Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-23 | Page 12 | Rev. Leesmann Aids Families of Prisoners

J REV LEESMANN AIDS F OF Pastor Arrested for A Abu 1 of Privileges at atHas Fon Has New Duties j AFRAID ID TO ACCEPT J V MISSION AT FH FI 1 Girl Implicated in Prison Tangle Resign to Stay in Jail f I After consulting his Rev ne nen n B B. B lIen Henry 1 Leesmann pa pastor German Evans Evangelical who i IS charged at with to having h atte smuggle a a. message to cm In the war prison at Fort a sn alk aile 1 pa Is now engaged eng in f among families of oC Intern Interned l in Salt Lake i He lie ott dc devoted l sora of time to this work yesterday J Late in December when lie he much of his attention to the II prisoners the Swiss Je lection al' al York asked the Rev nl Mr Ir 1 LM investigate the ho condition of t b lies of those prisoners who ho at Fort Lou Louglas las lie He Ue are I report a few v weeks a ago f to the J is UC 7 which Is one of or the official b bi resettling resenting the central aV POWerS h I United States I Fears to o Work Shortly after the Ogden Wit been released from custody O ca i a I r bond ho he received from froni the k tion the tho money needed by the of ot Interned prisoners lie He is ii re to have been reluctant to take tike li of or distributing th the ft until he had conferred with ti at jf nc lie ney N. N W I informed Mr 1 Leesmann that tiit mission of ot relief which hall hail te tu cr C on him I by the S Swiss I s l. l was as entirety entirely American and ana la lars to MB t ncr ner would reflect on his hU ca cas T r Attorney last regard the mission as one purely A Jr k Ican lean and my client has proc d d attend to the duties which tire tart I 1 required of oC him Twenty Dependents Herr It Is estimated that there are in III 5 Lake about twenty dependent fu fie faa of or the Interned prisoners prisoner How Y ho he ml may continue continuo with this work i depend largely on the O of hearing next We Wednesday before KVan KVan K S SVan Van Pelt United States Minnie lInnie Deckman spy suspect wI k said to have prevailed pre upon the I Mr Ir Leesmann to try to smuggle It at atto r to Ernest Ley Leybold bold interned SP spy tl l she styles her sweetheart centered pas passing Interest in her case i it I count county jail yesterday She of ot the most attractive hospital mr vast the tho count county jail and says sh she he Ij h f tented to pass her time In embroidery I Miss lIss Deckman sa says sas s 's that s sie ie T y make no further efforts to tt prefers to await la I case that her sweetheart V V. bold Is In the thc war prison she he i I main In Jail feeling feeling- the sad p pta of oC knowing that she Is suffer i a I II her fiance j I