A HOAX
GERMAN GARRISON CALLED OUT TOWN DECORATED, AND STREETS CROWDED DISMISSED OFFICIAL CHARGED. .WITH LESE MAJESTE, fey .Telfc|Hf>li.-trWl Ai»Cl»U©n.—COJ>yH|b»« (Received February 7, 8 a.m.) BERLIN, 6th Febru&ry. 'A telegram was received at StraAnig stating that the Kaiser was arriving At mid-day to witness a test alarm ton the garrison. The Commamler'in.Chlef mustered th« troops in the drill ground, inoludiag Prince Joachim of Prussia. The town was decorated, and great crowds waited for four hours, when a telephonic enquiry revealed that thfc message was a hoax. It has since been found that a jbah named Keller, formerly in the Pfcy> master's Department, who was .recently coun-martialled And dismissed thfe her* vice as not being responsible for hie actions, in order to demonstrate that he was in full possession of his faculties, disguised himself as a Postal official, and delivered the telegram. fie has been arrested on a charge ot leae majeete.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1913, Page 7
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151A HOAX Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1913, Page 7
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