Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — YANKS FLEE BRIG; “TO RETURN FOR NEXT WAR.” [ARTICLE]

YANKS FLEE BRIG; “TO RETURN FOR NEXT WAR.”

New York, July 25. — A sergeant of the coast guard entered the office of Capt Godfrey L. Carden at the barge office today and saluted. “A note from the brig, sir,” he said. The captain read the bote. It safid: “Gone, but not forgotten. WiH return for the next war.” “The whole ibundh gtone?” inquired the captain. “No, sir. Two of them Heft, air.” “That makes five escaped,” mused Capt. Carden. “Announce immediately that we wiH pay $25 for each prisoner caught. Meantime, we will have a court martial for the officer of the day and the guards responsible.” The brig is on the third flotor of the barge office. The prisoners escaped by cutting wire window screening and climbing dotwn a rope.*