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Show UTAH MAN HELD IN GEBMAIPRISONS PHILIP FRITZ KOPP 8PEND8 MONTHS IN GERMAN PRISON WHILE ON VISIT AT HOME Imperial Officials Prefer Charge Against Utahan As Slacker and Place Him in Jail At Llegnlty and Fine Him 200 Marks Pleasant Grove. Utah. Phillip Fritz ICopp returned to his homo hero recently recent-ly after a year and n hnlf in Gennnny, nlno months of which wero spent In tho Germnn wnr prison at Llegnltz, where ho was held on false charges. Kopp and his wlfo left hero In Jan-uaryriOSO, Jan-uaryriOSO, to visit relntlves and friends In Germany nnd Alsace-Lorraine. In tho places Kopp visited, he states thero wus much dlssntlfnctlon nmong the people, and that there had been several sev-eral revolts. While visiting In Germany, Ger-many, Kopp and some friends wero nrrested during ono of these local uprisings, nnd plnced In tho wnr prls-on prls-on nt Llcgnltz. Ho was first charged with being n slacker to tho German army, nnd as tho officials refused to bclelve he was an American citizen lie wns fined 200 mnrks, or about ?3.G0 In American money, which ho pnld. Mrs. Kopp, being unnblo to free her husband, returned to .America, and brought with her tho pnssports, the only proof they hnd of her husband's citizenship; consequently ho wns obliged oblig-ed to remain In prison, with no hearing or trial, though entirely Ignorant of tho second chnrgo ngnlnst 1dm. After nbout six months of waiting for trial, ho begnn to think ho had been forgotten forgot-ten by tho officials, so ho wrote Ids wlfo and nsketl her to appeal to tho government for his release. Mrs. Kopp wrote to Senator Smoot, whoso efforts brought forth Immedlnte action. Kopp was placed on trail January 22, 1021, at the criminal division of tho county court at Llegnltz, charged with coun-terfctlng. coun-terfctlng. Tho litem! translation of the document docu-ment recording tho proceedings of tho crlmlnnl division of the county court In Uegnltz, Gennnny, countersigned and sealed by thp chief clerk of tho court reads as follows: "In tho namo of the people (of Germany) Ger-many) ; In tho complnlnt ngnlnst Phil-Up Phil-Up Fritz Kopp, sales agent from Pleasant Grove, state of Utah, North America, n ProtestTint, oorn August 27, 1888, In Snrrhrucken, slnco March 20, 1020 has boon held for Investigation nt Uegnltz, upon n chnrgo of counteracting. counteract-ing. "After taking tho case under advisement, advise-ment, they rendered Hie following do. clslon: ''Tho dofendnnt Is pot guilty of counterfeiting, nnd Is hereby discharged. dis-charged. Tho costs of th proceedings are to bo paid by tho stato treasury." Tho foregoing Judgment l8 signed by Llssel, presiding Judge; District Attorney At-torney Schwartz; Elkush, county Judgo Dr. Huchholtz, county Judge, and Assistant As-sistant Judgo Kuntzc, nnd countersign-, ed and sealed by Wandrach, chief clerk of tho court. |