Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — INTERNED YANK TRIES FLIGHT [ARTICLE]

INTERNED YANK TRIES FLIGHT

Lieutenant Duncan Caught by Swiss After Bold Attempt to Escape From Camp. ' Geneva. —Lieutenant Runcan, the American aviator who, with a companion, landed In the Jura Alps with his undamaged machine a month ago and

was Interned, made a bold but *utlle attempt to escape from the Internment camp “at Andermatt on Wednesday night. ' He made a rope with bedclothes and slid down the wall around the barracks, but when he was some distance from the ground the rope broke and Lieutenant Duncan was badly injured. He continued his attempt to escape, however, and walked In the direction of Goeschenen, along the railroad line. His escape, however, was discovered almost immediately, and the alarm was sent out by telegraph and telephone. There Is a long tunnel between Andermatt and Goeschenen, and when the aviator emerged from it he was arrested. He was taken back to Andermatt and the guard at the camp was doubled.