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Gamp DodgeS)acker^ VerMehren Is Sought By War DepartmentA naUonwide search bepan .IMon-Jay for Rudolph ver Melircn, iho Berffdohl of Omaha, who escapedfrom Camp Doclgo here, November.1018, nftop heihg court-marllftled und sentenced lo rfe.'u.h for-desert Ion.The War Department Monday spread a net on receipt of a letter from Henry \feyer9, Omaha, member of Ver Mehrcn'a draft board, de. mandlng atepH be uhen to apprehend the fugltlv^e alacker.“Vcr I^Ichren ahould be run down and forced to pay the penalty of a desorter.*' wrote Moyers.Brother la Hero Vfir Mehren'a brother. Hubert,wiio enlistelt;l shortly after the declaration of war. was awarded a dis-lingulfthed service cross for bravery under fire.Hudolph was denounced and repud Uiod by Uin J.itlVer. who told secret service men he hopod his son would ho caughr and turned over to the firing sgiiad.According to fcdcrnf ngerts, thlt;' firac wife of Vcr Mehrcn. mother of the deserter, was .mpllcated In the boys desertion. Followlpg her son’s escape, Mrs, Vcr Mehren ws5 ar* rested, but was Inter released. She hda-fltnco disappeared.'.. . Tw.Q;day^:bDfore-'.Be^3vaa, tojoavefor Camp Punglon. Vcr Mohrcn on-reared at the office of tho draft board, rwcordlng lo AToyers, apparently to obfHin Information about tho depariuro of the contingent. ■When tho men were ready to Jeavo he could not he located. later Ver Mehreii was captured Inroom, following the discovery of several lottera writ-Un to his mother In Omaha. The leuwfl* which v^ero sent in ^ro of an omsha tailor were signed “Lovingly. Stella. When iho tailor’s auaplclons were aroused h© notified federal authorities.Was OutcastWhen Ver Mehren was orreated. •Aieyors said, he had not left his room for weeks, having provided a complete cooking ouifjt to prepare hia own mealsThe ••lovingly letters arcfcxld to have been defamatory to the United Stales and the army, and told of Vcr Mchren's frequent visits to army cnmp.s, which cavo rise lo lUo suspicion that Vcr Mehren was giving information tv the German government.Tho IcUcrs wero used na evidence^8^uil ac Uio court marUal/
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Des Moines Daily News
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Mon, Aug 16, 1920
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