Show STORIES exaggerated chicago man gives given results of pe per r onal investigation of atrocities washington tales of mistreatment ct red cross on european vur bat tao felds are exaggerated according to geoge geo ge P F porter of ohl apo calro now in who ho wrote the american red cross here dundei dalp of september 17 ot of his personal hinves ti gatlon of reports ho he had heard atrocities are enormous enormously lj abed the letter states tuesday eight I 1 was told by an amerlan woman of forty belgian red cross nurses in a london private hospital with the tile thumb and first two lingers fingers of each hand cut off oft of course I 1 wanted anted to get at the bottom ot of this for you with considerable consider aWe difficulty I 1 obtained the name ot of the supposed private hospital in liani mansmith mon smith went nent thoro there and found it a private house belonging to a woman oman who was as much interested in relief ork and had given her house for nursing preparing garments etc she would not raa me but I 1 finally got an admission froni from a responsible person whom I 1 know that the N whole hole etory story vas as hearsay and with no foundation they did tell me however hoever of a belgian nurse at the st thomae thomas hospital hero with the tendons of her wrists cut I 1 hent there immediately saw the secretary of the hospital and to found und that there was a nurse there but that instead of the tendons of her wrists being cut she had burned her wrists badly by the explosion of a spirit lamp on which aich she was making tea |