German Prisoners WWI
- Lawrence Lore
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August 18, 1918
German prisoners passed through Lawrenceville about midnight August 18, 1918, but no one in the county knew of their coming and hence no demonstration was made. The men were among the first brought America. They landed at some Atlantic port and were to be interned at the federal prison at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas. The men were under guard of 48 soldiers and arrived at St Louis at 5:30 Friday morning where they remained until 7 o’clock when they were transferred to the Rock Island rail track. No reporters were allowed to talk to the prisoners and no information was given out by the officers in charge as to their identities.
