Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-19
FORMER Baxter
FARMER JAILED
>HVALTER Won WEDELL GOT
SORE BECAUSE GERMAN
ANNUITY WAS HELD UP
LIVED ON FARM NEAR HERE.
Voiced His Pro- -Germsnism At
Long Beach and Paid 5000
Fine and Doing 80 Days
In Jail

The news that Walter Won Wedell
Is IN Jail at Long Beach, Calf, under
sentence for disloyalty to the United
States Government occasions no little
interest in Baxter Springs and vicin-
ity. The Wedell family lived be-
tween here and Lowell for many
years and members of the family still
live there and are highly esteemed
in their immediate community and in
Baxter Springs.
Some news of the incident was sent
to Galena where Mr.. Won Wedell also
had a large acquaintance and an
Uncle of Richard Eddy living at Long
Beach, Calf, sent him n clipping
from the newspaper there relating
the entire episode.
Sarah Won Wedell, the former wife
Z. of Walter Won Wedell, from whom
fshe was divorced some years ago,
owns q large farm across the river
between here and Lowell. F. W. Won
Wedell, q son, owns large farm just
across the river from Baxter Springs.
! C. A. Won Wedell, son, owns a farm
lust this side and adjoining Lowell.
M. Won Wedell owns a farm a little
north and east of Baxter Springs. All
told, the Won Wedells are family OF
q good deal Of consequence and own
several hundreds of acres of land in
this community. After the separa'
tion between husband and wife the
property was divided up among the
mother, children and father and the
father went west, but the mother
staid here with the children. Mr.. Won
Wedell is said to have been very
strong personality and given to viol-
ent expression of his views on all
matters by some Of the old friends
and acduaintainces. Won Wedell left
here about six years ago.
II is said Mr.. Won Wedell at one
time held high office in the German
army and fought against France in
1S71-72.
Without being able to verify the
!. statement, it is reported Walter Won
Nedell has brother among the heaos
4 of the German secret service. 1t is
also said that Won Wedell's seditious
remarks were occasioned by the hold
ing up by the United States govern
ment of money sent him from Ger
MANY explained in the Long Beach
version of the affair. Following Is
the clipping sent to Dick Eddy as
SCISSOR here, by his uncle there:
1.-TWO alleged pro-Germans in Long
Beach are reported to have voiced
disloyal sentiments.
"Officers of the American FRO
tective League and the local police
arrested the pair.
"One of them, Walter Won Wedell,
pleaded guilty, was fined s2OO ana
was sentenced to serve ninety uaSS
in. the county Jail.
"The other, Fred Kallush, pleaded
not guilty and demanded jury trlal
in police court, which is set 1oi
April II, the accused man meantime
being held under 5000 bail.
"Wedell was once an officer in the
German army and he receives regu'
larlv. or has been receiving, an IN
come from Germany. A recent re-
mittance of five thousand marks
n sent him from Germany, was inter
cepted at Washington and is tied W
there. ,.,
@Both Wedell and Kallush arr
naturalized citizens of the Unlte'
States. NO
"Another suspect, Edward Bouyea
q held in Jail. A policeman spotte'
hin, down on the beach and arreste'
hin. When he was taken by TIT
nol;ceman he cursed this govern
ment and the president Of the Um'e'
states and he repeated the seditlou