Evening journal., 1921-06-11
RED BANDIT
TELLS OF LIFE
Max Hoelz, Known in
Germany as Red
Ludendorff"
DENIES HE is
A MURDERER

ANAaANAaAANH AN|N a." Wy HANNAHHH
with the arrest here OF Max Hoelz, !
the "Red Ludcndorm' OF Germany I
and leader OF the recent Cummunist /
uprisings there has been revealed a
strange. weird personality whose
career Is chockered with manifold
crimes. THE master mind" Of
notorious gang OF Red bandits Hoelz
with ingenuity and daring cunning
mystined and bahed German police
with the sensational originality OF
his coups In virtually every section
OF Germany.
Known as "the robher captain"
"the German Robin Hood" and "the
German DR. Moriarty." the name of
Hoclz soon became legendary
everywhere. and even mothers would
hush children with the words "Hoelz
90 coming"
The story Of Max Hoelz has never
been told. In order 10 clear himself
OF certain charges and place his
case before the world. ne has written
his autobiography, wherein he de-
tails the circumstances surrounding
his activities as leader OF the Red
gang Here Is Max's story;
Il was born October a. 1889. My
| father was a workman in a mill OF
| Morritz. a small village near Riesa.
/ When a child I wandered with my
| father and my four sisters and
brothers from one Saxon village TO
the other I had TO work az the
age az which other children go TO
school often hungry and cold. we
suffered abject misery and dire pow
eriy.
Later I worked on a farm and
spent my spare time az reading tech
nical books. When II years old I
went 10 England. Returning to
| Germany a year later, I went 10 a
technical high school al Dresden
and worked my way through by lab
orlng nights as a movie operator.
ct made the acquaintance Of my
wife at Vogtland. SaNony. and we
lived there happily until war broke
out / Joined the 'Hussars' and
marched to war In October. 1914.
fighting on all battle fronts until the
winter Of 1918. when I was buried
I'm a trench through the exploding
OF a shell. Taken TO a hospital, Il
was stated I was UNIT FOR further
service. and was sent home
i impressions received during the
b war left their indelible stamp on my
a conscience. and led me 10 become
I what I am now. / often wondered
e how Il was possible that men VIII,
- never hurt each other arc forced q
70 murder one another IN 30 barbari
a fashion. often cried because o
= l.. 80. 80 araHH -
e when the big Spartacist revolu
e tionary war broke In November
ID 1918, q tore the blindness from m
'e vision. and since then I have openl
so and unswervingly stood by the sid
~ OF revolution. My heart called m
he TO the side OF those who were ur
happy and miserable. Books I rea
W showed me that scientifically grea
b. social changes were an absolut
is necessity.
- ITO day I am firmly convinced tina
r. when the big revolution occurs
% will be because OF economic condl
l tions slowly driving workmen TO 4
Is and not because thousands and mil
Is lions OF workers are yearning for q
r. "The first time / entered politica
N life was in April. 1919, az Vogtlant
"a There were thousands out Of worl
The Government gave every Marie
10 couple 80 marks and with th
Il amount they were obliged to pay 10
rent clothes. taxes and heating. W
, demanded work or money TO liy
on. but our requests went unheede'
u AT that time I was elected on N
jobless council. To improve our si
T.. uation we staged big manifestation
20 was accused of disturbing N
peace and the Reichswehr offerC
5000 marks for my capture an
d. later increased that amount
10000. They caught me sever
times. but friends among the labo
ers released me secretly.
~ Il was about TO leave for RUSS
ne where I had been offered asylum.
'i- secret courier had arrived fro
.r' Moscow and given me 25O.O mari
H. But the monarchist revolution sta
pm ed by Won Kapp broke out and
Is; decided to remain and help my cor
~, rades.
"The Reichswehr arrived. The
E. was no disorder because we HI
ID reached an agreement with capit'
AlN ISIS OF AlAE AWMNAH MAANNNWN WMN II
by executive committee guaranteed
m preserve order and form "a Red arr
,ar to protect them II they would p
Ia us $1,000 marks each week Tn
ter agreed and everything remain
quiet and peaceful. / was az q
he head Of the Red executive commit,
M while we were In Falkenste
nd during the kapp 'putsch a comml
"a sion Of the Entente called on I
Among them were representativ
80, Of the American and British pre-
When we expressed our anti
b" athy for the Reichswehr. they sal
The Reichswehr is not only a da
~ ger for Germany but for the who
~ ~ Of Europe
oi II vehemently deny all allegatio
made by German police and secI
n" service agents that / operated at 1
al head Of a gang Of Red bandits a
Au that stole. killed and murder
Oh indiscriminately.
ISL I'VE were perfectly justified
an confscating automobiles, bicyc
at and such arms and ammunitions
MS were necessary for our needs. 1 q
b ready to stand for my creed, but I
fore real judges 1 do not want
A. fall into the hands Of the Reicl
ons wehr. They killed Karl Liebknec
Inc Rosa Luxembourg and the other
-NN
in SKIRTS OR GRACE?
pal CHICAGO.-As skirt levels n
ner gone up accident totals have e.
md down, according to Frederick Il
'rO- city statistician.