Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-27 | Page 1 | Escaped Germans Cross into Mexico

ESCAPED GERMAN CROSS INTO MEXICO Make Their Way From Philadelphia to Border Near Brownsville. BROWNS VLLLE, Texas. March 26. Two escaped members of the interned crews of two German auxiliary cruisers at tho Philadelphia navy yard crossed the Rio Grande two miles below Brownsville Sunday and are now in Matamoros, Mexico, Mex-ico, opposite here, according to information informa-tion received at military headquarters at Fort Brown tonight. American military authorities have taken the matter up with Mexican officials in Matamoros. PHILADELPHIA, March 26. Fourteen members of the crews of the German commerce raiders Kronprinx Wilhelm and Prlnz EHel Friedrich. interned at the Philadelphia navy yard, made a dash for liberty last Monday night. All but two of them were captured inside, of the yard within a short time, and officials of the navy department announced their belief that these two had drowned in attempting attempt-ing to swim the back channel. Oespite this announcement, however, local authorities expressed the belief that the two men, Lieutenant Chorth and Hermann Her-mann Schroder, machinist mate, had made good their escape. Fliers containing contain-ing descriptions of them were pent broadcast broad-cast by Lieutenant Tale of the detective bureau when a search of the waters sur-mundinc sur-mundinc the government rcserat:on failed to reveaj their bodies. The German crews left here todav under heavy ffiiard for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and Fort'McFhe-rson, Ga,