Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
In the hot sun this melted. and be-
came * hot that it burned tho flesh
from their feet.


On August is Scott with sevef11
others were sent to the prtsorrsat
Frapkens&ein. Here he said the entire
population Of the city vas out walt
ing for them--to see what the British
ers looked like. The people became 70
abusive that the men in charge had
to TAKE h prisoners to a nearby fac
tory. From here they were taken to
Westerhope, to the great coal mines
When the men heard that they were
going to this place, they knew that by
so doing they would be helping the
enemy. and decided to offer resist-
ance. They were taken to the coal
mines. and here given numbers. by
which they were then known. Whom
ordered to work they refused. When
before one Of the. officers for
not working, Scott said that he wanted
nothing but fair play at the hands Of
the Huns. He got it Several of the
sentrfes were given pieces Of rubber
pipe, and ordered. to beat up the pris-
oners, which they did in a very thor.
ough manner. Realizing that 1t, was
useless to offer resistance to such SUBJ
humans, the men next morning went
to work. Here, Scott said, he worked
until he was utterly exhausted. Refus:
ing to york again he was taken before
the captain. Here he was given q. touch
VI hun hulluT himself. ne was LleO
to a post with his hands behind, him
for the entire day. One Of the officers
brought a bowl of soup. and set 1t out
Of reach in front of him. After four
hours of this torture, the officer came
up to him. and after splitting on him
and otherwise abusing him. kicked
owe the bowl Of soup and united him:
The next day the men decided to dig
a tunnel. and. this they started. Two
Of he men, however, ran away. They
were DOT caught, and brought back
to the camp. beaten and bruised fear
fully. There wasn't a white spot on
his body" said Scott Of one oil. the
men brought back. These had. he said,
been beaten with guns and sticks un-s
til they were swollen. almost beyond
recognition. The. next day the men.
were again sent to the tunnel. From.
this time until his escape, Scott's life
was a series of refusals to- work, and
resulting beatings. /
He was transferred from one camp
to another several times. At all times
the men were treated horribly. If they
refused to work they were given all
kinds of inhuman treatment. One Of
these instances was described. One of
the men upcn refusing to work was
taken to a nearby swamp, tied by his
hands to a tree several feet above the
ground and, stripped to the waist, and
left at the mercies of the poisonous
mosquitoes which infested the SWAMP.
This worked 20 we'll and put the pris-
oners in such pain, that it became one
Of the favorite punishments of the
Huns at this place.
Knocked Out Sentry.
One day one of the Hun sentries
said that America was in the war
and on the side Of the Germans This
so enraged Scott that he knocked the
man down. For this he was beaten
badly, so that he could not walk, and
was carried back to his h< by some
of the men. :.
His escape was also of much inter-
est. He told how he with a partner,
compass After making plans, and Sc
curing a map. they started out one
foggy morning, by crawling over the
wall around the camp, when the guard
could not see him. They hid in a
clump Of bushes during the first day,
and met only man. BY overpower-
ing him. they found the way to a
nearby woods. Here they started as
soon as darkness fell. How they finally
got through the woods, how they went
through a Hun village on a. rainy
IA III VI SOlll1llOH ldUOEs
ers. unseen and how finally they got
to a bridge near the border line form
ed one of the most interesting parts
of the tale.
AS SCOTS companion could not
swim. and they could not risk passing
the bridge. they went downstream.
After reaching a railroad bridge. they
crossed it while a train was passing It,
and Q not caught. After many
sleepless nights, with sore feet and
weary bodies, they arrived at the Hol:
land border. From here 1t was a. COM
paratively easy matter to get to
"Biighty" and thence to Canada
Speaks for Red Cross. .
In closing his talk, Private Scott
spoke passionately for the RED Cross.
He said that unless they are given the
necessary financial support, they can
not furnish the boys with food while
they are prisoners, nor care for them
after they are wounded.
In conclusion he said that while he
had gone through awful treatment at
the hands Of the Huns, he would go
back any time, and do it all over
again for his country and democracy.
The applause which greeted Scott
at all times during his speech was evil
dence that he had an a~ppreciative
audience, aside from the manner in
which they dug up in the collection
that was then taken for the Red
Cross.
The meeting closed while Basso's
orchestra furnished patriotic music.
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