Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-11-12 | Page 6 | Soldier Escapes in Box with a Piano

SOlDIER ESCAPES IN 1 BOX A PIANO By Ii The Th Xe X rs Senior U BERLIN LERLIN Nov Kov The p Zurich p Post sl tells of the of-the the escape from Berlin of a a- a. a French prisoner who hid himself in a a. case in in which a piano was shipped hipped I When the tite Frenchman told his story t to the Zurich police they were doubtful as to its truth but hut he gave the authorS author authorities the number of or the case and led them to the railway station and pick picked d dit dit it out at once among hundreds of boxes boxes box box- I es Cs In the freight yards The Frenchman said he was taken I prisoner by the Prussians soon after I the war started and was for a time closely guarded Later he was put to toI I I work in the yards ards of the Berlin railway railway rail rail- way depot and when a big case containing con con- a piano was delivered there for shipment to Zurich the tho soldier saw sawan sawan sawan an opportunity to escape At night he opened one side of the case attached attached at at- hinges thereon in in- such a way that they could not be seen from the outside and then hid himself in the space around the pedal and locked himself himself him him- self in He could let himself himsel out at will The case was nine days in I reaching Its destination but the soldier soldier soldier sol sol- dier did not seem any the worse for his experience Whenever the coast L was clear he was able to release himself him him- himI I I self to get fresh air and exercise t I