Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1914 — TRAPS THE TEUTONS [ARTICLE]

TRAPS THE TEUTONS

—— ; Englishman Delivers Germans Up to Their Enemies. Signals British Warship That Vessel on Which He Is Crossing Water Is Carrying Reservists—ls Severely Attacked, But Wins Out. Halifax, N. S. —More thrilling tham fiction was the story of the British battleship Glory’s stopping of the Spanish mail boat Montserrat, as told here by members of the crew. The Montserrat. sailed from Vera Cruz several weeks ago and stopped at New York en route here. The British consul general at New York was suspicious of a number of those reported on the Montserrat’s sailing list, thinking they were German reservists. When the Montserrat sailed from New York one of her passengers was a quiet little Englishman who made plenty of acquaintances and seemed to know a great deal about the ship. Nobody paid much attention to him, however, until the Glory hove in sight Then some of the German-speaking men aboard became very much aware, of his presence. They discovered the quiet Mr. Beatty on the poop deck in the shelter of one of the boats carrying on a vigorous with the Glory. The Germans—-many of whom had been telling the sympathetic Mr. Beatty all about how had their uniforms under their civilian clothes and how they planned to Tejoin the German army—made a rush for the Britisher and a lively scrap ensued. The Glory meanwhile signaled for the Montserrat to stop and demanded that Beatty be protected. Captain Ferrer obeyed. The big 12-inch guns of the British battleship were trained on him and he had no alternative. When a heavily armed boarding party of British blue jackets came aboard Beatty saluted their officer and made a formal detailed report of his investigations. The Germans were arrested on arrival here and held. Their baggage is being searched.