The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1921-12-01
LIEUT.. COL. WHiTTLESEY plSAP.
PEARS FROM BOAT BOUND
FOR CUBA.
PREY TO WARS GRIEF
LEADER OF LOST BATTALION
WHO TOLD GERMANS TO "eo
TO HELL" REPORTED LOST.
Western Ssusp.pef Union Nss, serice.)

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New York.-Lieut. Col. Charles w.
Whlttlesey, hero Of the famous lost
battalion, has disappeared from the
steamship Toloa, on which he sailed
for Havana, according. to wireless.
News of the famous soldiers disap-
pearance came In the following mes
sage, received from the captain Of the
ship:
Passenger named G. w. Whittlesey
disappeared. Left several letters"
Officials Of the United Fruit Line,
operators Of the ship, confirmed the
fact that the passenger was Lieut..
Col. Whittlesey through his relatives.
Members Of Mr.. Whlttlesey's law
firm here were at a loss to account for
his visit to Cuba. When he left the
offices Of the firm he announced his
intention, they said, Of attending the
Army-Navy football game.
His business associates declared his
mind was clear and that he apparently
was in good health otherwise when
last seen. He seemed cheerful, they
added, and declared that they were
unable to explain his seemingly
strange action in going away without
notifying them of his plans.
j. b. Pruyn, a lawyer, to whom
messages from Captain Grant Of the
Toloa were addressed, stated he was
of the opinion that Colonel Whttlesey
had ended his life.
Mr.. Pruyn stated that he believed
the tragedy to be the result Of the
mental strain to which Colonel Whit.
tlesey had been subjected as one OF
the honorary pallbearers at the ARMS.
tice day ceremonies ut Washington.
II. r. Little, of White & Case, the
law firm with which Colonel Whittle'
sey had been associated, received
wireless from Captain Grant of the To
loa stating that the colonel had left
Il message for him regarding some law
papers. The note ended with, 81 will
not return"
Colonel Whittlesey has had &c
much grief confronting him since the
war that ! believe he could not stant
1t any longer" Mr.. Little said. BE
cause OF the prominence accorded him
widows and orphans wrote to hin
him and appealed to him in person
Many seemed merely to want his sym
pathy, for he was tender-heartet
man.
II noticed change In him when HI
came back from the Unknown Soldier
services. The funeral ut Arlington
seemed to be the climax to all the sad
ness he went through"
@. w. Whittlesey, the soldiers uncle
declared Colonel Whlttlesey attended
the services for the unknown dead a
Washington on Armistice day and hat
since appeared depressed.
Surrounded In the Argonne with hi
command, the First battalion Of tn,
308th infantry. Seventy-seventh dlvi
sion, he had been cut off for four day
without food or fresh water. All bu
eighty-seven men had been killed o.
wounded. At dusk Oct. Z, 1918, {
blindfolded German bearing whit,
flag crossed the lines He bore ,
message asking the Americans to sur
render I'm the name Of humanity"
A few hours after the messenge
was sent back with Whittlesey's repl.
an American advance took place ant
all were rescued.
The crisp, laconic reply, "You 60 Il
hell !" hurled into the teeth Of Ger
man officer who called on him and hi
men to surrender, was the rhetorical
battlefield classic which brought Colo
mel Whlttlesey into fame.