Show SKIPPER ESCAPES GE M NS' NS r Correspondence Associated Press Presa PETROGRAD Dec Dee 11 Eric iL-Eric Eric Carlson Carison a Finnish skipper arriving in Petrograd 1 e the following account of ot ofhie his hie escape from the Germans ns I was taken prisoner of or war at the zamo sarno InO time that my ray small schooner which carried granite granite- out of or Aba Abo was confiscated confiscated by bv the Germans In M My Iy crew cre and nud were wera told toM that we wo might have havo t tte privilege C of choosing an any town in Germany German wherein to 2 ep spend nd our cap til tI provided It was sixty kilometers rs away from item the sea ISM I a a. town furth further fur fur- th then ther r Inland than an any of ot m my sailors figur thur- gur- gur log IDS that would rould throw the Germans oft off their guard and mo a a. better chance to escape As As soon aa as I t was Voss taken into the regular regu regu- lar night train leaving a t vcr very cO simple plan lan of escape cape occurred to toe me While tho the guards were bus busy getting sup- sup Pr r. r which was wan pa passed ed In through the windows of the train by some fonio friendly p Peasants at tho the first t top tOI outside of ot Vie Vie- mar I crawled through h the opposite windoW win win- dow and ran perhaps t two to o miles mile back to tho docks The night was as dark and anu al aJ- aJ though I heard voice I aw iw no 00 ono and no noone one noticed roe lOt On the docks dock I found that a pile of my own granite had been dumped and finding a rude tort sort of oC tunnel under this 1 I squeezed myself Into it where I W was ic-as cramped crampo and uncomfortable bl but where I was waa as safe safo for tor tho the time at ut 1 least loaeL Aa As s soon ns as It was wa-s 3 light I Jumped Into the tho water It was u cold as ice but I manu man- man u to pull out and roosted for tor an hour or two on a beam am under the dock doc Then I 1 taw R R. S Swedish edl h terr ferry from om Trelleborg coming tOTt toward N tho ho tier pier I s swam am out to meet hor her I was 6 seen en b by a II Swedish steward who whoa wa a dumping a pan of a ashes overboard Ho throw threw me a rope to which I clung I told him who I I was and asked him to lot let me hide under a Ii tarpaulin that covered a 3 lifeboat He ogre agreed to this and h helped lP d mo to get on board boora I la lay In th lb boat shivering in I my drench drenched clothes willIe le tho the ferry terry came canie to the dock underwent Inspection by I G German officers and then put oft off again for tot TTe Trelleborg 1143 borg where I was safe eafe t |