The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13

Nuus were pluCeu IN cdIHp WHICH
had been used Ak n quarantine camp
and where they were vacclnated
against typhus. cholera and smallpox.
Puryear was kept at Landshut from
August 81 to September IA. During
his. stay he applied for transfer to
can pilots were confined. lie was re-
moved there on September 10. After
nine days In Jail ut Villingen Pur-
year was released. Six days later. on
the night OF Sunday. October @, Pur-
year made his second and successful
attempt to escape.
Puryear had planned to escape with
one other companion. Aviator Willis.
however, asked him to postpone his
attempt for several days, as dozen
Americans had been planning to es-
cape for some time and II was feared
that II Puryear failed the general
breakout might be nipped In the bud.
Puryear and hts companion agreed
and preparations were made for the
escape. Ladders were made ready, win
dows and bars cut out and one
American made II possible to short
circuit the string Of powerful electric
lights WHICH surrounded the prison
camp and which burned all night to
prevent escapes. The Jail delivery VIZ >
planned for Sunday night, and the
Americans agreed to break out at sew
era places, SO as to keep the guards
busy.
At 1880 Sunday night the guards
turned out the lights in the prison
camp. This was the signal for all the
men to make their final preparations.
At 10 40 the lights outside the prison
camp were short-circulted by one OF
the Americans. From three sides OF
the barracks the American aviators
and prisoners made their dash for lib
erty.s
Fired on by Guards.
Immediately the German guards
blew their Whistles and cooked their
guns. Surrounding the barracks was
low barbed wire fence, and beyond
that deep ditch with barbed wire
cntanglements in Il. Still further was
Il ten-foot fence with hooks facing
Inward along the top. Outside this
fence were the guards with rifles
awaiting. Puryear, lsaacs, Willis and
their companions had to run this CANT
let, after getting through the barred
windows Of the barracks.
The penalty of being caught In the
wire was death. only u few days be
fore i'm the general breakout Rus
sian had been caught In the wire and
instantly killed. Puryear climbed
over all obstacles and put his ladder
up against the fence. AS he leaped
over the fence firing began. His com
panion had his foot on the lower round
of the ladder as Puryear went over.
Once outside the barracks Puryear
found himself between two guards.
Both shouted at him TO halt. Strictly
according to orders they shouted
three times TO him TO stop.
Six shots were fired in all point
blank at Puryear. The guards, how
ever, were old men and their aim was
bad. At the time they fired one guard
was 20 feet Off and the other 80 feet
away. Just as the second vOlley was
fired ut him Puryear stumbled and fell
in a ditch. He believes he would have
been wounded or killed by these shots
IL he had not fallen.
AS had been previously arranged,
Puryear waited at prearranged point
for his companion. When the latter
did not arrive after Is minutes wait
Ing, Puryear went alone. While he
waited Puryear heard the guards fire
several score rounds. He had now re-
covered his strength and made good
progress. That night he went Is kllo-
meters.
Puryear carefully guarded his Red