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Show Fear of Signing Their Names j Keeps Aliens in War Prison REFUSAL to sign papers of any kind, giving as their reason the simple statement that they have been told to sign nothing, is the cause of Andrew An-drew and Joe Trentln, enemy aliens being held in the war prison camp, although their liberty awaits them the moment they place their signatures signa-tures upon the release blanks. Yesterday Yes-terday the brother.-1, Ausirians. were 1 handed their parole documents bx Dave Gershon, .special agent for the department of justice., but both stubbornly stub-bornly refused to write their signatures. signa-tures. They will be held until they ' sign. M r. Gershon said. Tho Trentln brothers, according to Mr. Gcrnbon, hnvc acted queerly ever since their internment. They re-fu.-e-J to sign papers or write their n.n ities on any document. Mail baa accumulated at. th' prison camp for i hem. but they refuse to accot it and tin; mail still lies unu?d. They h':ve on deposit wliii the war camp offieb'.lT neariy 'JOOO, according; accord-ing; to others int ernod at the cam p, , but they will not sign a receipt acknowledging- that they have re-eeived re-eeived the money, so it cannot be i turned over to them. I The Trent Ins were horn hi tho i Trent ino part ot' A ustria. but spea k the Italian language. Mr. Gershon does not regard them as insane, but says they are perhaps suffering from some slight hallucination. They were the fit st men in the prison ca mp to wear influenza masks during the epidemic epi-demic and still wear them, refusing to take them off. The brothers are said by other prisoners lo.have re- fused to believe until a few days ago that Emperor Franz Joseph was dead. Mr. Gershon said be would make an effort to have a clergyman go to the camp for the purpose of learning tho reason for their at tilude. It is believed be-lieved that a clergyman of their own faith may have more influence with them than the military or federal officials. of-ficials. Fight enemy aliens, the first of tin second contingent t be released from the war prison camp, were given their liberty yesterday. The men were furnished transportation iu their homes on the I'ae:ffc const. From ten to twelve men will now be it! eased each day until the second list is completed. com-pleted. With the departure of thee mca there will rema.n at the p-st 'inly a few pr'soners. u ho will in; held until dt-eis'on Is made as in whether they will be deported to Germany or given their liberty here. The eight men who left Vtslerdnv u ere Fask-u F. Fhlich. I 'an I I I Fruhling. .1 no .lanev, Charles Wiltseh, Ka.-l May, Albert Strye. Gottlelb tiler and Gerhard iScliuppcll. |