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Show GERMAN CROOK DUPES YANKS Unconfirmed Report Is That Escaped Prisoner Donned Belgian Uniform Uni-form and Obtained Money. The story Is carried by a Brussels newspaper of the duping of the American Ameri-can army In the Rhine area by a clever German crook. The story was not confirmed by Americans at Cob-lenz. Cob-lenz. A German prisoner of war effected lvis release from a prison camp, donned the uniform of a Belgian army major and the name of Otto Debeny, according accord-ing to the report. Ho presented forged credentials at Coblenz where he ,is said to have been royally received " 'iy the American army. Before the assembled American troops, he pinned the medallle mlll- talre of Belgium on Major General Allen's breast and after getting numerous loans of considerable amounts from Major General Alien'- itaff, departed for Paris. "ii |