The Washington herald., 1921-07-26
ALIEN PROPERTY
CUSTODIAN ASKED
TO TAKE ACTION
Campbell's Father Cor
roborate's Majors De-
NAL of Bribe.
SAYS SON GAMBLED
Representative Johnson Sobs
In Telling Of Col.
Young.
SAYS SON GAMBLED

slacker,s mother, to account for the
pot of gold" that has figured so
prominently in the case.
The custodian, Col. Thomas w.
Miller. recently seized all Of the
Bergdoll property and now Is en-
gagged in separating the property
belonging to Grover C. Bergdoii
from that of Mrs Bergdoll-
The pot of gold'' was supposed
to have been included in the seizure,
but the House Committee yesterday
was informed by its counsel that
the custodian had not received any
accounting for it. The committee
at an executive session yesterday
sent a report to the custodian that
he use his powers to force an sc-
counting.
slo5,ooo I'm Pot of Gold.
The famous pot of gold" con-
sisted of ,1o5,ooo which Mrs. Berg
doll secured from the Federal
Treasury in Washington before the
arrest of Grover C. Bergdoll. The
Stacker left his prison at Cover
nor's Island, New York. presumably
on a search for the gold, which was
reported by his mother to have been
buried, when he made his escape
and ned to Germany.
Mrs. Bergdoll has refused natly TO
give the House Committee any in
formation regarding the money or
to tell the committee whether it
still was buried or whether 1t had
been used in aiding Grover Berg
doll to escape
The committee yesterday con-
cluded its investigation Chairman
Peters announced the committees
report will be ready within wees
and that IT probably will be pre-
sented in the House next week. 90,
CampbelPs Father Testified.
william R. Campbell. Lexington.
KY, appeared before the commit
tee yesterday and corroborsted the
testimony of his son. Maj. Bruce R
Campbell, regarding the army Of
hcers financial transactions.
Mr.. Campbell. who is 70 years OLD,
told the committee his son had
given Col. Hilton Young Of Lex
ington. who was welI-known as
gambler and race track man until
his death three years ago, $500 to
speculate with, and that Mai. Camp
bell had received $4,000 In return
for it.
Mrs. Bergdoll had told the COM
mittee last Monday that she had
paid Maj. Campbell $1,000 and that
he had demanded an additional
100000 and later s15O,0oO for
higher ups" in Washington. The
committee had ascertained later
that the army officer had lost $500
in Wall Street about the time Mrs.
Bengdoll said she paid him $1,000.
Discrepancy in Testimeny.
Mr.. Campbell told the committee
over TO Col. Young in 1918. An
envelope containing $4,000. but
without any statement as to how
the money had been increased, was
turned over to the father by Col
Young early in 1917 and he had
given II TO the army officer q few
days later when the latter was on
his way from Fort Douglas. Ariz-
to New York with the regiment at
the beginning of the war, the elder
Mr.. Campbell said
Maj. Campbell had told the COM
nnittee that he had received the
money from his father while on
the battlefields OF France He took
the stand after his father yester-
day and told the committee that
he had made that and other state
ments when questions asked by
members of the committee on
Thursday had angered him.
rhsre were no records OF the
financial transaction between Maj.
Campbell and Col. Young, the father
said. He said II was a Friendship
gambling deal" The father told
the committee that, as he remenn-
i bered ii. Maj. Campbell had told
'lthe Kentucky gambler to take the
$500 and -shoot the moon" ,~-t.
says Son CANDLES.
Members of the committee asked
the elder Mr.. Campbell II his son
was naturally speculative.
IT believe he is" the father re-
piled. He shoots craps. know.
and does almost anything in that
Il line"
The father told the committee
that Maj Campbell. on his visits
home. had frequently been known
to play poker all night at the fa-
nous Lexington Club.
Rep. johnson sobs.
At the conclusion of Mr. Camp
bells testimony Representative Ben
| Johnson. Kentucky. who on Satur-
day threatened Charles A. Braun, or
| Philadelphia, Grover BergdolPs
brother. when Braun-called him 4.
S:;1iar. broke down and sobbed while
telling the committee about Col.
Young.
He said he wanted to pay a trib-
ute to HIS dead friend, whom he
had known for forty years. Cos.
Young, Mr.. Johnson said, started
with nothing. and built UP an
enormous fortune az tAe race
tracks
IF every United states marshal
were sent out to hnd a man who
would do just the thing that has
been told here" said Mr.. johnson.
with tears streaming down his
cheeks every one OF them. wouic
have served the warrant on Nit
Young"
Produces Deposit Record.
Mr.. johnson told the ccommittee
he colonel would gamble on any
hing. He and Col. Young at one
ime nipped. nickel for $1,000 a
ide.
Maj. Campbell Introduced in IN.