Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1921-01-25
THREE ENEMY ALIENS
ARE IN COUNTY JAIL
Bruno Msuersberg, his Brother Conrad
and Karl Eduard Treichet He'd
Under Sl.50O Bond Each.
TRIED TO ENTER FROM MEXICO
Brunn Mauersborg Once Lived in the
United States; Karl Treichet
in the German Army In War.

Bruno Mauersberg and his brother,
konrad and Karl Eduard T'reichct are
IN the county jail under bond Of 81 800
each for having entered the United
States from Germany through Mexico
ia an irregular way They were taken
of an H. =. and 5. W. train last week
at Columbus and were given Il hearing
before 4. 5. Commissioner r. j. Cole.
They are held 10 the federal grand
jury.
The trio boarded train M MastOdOn
and were taken there from 10y an Inn
migration inspector. According 10 their
story. they were wandering from town
to town In Mexico looking for work
when they came across the r.. l.. and
n. w. tracks They had not, they
.allege, any idea that they were IN the
United States until they saw the train.
All Of them express cagerness To re.
main in the country though they have
no funds Ia organize a defense against
the charges against them
Bruno Mauersberg declares that he
had taken out first papers when he
lived In this country several wears be-
fore the war. He speaks very good Eng
lish According To papers taken from
Karl Treichet he was q sergeant Ia the
grenadier guards Of the German army
and took part Ia the Flanders cam
paigns; later he was sent against the
BolsheviA In Courand. He has an
uncle in Omaha. Neb., who makes af-
fidavit that he Is In the meat business.
needs the boys help aud guarantees
that he will not be- public charge nor
cause the goyernmentNeXpense for pos
,ihle deportation.
Bruno MaucrSberg does the talking
for the three and he Indicated a posi-
bic defense when he declared they did
not know they were in the luited
States There are ten million bt
Germans waiting and anxious to come
70 the United states" he told repre-
sentative Of the Graphic. Germany
is oyerr0wded and many must leave
the Fatherland."
lie had mueh 10 say about conditions
IN Germany.
'1he people are eating black bread
ANA vegetables the only availahi,
meat Is from slaughtered horses and
dogs butter is not obtalnable and the
hack Of meat is the cause Of much NOR
tGlity among the babies. The only
good money Ia the country is English
aud very little of that The people nre
much discouraged.
Il, his opiuoin the Germans are con-
seryative and al the same time pro-
gressiye enough 10 maintain the repub-
lic The dcposed Kaiser is one of the
very least Of the concerns Of the Ger
mans, he says The pco0le are very
much afraid Of the menace Of the Boil
sheviki, having refused To- become their
allies. The peace treaty disarms Ger
many so thoroughly that the exposed
frontiers are open 10 invasion by the
reds"
About the late war and future wars
he is quite philosophical if not cyni-
cal:
While there are one woman and two
men left in the world, there viii be
war he observed with a shrug Of the
shoulders "The German people only
want AN opportunity 10 earn living
commensurate with their industry. in
tcligcuCc and education
Meanwhile the prisoners must he
fed and just now the. are living IN a
clean. steam heated and modern jail
and they look ms though they felt very
properly fortunate and gutified.