The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-06-06
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oovERNMgNr STILL lis DETER.
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AGENTS ARR / HIS lFliis HEELS
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|cass ef This llrsb. .s.aeksr: Makss !;
Remarkable Msledrama, - ssapy
4sfS the Astors, Have .zDisapps sarSd.
Erom Pnbitcs kIfs, 8 r@ l.s1S. f... 'sg s3gs,s;
a. ~ EDWARD 3. CLARK
Washington. -; Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, the Philadelphia draft dodg-:
|er, whom ex-Servlce men love not a;
bit. and who has been Haunting the.
United States government from, a safe,
distance for . long time, IS. now In
Switzerland.s Secretary Of War Weeks
|lss on record az saying that before his;
term. Of ofdce is, M he will have the
Stacker In custody and thai he will sba
given what q. court decides Is his dues
II thessex-s soldiers could say what;
BersdonI due Ia he probably would
get something rather harder in the.
way Of punishment than usually il,
meted out to any prisoner for what:
ever ofrense. The Bergdoll case .still
ls alive. It Is understood there are;
government agents in Switzerland.
watching this man and waiting the
opportune moment when something;
may happen which viii enable them;
to put on his wrists what Eugene;
Aram was supposed to wear when he
walked between his captors. ,:S: :
+ A fellow newspaper man has said
In treating Of this case that the writer,
Of fiction could do worse than to- take
the case Of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll as a subject for story and that;
by 90 doing he could crafty his desire
Tor action, no matter how strong the,
desire might be, and still keep within.
that truth which is supposed to be
stranger than fiction. &''r "''g Z - :;
There seems to be something in?
this. The Bergdoll case has had ev.:
cry kind of an element In It. to make,
for rinterest-treasure hunting, the.
credulity Of the treasure hunter. accu-
sations Of bribery, escapes Of the kind
that Houdini makes with puzzling
ease. and a lot Of other. things which
compel Interest. and keep excitement
moving. T. H.. t-.-s a., SAL, &s,.a !, !
Many Of It's Actors Disappear, :.
It is probable that In no other IN
stance IN a good many years have SO:
many actors appeared on any Of LIES
scenes as have played their parts n;
this Bergdoll drama, :melodrama. or!
whatever it may. be. There are some;
ex-soldiers who would not weep tears.
II the fnal scene was a tragedy. Per-!
haps thissis brutal, but 1t is true. !;
The army officer who was stationed
at Governors Island, New York, when
Bergdoll was a 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. He
Is living the life of q 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 60 to look for the gold which never
glittered, has been retired from the:
service and Is now somewhere in Eu-,
rope. Certain more distinguished gen
tlemen of the government service who
had more or less to 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-hande0 off,.
cials, Is dead, meeting his death an!
der somewhat tragic circumstances.
Another man who was connected with
the case in m authoritative position
and who, unquestionnbly unjustly,,
was accused Of having accepted a:
bribe,% has been exceedingly, ILL. He
will be retired from the service before:
long after having spent something
like, six months In hospital as a.
great, sufferer from an acute form Of:
rheumatism. :.
Guilty Only Of Great crsduIity. =,
Representative in Congress Peters
Of Maine, who was the chairman o.
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 a conspiracy to assist In the escape,
has taken himself out of political life.
He Is now sitting upon the bench. f..
There never was any belief any,
where except among a few OF those
who wanted so to believe that the
men who were connected with! the
Bergdoll case. or at least In the pot
Of gold part Of 1t, were guilty OF any
thing except credulity in an exagger-
ated form. Therefore no one thinks
that because men have fallen i'll or,
have lost their jobs or have had any:
thing else happen to them, they have,