From a Pioneer Day interview, 1929, of Paul Hammer –

“I went on a mission to Austria Oct. 16, 1883, and traveled with Thomas Biesinger. I was nearly arrested while in Vienna, but managed to elude the police and go to Prague. On more than twenty occasions I resisted arrest by leaving cities in time. I was warned several times in dreams. In one I dreamt that a policeman laid his hand on me and said, ‘You are my prisoner.’ Later I learned that a warrant was out for my arrest, but they could not find me and as I had left the city, no arrest could be made. While in Herschberg I contracted smallpox, and again learned a warrant for my arrest was issued when I should leave the hospital. When nearly cured and waiting to leave I made my escape from the hospital and went back to Vienna, where I baptized two women. Again went to Munich to escape arrest for preaching the gospel. President Cannon of the Swiss-German Mission hearing so much about this sent me to Denmark to complete my mission. Elder Biesinger was arrested and served some time in prison, and on one occasion I had to serve nine days.”