New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

Holzhauer, thus. thought he was doing
hrxlebeh tho best possible turn b,
Keeping mum about the "troublc," ],
wasn't until the next day that he toll,
OF getting the sergeant's distress sig
nails; and after that, assigned on spc
cial detective duty, he had alread,
traced ErNlcben into Lieutenant HYDE
custody and was trying to reach the
lieutenant at Camp Upton as the
greenwich police accomplished the
rescue.
But Erxleben has been lost through
TINS aside. In the Hyde offices he foun(
two privates from Upton, whom Hyd>
placed on guard over him.
Privates Thought Him Spy
II didn't try to talk to them ther
to lind out what it was all about" the
sergeant said yesterday, reporting tt
ms commanding officer, Lieutenan
Daniel Gardner. "But from what the
upton men told me afterwsrd they
didn't have any doubt all day and al.
most all night that l was a German
spy. That was what Lieutenant Hyde
mad told them. They believed him tc
be an intelligence officer, and
thought so. too.
"Thc lieutenant questioned me fo,
hours on end. practically from 10 in
the morning until at night. At first
he had one Of the privates standing
guard and another taking down notes
Then he took them outside and
wrapped them up in lavender cloth
from head to foot, so that all could
had the willies, but they were per-
fectly solemn about it. 1t seems he'd
told them they couldn't get the facts
out of me without makeup
Part of the time Hyde made me die
tate answers to his questions into an
office photograph. He had me strip off
my shirt. and every once in while
he'd listen to my heart
"Its beating too fast he would
say. You're lying to me. That's a
scientific trick you can't beat. Let's
have the truth nov.'
about S O'Clock in the afternoon he
went away for a few mndtes and
brought back Mr.. Beissner (the candy
tioning. we all started for Greenwich,
Conn. We got there about II O'Clock
at night and it was the same rogma-
role over again, BY that time I hadn't
any more doubt that the lieutenant
was out Of his head, but he kept his
automatc in sight and couldn't quite
figure the two rookie 'privatcs. They
seemed to take everything granted as
part Of secret service work. They
finally did get wise, and Mr.. Hyde sent
sent them to bed at 9 o'clock in the
morning they climbed out window
and went for the police
Major Gracme Hammond. in civilian
practice an eminent neurologist, con-
tirmcd the early report that Hyde was
suffering nervous breakdown, proba-
bly, due TO overstudy and overwork
He thinks it possible that within a
few days he may make a complete re-
covery. He is now under observation
in the base hospital.
Frank Pleuss and William Datchon,
the misguided prvatcs from Upton
who did guard duty over ErXleben and
Bessner. also returned to camp. Off
cial reports made by them there were
kept secret, and how they happened to
be with Hyde in the city is not yet
known.
Divisional headquarters at Camp
Upton last night denied rumor that
Lieutenant Hyde had been in New York
on detached duty as an intelligence
officer. 1t was rcaf1irmed he had come
to town on leave.
At the Offices Of A. G. Hyde & Sons,
of which concern Seymour W. Hyde is
vice presi dent, it was said that two pri-
Yates had been in and out in Hyde's
company ali day Tuesday and Wednes-
day. OF what was going on in the pri-
Vatc Office upstairs none of the en-
ployes seemed TO have had the slightest t
knowledge.