at
Boynton, Okla, and despite the fact
that his employer was of contrary
opinion, Kline was arrested and is
being held az a dangerous man. Be
il said for Kline, however, that he
owns $500 worth of Liberty 'sonds,
and according to his statements, he
is for America and had taken out
his first papers toward naturaliza-
ton.
The men will be turned over to ar
ny Officers at Ft Sill. and will
doubtless be sent later to some Ger
nan concentration camp. r
That the authorities have made nc
mistake in taking up this Grochol-
ski, is the belief of Deputy Dillon.
II. relating his experiences while in
charge of the men yesterday Deputy
Dillon said
Everything went well until we ar
rived at Sapulpa. We had wait
OF about three hours at that point
ard l took the men up to the jail
for dinner, and to give them lirtle
rest. When l took the hand suffs
off them at the Jail Grocholsh be
gan to "beef' about everything anJ
particularly because he had to veal
the bracelets. l told him there was
no use in getting peeved at me anC
that the best thing for him to do wa.
to 90 ahead peaceably. He said
Just wait until you get over in Eu
rope. The Germans will make yol
walk with your hands lp all til,
time / told him that | regretted
the fact that / would never get t,
Europe, probably, for the reasol
that there will soon be enough Amer
lean boys in the country to take car,
u all the German. the kaiser eal
rake up.
when we started to the trai,
again, there was no one at the jai
but the jailer, an old man. We tool
the men IRON the jail and ! pre-
duced the handouts. Grocholski i'm
mediately got mad. did considerabl
swearing and said he would be damn
ed if he would wear those iron
again. He was furious and set hin
self as if to jump at me. l began t
think that the old jaiIer and / woul
have TO fight the two of them.
wasn't going to take any chance.