New Britain herald., 1925-07-02
MRS. BERGDOLL IS GIVEN HER MONEY
Receives Major Portion of Her
 Seized Estate

Philadelphia. July : P'-Roland S. Morris, appointed by the federal court as special master in counter suits brought by Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, mother Of Grover Berg doll, notorious draft evader. and Thomas w, Miller. alien property custodian, against each other, today filed a report recommending that the custodian be ordered to return to Mrs. Bergdol s140,0o0 in cash and securities worth several hundred thousand dollars.
 In another report Mir. Morris re- fused 10 uphold the claim of the custodian that Mrs. Bergdoll still retains property worth s452,349 be- longing to her son. Grover and de- cided that she should turn over 10 the government only s6,199.
 Both Sides Appeal
 The rulings, however, are not final, for both Mrs Borgdoll and the alien property custodian filed ex- captions, which will be argued be- fore one of the judges of the federal district court.
 Among several deductions claimed by Mrs. Bergdoll and allowed by the special master was s121,S50 she said she had given to Grover out of his late fathers estate while he was lodging arrest.
 Pot of Gold Story
 A new angle to the "buried pot of gold story, told by Grover Berg dotl when he made his escape from army guards while on temporary leave to go into the hills of Mary land 10 dig up the treasure, devel- 'oped during the hearing before Mr. Morris.
 It was reported the pot contained &o5,000. It Is known that Berg. doll received this amount of gold from the United States treasury in exchange for currency before he was captured, courtmartialed and sentenced to five years in Leayen. worth prison.
 S240,000 Buried
 A sworn statement by Bergdol submitted at the hearing said the pot contained s240,oOO. The state, ment was signed by Bergdoll before a notary public in Baden, Germany where he has lived most of the time since his flight from America. Il was sent to Mrs. Bergdoll to aid ir her contention that she had turned over her sons property to the GUS todian.
 The statement, attested by D Juris Wilhelm Rothfritz, notary said in part:
 "The $1O5,000 which my mothe claims to have buried sis absolutel her own. The $240,0OO which concealed (the gold buried in tn ground) and the gold notes whic I took along to Europe were m own property and my mother know absolutely nothing about the plac where I buried the gold. No perso living outside Of myself has tn slightest idea as to where I took tn gold after I loaded 1t in my car Philadelphia. Whether or not m mother buried any gold, l cannt say; but I am absolutely certai that if she did bury 1t, 1t must hay been her own since none of min ever came into her possession"
 Favors Mrs. BergdOll.
 After Bergdoll's flight the allie custodian seized all his avaiIabl property and also much of Mir Bergdoll's: Both Mrs. Bergdo and the custodian filed suits. tn former to recover her property an the custodian to force her to giV an accounting of the remainder ( Growers. That Mrs, Bergdoll ha s459,699 more than she had turne over to the custodian as bclongin to her son, but that she had ac counted, In various ways, for pro perty valued at more than $443 GOO.
 Grover Bergdoll Is believed sti to be in Germany. Several time during the last year or so lie ha been reported aboard vessels boun for this country but inVestigatio has shown these reports to hay