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Show HUN 13 COMPELLED 10 KISSOID GLORY Colorado Citizens Take Quick Action to Punish Anti-American. DENVER, Colo., Dec. R. Violation of the espionage act was charged against Henry YV peutsch, who was roughly handled by a crowd at Hugo, Colo., last night, following alleged unpatriotic utterances, ut-terances, by Harry B. Tedrow, United States district attorney, today. Tedrow. with other federal officers, in-terrosared in-terrosared Deutsch at length today soon after he arrived here in company with Gottleib Kaiser a.id Al Fitch. Deutseh is of Austrian birth, hut is naturalized. Deutseh was not tarred and feathered as reported last night, the Inquiry by federal officers developed. The account of Jaet night's events, as told the ofricers, was substantially ae follows: fol-lows: People in Hugo took umbrage at alleged al-leged remarks by Deutseh 'and searched him out In an apartment house. A rope was placed about his neck and he was taken to a railroad trestle near there. The rope was tightened- and Deutseh w-as made to kneel and kiss the American flag. He declared that if he ever had said any- thing against the interests of the LTnlted States he did not mean it. A mark, bearing on the back the words "On to Berlin." was placed on Deutseh and he was marched down the main street to the jail. There the sheriff, in whose charge he was put, released him, that he might be brought to Denver with Kaiser Kai-ser and Fitch. |