The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-20
PAID B|G SUM ID OFFICER, IS CLAIM
 OF MRS. BERGDOLL
Counsel for Stacker at Court martial Ordered to Wash ington to Answer
 Charges
By Associated Press

Washington, July 19.-The dlrect charge that $5,Ooo was paid to Maj Bruce R. Campbell, an officer of the army, for use among the higher ups" to obtain the release of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. her stacker son. was made today by Mrs. Emma c. Bergdoli of Philadelphia to a House Investigating committee.
 Having heard the charge, the com mittee developed that February 10 last year, about 10 days after Mrs Bergdoll swore the money was paid, Campbell deposited $4,500 with Was sermaun Bros. members of the New York stock exchange, and s2,ooo more March 8, all of which and more was paid out by the end of June In market trading. The money was de- posted to the joint account of the major and Laura E. Campbell, sup posedly his wife.
 Ordered to Washington
 Major Campbell, who enlisted as an army private in 1901 and served overseas with the Rainbow diVlslon' and was Bergdolls counsel in court martial proceedings, was not present at today,s hearing. He previously hsd testified that he did not get one dollar of Bergdoll money, but al the direction of the committee the war aenartnent has ordered him here xror, camn Pike, Arkansas, to an swer the charges
 Called back to testify after gov ernment agents had picked up the campbell clue in a renewed ettore 'o fix responsibility for Bergdoiis c..na whiie hunting for buried tuo oe gold, Mrs. Bergdoll stood nrini' an her constitutional rights. ana re- fused to answer questions. But "nen assured by Chairman Peters or m nunity from prosecution, she began her story. declaring Camppeh III demanded s1oo,ooo.
 "I told him to go to hell' siie a,ot,ea "He had tortured me into believing that my boy woulu pc sN'' n inc nlkhGl oPo '" ~-
 onestioned by John $. SherpufnS oe Boston the committee counsel Mrs Bergdoll, step by step, told now sl,a had taken the money. pinned III /. har waist. to Governors lslano, < ,s,,, a5 it over to Grover, who met ,ba ,naior under the big flagpele ~ ,ha reservation and delivered H. Later she swore Campbell tolo her tbat he had received the money lroin T.rover hut that under the law ne oa,,1d keen no part of it for himseli' snd had given it to an officer whose nsma she could not remember u was her understanding, she tesuiieu' that it was to go eventuaiiy 10 a member of the court trying hei syn for evading the draft.
 Had Forgotten It
 pressed by Representative Luhrihg. renublican. Indiana, Mrs. per rsuoii said she had not told the committee of the transaction before Tor she iau forgotten 1t. Grover, she saio, re gently had urged her 10 ten ., nc i.
 "Have YOU still got that $15U,0OO lo cola buried?" MT. Luhring shouted.
 ..T rafuse to answer that question:, Mrs. Bergdoll snapped.
 presenting a stack of big ledger sbeet Joseph F. Houlahan, bookkeep- ar for Wassermann Brothers, told the committee the records showed that Campbell had an account with the firm in 1919, which had been closed prior to reopening the larger one in 1920. Of the $7,5o0 placed with the firm last year, all was wiped out, with s415 still due by Campbell.
 While stationed at Governors Island. Campbell, according to testimony or an army intelligence officer, main tained an account in a New York bank, depositing only his monthly nav check against which he drew. The monthly balances, 1t was stated. sometimes ranged as low as v and