The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-20
UniontoWn Red Cross Workers
Mind Gives Way Under Brutal
Treatment at Hands of Boil
sheviki-Red Cross Is Trying
to Aid Americans in Prisons
BY Associnted Press


Warsaw, May 19.--Capt. Emmett
Fitzpatrick of UniontOwn, Ala, has
become insane in the Moscow prison,
where he was incarcerated, from ex-
periences of brutality, according to
reports received here by the Red
Cross.
Captain Fitzpatrick. who was q. Red
Cross worker, was captured by the boil
sheviki In Crimea, and for many
months has been imprisoned near Mos
COW.
The Red Cross is making every eff
fort to get food packages through to
fitzpatrick, Mrs. Margaret E. Harrison
of Baltimore, who is an American
newspaper woman. and five other
Americans confined near Moscow
On receipt of the news that Cap
tain Fitzpatrick had gone insane,
the American Legion, department
of Poland, held meeting, at
which 1T WINS resolved TO send
cnbIe dispatch to President Hard
ing and to the lcgion's national
commander In the United states,
II. w. Gaibraith, Jr.. urging the
United States government to take
immediate steps to obtain the re-
lease OF Americans Imprisoned In
Russia. The resolution says the
Americans nre being held solely
because they are Americans. md
"in view of the fact that citizens
of England, France and Italy hnve
becn released. regardless of their
crimes, the legion urges comrades
md all true Americans to use
every means to induce the govern
ment to force the boIsheviki to re-
lease the Americnns.v
The Polish reparations commission,
which has arrived in Moscow has
promised the Red Cross to do every
thing possible to aid the imprisoned
Americans, but it has many difficult
ties to overcome, including commune
cation and transportation.
BORN IN CAMDEN
Emmett Fitzpatrick was born in Cam
den, Ala He is 80 years old. When
war was declared against Germany he
enlisted and entered an officers train
ing camp at Atlanta, Ca receiving a
commission as first lieutenant. With
the field artillery he saw service on
before the armistice was signed.
Because of unusual efficiency he was
appointed a translator for The peace
commission, and was later promoted
to chief of the supply department to
the ommission.
When the commission was dissolved
he resigned from the service of the
United States. and became a captain
in the Lithuanian army, serving during
the fall and winter of 1919-1920 In
May 1920, he resigned his commission
after accepting a diplomatic mission
for the republic to Paris, which is de-
scribed as a success. The very ife OF
the republic was said to have been in
VOWED in his mission to Paris.
He then became an officer in the
American Red Cross and was second II
command in the Crimea when he was
captured 80 miles behind the front line
trenches while looking after the civilian
health.
The statement of his capture was
transmitted to Major Ryden, fitzpatrick $
superior officer, in charge of the south
Russian unit of the american Red Cross,
and by him to the American Red Cross
at Washington through the knights oil
Columbus at Constantlnople. This state
ment was written by Irene 1<niesevetch,
his stenographer and secretary, daugh-
ter of Prince Kniegevetch, head of the
Russian Red Cross and cousin OF the
late Gar.
DR. George c. Fitzpatrick OF Mobile and
r. II. Fitzpatrick of Hattiesburg. Miss
are brothers of the imprisoned Amer
lean.