Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-10

Volmer was fair-haircd. clean
shaVen FELLOW about twenty-five years
OF age. and Of medium height ana
build. lie had fought in France, and
had been sent back 20 Germany be-
cause Of breakdown in health. I
can honestly say OF voIlmer that he
was one of the few decent Tcutons
1t has been my fortune to meet.
Amer inauiring about my progress
towards recovery, No,Imer asked il
there was anything that / wanted that
he could get for me in the town, and
replied that If he brought me some
peaches l would give him cake OF
soap.
Vollmer was delighted. and we'll he
might be. for good soap Is worth It's
weight in gold in the fathcrland The
Wa. soap served out there is largely
composed OF sand and aIkali and. as
heard ono disguised Hun calculate.
would ruin the complexion Of wooden
god have received goods to the
value of over sovereign for single
cake of soap sent me from home.
| got tho peaches. and IT was after
had handed over the soap that Voil-
mcr told inc tho story Of the attempt
on the kaiser's life. which occurred
during the second week Of August.
while the Kaiser was motoring along
one OF the streets OF Berlin.
MY brother was my informant
said Eoll'neT. land he was in Berlin
when the thing happened. No report
appeared in the newspapers, because
it would have been bad policy TO spread
such an item Of news throughout the
world Nevertheless. II is absolutely
true that the assassination of the
Kaiser was attempted. and that he
narrowly escaped with mis- life.
Yes. the war lord had very mar
row escape" repeated Nollmcr. adding,
/ q hn hpa oil I. Il
certainly have changed the whole cours e
OF things SO far as Germany is con-
cerncd.
You sec. the AFFAIR happened abou.
week after n serious riot had TAX en-
placed in the capital. Several thousand
workers had gone on strike because
they found IL impossible TO &C; wha
they considered to be their fair shar.
OF the small amount OF food in the
city. They alleged that proiiteerins
vas rampant. and that the rich Were
enjoying abundance while they
starved.
of course the soldiers were called
out 10 disperse the rioters. and a good
deal OF shooting took place. A few
innocent spectators succumbed to tho
1 hyins bullets. and one pretty girl Of
sixteen was included in the number.
She was the only child OF a shoemaker
who nearly went mad when he gazed
Upon hte face OF his dead daughter
The shoemaker was a Socialist Of
the most radical type, and ha;er OF
'nil'tarism in any form. 1t seemed lie
held the Kaiser responsible for the
outbreak OF the war. and this bein..
so. he found IL easy 10 convince him
self that the Emperor had indirectly
caused the death OF his girl.
BE that as Il may. the fact remains
that as the Kaiser was being driven
! along the Inter den Linden in a motor
10 CIV Il r.
out into the roadway and hurled a
bomb at the royal carriage. There
was terrific explosion, as result
OF which the Kaiscr's chauffeur was in
SANITY killed and the front portion OF
the car wrecked.
The Kaiser himself suffered some
shock. but otherwise escaped without
4 scratch. The shoemaker had thrown
the bomb in front of the advancing
/ car. and it had exploded a fraction OF
4 second too soon TO accomplish the
object desired by the avcnser. The
latter was arrested. tried and shot.
The incident created tremendous
excitement in Berlin" continued Noll-