The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-12-05

Drluge one Oh tnefn JuHlDeu IOr tne
cord and gave our siren FIVE long
blasts In answer to the tug. The tug
was about to launch a torpedo, and
we whistled Just In time. One Of our
men was looking from the fiddley. and
he saw the Huns making for the life
boats, so he got two or three others
and they all yelled together. "Don't
let them get away" thinking that
they would get the boat over and
leave the ship. and trying to yell loud
enough for the tug to hear them.
Badewitz took this man and two or
three others. whether they were the
ones who yelled or not, and beat them
up and put them In irons. thought
there was going to be a mutiny
aboard, but IL did not come of, and
I am not sure what the Huns were so
excited about.
The other four sailors who came up
On the bridge did not touch me. but
Just kept me covered with their re-
yolvers. That was the way with them
they would not touch us unless
Badewitz was there or they had bayo-
nets The old bull himself came up
on the bridge after he had beaten up
a few men, threw me around quite a
bit and kicked me down from the
bridge and slammed me into the coal
bunkers. ] felt pretty sore. as you
can imagine, and disappointed and
pretty low generally.
After while we heard the anchor
chains rattling through on their way
TO get wet. and we pulled up. Then
every German ship In the Baltic came
up to hook us over. l guess. They
opened up the hatch covers. and the
Hun garbles and gold-stripes came
aboard and looked down at us, and
spit all they could on us. and called
us all the different kinds of swine in
creation. They had them lined up
and filing pest the hatchways-all OF
them giving us the once over In turn.
Maybe they sold tickets FOR this show
1t would be like the Huns.
Al first we were milling around try.
Ing TO get out from under the hatch
openings and the shower Of spit, but
some Limey officer sang out. Brit
ishers all! Don't give wayi" and we
$1,000 sun ana let them spit thef
uahheo herman Iuhgs OUT oeiore we
wouid move TOT them. ana some Cor-
nishmen began singing their song
ABOUT ireia"hey' DO we maue OUT
that we uid not know such thihg az
a German ever lived
we got better acquainted win Ter
man spitung later on ana Deiieve me-
they are great httie spitters' not mucn
On uistahce OF accuracy. Dut QUICK I'D
hctioh anu wen suppheu Win ainihu-
nition. spitnng on prisoners Is the
taVorte INDOOR ana OUTDOOR sport 1or
oermahs' men ana women aiike'
when the sno" was over tneS
rousted ne nm On deck and mt ms 70
work throwing the salt nork and can.
ned goods into two German mine-lay.
ers while We were nj II n Danish
patrol boat came ont and tied along.
side us. and some of her officers came
aboard and saw us Tbev know we
werr prisoners-of.wnr and thew knew
that n vessel carving prisoners.of.
war must not remain In neutral wa
ters for over twenty-four hours hut
they did not saw ANYTHING about II.
That night two men named Barney
HIN and Joyce. the latter n gunner
fror, the Monnt Temnle. sneaked nm
IN deck and aft IN the noon deck
There was a pair Of wooden stairs
lending 10 the ton Of the noon deck.
and Joyce and hin lifted IL and got
II over the side with n rome to II. The
two of them got down into the water
all right. but Joyce LET out veil be-
cause the water was so cold. and n
German potrol boat heard him and
IA ,hed n searchlight They picked nm
Josce right away but barney was
making good Roadway and was almost
free when they dragged him I'm. They
b,.,t them mn ON the patrol hoot. and
wien they nut them back ON t.e
Yhrrowdale Badewitz beat them up
some more and nut them In irons.
Then he began TO shoot at their feet
with his revolver. and he had n sailor
stand by TO hand him another revolt
yer when the first one was empty.
Then he would cash their faces with
the barrel of the revolver and shout,