Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-31 | Page 9 | German War Prisoners Escape to U.S.; Now Enjoy Freedom

GERMAN WAR PRISONERS ESCAPE TO U.S.; NOW ENJOY FREEDOM j ' Left to right: Hans Neu, William Schroeder, George Kleinwert and Gustav Hartwig. After having successfully tunnelled through 66 feet of frozen ground dug out slowly and patiently during the nights of three successive months, these four German war prisoners escaped from the detention camp at Amherst, Nova Scotia, and are now enjoying their liberty in the United States. At one side of their large bunk-room in the prison camp was a toilet, in the the rear of which was a sand-pile. Working at night, one at a time, when the guards were not too vigilant, and drawing back the dirt, which was stamped into the sand-pile, they' finally had a tunnel wide enough for a man to wiggle through.