El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-27
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BABY SLAYER
British Officer Tells How
He Brought Down a
German Zeppelin.
By LIEUT.. GEORGE MORRISON.
british Royal Flying COrps.)

there's no galnsaylnE the AdcL t--t
1vin- in France has a hundred times
more Of the touch and go for life But.
lust as long as the Huns persist in
butcherine our women and children.
at home I'm satisfied TO remain here.
You see the business Of getting and
standing off their aircraft over little
ENGLAND and sending them scuttllns
back to Hunland with their talls pc
tween their legs is far from pelHs
We got word one night recently
that zepps were nearing the coast
-You had better get away and stand
by your machines to leave Wnen we
get more details" said the major
When my orders came. Iney JUS
gave me the scanty Information lLal
one zenn was heading due west Ior
+he CITY and that the others had been
missed By the land defence posts or
were lost was to separate from my
mates and rove at will
1t was clear enough so that lne
stars shone. but the moon was Cd
scure. and great banks OF clouds were
racing through the heavens Up ABOUT
1000 feet 7 could see through the lgnl I
mist the hedges and woods and the
ponds and rivers and the stray lights
OF cottages. This business or 1lylns
at night, however. viii never be pop
ular as a pastime I assure you, Dut
when you're after big game you don.
mind
climbed 20 10000 feet before be-
ginning a swift, semi-circular patrol |
far outside Of the city Then ] leIt I
the engine out. covered ground 10 /
its limit. But no sign OF the zepp I
or zeDus. After half an hour Of this /
I commenced to wonder whether had l
missed the zepp-
Something couldn't account Iof i
made me decide to head in for London I
and as ] did there came the sudden /
thought that 7 might be on the verge
Of cold feet"
cold feet had not affected me be- /
fore. but there's no telling when 10 ]
will get yOu-u0 Giscredit TO the man.
either You see. IL may be caused oy
iI1-health, Over-work. everything or
By a run Of unavoidable bad luck Its
effects are curious, too. I've known
the sound Of an engine TO upset q
man even when he was on earth Like
most others with cold feet layoII
Of q couple Of weeks cured this man
came out Of these musings lusl
about the moment 7 had made certain
was right for London A queer
rocking Of the machine did the trick
Once before I had gone through
that rocking at night and Il had
turned out 10 be what you might call
The wake" OF a zeDp- could see
nothing. I could hear nothing. Yet
there was no mistaking that air dis
.urbance- I could never forget It.
over WoOlWich Arsenal.
Ny speed showed 20. I crowded Il
20 to so. How soon would I catch up2
There was no telling. but 7 knew 10
wouldn't be long. The Hun was at
NY sweet pleasure II I did I began
lrayinE that I would catch Up before
be started his devilish work
7 thought Of my comrade the night
lefore as 7 squinted through the black
hight ahead OF me No cold feet
warrant. 10 the arm chair reader, but
his war has made penny thrillers re-
.emble pacifist propaganda
The wake" Of the Zepp had ceased
The plane was driving ahead now Ike
carrier pigeon For fully ten min
ties 7 doubt II / moved muscle or
Locates the ~ze9.s
Then. just as the tension grew pain
ul a brilliant light spread out far
.elow me and some distance ahead
{ lit IN the earth. but left the upper /
FIR stiu En- darkness
Il was the ze1p. locating himself
In the light I spotted the Thames
nd the moment I saw the buildings
10 both sides Of the river 7 knew ex-
city where I was and what she was
fter.
The arsenal at Woolwich was this
vii birds game tonight
Things happened so quickly after she
roDped the observation light that ]
ould hardly keep track Of their order
The Huns knew that they had 70
York fast 20 get away clean and the
bought must have hurried them Al
lost simultaneous with they light
he bright flashes on the ground and
hen few seconds afterward heard
be explosions
Runs the BnrraEe-
From below searchIghts COM
FENCED sweeping the air. They spot
ed me first Would they never spot
Then the "archies" broke out in a
arrage. Thunder and lightning
eemed like a stage storm alongside
s the shells began bursting be-
wv me
SwoopinE. swooping. north to south, y
Juth 90 north, east TO west, west TO ~
asst went the searchlights. blazing
sgular lines OF ligh-
WheW, Pers9iration rolled off my !,
lrehead when one lane got her. Then u
lev all spotted her 81
She was turning TO the north for a y
staway.
As the first searchlight spotted her O.
dropped my pre-arranEed signal y
ghts 10 the arches" They ceased r.
ring almost Immediately. ~
II must have been a pretty sight VI
the watchers below.
The zenp stood out plain as day in y.
he focus Of fully so searchights. She %
os tilted up. A little observation ~
lr that had been hanging FAR below N
as creeping back W again
After the yep
Right I'm the path of the lights ] a.
ade a curving dive down that
Fought me alongside Of her big bulk.
knew had her. I whizzed along
de.
Automatically. 7 gripped the con-
ol with nv knees. Automatically. / .
ned the machine gun on her big -
igs. Automatically I pressed the "
Tiger ~,
Revenget Justice. How sweet il y
as at that moment 20 be the one to ~
eet 10 out on that bahy-killing crew c.--
Ny belt Of incendiary bullets ripped ~
to the bag from end to end. =,
I was by her in a flash. 7 turned ~
ARP to the left to come around and
We her another dose. For few 1o
conds she was out OF my sight. ~
The Death Blow. -
When I got my hand on the trigger -
-ain 10 was not to press it.
A small flash OF flame burst out OF 81
.r amidships and aloft nl
7 knew she was done for. FL
The flame hlzzed larger Then Ike
trail OF gunDowder IL ran along --
e top Of the bag. A gigantic pouf n
flowed and the whole envelope was h
ething. fr
For a few moments after that she 60
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