The Washington times., 1920-09-24

~ Tor . RAINY oA$f ~
h. .hls 10 get any money cot VI the
pxak.~ rns mother claimed that she
had urged her sons to give thsmssivss
up 10 the authorities. and declared
that they would have done y had
thelr health been bstter. They were
vattiax for Improved health and set
tlinx Of their financial Affairs before
surTenderins. she said
rRIrs rOR sHRALrES SAKE.
Romix said that all OF his trips with
M B~rrdoli brothsrs wore In tbs IN
tsrsst Of tAslr health. He said that he
artSd out TO look for them on the
plea Of the mother. aud that he had
bent every effort to have them sur
Und,r vigorous cross-eHsmisstion
Nv cha les ID. McAvoy, United states
.ttornsy. RomiE admitted the trips
10 Hhxsrusown and TO Baltimore, as
ted By F1txAush Lee creedop. a wit
a e. for the prosecution. But HomiS
declared again and again thst these
trips were made only as health re-
sSorstivss, aud that he kept urging
the boys ell the while 10 give them
selves up. and that they hAd prom
issd 10 do 80 a. soon as their health
bettered and their business interests
he'd been, settled.
Charles Brsun testified that he had
seen Erwin, as a fugitive, only four
times. On one OF these, he said ne
urged his, brother TO surrender, out
Erwin demurred on the ground that
he mtght be treated cruelty. He de-
MED hayipg given his brothers money,
food or any other aid that would en-
sble them : to- continue their fiixht'
from justice. The only time ne saw
Grover. he said, was on y cunning
trip at Rising Sun. Md.
DENIES FUREY's STORIES.
!, The Bergdou' brother. who has
changed his name, branded AZ IT'S
sue OF lies" the story told yesterday
by Thomas Furey as TO the trips
taken and the aid given TO Erwin by
Braun.
Braun Identified Nell Emerson"
the mysterious woman OF the Bergdoil
trial, as Miss Nellie Enrich. who re-
sides In Lynchburg. Va, In winter and
In Atlantic City In summer.
Mrs. Bsrgdoll followed her son on
the stand. She read q letter she said
she he'd written to Romig. begging
him to go in search OF her two
Stacker sons and bring them back to
surrender to the authorities. She said
fthat RomiK brought them to her In
| April, 1919. and that she had been
trying to persuade them for months
to give themselves up, but that they
wanted to recover their health ana
settle their business affairs.
During those months, she said.
Grover lived with her for many weeks
at a time in the Wynneheld house,
but that Erwin had lived at Broomai.
She said she never aided them to
dodge the draft, but. on the contrary,
had urged them to give themselves
iup.
I Under questioning from Mr.. McAvoy
| the mother admitted that when the
boys returned they Thought every
thing was over" because the armis-
| tice had been signed. She said that
| she had been driven all through the
city in an automobile by Grover and
that her son had sat In an open
| touring car outside of City Hall sew
| eral times, while she went into the
building to transact business.
| HOTEL PROPRIETOR SUMMONED
| RISING SUN. Nd. Sept. 24:-W. b
| Cooney, proprietor OF the Maryland
House. in this town. was summoned
| to Philadelphia yesterday to testify
in the Federal proceedings against
the Bergdoll brothers.
Testimony In the trial for conspir'
acy Of Mrs. Emma c. Bergdoll. mother
| of, the deserters. showed that Grover
\ Cleveland Bergdoll and his brother
Edwin had registered at the Maryland
House in November, 1919. with three
other men, the party having spent
two or three days in this section OF
i Cecil county on a hunting trip.