The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-10

William Williams who has been
with the U. 8. spruce division in Wash
/, ington state has been mustered out
OF the service and arrived in Richmond
Saturday afternoon.
The method Of torture and death
used by past generations OF Euro
peans as viewed in an old Louis XIV
prison is described by Orville D. Bee
son, A. I. I'd. r. o.. now at the U. s.
Naval Air station at Brest, France
Beeson writes in letter to his father
Robert Beeson Of Greensboro:
DAY before yesterday had a very
interesting trip through an old cha.
teau in Brest. Part Of 1t was built
by Caesar. part by Napoleon, and part
by Louis XIV. The one large tower Is
a prison. 1t is about six stories high
and full OF little cells and Railways.
The cells are all small and mostly
dark as a dungeon. They are about
II to Is feet high with straight smooth
walls. the ceiling being at right an.
giles to the walls, and the shaft in the
center at right angles to the walls.
In about the center Of the tower
is a rather large room where the SEN
placed on the floor: the judges sat
around gallery about fifteen feet
above, the room being circular OF to
one side was little torture room
where the prisoner was placed be.
tween two walls and an iron rod was
put against each temple. This was
slightly frightened on both sides by
screws. The prisoner would have to
stand in this position for no definite
period. There were other devices
which were as bad or worse.
You can never imagine until YOU
see some parts of Europe, just how
wonderful the U. s. A. really is. You
can throw all patriotism away, and
base all on solid facts, and America
leads the world, on an average of IS
years. So If anybody tells you that
europe has something America hasn't
you make up your mind they're wrong,
! made mistake. just one thing they
have that we haven't-and that il
filth"
Leroy Harding, former high school
basketball player, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. r. Harding, is at Vals-les- Bains. a
rest camp for American troops in
France. He was one Of 1900 Ameri.
cans sent to this camp. 1t is an old
french summer resort, noted for tts
mineral baths. It is in a section of
france in which Caesars legions
fought.
Roman JOS. Vosmeier, is listed in
Mondays casualties as wounded So
yerely. Mrs. Wilhelmina Vosmeier OF
OF South r street is given as the
nearest relative.
BENJAMIN e. Edwards is listed as
wounded slightly. Mrs. Clark /. Ed.
wards Il listed as the nearest kin.
Earl st. Meyers Of Williamsburg is
also named as wounded slightly.
Corporal Charles H. James of 2O2
North Eighth street, is listed in Sat.
urday casualties as died Of disease.
In recent letter to his sister, Mrs.
Mary Wishmeyer of 166 Fort WAYNE
avenue, Corporal Clarence Beatty
writes
We are settled down for while
in small town called Wehlen along
the Moselle river. Quite a nice place,
but do not know how long we will
stay here. was in hopes of COM
ing home soon but guess we have
lot of guard duty to do that will
keep us over here for while. l am
well satisfied. however There are
probably soldiers in every house in
the town. Four Of us are living with
a German family. We have one room
for sleeping; another for reading and
writing or other pastimes.
Il have been through some shell