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JURY INO|C?S 8
IN BERCDOLL CASE
Mother, Three Brothers, Rom'g
and Chauffeur Named.
LAWYERS ARE REBUkEO
Recommends court-MartiaI For Slack
er's Army Guard-TWo Held in
Heavy Bail.

Heavy Bail.
Philadelphia, June 30.-A special
federal grand jury returned indict-
ments against eight persons as re-
suit of the investigation into the
flight of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
millionaire army deserter.
The grand jury also submitted a
report cenSuring ID. Clarence Glib
honey, of this city, and Samuel L. An
sell and Edward S. Bailey, BergdOlrs
Washington counsel, for gross care
IpSsneSS.'
1t recommended court-martial for
Major Hunt, in command OF the army
barracks at Governors Island, from
which Grover was released TO go on a
treasure hunt, and for the two army
sergeants from whom the wealthy
Stacker escaped.
Bench warrants were issued by
Judge Thompson for the four persons
named in the warrants whose where
aboutS are known.
Those named in the indictments
are:
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll.
Erwin Bergdoll.
Charles Braun, their brother who
changed his name.
Mrs. Emma c. Bergdoll, their
mother.
James E. Romig, former magistrate
and confident Of the Bergdoll family.
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Stecker, who drove Bergdoll's car
when he fled from his army guards
Alfred S. Mitchell, dealer in auto
mobile accessories at Broad and Dau-
phin streets, who is said to have pro-
vided Erwin Bergdoll with motor in
which to escape.
! Harry Schulz, former bOokkeeper
in the Bergdoll Brewing company, now
said to be with Erwin.
Braun. Mitchell and Schulz had not
previously been mentioned in cOnnec-
ton with indictments, though Braun's
name has been mentioned in connec-
ton with reported visits by Erwin to
his home near Broomal.
Romig and Mrs. Bergdoll surren-
dered to the officers and were held in
$4,000. bail each.
The indictments were presented to
Judge Thompson in the q. S. district
court in the federal building.
The report submitted with the in
dictments reads:
1--WE further report that from the
testimony submitted we do not find
that Samuel T. Ansell, Edward s
Bailey or D. Clarence Gibboney.
counsel for the said Grover c. Berg
doll, were guilty of any crime agains'
the United States, but we do find thai
the sad Samuel T. Ansell as counsel
for the said Grover c. Bergdoll, wa
highly imprudent in representing to
Adjutant General Harris by letter OF
May II, 1920, that this prisoner has
no desire to escape, nor could he If
he wanted to- Notwithstanding the
guard. as his counsel I stand respon-
sible for his prompt return to prison
without advantage to him other than
that involved in the object Of his re-
quest
"We further find that Edward s.
Bailey and D. Clarence GibbOney,
counsel for the said Grover G. Berg
doll and Major John E. Hunt, infant
nv, in charge Of Atlantic Branch, Dis
ciplinary Barracks, Fort Jay, Govern
ors Island, New York, we're grossly
careless in that no definite arrange
ments were made for the speedy re-
turn of the said Grover c. Bergdoll,
a military prisoner; and we censure
D. Clarence Gibboney for his neglect
of duty and breach of the confidence
reposed in him, in that he permitted
the said Grover c. Bergdoll, while
prisoner under guard, upon an expedi-
ton to be directed by him, the said
D. Clarence Gibboney, to visit his
home in Philadelphia upon a pretext
which had no basis Of truth, and al
lowed him to remain at his home for
period Of about thirty hours, which
afforded the said Grover G. Bergdoll
and others conspiring. with him an OPP
portunity to perfect his escape from
the on-commissioned officers"
Ansell was formerly acting Judge
advocate Of the army, Bailey being
his Washington law partner.