The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-19
WOUNDED AVIATOR
WANTS MORE FIGHT
Lieut.. Rickenbacker, With Ear
Drums Split, Insists He viii
Stick to Finish.
LETTERS FROM HOSPITAL
Doubt Still About Fate of
Lieut.. Connolly-Mothers
Get Last Messages.


Lieut.. Eddie Rickenbacker, tho Arneri-
can fiier who zoomed into fame through
. series Of daredevil flights over the Ger
man lines, is In q hospital in Paris suf-
ferfng from an injury received In the
cloud battle In which he downed his
eighth Boche plano. Both Of Ricken-
hackers eardrums are split. Recent
dispatches mentioned the fact that the
aviator had been injured. but failed to
supply details. A letter written by him
20 Priscilla Dean, motion picture actress,
d'scioses the real nature Of his injury.
The letter. couched In the breeziiy
amusing style characteristic Of Ricken-
hacker. was penned by him from his
hosuitai cot and was received by Miss
Dean at her home in Los Angeles. II
said:
''Tieuo. Ny California Sunshine: Your
letter and photograph received. Gee 7
I'd give some years OF my life to have
lust one week In California, but no,
must stay to the finish, for there Is lot
% he done.
Have been In a Paris hospital with
broken eardrums, which have given me
come trouble. VIII probably be In for q
NV more weeks. Geei wish you
were hare to nurse me wee bit
Hello to mother and all the boys and
eiria Write when convenient. As ever.
RICK OF Old"
Connolly's Fate II In Doubt.
Edward NJ. Connolly Of the National
surety Company OF this city Is seeking
definite Information concerning the fate
OF his son, First Lieut. Stewart Dow
Connolly OF the Royal Canadian Air
Forces. who was reported killed In action
In August and later listed among the
prisoners in Il German camp. Up to the
present time neither the United States
or the Canadian authorities have been
obs to ascertain which OF the two re-
ports was true.
Lieut.. Connolly Is 20 years old and
before entering the service made his
home at Sparkill, n. Y. He had
achieved reputation as an amateur ath-
fete. having won the metropolitan Junior
golf championship In 1919 and the Hud-
son River golf championship In 1915.
lie attended the Mount Pleasant MIL
tary Academy, and Cutler School When
tits country declared war he entered the
frst Plattsburg Oflcers' Training Camp,
commission In the United States Army In
orisr to enter the Canadian Air Forces.
In a letter written from q base hos
pital in France to his father Charles L.
Hammond OF 1870 Clark street, Port
Chester, y. Z. Lieut.. Oliver W. Ham
nrond states that he Is recovering from o
wound in the right leg which he received
IN action on July "a. Lieut.. Hammond
was sergeant in Company d. Second
Connecticut Infantry. and lived at New
HRver when he entered tho first Platts-
nfHNara TN-of IL
sent to France a year ago as a L;euten-
ant in Company F. 101st Infantry. He
10 IS years old and has a brother, Car
Isle Hammond. in the service.
Pneumonia Takes Ensign LeQuin.
Ensign Maurice L. Lequln, son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice L. Lequin OF IS Chest
nut street. East Orange. N. j., died on
October IL on board an American traLs-
port. to which he was assigned. His
death resulted from pneumonia, when
had developed from an attack OF infiu-
enza. He was making his FIRST sea trip.
having previously been stationed at New
port News.
Ensign Lequin was 20 wears old, and
was a graduate OF the East Orange High
School. He was attending the University
OF Virginia when he entered the United
States Naval Reserve force. His twin
Brother. Eugene Lequin. Is a second
Lieutenant Of infantry and Is stationed
st Camp Dix. Another brother, T..
Gerard Lequin, Is member OF the Naval
l:eserve.
Mrs. Sarah Connolly of 127 Smith
street, Brooisiyn. has received word that
her son, Private Harry III. Connolly Of
Company E. o11th Infantry, wac killed
IN action on September 81. He had been
q letter carrier and was 20 years oil.
Private Ferdinand W. OFT OF Company
u, lo6th Infantry, killal in action ON
September 2. lived at 1850 Decatur
street, Brooklyn. Previous to his enlist
iaent he had served seven months In the
navy. He was FL years old. His brothe.'.
Charles OFT. is also in the service.
Private william Siedenburg. men
toned In yesterdays casualty lists, was
killed by an exploding shell, according to
a. letter received by his mother, Mrs.
Catherine Siedenburg. from a member
OF the Women's Auxiliary OF the 302d
Engineers. Siedenburg was an cleo
trician when he Joined the Engineer
Corps in september, 1917.
Gets Taste of Gas, but Feels Fine
Il got taste OF German gas. hut am
feeling fine and can't kick" wrote Pri-
vate Benjamin Seigman of Company A,
Mrs Sarah Seigman OF 2i9 Hart street,
Brooklyn. Seigman Is 20 years old and
sailed for France last April He was
gassed On August 90.
In the fighting on September Ser
geant Joseph Donovan OF 444 Bedford
avenue. Brooklyn. received fifteen
shrapnei wounds In his right leg and
two in his left arm. His watch pre-
vented another bit OF shrapnel from en-
tering hts abdomen. Sergeant Donovan
IL graduate OF Richmond Hill High
School and the College Of the City OF
New York. He Is 25 years old.
Corporal +. w. Jurgens, Jr., of the
Hath Infantry was severely wounded
IN action on September II. the day fol-
lowing his twenty-third birthday, &C.
cording to War Department telegram
received by his father who lives at AZ
William street, Orange, y. ]. .Jurgens
enlisted soon after the United States
entered the war.
Arlington Man Air Hero.
Lieut. j. Edwin Frobisher OF the
American air forces died September 10
OF wounds received In a cloud battle nine
days before. when he and several other
American aviatOrs attempted 10 drive OF,
squadron OF German planes which was
enOAaYOrfnR In s41nf ba oe,lt