Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-08-01

cally be ciIled murder. The sn,per.
don't call that. They call it pot
hunting. have talked with several
and have Hen on the line with few.
They. wouldn't any more shoot song
bird or magpie than they would kill
one of their, own officers, but shooting
Fritz across the line that's another
story. 1t is dangerous business, too.
Many sniper is sniped himself. Some
of them camouflage themselves and
stand for hours in range Of a thousand
rifles. There is q young American Of
ficer from Massachusetts who is-assign-
ed to technical work, who spends day
and night each week on the line
sniping the enemy. He does 1t be-
cause he, likes it. He is an expert rifle
shot and he enjoys the hazards Of his
work and gets satisfaction from killing
Huns. ssbl
The two best known Hun snipers are
Black Fritz and Crazy Fritz. Black
Fritz is dead. Crazy Fritz was wound
ed, but whether he is dead is not
known. BLACK Fritz harassed the
Americanssector for weeks. He was a
good shot and put bullets now and then
through a Soldiers armor hat. But one
day he waist spotted behind log and
a bullet struck him between the eyes.
He was a handsome chap" said q
sniper, and had beautiful hair, blonde
as girls and combed back like q col
lege boys" &
IF he had blonde hair why did you
call him Black Fritz?"
Because. he hung so much crepe on
our DOORS"
There is another Hun known as
Foolish ESitz, and rather pretty story
may be told about him. He is not q
sniper. The men in the trenches cam
not tell just what he is. Perhaps, they
have figWN, he corresponds to an
American football or baseball mascot.
He is a neee youth and he takes dam
gerous chAMces. He might have been
shot Aulnreda times, bnt the Ameri-
can sniDeIs haven't the heart to kin
"Onea ~" said sniper who has
WATCHED ~ play around like q kitten,
''he crawled UP over. the top Of the
trench anuwent over, to log and lay
on it. He was there for an hour sum
ming hiiaee had q bead ON him all
the time, but what's the use Ia mere
kid. Another time new sniper here
saw him and was just about to pick
him whs y said Nothing doing WE
4 ca~t city understands what Il
means. out two weeks agoI thought
I'd give NE youngster scare, SO I put
a bullet in. very small tree about =
foot him. He scamgered out q
sight like frightened puppy. often
wonder If he or anyone else knows
that he's U.s. living In the shadow Of
death. Maybe the Germans figure they
learn something from it. However.
i you'll never catch me killing that kid."'
Negroes Furnish Much Humor. 4
Humor CLEANS frequently through
4 the gril iliils OF, ssarsand much of 1t
comes from the negro soldiers from
the Unfted States. Alphabetically dark
skinned pfivate was overhauled re-
Gently by q military policeman. It was
on a country road and the soldier was
ambHng along with his military outfit
4 as well as about $50 pounds Of SOU
venirs ofSFrance.
where; IRE you from y asked the po-
liceman.
me, san? Use from Alabama"
whereabouts in Alabama?"
"Don't know, sab, exactly, but Use
from Alabama"
"Where, you going tot"
"WeIl,sI don't 'xactly know, sah."
where you coming from ~
a 'The last place I member. sah, 3
Barleybgck. Seems to me the train i
was on vent while rs buying few
things to take back when l co."
| do you know where you arew
"Can't 'xactly say do, sab Cooking
around with the feigned erudition Of.
an asv4pmeg), but / reckon Use some
where ihyFrdnce."
a The negroes amuse the French peo-
pie. Thl3big black boys swing along
the coI6tfy roads singing or smiling,
They frequently organize a quartet Up
a CANTON and if the work in which they
are engaged isn't vitality important stop
beside road to "put over" few de
minisbeh seventies, better known as
barber shops. And they know how to
do it. They are happy go-lucky wher-
ever found.