The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-14
O;B8AT MEN, DRUNK,
STAMP ON U. 5. FLAG
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Fheif, Captain Leads Crew in
( Grotesque Dance in Insult
ing Old Glory.
CAPTIVE DESCRIBES ORGY
6rrhans Inflict Indignities on
Now England Fishermen--
+ ,nioTen Schooners Sunk.

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Z NAx1uckrr, Mass. Aog is'-Ths
orunkun commander Of the German SUD-
n1Af6e, which sank feet Of American
uvotN fishing schooners on the New
DsSlspa coast Saturday led me maudlin
erIoen, and crew of his undersea boat In
\ -irsSasoue dance behind ono Of the
mtu&1u&ted German offcers who had
wrappsd about his shoulders the small
Amegjcan flag torn from the masthead
Of sthks schooner Lena May. shelied ana
selS' the bottom.
Thefstory of tho drunken U-boat crew
~ Brought here to-day by four sur
vipAfF1 of the Lena, who came ashore
vkHsstx scamen OF the schooner Earl
and i(ettie. All were picked up 100 miles
ea6u6f Nantucket and reported that
tf&M Ships were not fired upon by the
dr{bk6n Germans until after the vessels
nd B4en looted OF even the most IN
sishffiGant Of trinkets under orders from
~ r,bmsrsibles commander. The ar
rttM 81 the Earl and Nettie's SURVIVORS
pft30dld the first intimation that that
scnAt1er had been sunk. and her de-
rtfAStfon brings the total Of sunken fish-
inf t1ssels up to ten. 1t Is believed
hSASker, that several other small fishing
saRr which have not been heard from
nay have been submarine victims
Mate Tells story.
1vAp1 mate Of the Lena May told the
ss0pspf the U-boat orgy and the indig-
nIAAe ito which the captured Amerl-
o1n4eovand their nag were subjected
kyu4Ae half crazy" crew OF the sub,
mAntae. As the German officer took the
6sHn aboard the submersible. the Lena
lGe0'hmate said. he wrapped the Amer.
Ssag 9aR about his shoulders and started
the erotesque dancing exhibition.
AT least they were half shot,. the
mate said. You would have thought
%, .06 had you seen the, dance of the
German officer, with the Stars anc
OAninae draped about his shoulders ant
heard the cheering as the nag was fnall,
dunea down and stamped upon annie
shrieks from our captors.
taApd you would have thought agar
they were drunk when, finding a side o
ffesh' beef in our galley. they set up
r0Ardthat resembled that which come
from a crowd at a ball game. The wa!
theyssheered made me think they wer
hiHD starved
sGuufire. sank both the Lena May ant
thAnIArl and Nettie No courtesies wer
ex46hded by the submarines crew I
their. captives. Instead. the German
were encouraged by their drunken com
mandsr in heaping indignities upon tn
Amedcans When the captured crew
were ordered into their dories they wer
tslD,tp be quick about 1t. The German
took even their provisions and clothing
NehS who had the temerity to ask pei
mission to retain small trinkets wer
sKpSn at by the Germans, and some c
them were knocked about
no picture OF Captain Taken.
"ThS survivors brought here wei
f9fSsa aboard the submarine with othel
m" have not yet been accounted 70
They were stood up alongside the col
1nR tower OF the submersible, whei
aX 6nicer took their picture. That so'
hack to Germany" one of the subm:
rth9S officers said OF the photograp
'Y6o show what we do over here. "
hAxs- quite a lot OF them. They loo
good in Berlin
The mate said that the submarine
c&mmande in his desire TO obtain roc
ahd clothing himself entered a dory, d
hk and his crew were too lazy to row,
tAey impressed Capt. Frank Lynch
tie Lena May and two other American
iHto service as oarsmen. The continu
t&ering OF the Germans got on the Anne
idhny nerves, the mate said, but thu
vere unarmed. while the Germans ea'
c4rried a revolver in his hand and Il
fShermen realized the futility OF prote.
~ FIRST 1t was thought that Cal
IkSh and the men with him had be-
Id. but they we're landed at Boston tn
u{0rSing. along with Capt. Robert JAG