New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1919, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1919, ASTONISHING WORK OF SECRET SOCIETY How Thousands of British Prisoners Were Freed—How Plots Were The whole Py escapes m the Huns, of world has but IN BELGIUM The Tale of Men Snatched from the Hun Adlied few kng heard prizoners | 2 W ng of the agency by which t these b WOl ret Societics in [ty without a nan a ot, Freder escapes we dreds of men n children, in the France and Belgiu . Maxwell tells f re aided. the n iclc W wome > occupied . or the fi story of his great work). ur -reat o in Brussels short It 1t to conside n occupation mceting of « hous getting out of soldiers who h Mons retr hing Bru time we { marvellou soldic piding the war car known s in in > be hiding rite e ring 1 ardir city into den i th I changed plicd by u city, dinir in tra Germs found the viding with the being ou itcome of th wization w the many and ly after t was su persons v the bes city 1 been and had hought it to have in ne to an as one the sar of the “fu systematic arge rews g Allied Many of clothes freely restau- civilian walked the ar ng mears, n t in soldie meeting as two < of one of the most ams world, presided s Maxwell ae, and among its members a o, regtons ! In this rst he helc t means Brit- | nothing Al- two Brussels, en ne et 1 Ards soldiers these | ie chosen he could have made large nd at s the decision to start a I now ca Allied 1 fact, any 1 the by itter W without mber wor 1 over jha it ions hip of pidly day two thouss ary t far and wi n armistice day only in every i Belgian mans, but nece in Inds in sympathy asked for s in their six months of t we had a long Allied most advanced h line in France Rhineland. ach day saw organization, had a well p by means of w e to pa jman lines, and hes of escaped g detected. hres was very e of the fact e inc had ence Under e to a an B th, discovered Von town occupied Germany own area and organized courier s was pos- information through the large without The 1 the risoners, carried at a sels nanme Brus day unti and, and t o extend de. we had mportant with ou m local and he chain prisoners stretching point but, on n 1 it hen our by in Hatched Under Von Bissing’s Nose, Etc. A Thrilling Story of War Activities in Several Instalments. of the building men v the house that she ng, and diligent searc the German patrols, discovered have took Though, as I to which we quite close (o | tered Bissi was by they not said, these von made were So- oy were tin found- Ger- | i captured p b a thousand time. tha search, f mix- with n League as our The branch was we o branches French the itself. We d that nearly every member had aims, wherever these friends were they associa- less 3russels meet- of friends from of the Ger- and Belgium improvement within vhich it to move prisoners mall, at the that we ur principal depot in Bru iving escaped bd within a jse occupied and one nst the they et ium was ure sing of This Lo w by of tl Germar pressed i the gov escapec hiding the atte the Aisr W to an in in man 1y H ant, becausc ed in that before he colors on he capa the circum he Germ ha people ns ch allic of as the g prisoners i German o effect iped wnd march We had a f at differen hope the ed he of of bei men d observe fine haged im Vhen hid, h into the nds will hndy ed his head d. When the few guards Br thought I those coming ble to an mad physique to get nea ou rea yreak fror Srst be ther answered to e v of keep indy but a found house we the 1. e alarm b, but not was quic p indoors s and track hen the escap troops brought ed fire with s indiseriminate who got hit. Von was through t procession desi d Sand number ners did likewise, and instead of | 18 had to be escorted | where sheltered before down throw e jokes 1 authorit nto their ernor zen 1 British with >mpt e in a Scot an us to a was had city at called outbreak a d been of he stree Y s wished the men v red aroun ew trusty ng able t inz Loy md in a n the ran t e to meet not a tell rner ho on me w were looking the on t at eye the ¢ of e th we given Ik enough the the e was to the 1y, Bissing was a vear percentage indeed, Germans singly alert after Von Bis were Bissing’s Nose. prisoners w: stone we ie rvice eral soldier, fter of for sit- the him- had W force September, named excellent been London baclk war nces of his escape were er ing 3russels al could no it were a o ha corner, ks e you word in rear he sh T e hbers of the machine gun Pe drunk and c ontinued in 1 1 t to be, | v many friends points of the route 1t enough to speak a right. ¥ he under- s reached front behind we pr ad- | other | almost to pre- the escape of the prisoners, who Germans B on the move to step further es- fugitives. discovered scene, machine guns not seeming {o In one case the team to spray istreets with bullets, killing many heir own comrades they and doing e Paty Physicians, 8} means e tic b found -\ the an that rugitives order that atten:d When Ol | dinary had ermans tracing issued nursc allied of A failed, they no doctor or was to wounded in that if doctors and moned to attend such to report at once the facts men me nurses wet persons to the mi ies regarding such persons and the n the aid. thin disres and men were author abode addre medical good s doctors some the 18 were badly wounded immediate medical attention, the { Germans having failed to ny- thing for them during their period of captivity, It nothing short of a scandal that should have heen compelled {hrough t¥ under conditions sought who for hored with us, to and s of persons sum- moning It this patriotic at that many for for us vded by nurses who peil and in need | was @ in order ed 4 do was su men to march such ut [ | stree We Leroy, e stance of Dr. vears la- his time es neve Had ass nearly iving to the four most of wantis this he penny. ministerin prisoners. received much or | caped 1701 as a attending to the wives and families of the rge army of German offic who came into Brussels once the occupation complete, he was clever doctor and rather pop e always ready to turn the richest of patients to attend to these poor prisoners who | could only reward him with their { gratitude. |~ In May. | nis life for fortunate fees by Is was for very was 1y rom of last year, Leroy paid his devotion to He had with these un- been sum- moned during the night to attend to a case of illness at the house of the governor-general. On the way to an- swer this call he was told of a pr oner belonging to the CCfameron High- landers who was in a critical cond tion. Without hesitation he took the risk of offending the Germans and came to the aid of the prisoner, who was named George M'Killop. The German who had come to summon him to the house of the gov- ernor-general was apparently suspi- cious over the change of plan and had the doctor followed to the hou in which M'Killop lay. Dr. Leroy v “dragged from the bedside of his tient and charged with a ting spi and other enemies of Germany. M’Killop was put on trial with him, and the most amazing Ii were told to bear out the charge against them. Like many more of those associated with the doctor was offered his men. p- to in us, of | {ray those who were helping the pris Nl oners to escape, for the Germans were aware hy then that there was in existence some organization like ours, in Cruel Torture. The better to aid them in their plan to induce the doctor to betray us, they brought his young wife and baby daughter to the place of exeoution when the offer of life was being made. Once more that scene, so often enact- ed in those terrible d was gone through. The firing party lined up in view of the distracted wife, and the doctor was told that he had make choice in the space of five minutes. He looked appealingly at his wife, and then at the baby scarcely able to toddle. The little one seemed to regard everything as got up for her amuse- ment. Straying from her mother's | side, she toddled toward the | where the firing party stood rifles grounded. She got hold of one of the rifles and looked smilingly into the face of the man holding it. Lven the hardened German soldiers could not keep back their tears. The moth- er brought the child back to her side, and then started the un- | spoken question husband as the officer for the last “Oh, my | voice that resignation (fotidute it s i but 1 would r | thousand s of to his a m - to to | by of ay as to of answer the time. darling,” she said in firm with the firmness under o strong hard to part with ther we should times than that to our country okt 1 You know est Do not let thot influence vou a was ol sense i part a vou should in this hour your duty de: ts of me and We shall not of your noble their worst . | b falsc ni | baby lack bread rifice. rewell!™ Child's Applause. because bt Let them 15 do As she finished speaking the woman held up the littlo girl to re- | ceive the last kiss of her father. Then husband and wife embraced fervently, the German cama and tha condemned to prepare for his fate, made his choice. With eves and firmly erect ced the firing party. The s given, the volley rang out, doctor fell dead against the brave 5 is- and told man since he had unbandaged doctor order w and the wall. The little girl surprised at first volley, but, after looked somewhat at the sound of the the first surprise was over, looked around with wide- ! open smiled in her pretty baby way, and then clapped her little hands as though applauding some clever at- tempt to amuse her. As for mother, she stood as though riveted to the ground, until the sounds of the volley had died away. Then she set the baby on the ground, and ran 50, uniforms, and | | en were were of | | | life upon one condition—that he be- ! arrested | nothing | Toy girl | line ! with | in charge put the question | | dishonor, you, | | that officer | figure the brave | | the | tow: the wall plant the picking from ti in a rds Stooping down, d a passionate ) on the dead he afterw » her she scene tragedy she of ro, and intant, of the wi dream. from M'Killop that I had facts regarding the fate of The doctor was only one ny who sealed with their live: devotion in those days of ter: rov I w; Just 1 alling the other day that of the eight of us who met | that night in Brussels to art thi work of aiding Allied prisoners. I tm the only survivor. 7The other sev- shot the Germans or died | in filthy prisons after they had been captured in aiding the prisoners. Of these ven who joined me in pioneering this good work, four Belgians—MM. Jean Lerous, | Paul Gerard, Louis Beville, and (HH]—’ laume Pieters—while two were Irish- men, Dr. O'Hara and Mr. John Mur- phy. The seventh was a young French woman, who had come to Brussels to finish her art studies, and was engaged to be married to O'Hara. As the story of the fate that befel Dr. O'Hara and his beautiful fiancee is closely bound up with that of M'Killop, the wounded Cameron Highlander of whom 1 spoke before, 1 will tell it here. Dr. O’Hara was in when M'Killop came in. It was the intention of the authorities to shoot M'Killop as soon as he had sufficient- 1y recovered to be able to stand the ordeal. He became worse, and ulti- ely was removed to a small hospi- tal (where Dr. O'Hara was stationed) behind the Hotel de Ville, which had just been taken over by the Germans @ military hospi O'Hara had It the above DA of m: their was oy. by the hospital a . cen M'Killop be- fore, and knew what was the matter with him. He protested to the Ger- man authorities that the man was in kreat danger and required better treatment than he was getting. For reply he was told to mind his own business; but he persisted with his complaints. No notice was taken of them, however, and, without saying a word to any of us, the doctor deter- mined to attempt to get M'Killop out of the hospital. It was his intention to remove the man to a nursing home kept by a Mlle. Breille. His fiancee and a Belgian nurse were the only parties to the plot. The Escape. the night decided on, Marie Cru, the doctor's fiancee, changed places with the Belgian nurse, and, as she was the only nurse in the ward where M'Killop lavy, it was easy enough for her to assist M'Killop out of the ward and across the lawn to the car which the doctor had brought to take him away. The doctor was able to quiet the sentry who challenged them by producing an order for the removal of the pa- tient, and the party drove off before the matron arrived to reveal the truth, Unfortunately for the doctor, he was recognized and next day he was on an espionage charge, Mile. Cru being accused afterwards. Both were put on trial, before a court-martial, and though there was against them beyond the fact of their association with the es- cape of M'Killop—who was by this time pictured as a dangerous spy of the Allies—it did not take much to justify in German eyes the verdict of death passed on both. After their experience with Dr. Le- the Germans did not attempt to induce the doctor to betray us by of- fering him his own life, but they of- fered to spare the girl he loved if only he would betray the hiding place of M’Killop, and give some particu- lars of those who were aiding the ape Of Allied prisoners. The doc- tor did not deign a reply to this of- fer, which forced on him the terrible alternative of saving the girl he loved or keeping silent about the hiding place of a stranger of whom he had never known the existence until fate had brought them together. The girl answered for him, and, according to + wounded German officer who was associated with the court-martial proceedings at the time, this was her answer ‘For a daughter of France there can be no choice between death and | and it would be worse than dishonor to purchase my life at the <pense of that of a brave man who come to fight for France without having known France and with- ount thought of the consequences to his loved in wway Scotland. | 1 scorn your offer of life. T am ready to die with the man I love.” The decision of the Germans was | the doctor should die first, the decision in the case of the girl being held back pending confirmation b headquarters; but, in accordance with the practice then followed, the girl was forced to bhe an eve-witness of the death of her lover. not even allowed a farewell N Died Together. On the morning fixed for the exe- On Mile. es a eve ones far meeting. | DELEGATE TO WORLD | cution, the girl was courtyard and placed close to the wall \inst which her lover was to await end. What happened may now be told in the words of the German flicer referred to: “The man cast an ardent look in the direction of the girl. She an- swered with an equally ardent glancs and then she called out: “‘Adieu, ma cherie. ’est pour la France nous allons mourir!” (‘Good- bye, darling. Tt is for France we are going to die!’) “The doctor touched his lips and motioned his hand by way of greet- ing. mand lined up, sword to give the signal. and I lowered my As T did so, brought into the | | The firing party under my com- | LABOR CONFERENCE up from | sentences heing cz no one associated him with the man ! who had disappeared from the hos- pital after Dr. O'Hara's visits. At first we did not dare tell M'Killop what had happened to the doctor, but when | the d passed without' the doctor's | appearance in response to the sick | man’s repeated calls, someone 'told | him_the truth. He was terribly up- | set by the thought that othe had suffered for him, and he tried to get his bed and surrender to the in order to prevent further rried out. He han Germans | to be restrained by force. | speak. I 3TN TILET labor of the | Labor of British on this side Montreal.—First leaders to arrive Atlantlc for the International i Conference, Ben Tillett is one of the | picturesque characters in the Briti \; Jabor movement. He ecretary of | the Dockers’ Union, and has been one | of the leaders in some of the ?vll—‘rl gest strikes England has experienced. | is a white fignre ran in front of me and | T saw the form of a woman clinging to the condemned man for a fow | brief seconds “I ran to the spot. Two bodies lay | upon the ground, tightly locked in cach other's arms, {heir lips meeting | in the last solemn kiss. The girl had flung herself in front of her lover, determined to die with him instead | of waiting for the confirmation of her | sentence. The men had seen her rush out, but it was too late to withhold the volley, even if they had had suf- ficient initiative to disregard order “The scene was one of the most affecting T have ever witnessed, and it will never fade from my memory while life lasts. Never have I seen two people look so sublimely happy as did those two people as they lay d at my feet. The Irish doctor s a remarkably brave man, but his sweetheart had the heart of the hero- ines of old. We felt some regret that she had thrown her life away in that fashion, for we did not imagine the sentenco would be confirmed. In that we were mistaken. In due course, confirmation arrived, so that the poor girl would have had to die in any case.” The tragedy of Dr. O'Hara and his | sweetheart was terrible enough in | any case, but what made it seem more terrible was the fact that it was a sacrifice made in vain, for poor M'Kil- | lop ultimately died of his wounds | after lying in the nursing home f over four months. 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