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Show ALL DENY THEY 1 AIDED SLACKERS Mother of Bergdoll Brothers Attempts to Clear Her Record in Escape PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24 --Mrs. I Emma C. RerKdoll. James E. Romlg, Charles A Rraun. Albert S. Mitchell, and Harry Schuh. charged with con-splrlnK con-splrlnK to af.slst Grover and Brwlli Bergdoll to evade the dr.ift testified yesterday In their trial In the United States district court All denied they had helped the fugitive- Mr? Berg ! doll, Hrnun and Romlg declared it . would have been easy for the government govern-ment officers to have found them. M TIIKU's STATEMENT I Krwln could be seen almost dally i plowing on his farm In Delaware coun- I ty. according to Braun. brother of the dra ft dodg rs. Mrs Rergdoll said drover lived here, 'after the armistice was signed andi I took her motoring frequently. "I wanted my boys to surrender, and 1 I I sent Mr. Romlg to find them " she testified, "The government men were i hounding me night nnd day nnd I did not think they r.ould be so cruel" 'When Grover was arrested." Mrs. I Bergdoll continued, "he hud been in jour Wynneflcld house several days. 1 1 "tiR going to bring Grover down to the ; government men in i few da after we had fixed up his money matters but the agenta came first. IFHAID Ol PAPER MOJi El j "I never wanted the boys to go' away I told them to give themftlves :up, but they said they wanted time and they needed a rest." 1 "That stuff about the pot of gold' was wrong. I and Romlg went to, I Washington for thai gold it was fori ; me and not for Grover. It was my I money that was changed. Grover nor J an) onC Oil" never got a penny of it.i 1 still have it." ftomlg denb-d he evrr told any one I that after ho had exchanged paper i urr ncy at the Fnlted tSates treasur.v. I Washington, for $106,000 In gold, he gays It to Grover. "i suppose Mrs Bergdoll wanted the gold because she i thought the country vas going bad," j ho suggsstsd |