Paragould soliphone., 1921-07-27
OF MhJ. CAMPBELL
 E CONFIRMED
Esther verifies St.tsment as to Sovree of Money Placed in, Bank-No De-
 cision iss Reached.

II eSD~A~Ns fAoAts oOneAee@ sp1Dy - -
 cision iss Reached.
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 Washington July 2s. The Berg.
 doll investigating recessed finally
 yesterday, and ended, peacefully There was no Ataiensent from the
 committee. which has been directed Ito fix fesponsibihtE for the escape fof Grover Clevelani BergdoH, the
 draft dodger. while hunting last
 year for, buried tub of gold. as Ito the disposition of the case of Maj Bruce R. Campbell, ariny officer accused by Mrs Emma c, Isergdoll ] of accepting 5000 to help get her ls0n out of the clutches~of1 military law. %
 An unexpected turn at the. last |lnoment was demand by Represent |ative Luhring of Indiana, a Repub- I Hcan member of the committee, that Ithe alien property custodian be or dered forthwith to find and recover $i05. .008 in gold taken from the Treasury year ago and said to have been buried. Mir. Luhring insisted |that the evidence developed by the committee indicated that the gold was obtaind from government vaults flor bribery purposes" and that if still buried. as Mrs Bergdoll says, | it ought 10 be dug up and put back in government hands.
 All along the gold has stood out as the real mystery of the Bergdoll cases although no amount of ques tioning could bring from Mrs. Berg doll any statement beyond the |cryptic reply that it was buried and that the burial spot was nobody's business. The committee deferred action on the gold until its report lis formally presented to the Houes, about. 10 days or two weeks hence.
 Members of the committee re- fused to say whether they would rec. ommend that the Campbell charges be dismissed or turned over to the War Department for such investiga- ton as the inspector general may suggest to Secretary Weeks.
 Tn view of the clash Saturday be- tween Representative Johnson, Dem ocrat of Kentucky, and Charles. A. Braun, a brother of Grover Bergdoll. "a big crowd gathered yesterday for the hearing There was such jam arolnd the regular meeting place that it had to be transferred to a larger room to give the committee elbow room and a chance to breathe. Most of the spectators were women.
 Major Campbell's 7O-year-old fath- er. WiiliameR Campbell of Lexing ton, Ky, corroborated his sons statement That $500 fund placed with the late Milton Young of Lex +ington in 1915 grew in two years to $6,O0O, and that the money, with out word of explanation, was turn led over to the officer. Major Camp bell repeated that this same money. some of which was in $l,000 bills. was deposited with Wall Street firm last year about the time Mrs. Bergdoll swore she had. given him Is5,O00. Major Campbell stuck to his story that the same money, hid den by his wife all during the war. was taken to Wall street. and lost lin speculation.
 The officer also corroborated his earlier statement that he had more than $5,0O0 on deposit with the Seaboard National bank. New York in 1917 by presenting to the com mittea telegram from. the bank stating that in December of that year the sum of $5,037 was deposit ed there by Mrs. Laura E. Campbell, his wife.
 MT Campbell ST. was examined first by his son, who had previously testified that the money was kent in his nome during the war and placed last year with Wall street house and lost in speculation. The father said he did not know what form of speculation the $500 took in MT. Young's hands, but did not think the fund grew from race track winnings.
 Before the hearing started Rep resantative Johnson of Kentucky. a Democratic member of the commit tee, presented, but did not read, an anonymous letter sent to him from Philadelphia. which he said had been opened in transit,
 .''It showssy said MT. Johnson, that while somebody has been opening mail of the we'll known enemies of our country, they also are opening mine when I am trying to get at the bottom of this case. !" While the committee was in ses- sion, Major Campbell received the telegram from the bank at New York saying that in 1917 there Wa,