The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-12
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Bpches Capture Son but
Mether Says They Can't
Try Any Tricks.
JUST FULL OF GRIT
Family Feels Sure He Will
Return With Score of
Enemy Prisoners.
JUST FULL OF GRIT

New York, Jan. 1.-The Germans who
captured Corporal Nicholas L. Mulhall
n . trench raid somewhere in
france" made the mistake Of their
lives, according to his mother and
hgothers and sisters, who live at $40
Grove street, Jersey City OF course
they think It IL hard luck for Nicholas.
hut they pass that over lightly; what
they are chuckling over is what he
vill do to the Germans II they try to
ram their "kultur" down his unwilling
threat. for they know Nicholas and
they glory In him.
Nrs. Bridget Mulhall his mother,
yas proud indeed. Of her boy. when
she received an official notice from
Washington that he was missing or
captured.
She's Not Worrying.
There was just tear or two in her
eyes at first, but those she dried
quickly, and then the fine pride of the
mother Of an American soldier asserted
itself. and she held her head high as
1he said:
"Surc I knew my boy would do
something great when he got over to
France. Captured, Is he? Well. that's
TOO had, too bad, but I'm not worry
Ing: I'm thinking that those Germans
VIII get all that's coming to them If
they try any monkey tricks with Nick.
He knows how to take care OF him.
ae1f. praise God. My boys soldier
eye~y inch Of him. He's always been
Grassy about the army. He loves the
life. He was hardly q when he first
enlisted, and that's IA years ago. And
he's been enlisting again and again
ever since. He's fine lad and I'm
proud Of him, for he's h credit to him
self and to all Of us, and his country,
too
MY brother is a scrapper.' put in
John Mulfall. a younger brother. He
staiAds five feet II Inches in his stock
tIsgs and weighs 1877 pounds stripped.
And he ID handy with his .8ists,. too. as
well AZ with his rifle and bayonet
How any Germans ever managed to
take Nick q prisoner beats me, hut,
@. mampa! what won't he do to them
Y they try to put It over him!"
They Know Nick.
Ana that ts the way all the friends
oe-the 1NllhaAs family in Jersey City
talked too. They knew Nicholas and
they were losing no sleep over his
fate. Not one OF them would be q bit
surprised to read in the papers to-
morrow that the corporal not only had
escaped. but had brought back q batch
81 the boches with him for keepsakcs.
CorporM Mulhall was born and ,cdu-
Gated n Jersey City. He went to pub
Nc school No. 81 there, and was gradu.
ated high In his classes. Then he went
70 work FOR an Ice cream company.
driving q wagon. but when he was u
Re quit that job and enlisted In the
old Mghth infantry. U. s. A. Two
terms Of enlistment he served In the
Philippines and then was honorably
6lschafyed. with the rank Of ser-
geant. He came back to this country
to pay Z visit to his family. but in San
Ftaucasco he saw Q recrAiting office.
Ana that sAttled It. He couldn't resist
the temptation and In five minutes he
was back in the army again. He went
with bis regiment to Mexico with Gen
eral Pershing. served all through that
SNsApPs8Ap duu tllcu went TO the or
ficers' training school in FL Paso TO
study for commission. He became Ill
there and So lost his chance for pro-
motion, but when his old regiment
was ordered to France he reported for
duty and went with It.
Greeted His Family.
He did manage to get a furlough
A<~S~ s.
ment went "oyer there" and he looked
up his family and greeted his mother
and brothers and sisters for the first
time In IL years.
He always wrote regularly to me-"
said his mother. but I've heard moth
ing from him since he went to France
until this notice came from Washing
ton saying that he was missing or
captured. Eut he'll come back, some
day when the war is over and tell US