Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23

him to surrender. ! told him of the
foolishness Of his fight,
''He was inclined to agree with what
! said. but feared to act on my advice.
which was to surrender. Then IN July
he disappeared again.
when was the next time you saw
Erwin"
"On November q, 1910, when Charles
krause and | were fixing our auto
mobile on the Baltimore pike east of
Media. while on our way to Oxford,
Pa, where we planned to go cunning.
Admits Cunning Party
Grover. Erwin and Richard
Schroedel came along in another auto
mobile and invited us to go cunning
with them to Rising Sun, Nd"
The witnesses testimony from this
point on corroboratcd that of Schrocdel
and Krause, who were on the stand for
the prosecution. The trip lasted two
days, the first night being spent in
barn and the second in a hotel at Rising
Sun.
Braun said that he made no effort
to conceal his identity and that the
collars of his two dogs were plainly
marked with his name and address.
"Whcn did you next sec Erwin
Bcrgdoll?" he was asked by Mr.. Bean.
1.-The day before he surrendered to
the army authorities on Governors
island, July 81 of this year"
"Mr. Parker" he continued. had
come to my home and told me that
Erwin wanted to sec me at his house.
| went to Erwin's house and found him
in bad physical condition. He asked
me to take him to Governors Island and
to get Romig, if possible. to accompany
us. ] agreed. BY chance Romig hap
pened to come to my home that night.
The next morning Erwin and | drove to
Romig's home in my car, picked up
Romig and delivered Erwin to the mill.
tary authorities"
Did you see Furcy following your
cstrangement from your mother and Err
win and Grover?" Mr.. Bean asked.
Letter Told of Escape Plot
"Not until January 13 of this year.
when he tried to sell me an automobile.
He did not mention Grover or Erwin.
The following Sunday he called at my
home and casually spoke of them. He
called on me eight or nine times be-
tween January and May.
Late in February he showed me n
letter from Grover. The letter told of
Growers plan to escape from Cover
nors Island by motorboat. and asked
Furey to assist him. Frank johnson.
John Myers. Harry Schuh and Al
Mitchell were with me and saw the lat
ter"
''The letter contained the name and
address of sergeant or corporal at
the Jail who lived outside the reserva-
fipn / at 70 . -, 4
be sent to this soldier and delivered to
Grover without the authorities seeing
them. l urged Furey to lay off again,
and told him to go see Grover and
tell him not. to try anything like that"
Furey was the first witness called
this morning before the defense opencd.
He had been on the stand before. To-
day he testified that on last June 16.
after Schuh had appeared before the
federal gpnd jury in the Bergdoll
case, Schuh called on him in Baltimore
and asked what he had told the grand
jury. He told Schuh. he said, that he
had repeated nothing of the Bergdoll
plans.
Schuh. he said, then asked if he
needed money or an attorney, but was
answered In the negative and was told
Furey was going to beat it," because
he thought he would be indicted.
Advised Against Flight
Schuh, Furey said, told him to "stick
around and nothing would be done to
him.
George Mccain. service man of the
Baltimore automobile concern for which
Furey worked was called and said that
he remembered man who resembled
Schuh calling on Furey last June.
w. G. Cooney, proprietor of the
Maryland House, Rising sun, identi-
fled the signature of the Bergdoll
cunning party on the register.
Colonel Allen w. Gullion, head of the
judge advocates department for the
Second Army Corps area, with head
quarters at Governors Island. told of
the surrender of Erwin July 81.
Erwin" he said, Cooked drawn,
run down, sallow and in general i'll
health
The prosecution then closed after
being granted the privilege of calling
two missing witnesses later.
Erwin Bergdoll. who was in court at
the request of the defense, arrived at
the Federal Building from the Frank
ford Arsenal guard house shortly before
10 o'clock. As usual, he was hand
cuffed to guard. He met his mother
and talked to her while in the dis
trict attorneys office, then the two
entered court together.