Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-01
Bergdou Millions No
Aid, Says Army Man

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,,mpering with or intimidating federal
witnesses
Paragraph Given Out
Tho federal authorities gave out one
nrronh of the warrant against the
IIeatoct;,,es. in which quotation is made
a,,, H. one of Tie reports turned in by
po,i; no,';s Tho report states that she
Miss Gertrude .Ituane) personally dis
,;Ied Jchn r. Dwyer. head of the Over
hrook draft board. which had the Berg
Ali ease in charge. and thnt II sue
"g ,"crc 10 tell on the stand what she
rn,v regarding the. workings OF the
daft board. and as to the way Mr..
nwyer had treated the girls under MN,
also the general incficiency oil the
hoard. it would have tavoran'e bearing
on our clients interests. -, u,
v" T"dd y daniel. superintendent. Of the
,.oa, If investigation Of the Depart
,annt Of Justice, is preparing to. go over
.n Now York tomorrow to hold con.
Sa,,o with the court martial officials
In the Bcrgdol case.
J" Mia ior Wynne and were working
-, Tho case from different angles said
A.. Daniel neither knowing that the
",hor was engaged on it until last We'd
.sJ,v ".n On that day Davis came down
H neSu 10 mo at the Federal Building. and
I,oorned that he was being trailed by
are Of Major Wynne's men. l saw
Wo ;or Wynne about the case then, and
w have been working together since.
w Several other arrests will be made
..,ni, ,bo ncxt few days as result of
W. w,."DH or;Joncc unearthed by the girls, it
W. .o;d bv federal authorities. To them
80 w Sa, much of the credit of smashing the
niot 70 destroy the government case
against Bergdoll
Worked on Draft Board
The Misses Gertrude. and Margaret
Ruspe. 1922 North Sixtieth street; both
were employed as clerks by 'he o"cr-
brook draft board l..
seen today. Mrs. Ruane; their mother,
said she wanted to aVold the pup'c'''
incident to the case.
M daughters went to Mr.. Dwyer
- bcip him out" said Mrs. Ruane.
..Tbey did Il because they knew Mr..
nypver and out Of patriotic motives.
am sorry now that We ever got into the
ease in view of all the publicity that
has come Of it,"
Substitute for Each Other
The Misses Ruaue are so similar in
pppearance that frequently Miss Ger
trudc would substitute in an engage
mept with one If the detectives for
her sister, or the latter would sub
stitute for her. without the detectives
being any the wiser
The plan conceived by Mrs. Bergdoll,
Mr.. .Dwyer said, took in the employ
mept of another detective agency tc
watch the Burns operatives. To avoid
the shadowing of this agency, Major
Wyune, whose men were called on the
case, frequently had his agent working
with the Ruane sisters to act as chauf-
feur for them and their detective ad-
mrers when they went out.
The plan. according TO Mr.. Dwyer
included getting such hold on the twins
that they would either through fear OF
affection. testify the way the detective,
wanted them TO at the court martial.
Insanity Plea play for Delay"
The insanity plea entered in behalf o
Grover when the court martial wa,
scheduled to begin last month was sim
ply a play for delay" he said, unit
the private operatives could get in theil
work at the witnesses.
The cat and mouse game between tn,
Burns men and the girls continued un
til finally it. resultea in the arrest o
the two hoodwinked detectives.
In his story OF the Vaccinations of the
detectives, Mr.. Dwycr makes it rleal
that they were promptly dismissed 'by
William J. Burns. head of the agency
as soon as he learned of the nature o
the case, and that since then the agpnc,
has fully co operated with Major Wynn,
in the investigation.
The twins handled much of the rou
tine work of Mr.. Dwycr's board and at.
tended to the packing of comfort kits auc