The New York herald., 1922-03-23
SAYS GUN PRIED HIM
FROM ROLLING ROCK
Probst, Butler at Club, Kid
naped in Private Railroad
Car, He Charges.
ELUDED sLEUTHs HERE
Lawyer Intimates That Rich
Pittsburgher's Daughter
Loved Servant.

More details became public yesterday
concerning the story OF August Probst.
aged "a. a Swiss butler. who asserts he
Is being "railroaded" out Of the country
because the daughter or wealthy Pitts
hurgh family fell in love with him while
he was acting as butler at the exclu-
4 sive Rolling Rock Club. near Ligonier.
Pa.
bernard Sander, Probsts attorney.
who is fighting the order of the Secre-
taiy of Labor deporting the youth. an
bounced that If Federal Judge Knox,
who on Tuesday ordered the prisoner
removed from the psychopathic ward to
4 private room at Ellis Island, on being
convinced OF his sanity would grant tn.
usual special board of inquiry In the
case OF an allen seaman, he, Sander.
would refute every charge of the youth $
undesirablity and disprove charges
against his moral character.
Probst arrived in America last sum-
Ter as steward OH a Transatlantic liner.
deserted ana a snort time later OBJ
lined d job i'm the Pennsylvania club.
is alleged that while employed there
made the acquaintance of Miss vir-
mia Craigie Mckay. daughter of Mr.
= Mrs. J. Albert Mckay of Pittsburgh,
4; of Miss Sarah Mellon. daughter of
i. ,nd Mrs. Richard b. Mellon. and a
ncc of Andrew w. Mellon. Secretary
the Treasury.
Tells of Forced Trip.
- 4 statement, ,nade public yesterday
: Zimmerman OF 5li West ICED
g ~. friend OF I'.obst's. threw further
III on .he circumSt noes of probst's
,st., ho pnl 1fy,r
i club 10 New York.
Nr. Sander announced also that the
4. cetlves who are alleged TO have kid
"ed rrcbst approached him last Fri
Y ~ know what he intended 60 do In
c1sc asv
II .old thom." MIR. Sander said yes
d.. that | would pay their expenses
Pittsburgh il they would let me go
and question pcrson3 who charged
= l'robst Is insane or 'of bad moral
'"ftcter. They said they would tee-
J aone to their principals at Pittsburgh.
midnight Friday they reported 20 me
i; at The people in Pittsburgh would no:
'nnacut IL my going there. The next
49, I got my writ" AF ks
Mr.. Sander said he was no. re ldy to
ipakc ruhlic the, names OF the private
tectives who 'Probss says approached
t'~i 4; The Rolling Rock Club. showed
ihc but. of pistol Detween ,l,s ribs and
=, ccd him to accompany them on Il
train to Nov yor';. The story is also
"ut. arrived here ~ WIS held prisoner
1, i HAT wta barred windows in West
i7ih street. ncar Eroadway. Then he
"ayc his guards the slip at the offices
of the White Star Line On February "a,
when n thrd class ticket for his re-
turn 10 europe was said to have been
purchased
Travels In Private Cnr.
The details Of the story OF Probst's
enforced journey we're given in the
f"rm OF .. statement by the YOUTHS
friend. Zimmerman. fellow country
man.
T'robst. according to Zimmerman.
TOLD him that he had been brought from
I.atrcbe. Pa. to New York in a private
car At Philadelphia. the statement
goes on. Probst managed TO cludc his
guard long enough to send a telegram
to Zimmerman.
when Probst arrived at the PennsyI-
vania station" Zimmerman's statement
continues. 81 saw him.. He was accom-
panied by three men. one OF whom was
the chief of the private detectives. The
men and Archie tProbst) took a taxi
cab. but where they went I did not
know until Archie told me after his re-
lease that they took him to a private
Nat in West 137th street.
THE chief OF the detectives told me
never to mention the name OF Mr.. Mel
lon, adding that Archie had done some-
thing very bad at the Rolling Rock
Club
Mrs. J. Albert Mckay. whose daugh-
ter Virginia was named by Probst as
the object Of his romance at the Rolling
Rock Club. has stated repeatedly that
neither she nor her daughter recalled
having seen Probst at the club.
Mr.. Sander said that he had photo
graphs indicating that Probst enjoyed a
status at least approaching friendship
with some members OF the exclusive
Rolling Rock colony.