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Show DnJT EVADER CUES I'M ABOUTM Grower Cleveland Bergdoll Had Considered Trip to U. S., Until Attempted Kidnaping Occurred r . ,' EBERBACH. Germany.' Aug. II (By A. P.) G rover Cleveland Bergdoll. American draft evader, said last night that he sud expected ex-pected to return to th United States with hie mother on September Sep-tember K, but that last Saturday's effort to kidnap him- mad blm hesitate about doing ao. . Mrs. Bergdoll was not In the hotel when the attempt waa made to sels her son. Bergdoll baa not been arrested, but haa msd a formal statement to th police. Th four men held In connection with th attempted kidnaping were removed to another place In fa-den, fa-den, tha nam of which waa not made public. They are: Griffith, a former American lieutenant; Faust Oagarln. a Russian prlnc; Ragor Sperbor. ev Frsaah rtsleellve,. and a cltlsen of France, and John Nellerm. an American chauffeur. The German police say that Sperber. who was wounded twice, hs Informed them, that Griffith engaged him in Parle two months ago to arrange the kidnaping, telling tell-ing him that a well known American Ameri-can organisation waa financing to affair. Karl Schmidt waa shot three tiroes by Bergdoll and died without with-out anas-lag -a- statement Ma-was a Swlas cltlsen and a resident of Itusenne. : |