Show Florida Bergdoll er S tory Story Falls a s Flat at 1 ST. ST PETERSBURG Fla Dec 12 United Pre Press Press s-P s Police here be be- be e- e HElve lieve that somebody played a hoax on R R. L L. L Knight service ex-service man who reported tha that t lie he was approached approach approach- ed d b by a man representing himself as as Grover B Bergdoll doll rg-doll noto notorious ous draft dodger yesterday The stranger according to Knight said he c cane came r e to fo to St. St Peters Petersburg Fla from tram H Havana vana in a yacht acht which was anchored in Tampa ba bay r. r and was s seeking to make nt with the American legion whereby he would surrender if Ills his confiscated confiscated confiscated property in Ph Philadelphia was was returned fo to h him t The man sh showed wed him papers written in German and bearing the name Grover Gr er Bergdoll Berdoll Knight de declared declared de- de but police after aCter a search lasting hours failed to find rInd any trace of or hin Thelast The last Knight s saw w wr of r him himas was as when he directed him to to the Am American legion headquarters here PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA Dec 12 Gro Gro Grover ver Is still in in Germ Germany n Mrs Mrs- Emma Emma Emma Em Em- ma Bergdoll mother of the notorIous notorious notorious notor notor- ious draft dodger said today when told her son was reported to be In ht II Florida I received a a. letter from him yesterday from Eberbach In Germany and I am sure that if he intended to come COlne here he would tell teB me about about It it ft |