Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-21
croper's Pot of Gold
Is Traced to Ron,ig
attained from Psso On"

Balt1Wmort did YOU do in Baltimore, and
long did you stay thereF
hoW ry AID some fishing and then ] g0t
.,,ot and ! told Erwin that j
homsa homesat 70 90 bnck to Philadelphia. He
wsh'uu 5 u,s II would be all right. but that
tolo rid m make IL my business to see
! niev Braun the very next day."
cn"WSvfu he was asked.
.yro get some money for Erwin, be-
..,ss he wanted to buy the automo-
enss'w nss'when did you next see Charley
braI% sI saw him the next morning at his
emseH; emn@sHhat did Charley say about
mont m"fe told me that any time Erwin
needed money could get 1t from him
at bis office.
Got $1,000 for Erwin
.eThen what did Charley DOR
nue handed me a package which he
aid contained $1,000. The package
s,aS wrapped in linen"
"'"What did you do with the money!"
.I was to have taken Il to Erwin
=, baltimore. / met Braun at Sixty
.s,rd and Market streets because told
w., w.; 7 was being watched. and I didn't
n'ant 10 be caught with the money on
NO Charley handed me the money in
-. automobile while he was driving me
NV Wilmington. At Wilmington l
soorded a train for Baltimore and
%ronn went home. At Baltimore l
psnt TO the Hotel Joyce, opposite the
baltimore and Ohio station. ! regis
tered under the name of Harry Carter,
and as soon as I registered I went up
10 nv room and went to sleep"
what did you do the next morn
ins;"
tered around the Baltimore and Ohio
"Then you didn't give the $1,000 to
Erwin?'
Gave the Money Back
"No. didn't do that, because I
didn't want to give the money to any
one. although / didn't like to refuse to
do this favor for Braun. I got the
next train out of Baltimore and came
to Philadelphia and went to my house.
Nv mother became curious at the pack
age and ! gave 1t TO her to hold for
me while went out to the pool room.
Next morning l took the package and
went back to Charley Braun's Office.
Braun and his stenographer were there.
J handed Charley the package and told
him that / couldn't find Erwin. Braun
said that Erwin must have become
frightened and gone away without the
money. The truth Of it is ! didn't even
try to find Erwin"
"Whcn did you see Braun next?'
NAa IaNA l. IL
Braun told me that Erwin must be In
Germany by now because they hadn't
heard from him for two months"
when did you next see him?"
ut was some time later. when ] went
to his house because Mr.. O'Connor, the
Department Of Justice agent. asked me
to do SO"
"What occurred them"
I've we're talking about Erwin and
Braun said that Erwin now had $1,000
and that he must be working his way
to Canada to get passport and then
eventually get into Germany"
Braun Was Suspicious
"What else did Braun say?'
Braun told me Furey had been to
zee him. but that he had suspected
Furey was just looking for information,
and that Furey had told him that
0'Connor had also sent him to Braun"
what else did Braun tell you about
Erwin having been in his house when
i02O?" y
He told me Erwin was in his house
aud that when the government agents
raided it Erwin was upstairs. As the
federal agents went up one fight of
stairs, Erwin went down another uIgnL
ei stairs, left the house by way of the
back door and was not seen thereafter
for several weeks
This ended the direct examination O,
Che witness and Theodore L. Bean,
counsel for the defense, began the cross
Examination. Mr.. Bean spent five min.
ntes trying to make the witness adm,
~ was two weeks instead of two months
stter Erwin had escaped that he heard
the story from Braun.
Admits Being Accomplice
Mr. Bean then demanded to know
whether the witness admitted that n,
was an accomplice Of the Bergdolls IN
eFaainS the draft. At this stage TN.
witness showed signs Of nervousness
and distress. After waiting for a mo
Ment for him to recover himself, Mr..
lcAvoy jumped up and protested. ask.
,ns Judge Dickinson to protect the
The court replied that counsel for
.ne defense had perfect right To un-
over what interest the witness might
nase IN the case and permitted the
uesIlon e,,l. to be repeated.
were you an accomplice in the
sat OF the fugitives?" Mr.. Bean re-
=, was,' was the answer.
oFeedon then said he made his first
na,. ny WIN the Bergdolls while they were
M s",ves IN io11. 1t began, he said,
august l3. 1917, and lasted until
orroS uDgr 10 0i the same year. The trio
.or, nat was your next trip"
rr.odnn ano hrst trip to Hagerstown,"
Mr. Bean then made Creedop tell
,r. Various Jobs he held between
raI fI' freedom said he worked in sey.
mmrp't' rr pi'aGes' including the Eddystone
,ssdNU was never looked up in my life,"
Han replied IN answer to q ques
Has Job in Postoffice
b,orojp present, Creedon said, he Is EN-
U'eu IN the postofiice as a clerk. bay-
,so 1een recommended by O'Connor
=, sVuoh p insisted that O'Connor did not
NO S,n s,n the JOB as a reward for turn.
bSrit,1 a's evidence and that no i'm
"E "TEL mad been promised him.
|ou >" ,""ush N did Mr.. O'Connor locate
W. Mr.. Bean asked.
,nn LAST March," Creedon said. "He
ie rins 70 my house, He knew about the
erod0M. oc 80 ! told him all I knew of the
ryins vim, freedom then devoted his time to
fstiSou S 10 break down Creedon's minor