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Show Four Alien Fugitives Taken t t. 'Leader Is jailed at Ogden j "VJIXE of the seventeen enemy aliens who escaped from the Fort Douglas ;(iN war prison camp by tunneling under the stockade for a distance of !j 10 feet. The men are still at large. The fugitives are: Top row, left j! to right 3U.- Asaraeycr, H. Rutlau, F. Feden; center row Paul Tynek, P. iiVitt:nanf J. Andcrwaid; "below F. Bauman, W. Roland, F. Miller. ! f7 . jr j I . y v 1 - .-, -. - , l . d ' r . : . .-, ' .;,N ' - , '' c. V . ' - , " 1 - . , i: , ' " : -r-- Scraps of wire and string. Mr. Gershon said, were found throughout the tunnel, which bears out the theory that the men dragged out the earth in small sacks. The fresh earth is believed to have been disposed of through the compound sewer, into which there is a flow of water. The officers believe the prisoners consumed more than two months in completing the tunnel, judging by the methods used in disposing of the earth. However, Sidler, when arrested at Ogden, stated emphatically emphat-ically that the work was completed within with-in thirty days. Officials believe that scores of the Inmates In-mates of the camp knew of the existence of the tunnel and were preparing to escape when it was discovered. None of the men who escaped, Mr. Gershon said, had money when he left the camp, and, unless supplied with funds in Salt Lake, each will be unable to exist in hiding for any great length of time. The seventeen men who made their escape, es-cape, Mr. Gershon said, were classed as among the most dangerous characters within the compound and many of them were I. W. W. sympathizers. None of them was included in the list of those who will be returned to Germany on a steamer sailing from New York within tw-o weeks. If captured, the aliens will be subjected to military court, Mr. Gershon said. It ia probable they will be deported to their native countries later, he added. Fugitives Described. The names and descriptions of the men who are at large are: M. Assmayer, 25 years old, German laborer, la-borer, arrested at Everett, Wash.; height, five feet, ten inches; dark brown eyes, dark hair. H. Rutlau, 32, German waiter, arrested on Mexican border; height, five feet, six inches: brown hair and eyes. F. Feden, 27. Austrian logger; height, five feet, six and one-half inches; blue eyes, dark hair; arrested at Portland. Paul Tynek, 2S. Austrian laborer; height, five feet, four Inches; brown hair and eyes; arrested at Portland. Dragnet Spread for Men Breaking Fort Dougias Prison Camp. Capture of four of the seventeen enemy aliens, who escaped from the Fort Douglas Doug-las prison camp early yesterday morning morn-ing by tunneling under the stockade for a distance of 130 feet, and the spreading of a huge dragnet throughout the west, were developments yesterday in the pursuit pur-suit being conducted by Dave Gershon, special agent for the department ' of justice. jus-tice. Taken from a freight train at Ogden' Og-den' yesterday morning, four of the fugitives fugi-tives confessed to having escaped from the prison and are now in the Ogden jail. The men are Fred Koch, Harry Sulk, Joe Koloch and Paul Sidler. The men will be brought to Salt Lake this morning by the government authorities. Thirty-five men were caught at Ogden yesterday in the dragnet thrown out by the officials there. Ten were able to give satisfactory account of themselves and were allowed to go but twenty-five, including the four who admitted they were prisoners, were held. The Ogden police are of ths opinion that there are other prisoners from the internment camp among the other men held at the station. sta-tion. Sidler, who is said to be the leader of : the fugitives, talked freely at Ogden yes- ' terday of the escape, the manner as to I how it was carried out, but would not I give any details reyarding the manner in which the dirt taken from the tunnel I was concealed. He said that after the men escaped they separated and it was by chance that the four men boarded the same freight train for Ogden. J. Anderwald, 32, German laborer; height, five feet, eight inches; brown eves-, brown hair; arrested at Mitchell, S. D. P. Wittman, 34, German cook; height, five feet, nine inches; gray eyes, blond hair; arrested at San Francisco. W. Roland, 37, German laborer; height, five feet, two and one-half inches; brown eyes, brown hair; arrested at Mare island, California. F. Bauman, 32, German laborer; height, six feet: brown hair, brown eyes; arrested at San Francisco. F. Miller, 26, German laborer; height, five feet, five inches: hazel eyes, brown hair; arrested at Enterprise, Ore. , A. Sen wand t, 31, German laborer; height, five feet, ten inches; gray eyes, light brown hair; arrested at Eilensburg' Wash. J. C. Diermeyer, 32, German miner; brown eyes, brown hair; arrested at Ouray, Colo. M. I Taim, 3G, German logger; height, six feet, one-half inch; gray eyes, dark brown hair; arrested at Povtlfi nd, Ore. Paul Lang, 24, Hungarian baker; height, five feet, two and one-half inches; me-i me-i dium complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair; arrested at Spokane. Worked in Relays. Sidler said that the men worked in relays upon the tunnel for more than a month and after its completion the men who had voted to go crawled into the tunnei. After they had made good their escape the men then crawled snake fashion along the ground for almost a mile before they dared to raise up and run. The men went, in various directions direc-tions as soon as they were out of the tunnel. "We were alien enemies while the war was on and now, because we do not wish repatriation, are not released from prison. The majority of the prisoners at the fort during the war had been against Prussian ism since they were children, but, as the- Prussian element gained power, answered their call to duty, thus becoming the victims of circumstances," said Sidler. Sidler related another attempt to tunnel tun-nel from the guardhouse when he, with other prisoners were confined there. He declared that a file was obtained and the men confined than decided that the tunnel was more feasible and the work upon the tunnel started. While the work upon the tunnel was under way, the prison authorities discovered the prisoners prison-ers had a file and a search ensued. Sidler Sid-ler said the dirt from the tunnel, which they had been packing between the floor of the upper room of the guardhouse and the ceiling of the room in which they were confined, was discovered when the detail of soldiers was making the search for the file. Koch admitted that he had escaped from an internment camp in Canada, Police Po-lice Sergeant Jensen of Ogden said yesterday yes-terday afcr-rnoon. Koch said he had tried to get away from the fort for a long time and that he had been there for twenty-one twenty-one months, according to Jensen. Dragnet Extended. With the stretching of the dragnet yesterday yes-terday over several western states and with the participation in the hunt of the department of justice, the United States secret service, county sheriffs and police of practically every" town, Mr. Gershon announced late yesterday that it was doubtful if the fugitives could long remain re-main at liberty. With other officials, Mr. Gershon visited vis-ited the prison camp yesterday and inspected in-spected the tunnel throusrh winch the men escaped. Leading from under the floor of the cook house, which stands near the stockade fene on the west side, the tunnei ran direct ij west for more than l.'iu ief-t, the greater portion of the undrrgrourid passage being outside out-side the compound limits. Mr. Jernhon said. The passage was just h'.r-'Vnoiif:: for a man to wrig'.e through, and wh.-ri e n i e r z ; n g from the western end it w a s necessary for a man to turn unon h: back and squirm in order to thrust his should.-, rs through the opening. A test hole, the sh:e of a man's a-m was thrust upward ait.-: the tunnel hrd been completvd just outside t:..- compound com-pound fence, but this hnh was :, imd.-r the e -m--nt wa:k and v.-a n t completed. com-pleted. .Mr. G'u-shnn believes t !:e iiuvi obtained their direction and level from tiiis hole. j |