The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-06-08
GOVERNMENT STILL IS DETER.
MINED THE DRAFT ooDoeR
SHALL Be PUNISHED.
AGENTS ARE At HIS HEELS
BY EDWARD q. CLARK

bit. and who has been Haunting the
U1ited States government from safe
distance for long time. Is now In
Switzerland. Secretary Of War Weeks
Ii on record ms saying that before his
term Of Office 8 up he will have the
Stacker In custody and tina, he will be
given what court decides IL his due.
IL the ex-soldlers could say what
Bergdolls due In. he probably would
get something rather harder In the
way Of punishment than usually Is
meted out To any prisoner for what
ever offense The Bergdoll case still
In alive II Is understood there are
government agents In Switzerland
watching this man and waiting the
opportune moment when something
may happen which will enable them
&c put on his wrists what Eugene
Aram was supposed to wear when he
walked between his cnptors
A fellow newspaper man has said
In treating of this case that the writer
Of fiction could do wopse than 10 take
the case Of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll as subject for story and that
by 30 doing he could crafty his desire
for action. no matter how strong the
desire might be. and still keep within
that truth which Is supposed to be
stranger than fiction.
There seems to be something In
this. The Bergdoll case has had ev-
cry kind Of an element In II TO make
for interest-treasure hunting. the
credullty OF the treasure hunter. accu-
sations of bribery. escapes OF the kind
that HouTIni makes with puzzling
case. ana n lot Of other things which
compel interest and keep excitement
moving.
Many Of Its Aetors Disappear.
II Is probable that In no other in
stance In good many years have 50
many actors appeared on any Of LIES
scenes as have played their parts In
this Bergdoll drama, melodrama, or
whatever II may be. There are some
cz-soldiers who would not weUp tears
n the final seems was q tragedy. Per
hsps this Ii brutal, but Il 10 true.
she-srmy oiiicsr who .,as ststicned
at Governors Island. New York. when
Berrdoll was prisoner. and who
named the guard which accompanied
the Stacker on the hunt for the pot
Of gold at the foot of the rainbow, Is
no longer In the military service. lie
Is living the life OF farmer In one
of the states OF this blessed union.
Another officer Of the army. who ap-
proved the request made by one Of
Bergdoll's counsel that he be allowed
to 20 10 look for the gold which never
glittered. has been retired from the
service and Is now somewhere In Eu-
rope. Certnln more distinguished gen
tlcmen OF the government service who
had more or less 90 do with the grant
Ing OF permission for the trip to dig
up the hidden treasure are In retire
ment.
One officer who met the Stacker on
his arrival In Philadelphia and as
sumed personal responsibility for his
safe return to the custody Of the
wary.eyed and gripping handed off,
Gals. Ii dead, meeting his death I'M
der somewhat tragic circumstances.
Another man who was connected with
the case In an authoritative position
and who, unquestionably unJustly.
was accused Of having accepted a
bribe, has been exceedingly III. He
will he retired. from the service before
long after having spent something
like six months In n hospital as a
great sufferer from an acute form of
rheumatism.
Guilty Only Of Great creduIlty.
Representative In Congress Peters
Of Maine, who was the chairman of
the congressional committee that con-
Quoted the investigation into the
escape of Bergdoll and who signed
the minority report which cleared
certain men OF anything In the nature
OF conspiracy TO assist In the escape,
has taken himself out Of political life.
He Is now sitting upon the bench.
There never was any belief any
WuNtV tAtept uAhohk u itW OI those
who wanted 80 TO believe that the
men who were connected with the
Bergdoll case. or at least In the pot
of-gold part Of Il, were guilty OF any
thing except credulity In an exagger-
ated form. Therefore no one thinks
that because men have fallen III or
have lost their Jobs or have had any
thing else happen to them they have
met with misfortune as a matter Of
retribution. II simply IL clear that
many Of these men have gone into
retirement.
The Bergdoll properties are still
tied up by the alien property custo-
dian. Col. Thomas W. Miller. Every
effort that the mother Of the refugee
and her attorneys have made to re-
cover the properties has proved fruit
less and II Is pretty well understood
In Washington that means will be
found TO keep control Of these proper
ties at least until after the Stacker
has been caught and returned to this