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Show HUNS FIGHT KNIFE i BATTLE IN TUNNEL! . ! Aliens at Fort Prison Stab Each Other in Row ' Over Escape. Three Intamed Germans In the war prison compound at Ft. Douglas are in the prison hospital today suffering from wounds received whan they en-fsged en-fsged in a battle with Improvised knives yesterday morning. Prison authorities say the melee was precipitated precipi-tated by the refusal of one of the trln to asslat In digging an escape tunnel from the compound which had been atarted several days ago. The victims and principals of the fight are Max Gunter, Frita Klacher and Wilhelm Horrsohn, said to be members of the I. W. W. element of the prison. Gunter and Fischer were reported from the hospital today to be In a serloua condition. Both received several ragged gaabea In the body and ! arms, whil B'-rraohn escaped with less I serloua wounds. I According to Colons! George' By ram. commandant of the prison, a tunnel had been atarted in one of the barracks bar-racks and the three prisoners decided to work different shifts st night In digging dig-ging their way to freedom. An argument ar-gument la said to have arisen and one ! of the three refused to have anything further to do with the exploit. This led to the firnt In which pieces of ; steel, fashlosied Into long Improvised , daggers, used for digging, were sm-ployed sm-ployed as weapons. The fight was stopped by "officers of the prison guard, but not until all three had received several mounds, Ths flfcht led to the discovery of the tunnel by prison 'officers and a complete com-plete search of the entire compound waa roads. No other tunnels were found. Ths nsws of the signing of ths armistice armi-stice provoked several arguments among the prisoners, a coord ing to officers, of-ficers, but the knife battle waa the only affair In which violence was resorted to. I |