New-York tribune., 1921-05-14
Mrs. Bergdoll
Only LIN Secret
Of Buried Gold
es,s She Hid $IO5, 900 Near
Philadelphia and Ii Is
Still There; Ignorant of
Sons Supposed Hoard
He's Worth 100000
sent Him $4,000 in Past
Week: Expects Him Home
When Armistice L. Signed

WASHiNGI0NY May Io.--4NoS one
a.,,sr OF the S105,0o0 in gold obtained
s-on, the Treasury was put in pot
~ hnria! in the mountains near Ha-
verstown, Md, Mrs. Emma G. Bergdoll,
= philadelphia, testified to-day before
House committee investigating the
.seape of Grover Cleveland Rergdon,
her Stacker son.
Again picking up the trail of the
sreasure the committee found and then
l.st II, for Mrs. Bergdoll frankly de-
e;sred that she had buried it somewhere
.sound Philadelphia, that nobody else
knew the spot, and that it was just
gaers she placed it nearly two years
500. The draft dodgers mother was
oositiye in the statement that she
sever took it to Hagerstown, Nd,
where twas supposed TO be.
Paid Out s3e,900 Since Sons Escape
IA trying TO clear Up some of the
links in the testimony the investiga-
tors got into others, one OF which con-
e@rnsd the woman's declaration that
lieutenant Bruce Campbell, who had
,sken part by direction of the military
authorities in the court martial OF
Bergdoli, had suggested that former
Iudge John W. Wescott, Of New Jer-
ssy. be kept in the background as one
Of the defense lawyers. At the same
sjme she testified that she did not re-
gard the judge as one of Growers
counsel, who, with doctors and others,
rad cost her upward Of $4,000 since
his escape.
Answering an appeal for help, Mrs.
Berrdoll declared that less than week
ago she bad sent Grover, who is in
Germany, $4,000.
what is Growers intention about
staying in Germany?" John II. Sher-
bsrne, counsel for the committee,
asked, and Mrs. BergdolPs eyes spar
kled
aAs soon as the armistice is signed
he is coming home," and the laughter
infuriated her.
aWell, there are thousands of other
sIackegs and they never mention any
bcdy's boy but rninei" she cried.
There are plenty of them in Phila-
ieiphia--nearer home than Germany"
Grover Worth Half Million
asked how much Grover was worth,
Mrs. Bergdoll made a quick mental
calculation, and answered.:
aHalf million" she said.
There was some questioning as 60
whether she bought any Liberty bonds,
aud on her answer in the negative
member said:
"Do you own any ?"
ayes, but / didn't buy any. got
couple of ffties the other day in
trade for a house"
Mrs. Bergdoil said she never heard of
Growers pot of buried gold until after
the escape.
81 had been expecting my son." she
said, because D. Clarence Gibboney
fher Attorney told me he was coming
nome on q furlough under guard to
visit me while my trial was going on"
When the expedition reached Phila-
delphia, Mrs. BergdolI said, Gibboney
and the others told her they were go
ing On long motor. trip, but did not
mention the destination.
1T was after the fight that I heard
Of Hagerstown," she said.
Asked what was done about notifying
the authorities of the escape, Mrs. Berg
doll shrugged her shoulders.
They must have teiephoned every
body, for | got bill for $50"
Told Grandmother, ss, Goodby
On his way out of the house, bound
for parts unknown, Grover, the witness
testified threw bunch Of keys to his
eighty -three-year-o grandmother and
shouted, "Gcodby, grandma
That was the last anybody saw of
hirn. After paying Gibboney $4,000
Mrs. Bergdoll exclaimed that it was
time to quit-and she quit.
Gibboney wanted $4,000 more, but
he did not get it," she added.
got disgusted. / think he wanted
i Tor Ansell. l raised Cain about the
100000, and Gibboney told me he gave
half Of it to Ansell"
Mrs. Bergdoll, when she took the
stand, said she was perfectly willing TO
testify. regardless of the fact that she
ls awaiting sentence on conviction of
aiding her son in evading the draft.
II have no lawyer. I'm my own law
yer," she said.