A Hero in Baden

Following the attack on Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, American draft evader in Baden, Germany, (TIME, Aug. 20) his assailants have been held in jail. One of them, wounded, was in a hospital, but was kidnapped, Bergdoll himself driving the kidnappers' auto.

The Disabled American Veterans at Cincinnati published a telegram, supposedly from Secretary Hughes, stating that efforts would be made to protect the interest of Lieutenant Griffis (an American, one of those implicated in the attempt on Bergdoll, and now in jail) and to extradite Bergdoll, Secretary Hughes officially denied that he or any member of his Department made such a statement. Bergdoll is charged with desertion from the Army, for which he cannot be extradited.

Bergdoll is a hero in Baden.