The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-21
WEllST0N BOY BACK
AFTER Being TAKEN
PRISONER BY HUNS
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Wfft WIN tnt llcUlt0dUl, NtlciUllUVN'
if possible, TO carry him safely to the
American support lines This part
Of the story was not told hy Castle
berry himself but by his aunt Mrs.
s. 2. Hickman. matron at the War
Mothers hostess house, where the boy
was being entertained.
For iwenty-iour hours the boys re-
sisted the Germans Al the end OF
that time the officer was unable to
hold out any longer and his death
seemed only a matter OF minutes
TIE Two boys decided tina, the only
chance for any one Of them TO get
away alive WAS to separate and TO
ai,cmnt to work their way back to
N" American line, alone
From this point tlsilcberry tells
M own story
,"I worked i1r another day" he
I'D "tving To- get back through the
G-man, lying IN clumpS OF thickets
in the day and crawling back at
night Finally on the morning OF
lane 10 ! thought had gotten to a
place where there were no more be-
hind me. ] could see them in from,
Of me ! though, by firing into the
ones in front Of me could drive
them away and then make break
for our lines. ] was on my stomach
in clump Of bushes I fired into
them and guess got some Of them
Then felt someone tapping at my
shoulder and heard the word, 'raus.'
81 didn't know what that meant,
but | got up and found six or eight
of them staring at me None OF
them could talk English They treat
I'd mk pretty decen,ly. They took
me back to the German first aid sta
(. Struck for Answer.
'"Thi. wa. where got my first
cros-questioning. A German officer
astked me in pretty fair English il the
submarines had bothered us any
Ginning over. told him decently
enough. that hadn't seen any and
didn't believe there were any very far
oil the coast He landed me one on
the jaw for that. that sent me reel
irp Then he asked me about the
American units in the trenches ]
told him III been away from them
FOR two DAYS and that II he wanted to
know he'd have TO go over and find
out ! got another square in the
face for that again and after that ]
Itt him. do all the talking.
"Then they took me under guard
kck to the camp at Raestatt. There
we're several rcpctitions Of what
went through at the first aid station
Shelter Joined us on the way back
and he told me that the lieutenant
had been captured alive and was in
a German hospital
."M Raesta,t we were kep, in ar
Tea fenced in with barbed wire
They made us do all kinds of work
We were all pretty weak from moi
havinq enough TO eat ! weighed IS.
pounds before they got me and when
nm December &. the Swiss troop
escorted us ont Of GERMANY. wa,
barely tipping the scales al % The,
fed us on bread made Of sawdust
ootatoeS (mostly peeings) and bran
They all laugh when tell them that
eut lis fact I've seen them max,
\ and I've cut the pcelngs The,
divided the loavcs into twenty por
tons and gave us one and SOM
ya'er for dav's meal
First Escape Attempt.
when they started 10 work "
ard | came to the conclusion tha
might as well make an attempt a
letting back TO the lines as Sayint
therc All the bows told me that
couldn't DO il; tha, the German dog
would get me. They have trailint
dogs iha, they send after prisoners
Well they got me after I was ou
two days. | climbed over the fenc
al about IN o'clock at night an
started for our lines. I lay in III
bushes in the day and worked a
night On the second day I hear,
thc dogs Then saw Them and Ia
low in thick bunch Of bushes. Bu
thev bad my number and began run
airr r-ound the bushes barking and
selpinR ! waited until the German
came 40 and got around the busl
too and then took them al theil