The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-08

the ostensible intention of filming
Theodore Roosevelts voyage of ex-
ploration in that continent. Des-
patches to the New York newspapers,
on several Of which Capt. Duquesne
had previously worked as a reporter
after he escaped from the Bermuda
prison, told Of his death In a battle
with Indians, but later advices said
he had only been wounded and had
lain for several days in the Jungle be-
fore being rescued.
Very little was heard OF Capt. Du-
quesne in 1913, 1914 and 1915, al
though occasionally short dispatches
would mention him as being engaged
in some hair raising adventure in
some Or corner of the earth, but it
| Is genei. r believed in police circles
now that at that time, or during a
large part OF that time, he was in
New York and other American cries,
posing as Capt. Stoughton OF the
British army to cover his operations
as German agent.
His Arrest I'm New York.
He was arrested in New York on
December 0. 1917. by the neutrality
squad. after he had presented to an
insurance company a claim for $780,
600 for films which he claimed were
| destroyed by fire in a Brooklyn ware
house. His case was thoroughly in
vestigated, and after his indictment
two or three weeks later 1t developed
that in his effects when he was ar
rested the police found this note.
written in German:
MANAouA. May 5, 1915.
IT Is pleasure to me to com.
mend in the highest manner to
my countrymen Mr.. Fritz Du-
quesne. Captain OF Engineers in
| the Boer Army. He has in many
circumstances rendered notable
services to our good German
| cause. UEBERsEzIG.
Imperial Vice-Consul.
Managua is the capital Of the Re-
public Of Nicaragua Attached to the
note was a card bearing this inscrip-
ton: Imperial Captain Upon Sery-
Ice Carl Uebersezig, Imperial Austrian
Nice-Consul. Atanagua, Mic"
1t was at the inquiry conducted by
the detectives after this note was
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had posed here as Capt. Claude
Stoughton of the Australian cavalry,
and that he had made speeches for the
Liberty loan and had been the guest
OF the Twilight Club at a dinner. His
bail was fixed at $4,000. and he was
sent TO the Tombs because he was
unable to furnish it. A few days later
he obtained bail. but was rearrested
I aft
name of Frederick Fredsricks on an
extradit!on warrant charging murder
| issued by Commissioner Hitchcock at
the request of the British Consul
! General here.
1t was alleged by the British Gov
, eminent that Fr3dericks, acting under
instructions from the German For
elsn ONCE, placed packing cases al
ieged TO contain samples of minerals
on the steamship Tennyson. which
sailed from port of Brazil about
February IA. 1916. 1t was also al.
ieged that explosives concealed in the
Shipment were timed to so off while
| the boat was at sea An explosion
olo occur. causing the death of three
men and considerable damage to the
steamer. Duquesne made strenuous
Efforts to keep out of the hands OF the
British. For time he was under OBJ
servation at the Matteawan State Hos
pltal for the Insane, but was pro-
nounced sane and returned to the
Tombs. Commissioner Hitchcock held
Duquesne for a further hearing. and
sentence was postponed on the indict-
ment charging him with the Insurance.
fraud.
Held for ExtradItion.
Two or three days later Duquesne
complained of his legs, and said he
| had paralysis. He was taken to Belle
vue. That was about seven months
ago. Ever since then he has been in
the prison ward at Bellevue, moving
only when he was carried or when he
was taken in wheel chair. He was
wheeled into court when Commissioner
Hitchcock, on May 90 of this year,
hold him for eXtradition to Great Brit
| ain. 1t then was said he would be
sent TO England within n month.
| Capt DuQuesne's feigning OF par
alysis was probably one of the clever.
est things he ever did, and so success
ful was he in II that the specialists
! who examined him at Bellevue were
puzzled. He didn't seem to them to
have all the symptoms, but they were
never ablc to make him betray HIM
self. Reluctantly they gave tho YER
dict that the man was really paralyzed-
But as n matter of fact there was
nothing at all the matter with the
captains legs. He had n plan OF es-
cape, and feigning paralysis was part
OF IT. Another part OF his scheme he
hpRan int
| cember %. 1918. At that time he be-
gan to draw the hedclothing over his
| head when he went 10 sleep. He told
his attendants he was unable TO sleep
unless his head was covered. and IL
happened that the attendant had been
| a soldier and knew that in the field men
| often slept that way to guard against
the rats and insects. So 1t became an
ordinary thing for attendants and
guards TO see nothing in the captains
bed but n shapeless mass of bed cloth
Ing, and they always thought Du-
| quesne was under the pile.
In recent weeks Capt. Duquesne
made practice of having his chair
drawn close TO the barred window. and
then he would lean over and. appa-
| renuy. stare out of the window for
hours at a time. But in reality he
was carefully saving the iron bars.
Finally there came a time when he
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