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Show G EN ER0SITY-TO-F0E COSTS LIFE OF U.S.HGHTER German Begs for Mercy and Then ShooU Benefactor Through Back. ,7 By Charlea F. Bertelli Internationsl News Service Staff Correspondent Cor-respondent PARIS, May 17 (By Mall to New York. June 4). Generosity toward tlie enemy cost the life of Jme Taul of St. Lou In. Ma. a memder of the famous fa-mous foreign leirlon. Paul was known as "Fighting Jimmy." and he nevex. felled to live up to his name. To le railed one of the hravest In the legion Is a great honor, and that was an honor held by "Fighting Jimmy." Twenty-four hours before one of the general attacks by the French in their present offensive In Champagne Paul was sent out with a body of picked men to "worry" the Germans' first line with bombs. Paul was the first man over the parapet and got twfely through, along vh a nnmher of other Americans.'! After trying In vain to keep off the attacka with machine guns, the Germans Ger-mans scuttled into their dugouts. Paul, who waa in advance, threw a dozen grenades into a dugout and called ujwiu the skulkeis to mine out. Only one German appetred. He ""threw up his arms, shouting "Comrade," "Com-rade," assuring Paul that the rest of the men Inside were dead. Without taking the trouble to search the man 'for hidden weapons, Paul turned to a-nother dugout. The Instant his back waa turned the German drew an auto-'matle auto-'matle pistol and fired. Paul fell back--wards Just as his fellow legion mem-toers mem-toers followed. The German felt with bayonet jwounds In his body. Two of Paul's . best, friends, Arthur Berry of Boston and Christopher Charles of Brooklyn, knelt beside him. Paul lay upon his back and there waa a smile upon his Xace.- I "You are not badly hurt, are you, Jimmy?" asked his friends. There was no reply, and they turned J the body over. The bullet had penetrated pene-trated the heart and death must have been Instantaneous. After that any German ahowlng Iflght-was ruthlesaly bayoneted. Those who surrendered were spared, although their trip from the front to the rear waa far from pleasant. t After the position had been thoroughly thor-oughly cleared out. the legion mem-1 mem-1 bers retired, bearing with them Paul'a ( body. Kvery man who could attended j the simple funeral Kven wounded I men hobbled out to the improvised cemetery. . Paul had been decorated for bravery . at the battle of Relletien Santerre on ' the Bomme in July, 19l. At that time ' alngls handed he held a sector of a, trench after his seven companions had been killed. Someone once referred to St. Louis as a German city. "That's not true," exclaimed Paul. "It ta no more a German city than Paria True, there are Germans there, but flrnu find Germans every wheie. You will find that St. Louis will send ver soma mighty good soldiers." |
