Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

the niceties in making his home ideal.
aud regarded it as n hardship 10 be
out of his home except during business
hours. Then the plans for the balance
of the winter and the summer had been
definitely arranged Then there is so
much absolutely conclusive evidence OF
| his death. Anything else is unth.nk'
abe.
the chivalry of southern gentleman,
and how Loyalty men knew and treated
! lin and how rich was his personality :.
! There were few men like him. Every
word and every act consistently harmon
| lied with his idea OF what II gentleman
should be. And to think that some
petty mind should ncedlessly, without
ny justification. harass the hearts Of
t..osc who have suffered enough already
is a shame.
Mr.. Evans said that only yesterday,
he with Mr.. Norris. sent money to Mr..
Markiey's SON in Mexico to pay the ex.
penses of further identification Of the
bodies and for making preparations for
their removal to this city. The bodies
are TO be photographed. Il Is under
TODD. as a further means of idcntihca-
ton.
Partner Sure Of Death
Gibboney and his party were actually
drowned, for quite number of rea :
sons" said Harry F. Keachline, of 1920
North Seventeenth street, q business
partner OF Mr.. Shriver.
"Shriyer would never try t. deceive
his family. and ! am sure would not
be a party to any suggestion of the sort
which might have been made by Mr..
Gibboney. Shriver's life was beyond
reproach and he would have no motive
for wanting 10 appear dead.
MY partner was associated in bus
mess way with Mr.. Gibbopey. but he
was never in harmony with the latter's
policies or politics.
Begins to Doubt All
~ for one and members of the com
mittee are curious about the fate o.
Mr., Gibboney." Representative Kahr
explained in an interview at Washing
ton. What want is definite nforma
tion as TO the disposition of the body
Has anybody seen It? Or where IL i
buried 1t il impossibi' in that countr!
to preserve a body very long, and it Is
But do We know that il is the bod
Of GibbOney that is buried there?
This whole case Is involved in sue
a tangle OF misstatements that ] begi
to doubt everything that we have be
fore W..
Representative Kahn bases his desir
to have Mr.. G.bbonry's body eIhume
on his dissatisfaction with the Bergdo
case generally. He il convinced tha
IL Is crammcd with fa'Schoods.
Congressman Kahn has announce
that the first hearing by the committe
in the Bergdoll case WI be held to
morrow. At that time United State
Attorney McAvoy. of Philadelphia. VIII
left here this afternoon. will appea
before the committee and tell all b
learned about the case in preparin
the prosecution OF Mrs. Emma Berg
doll. mother OF Grover, and the 9th
ers indicted with her for compicit
In the escape Of her other Stacker sol
Erwin.
Mr.. Kahn has announced that Il
military affairs committee investigate
:. il but prel minary. The evidence NJ
McAvoy viii give iE 20 be used as q
, groundwork for a request to Congre
that a regular congressional tnvestig'
ton be authorized,
, Wants Deeper Probe
The investigation made by the arm
after Grover Rergdoil disappeared h
not satisfied Mr.. Kahn by any mean
lie has the War Department $ repOr
made by ColoLcl T. Q. Donaldson.
the inspector generals office. and
,bc!ieves the whole BerLdoll affair shou
n- De probed far more deeply than t
us army authorities attempted TO do.
Mr.. Kahn commented on the case VI
=. IA special reference to the report In
re oHice at Washington.
i. Look Mt this" cried out Mr.. Ka
no .s ne pointed TO the hrst page Of I
-" Doraldson report. Look at this i
=, ,cr mon samuel T. Ansell who gain
~ Re, gdolIs rs!ehse from PRISM =
.. r. 4, Harris. the ndjutans general. te
Ing ~hy Bergdo'l should be released
w. Here Il sGys that Bsrsdoll burr
!r' Sl05 900 somewhere upon nm 'nac"'
" .Ihe mountain. Ee saws II wac bur-
no IN . containcr. Mark that In SIM
cuntnin.r made Of metal
an, II conc from the gold country.
~ ~" Immediately called up the United Sta
"a treasurer. He told me that $1,000
rord weighed 36S pounds. The amol
N that was supposed to be hidden wo'
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