Source: File: Cafe Royal.jpg. [online] An original image is
Available at: <http://www.hotelcaferoyal.com/the-hotel/history/> [Accessed:
6 January 2016]
In London, along
way from home,
A soldier with
the Canadian Army
Service corps,
Private Alfred Allen,
Decided to spend
some money
And time at London’s
Cafe Royal.
Private Allen
fell into conversation
With Hyman Coots
and companion,
A lady - six
hours of shared company
Passed - ending
in the suggestion,
By Hyman Coots to
meet next day.
At an agreed time
and place Hyman
Coots - while
eighteen years looked
Older for his age
- confided in Allen
How he could do
anything to gain
Money and that
Alfred could too.
Hyman Coots
believed how he had
Found a companion
to share time -
That with his
help he could desert,
To provide
clothes for his escape;
Alfred was foolish to stay in army.
Alfred was foolish to stay in army.
Private Allen
kept his cool in order
To fool Hyman
Coots - reporting
Back to his superiors, the young
Man’s Intent - with
some others
He visited Lorne
Road, Brixton.
This being the
address of Coots.
With two officers
Allen stated
Were friends of
his - to be drunk
With plenty of
money - in actual
Fact they were
military Police.
Sergeant's Pawsey
and Kohl
Of the Canadian military
police,
Saw Hyman Coots
set to give
Civilian clothes
to private Allen,
And hand them
military passes.
While both
sergeant's stated
They had
outstayed their leave,
Left Coots arrest to D.S. Taylor
And S.M. Dee - in
their custody
Coots claimed his
innocence.
With Military
passes produced
And evidenced as
fraudulent,
Hyman Coots stood
before
Mr Denman at
Marlborough
Street Court to
be charged.
The prisoner
described his self
As Russian and
cinematograph
Actor - Hyman's
crime was to forge
Passes and attempts to persuade
A soldier of his
majesty to desert;
In
remand Hyman's bail was refused.
by
Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Alleged
Deserter Decoy. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 3 January 1916. P.4. Col.7. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12072932/Daily-Telegraph-January-4-1916.html [Accessed: 6 January 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 6 January 2016).
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