The Washington times., 1921-01-28

ports away and continued his mar
ratiyei
"From winnipeg we went TO Mon
treAl by rail. There we had the pass
ports vised by the Swedish, Cwiss'
and Belgian eonsuls.
.From MontrsAl we went to Que
bee, from which city we sailed Tor
Europe on the steamship Victorian on
July o. We landed at Liverpool on
July is. From Liverpool we went 20
London by train and registered at the
strand Palace Hotel We were there
for four days. meantims posing as
british subjects, although we were
not reported to the police. We visit
ed the German and Dutch consulates
in London, and on. JulyN23 we crossed
the English Channel on the steamer
Orange Nassau. landing at Flushing
Holland. f...
FLED TO swITzERLAND.
AT Flushing we took a train for
the German frontier, subsequently
going TO Obsrhausen, Frankfort.
Hsidsibsrg. and finally TO Eberbach.
where I have relatives. Everything
wa, auist until October. when an
American ofncer in Berlin, represent
ing Stecher and myself as murderers'
secursd a telesraphic warrant from
the Germans at Berlin to have us ar
rested. We did not know whom we
have murdered nor did We know we
had killed anyone, and. TO tell the
truth, neither does anybody else. we
got wind OF the warrant and went to
Switzerland, where we remained Tor
two weeks.
"Our lawyer succeeded In having
the warrant withdrawn, and the GerY
man officer who was responsible for
Its issuance dismissed for making out
such q document without sufncient
evidence 10 support Il. We then re-
turned 10 Eberbach and have been
here ever since.
"Cobienz headquarters OF the
American army OF occpation) has
been sending spies. We have talked
with some OF them. One spy told me
they must get us President-elect
Harding was inaugurated, because
Mr.. Harding was going to grant am
nesty to all political offenders"
Stecher. who had been listening.
broke in:
zone agent told us he was going to
knock US on the head and carry us
over the border. But then he tried
to get in our pay and thus carry
DOtn AhS oh'iSo
TO go back to Coblenz and get us all
the latest dope and keep us Informed
IL we would pay him. Our assafiants
the other day tried unsuccessfully to
bribe the Eberbach police to let them
escape"
GERMANS ARREST YANKs.
This sleepy little village, nesting inl
the hills on the Neckar river, near
Heidelberg, has not been so excited
since the war days. The people are
still talking about the attempt 10
seize Bergdoll. 1t was spectacular
incident The AFFAIR took place just
as two trains arrived at the railway
station, and there were about 200
eye-witnesses.
Seeing that there was a wedding
party. the onlookers thought at first
that the shooting was just a wedding
prank. When the automobile OF Frank
thinner and Charles Neaf drove up
at furious speed, Bergdolls cousin
Rudolph Freuidenberger. who was un-
armed, jumped upon the running
board and bIuffed the chauffeur into
stopping. Policemen then arrested
the two Anne ricans and four Germans
who were with them.
A mob OF about 300 persons gather
ed in front of the Jail before the ar
rival of the prisoners. thinner and
the four Germans were attacked ana
badly beaten. The mob was especial
ly bitter against the four Germans
and there were cries of traitor"
After the prisoners had been lodged
in cells, the mob became more mem
acing, threatening to storm the build
ing.
sTECHER QUIErs MOB.
Eugene Stecher, chauffeur for
Bergdoll and formerly a first sergeant
of Company l. Of the Pennsylvania
national guard, undertook to calm
the mob. He made a speech, with
difficulty. on accor<t Of the shouting.
60 home. quietly" urged Stecher.
"Thc men who have been arrested
will get severe treatment. We thank
YOU for the protection you have given
foreigners. 1t is best to disperse
quietly"
The mob dispersed. There Is a
hostile feeling here toward foreigners.
for Bergdoll Is now accepted as a
German and a townsman. Even the
telegraph office hesitatcd to accept
press dispatches until the correspond
cnt was identified both by the police
and by Bergdoll
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