The Evidence in the Case
In order to remove any vestige of doubt in the reader’s mind as to the authenticity of Corporal Edwards’ tale, it has been deemed advisable to present reproductions of certain newspaper articles and correspondence which bear directly on some of the points touched upon in the story.
It will be noticed that quite aside from the major fact of the escape itself having been brought out here, there is the equally important one of the bringing out of a great number of lesser points which tally to a hair with such references to them as are made in the story, such for instance as the references to the delay in England, the references in their post cards of those fellow-prisoners who remain in Germany and other facts of a similar nature.
The following are exact reproductions in every case, except for the explanatory note which prefaces each item.