Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1918 — TRAITOROUS YANKEE IS “SAFE IN CUSTODY.” [ARTICLE]

TRAITOROUS YANKEE IS “SAFE IN CUSTODY.”

The first German-American to be caught syping on the Americans is safely in custody. Behind the characterization of traitor to his country, contained in the report of his arrest, is the story that he aided a German prisoner to escape. Both men donned American officers’ uniforms and entered the line from the rear in the late afternoon. They said they were studying the ground between the lines with a view to using tanks, and asked to be allowed to cross the lines. The officer to whom they made the request soon discovered the ruse and ordered them escorted to the rear. There it was found that one of the men was a German and that the Ger-man-American was his accomplice.