Evening star., 1918-11-25

tH0 ioa0e0 IL keeping II on N1Vss
Remy's desk.
IT could have reached 1t at any time.
but I had only twenty cartridges and
the crew consisted of forty-two men.
SO that resistance was useless How
ever. at this prison they took away
my Identification tag and the gun. but
left me my binoculars. Early In tho
men came for me and was taken to
the station, where we took the train
for Karlsruhe. I had nothing to eat
on the trip except a sandwich which
the officer gave me from his lunch.
was fortunate enough to find IS In
my clothes and was allowed to buy
| a meal when they found out that
had money
When we arrived at Karlsruhe
was taken to what prisoners call The
Listening Hotel and turned over to
the army authorities. Here l was
placed alone and allowed communities.
tion with no one. On my second day
and on a third day with three British
officers. While we were there three
/; dictaphones were found by the officers,
and little time was lost in destroying
; them. The first day had been ques-
! toned by member of the intelligence
department. He had typewritten sheets
Of questions which he put to me and
course. l tried to make him believe
+; that was giving him much valuable
, information.
! "On the fourth day I was sent to the
officers camp in the Geological Gar
eens. aens at k.Ir Karlsruhe: where ! found
.. hundred French and fifty British OFF,
GERS From these men gained much
! Information. All of this information
checked with mine strengthened me
IN my determination to escape. was
, the only American at this camp, but
the British and French treated me as
i one of their own and when they heard
intended to escape they provided me
with maps, compass, money and
food. For two weeks I worked on
failed. the third. in which was asso-
! clated with some British and French
officers, failed when a letter written
by one Of the Frenchmen to a woman
in Karlsruhe fell into the hands Of the
, commandant.
''In the meantime five American
aviators came in and with one of them
I tried to make an escape that night.
with our food in knapsacks and our
blankets draped round us to resemble
the cloak worn by German officers, we
tried to hide in the limbs Of a tree
near the outer fence. However, we
could not get by the sentries and were
forced to return to our barracks The
Following day orders came from Ber-
, lin to clear the camp of all officers.
on receipt of these orders 1 dressed.
hiding my compass and maps as best
J could. for officers on leaving a camp
are given a most thorough search. be-
ing required to take off all clothing
, SO that each garment may be sepa-
rately inspected. Each piece was
kneaded. to see If the rustic Of paper
could be heard. and the hens opened
Gold stripes and insignia were also
cut of to see If a map or some other
contraband was secreted. The heels
and soles Of shoes were also cut open.
We were given no breakfast when we
departed, @ which we did not mind. as
we were glad TO get away. for in three
weeks that was at this prison the
soup was never changed and 1t was
, absolutely tasteless. At noon we had
SOUP made out of leaves and a plate
| OF black potatoes. at night the same
except . $50 grammes at breakfast
which We received every day.
Jumped From Train; Recaptured.
With the sentries I was marched
to the train which we took for viz
ingen. made up my mind to jump
from the train at the first opportu-
nifty. preferably as far south as pos
walk to reach the swiss frontier. NV
guards sat on either side of me with
loaded guns. which they pointed AZ
me. Finally, three miles from our des-
tination I caught one guard half doz-
ing. ana when the other turned his
was not more than IS by "a inches
The train was making about forty
miles an hour when I leaped, landing
on the steel ties, and for a few min.
qtes being stunned. The injury which
T hA
which could hardly bend. / strurs
gled to my feet. shufling Of toward
: the hills and forest few hundred
/ yards away.
! the guards mad started in pursuit and
ing as long as I could and finafly,
finding that the guards were bnt
seventy-five yards away, threw up
my hands to surrender One OF the
guards had just fred. the shot pass
Hardly had stopped when they Wera
on me In few seconds. One enard
graspins his gun by the nuzzle.
, struck me over the head as lay on
the hill I remember rolling down
their boots. They kicked me until 1
got up. and when / got up thew
knocked me down again. Finaiiy
knocking me down, one of the guards
struck me back OF the head. breaks
Ing his gun: The beating and kicking
contlnued until we reached the prfsen
/ camp. where collapsed on the
guardhouse porch.
On coming to my senses was
greeted by the commandant. a porkishs
looking individual and typical Pfus-
sian: who beloved in Ger--a- tIe
! attempted to escape again I would
be shot. I speak no Ge. .man. h,,, -
interpreter told me what he said.
They sent for a German deetor ana
ne swathed me with paper bandas aa
Ihey then put me in one OF the
guard cells; for three days I conlfl
! not move and the verfnin that IN.
.ested . the place made 1t almost an.
large red eruptions from 3erman
heas, which I found to be Al poison. !.
Gus as German propaganda,
Red Cross Fund q Boon.
about the sixth day 1 was In this
cell l was given q court tnartia11at
least could call 1t such-anfs fhses
were three officers who, after auAa.
tioning me, decided that I shoula havA
two weeks solitary confinement. Ruf
they never stopped the food ana hocE =
that were sent to me by some Atneri.
can officers. However, when t CANA
out of the cell I weighed lao nesnds
having lost thirty. Thanks Is ReS
Cross food. built up and got mvself
In good physical tim.
Realizing that had sectared con.
siderable Information that was vaIua.
pie to the service. I began to consider
tbese thesn plans plans for or, escape. Three Of
treachery. There must have bee1S "a
spies among the Russian oficers. who
gave our plans to the Germans. All