The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
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 MAN SEEKING ID k|DNAP HIM
Grover Cleveland BergdolI, Millionaire Stacker Durinq World War, Kills One And Wounds Another Man
 SOUGHT TO BRING HIM BACK TO FACE CHARGES Home Of Man Convicted In United States Courts En- tered By Party Of Men In Germany-Second Attempt

ERBERBACH, August 11.-Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, American draf, evader, shot and killed one man anc seriously wounded another, In what is said to have been an attempt to kidnap him here.
 German gendarmes arrested two men, said to be Americans. for com- plicity in the incident.
 Karl Schmitt, whose home is said to be Lausanne, is the man who was killed and Sperger Roge, Paris, is the man who was wounded. It is be- lievcd both of these were employed by interested parties to effect cap turen of Bergdoll.
 This theory was given support by the fact that the men arrested gave their names as Lieutenant Griffith" and "Nielson," the latter saying he was chauffeur.
 Details of the attack on Bergdoll were conflicting, but according to the version circulated Saturday night three men attacked the draft evader as he entered his hotel.
 Bites Assailant's Thumb.
 Bergdoll gained time by biting the thumb from one assailant. Then he drew his revolver, shooting and kill ing the second.
 The third of the attacking party, a Russian named Count Gregor Gar gorini, fled to the suburbs. Gen darmes, attracted by the sound of shooting, chased the Russian to an automobile alleged to bear United States government license, T-22, in which they found Lieut.. G. H. Grif- 1 aN, A nj. nK, chauffeur, Victor Nielsen.
 The police arrested the Russian and the two Americans. who were threat ened by a crowd which had followed the gendarmes, shouting, Lynch them!" Police had some difficulty protesting their prisoners.
 The assault of Bergden apparently was well planned, as police said the band carried maps of the city, pie lures of the hotel and a plentiful supply of arms and money.
 All the men in the attacking party appeared under 80 years of age. Several Attempts Made.
 Several attempts have been made in the last two years to kidnap Berg doll, who is fugitive from justice in the United States. They have proved fruitless because Bergdoll all ways goes armed anu ready for such an emergency.
 It is said Schmitt and Rege were assigned the task of surprising and attempting the sezure of Bergdoll while Griffith and Nelson waited to take him away in an automobile, It is believed that the purpose of Lhc men was to get him out of the coun- try and then spirit him back to the United States.
 Bergdoll fled to Germany May 21, 1920, after escaping from guards who had accompanied him tC Phila- delphia from Governors Island N Y. where he was in prison follow ing sentence of five years for de- sertion from the army.
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 Car Is Attacked.
 He had obtained permission to make the trip by declaring he wished to locate a sum of money he had concealed while hiding from draft officers during the war.
 In January, 1921, two sergeants of the American expeditionary forces Franz Zimmer and Carl Neuf, leaped on the running board of Bergdolls automobile in TIrberbach and drew revolvers. ordering his surrender The soldiers were thrown off, how ever when the chauffeur sperdei up the car.