Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
Mrs. Bergd0H on
Stand at OlUn Trial

The letter was ploo"~E" """ ''"" "'
follows: ~,
4. ,ery much il yoG would have Erwin
.J Croycr come back home, straighten
sh;nos out. and surrender themselves.
Vnn know them better than anybody else,
anI could easily persuade them. ! would
.,,rociate IL IL you found them, and
rlnose set out at once to do so. i em
pnoloeinp TO YOU q check for your ex-
penses.
After reading the letter Mrs. Berg
doll continued her story.
"Romig came home and told me that
,o bad found Grover and Erwin. and
.hot tbey were in bad physical condi-
,ion He told me they both said they
would give themselves up, but not until
,hoy could get rested up so that they
couid stand the grilling which they be-
ueycd the authorities would give them.
az made the sandwiches and coffee. as
othcr witnesses have testified. | alway"
cookcPfor my boys. because L liked 10
, know what they were eating, and they
seemed to like my cooking.
did As Gibboney Said
"When the agents came to my house
the time before they discovered Grover.
did not open the door for them because
NV LAWYER said not to do it until be
same ont, waited few hours, and then
INV LAWYER called me up and said his
father was sick, but that | shouldn t
opcn the door anyhow.
'J thought the lawyer got cold feet,
m let them in and the agents went
All through my house and mussed II up
verv much. This was the fourth time
they had raiddd my house.
1nI
,Ia l", ,rns n'" January I was in my
nous mu' I'D NV moor old mother was
nign,soWs.;, sr;.h,onod % n death We we're
enoS - as ~ wos cold and. believing
nItethLns, EN-. ,ho nsonIo outside we're burglars. I
.that ,ne ps,o p.up.t o;rs With NV revolver.
,r, 1usne" n,oi Lnoctinc an the windows
s ny ,hen somebody started TO shoot. As
Anu anu .ta,tod to shoot one of the people
a,,,side hollered in. You damn fool
why don YOU get back? One of these
bnlcts may hit YOU and kill you.
1T was at this stage that told
those outside that il they started to
shoot would shoot, but, honest to
God. pointed the revolver in the air.
I never intended to harm anybody.
,,. ,o-,,
says "u"s "ore "'""''e"''
Agents came in and started to
tnsslc with me. and took away the
revolver and all the other guns and
firearms which my husband had left
me- They were only ornaments. and
many of the guns had blank cartridges
In them"
At this point Mrs. Bergdoll started
n foil how Erwin was accustomed to
visit tho house many times during the
day. but that she never had assisted
him. Mr.. McAvoy jumped to his feet
and said: cNow let us get down to
the real story"
Judge Dickinson interviewed. He said
be believed Mrs. Bergdol was telling
the story in as good n fashion as she
""" Cont;Umip, hcr narrative .bort tho
dav Grover was carfturcd. Mrs. Berg
doll said:
II knew Grover was in the house on
Januory 7 but never did ANYTHING to
bido him or to keen tho agents from
snJ;r" sr"G "'i' hin, >'
"" WA : Cro,cr ,,s !, ,r;.or IN No,.
yor,, u'ont oyor ~ COO Mn, ofton pr,
r"a,oa mem. ,,e W.. =" , s LII III" rL Ia Ia
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mas for sw. my ny Ell have s n,or, r.nnr n af
/, ond ~" Ror,,a noror r" to,d uo ' ,hot ,ho h..
~, nc,J %'" ,~os i's Sor Croror W." NV '""' '"'
N"" ..1 "", so, ~ Ern.;n ofton oftor bis u;to
NJ say Er"in oit'n atter ms wiie
IN, G,sn ID aprn, ana he was In MS nelds
"erms "'oun'. l :. A..
.,iJ.H iuJ'u"'H S"' '"'"'" '' '"' jury anu
saw" w. .,.o, ,ol o;.l .
nrN'r urEe" c,,nTr W my boys 10
evau' ine orai,' anu aiWaFs Wahtcd
% Inem I" surrender ana get the thing over
VIII, NJ r,u .,
MS' nPIEuoli was tnen 1urnen over
10 Mr. McAvoy for cross examination,
IN TutllnIng the deiense' iheodofe
Ii. =.
sald nc would prove that almost all the
LLs'','"nS ol ine''lns ~. ures, one oi
tne malnStays OF the prosecution. wae
"'""' "' VI ''e'
To DENY Copsniracv
u" also soid he would impcach the
otbor ib'r""mf nn VI ''nn,ush ICE freedom, an
mort % r,uI',pa, J , withess ness i1r the govern
Mrs RnrsdoII I'rI had '"oW ott,in ,na a., Nix
the cscpne, NJ tho brothorse w WIN
Mrs RerydoI, = ho o,;d "r.i,l
frankly admir- tbn port sbo nIovod in
The flight Of her sons Tho rcst of tho
testimony of Furew /, nhich ho told
of the pIrchnse of the now automohile
Tor Erwin and tho deliyorr ~ II hv
Braun and Schuh ;n onarrv near
Baltimore avenue was fction and we
will prove il,
%ia rae TO Baltimore, with Erwin and
only time he ever met the vonnr woman
was one night In Braun's house. when
he was drunk.
I'VE will also produce witnesses who
nave known Furcy for years and who