Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-09-25 | Page 2 | Constable Makes Capture of the Zeppelin Crew

CONSTABLE 'MAKES CAPTURE OF THE ZEPPELIN CREW ! LONDON, Sept. 25, 4:20 a. m. The j commander and twenty members of the crew of the Zeppelin which was forced to land near nn Essex coast town were arrested ar-rested by the village constable as they were marching along the road in tiie blackness of the night, according to the latest "eye-witness" accounts. "I am the commander of a German alr-I alr-I ship that has Just come down, and these 1 are my crew," said the leader of the men when accosted by the constable. Then the officer added : "Please ajlow me to go to the nearest posloffice so that. 1 may telephone some- j one in London who will let my wife know 1 I am safe." At this juncture special constnbles came up and the prisoners were marched to the nearest detention camp, where it was found several of them were wounded. All the men wore life-saving waistcoats. None of I hem bore a rms. The village constable in telling later of the coming down of the Zeppelin said he heard the noise of the motors overhead over-head and next saw a Zeppelin flying seaward. sea-ward. ::00 feel up. Then, as if the com- ' mander of the airship feared trouble on , the water, he turned back inland and in. a few in in utes the airship landed in a j farmer's orchard. Two loud explosions . followed. ; hen a flare of a few seconds duration. The airship commander marched the men to the farmer's house, but the occupants of the house were too frightened fright-ened to answer the knock, so the Germans Ger-mans tool; to the road whpre they encountered en-countered the constable. Il Is believed engine . : rouble forced the descent of the Zenpelhi. Twelve Grimsby trawlers were sunk in the North sea by German submarines about the time the Zeppelins raided England. Eng-land. This leads to the belief that V bonis accompanied the airships to afford them a certain amount of protection while crossing the water. !