Show Att Attempt lpt to Kidnap Kaiser a to Fascinating Footnote to hang the kaiser cry of World War I days was the daring attempt of eight American soldiers all from to Tennessee kidnap the kaiser in his refuge in Amerongen Holland and take him to Paris there to turn him over to the Allied authorities Under the thc pretense of being on a journalistic investigation they gained admission to the castle of Count von and asked for foran foran an int interview with the All Highest They almost succeeded in their b bold d plan but even though they failed they did write a fascinating foot foot- footnote note to history The result was wa the thc launching of an investigation by the Dutch authorities in the course of which the kaiser ex-kaiser filed a complaint that the unauthorized and unwelcome unwelcome come visit of these Americans to his castle made me nervous nervo sl who soon decided to hush the matter up and a threatened court martial which ended only in a mild mand for the leader of the party party He was Col Luke Lea of Nashville later a prominent newspaper owner in the South and his companion history footnote writers were Capt Thomas P P Henderson of Franklin Capt Leland S. S S MacPhail of Nashville Ellsworth Brown of Chattanooga Sergt Dan Reilly of Franklin Sergt Owen Johnson of Franklin Sergt Egbert ft dlo of Nashville and Corp Marmaduke Clokey of Knoxville |