ted his statements as
being accurate, but my friend, to set the matter beyond all dispute,
insisted upon making a statutory declaration as to their accuracy in
every detail.

People in these islands were stirred to profound depths of horror by the
cold-blooded murders of Nurse Cavell and Captain Fryatt, of whose trials
nothing was heard until the sentences had been executed. A certain
amount of curiosity has been aroused concerning the Teuton methods of
conducting these secret trials. Henry C. Mahoney passed through a
similar experience, although he escaped the extreme penalty. Still, the
story of his trial will serve to bring home to the public some idea of
the manner in which Germany strives to pursue her campaign of
frightfulness behind closed doors.

FREDERICK A. TALBOT.

CONTENTS

PRISON ONE--WESEL

CHAPTER PAGE

I. ARRESTED AS A SPY 11

II. COMMITTED TO WESEL PRISON 29

III. HOW GERMANY DRIVES HER PRISONERS MAD 44

IV. MY SECRET MIDNIGHT TRIAL 60

V. WAITING TO BE SHOT 74

PRISON TWO--SENNELAGER

THE BLACK HOLE OF GERMANY

VI. OUR "LUXURIOUS HOTEL" 91

VII. BREAKING US IN AT SENNELAGER 105

VIII. BADGERING THE BRITISH HEROES AT MONS 119

IX. THE PERSECUTION OF THE PRIESTS 136

X. TYING PRISONERS TO THE STAKE--THE FAVOURITE PUNISHMENT 148

XI. THE REIGN OF TERROR 165

XII. THE REIGN OF TERROR--CONTINUED 180

XIII. "THE BLOODY NIGHT OF SEPT. 11" 196

XIV. THE GUARDIAN OF THE CAMP 209

XV. THE AFTERMATH OF THE 11TH 225

PRISON THREE--KLINGELPUTZ

XVI. FREE ON "PASS" IN COLOGNE 237

XVII. RE-IMPRISONED AT KLINGELPUTZ 253

PRISON FOUR--RUHLEBEN

XVIII. THE CAMP OF ABANDONED HOPE 266

XIX. ORGANISING THE COMMUNAL CITY OF RUHLEBEN 280

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