Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-21

along the river for o boat.
After several hours he found
one, but there weren't any oars
In Il.
HE finally picked up q plank
and used that TO steer the boat.
By using the beacon ON top OF
the Penobscot Building as q
guide he headed Downstream for
Detroit from above Windsor. =
LANDS AT BELLE ISLE
THE first land he hit was
Belle Isle and the boy didn't
know where he was. He wan
dered around q lot until he found
the bridge. But when he found
downtown Detroit, he still didn't
have any place to 20.
.Most Of the night he spent
walking around the streets until
he got so tired he lay down In
the doorway OF what he thought
was an empty building. But =
policeman woke him up and
made him move on.
Then he remembered the adj
dress OF the woman mrs. Ber-
telmann) because she had put
her return address on some
packages sent to the concentra-
ton camp. She took him In
Saturday morning about tho
u,.~. skA -. TInX $40 uA NEE =
smart boy to remember that
address.
81 didn't want to take him
home because i was afraid i
might get into trouble. but he
was hungry and he couldn't stay
with this woman"
VAGUE ON IL HOURS
Denying that he had given KruI
any money, Stephan was vague Of
how he whiled the next IL hours
Il was obvious from his story
however. that much of his tim
was spent in sheer admiration o
The Nazis feats.
Stephan denied also that he har
bored the fiier in his quarter
above the restaurant, as charge'
by the FBI.
about 3 o'clock Saturday
night ! took him to tho Field
Hotel t445 Field avenue) where
ne spent the night" Stephan
continued. Tho next morning
/ picked him up and drove him
to the Greyhound bus station.
"He was q smart boy. Once
I'm camp he unrsveled . pair Of
socks while he was washing
them. They'd been sent In by .
woman from Chicago. In the
toe Of one Of the socks was this
woman's name and address. So
I put krug on . Chicago bus to
find her."
More concerned In obtaining
cigar than liberty. Stephan wa
unable TO give a plausible expla
nation for his protection Of al
enemy prisoner.
II guess I'm In bad trouble
4 don't know why I did It,"
said Stephan, adding quickly:
"You know. that boy h . good
flier. He was shot down In q
dog fight with an Engiishman
over the English Channel. But
he got the Engllshman, too.
The Tommy was picked up by
q German boat. just like Krug
was captured by . British ship.
"krug's been flying since he
was q little boy. All he wants
II to get o stick In his hands
again. And he'll do Il, too.
told him he didn't have q chance
Of getting out Of this country.
Most boys wouldn't have, but
he does.
"Krug plans TO go 20 South
America and get on q Spanish
boat for Germany.
"He was born In Chemnitx.
Germany. He'd been In prison
camp only about a year and q
half. but he could speak Eng
lish pretty good. He's smart.
"He says the Germans will
win the war next fall. so he has
to get back In the fight fast"
Stephan's restaurant. intermi
tently accused of being a foe;
point for German-American Bun
activities. has dropped the wor
fron ire name sine
Pearl Harbor.
The establishment. located
an antiquated building almost d
rectly across the street from II
Belle Isle bridge. is. deceptive