New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

horseshoe curve and brought him
unprecedented into combat.
1t was lot easier for him "a e.,
himself German military aort
and conqueror when he penned thos.
scornful lines than it was 10 keen
up the part short time later uh.r
his handsome home on Prospect Hin
was invaded by dozen or more rs.r
disguised and masked in the middle
OIL the night. They rang the be,,
rushed his sister, who opened tbs
door, aside and put him to question
AT first he showed considerab.
aplomb and bore himself Ike rea,
German conqueror," except that ba
did not wear monocle. He admittea
briefly that he had written on M tha
QUESTIONABLE Deutschland i;har
Allies; that he had also written
that he "had the doubtful honor -
being an American" and that ba
Hoped Germany would win the he
war" A 'lis
He was uncerernoniouslv knockaa
down, picked up and carried outside
and given a most awful beating His
nose was broken, his two eyes blaeLs
ened and his face bruised and blead-
ing. He had to get down on b;s
knees and kiss the American fac
and, whimpering and weeping. sino
The Star-Spangled Banner" ana
cheer for Uncle Sam. S'''
A great crowd congregated and
jeered at him. Next day some soft
hearted people in the town felt sorry
for him and thought he was badly
treated. In some circles it was con-
sidered very cruel to hurt the dear
Germans, even when they wera
American born and should be for
their own country first and forever.
The assault and battery was duly
reported to the police and an inyes.
tlgatlon demanded. / have not heard
anything more about the case, how.
ever, and it has no doubt been
dropped. The young man passed
few days in bed and the incident had
a salutary effect on his tongue. His
aspiration to be pointed out as a
German agent is now bit less keen
than formerly. He has learned at
least one lesson, to wit, that it is
more dangerous to pose than to act
up to the part.
He got good licking and lost q
lot Of blood for continually boasting
Of his German proclivities, making
offensive remarks and writing insult
ing commentaries. There are num-
bers of Germans in detention camps
that have actually done things such
as Won Hoegen only boasted Of doing.
Their licking is doubtless waiting
for them.
Each in his own measure, Of
course, Won Hoegen and Won der
Goltz seem to have been at least a
little harder handled than many Of
the real offenders, who have all been
dealt with much more mildly here
than Germans deal with Americans
for very small affronts.
Another interesting person was
the mysterious Maud Muller, Won
Hoegen's star correspondent. That
is, he wrote her many letters, some
Of them very long, especially those
about President Wilson. 1t may be
that she believed Won Hoegen was
really the German devil" he pro-
fessed to be and had her patriotic
instincts reused and finally wanted
to have him punished. He certainly
tcld her enough about himself, if It
had been true, to have made her be-
lieve she was entertaining very
subtle, dangerous character.
Won Hoegen used to show her let
ters from Won Papen and Others ad-
dressed to himself, and with many
of the words cut out so that the
actual sense of the letter was OBJ
scure. He left just enough to excite
her curiosity, and then told her tales
to set her wits wool gathering.
Among other things, he told hsr
that he was the son of an English
father and a German mother, but
that his father was employed on q
transatlantic liner and acting as
smuggler of information to Ger
many. I never heard how he made
this match with his German name.
Another little fairy tale of his was
that he had joined the Beers and
fought against the English in South
Africa.
All these things were enough tc
turn any girls head, and they re.
suited in Maud trying to market hei
"letters" with the newspapers. In
this she had no success, however.
The letters all came into my pos
session for the sum of S125.
Then all Of a sudden she wanted
them back, and she wanted then
quickly.
Not caring to have anything fur.
ther to do with the young lady anf
having pretty we'll fathomed yor
Hoegen by that time, ! introduces
her to somebody to deal with in TN
matter. What became of the letter.
is beyond my knowledge. 1t is al
legged that at the time Of her arres
at her apartment last January sh'
had lot of the letters IN her pos
session.
The young lady is now, believe
under restraint, having boasted
among other things, of being in TIL
secret service. She is also aliegef
to have asserted that she had peei
working for the British government