The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-11-08


there was going to be mutiny
aboard, but 1t did not come off, and
| am not sure what the Huns were so
excited about.
The other four sailors who came up
on the brldgetdld not touch me. but
just kept me covered with their re-
volyers. 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
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 palled up. Then
every German ship In the Baltic came
up to look us over, 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 past the hatchways-all of
them giving us the once over In turn.
Maybe they sold tickets for this show
lit 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 Llmey officer sang out, Brit
lshers ALL Don't give wayp and we
stood stlll and let them spit their
damned German lungs out before we
would move for them, and some Cor
nlshmen began singing their song
about Trelawney. SO we made out
that we did not know such thing as
German ever lived.
We got better acquainted with Ger
man splitting later on, and believe me.
they are great little spitters, not much
on distance or accuracy, but quick in
action and well supplied with afnmu-
milton. Splitting on prisoners is the
fayorite indoor and outdoor sport for
Germans. men and women alike.
When the show was over. they
'ousted us up on deck and put us to
york throwing the salt pork and can
lcd goods into two German mine-lay-
Frs. While we We're at II, Danish
)atrol boat came out and tied along
'lde us, and some of her officers came
iboard and saw us, They knew we
we're prlsoners-of-war and they knew
that vessel carrying prisoners-of-
VAR must not remain In neutral wa
,ers for over twenty-four hours. but
hey did not say anything about il.
That night two men named Barney
Hlll and Joyce, the latter a gunner
from the Mount Temple, sneaked up
IN deck and aft to the poop deck.
There was pair OF wooden stairs
60 The top of the poop deck,
md Joyce aud Hill lifted 1t and got
/ over the side with a rope to IL, The
.wo Of them got down into the water
all right, but Joyce let out a yell be-
cause the water was so cold, and q
German patrol boat heard him aud
dashed a searchligbt. They picked up
Joyce right away, but Barney was
making good Roadway and was almost
free when they dragged him in. They
beat them UP on the patrol boat, and
when they put them back on the
Yarrowdale Budewitz beat them up
some more and put them in irons.
Then he began TO shoot at their feet
with his revolver, and he had sailor
stand by to hand him another revolt
yer when the first one was empty.
Then he would 'gash their faces with
the barrel OF the revolver and shout,
I'm Badewitz. I'm the man who
fooled the English" and shoot at them
some more.
All The while the sailors were cele-
brating, drinking and eating, and yell
ing, ms usual. and the whistles on all
the German ships were blowing, and
they We're having n great fest. After
about thirty hours we left, being es-
cofted by mlne-layer and a mine
sweeper. asked German garby II
shat was the whole German navy, and
he looked surprised and did not know
was kidding him, and said no. Then
said, $50 the English got all the rest.
did they?" and he handed me one in
the mouth with his bayonet hilt, so l
quit kidding him.
We saw rows and rows Of mines,
and the German sailors pointed out
what they said were II. NJ. SIS. Lion
and Nomad, but do not know wheth-
or they we're the same ones that We're
in the Jutland battle or not. Finally
we landed at Swinemunde just as the
bells were ringing the old year out
and the new year in.t We were fine
bunch of blackblrds to hand the kaiser
for a New Years present, believe me.
They mustered us UP on deck, and
each of us got a cup of water for our
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