The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-20
Secret Agents Trap
 Dirigible Plotter
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Gorda, an American born woman watched her husband depart under the impression that he was wanted on a petty theft charge.
 There's some mistake" she pro. tested. 'He was always an honest man."
 Agents returned later to ransack the entire house. In addition to the plans, charts and other draw ings found, there were papers which had been burned recently in the furnace, agents said Mrs Kassay at first denied that she had burned anything during the officers ab- sence, but later said she had burned up some garbage.
 Officers said that an inspection ot the kitchen had revealed that the garbage had not been removed. Bernard D. Ferguson, chief of the was apparently afraid that he was being watched in the days preceding | his arrest.
 "Kassay came to my office and l tried to sound me out," said Fer guson. "I hear undercover men ! are working with us,' he said to me | 1 told him there was nothing to it. 1 The Akron is to join the fleet in July. It is 785 feet in length and powered by eight engines with a to- | tai horsepower of 4,4S0. It's cruising
 range is 1O.5S0 miles and it is to be fully equipped with the most ad- vanced armament. The ship will I be stationed on the Pacific coast i Kassay is tall. blond Hungarian
 with pleasant features. He is 37 and has been in this country twelve years, his wife saaid. Mrs Kassay | is American-born. and has relatives in Cleveland, with whom their one child is now staying.
 The Kassay home is neat, and con. tains many evidences of a culture superior to that of the average work | man. Numerous books indicated a taste for good literature. On the library table was found a translation done in copper-plate longhand, oi some of the works of Gogol, famous Russian dramatist.
 After spending the night in city jail, Massey was arraigned to-day be. fore Police Judge Frank Harvey Bond of $25,000 was asked by the state, Prosecutor Hargraves said. While authorities prepared te question the suspects wife and 6 woman acquaintance of the couple and to check his assertions that ht had no accomplices. federal opera. lives, it was learned also were check. ing reports of sabotage on navy sea. planes while under construction by the Great Lakes Aircraft corpora. tion in Cleveland.
 According to the reports, the un. der carriages of these planes hat haon fanannrod xyifh hnfnrQ fhax were delivered, to the government Agents refused to disclose. however when this asserted sabotage hat been committed.
 Pleads Not Guilty
 Massey pleaded not guilty to -da, to charges of violating the Ohit criminal syndicalism laws.
 The plea of not guilty was entered before Police Judge Frank Harvey after officials quoted him with { confession and a boast that he wal i more valuable to the communis rty than 100 ordinary commun ists." Bonds was fixed at $25,00t which he was unable to provide. H' was returned to jaii to await pre- liminary hearing tomorrow.
 Officials planned to question Kas sey's wife and an unnamed woman companion in an effort to learn i there were other possible accom- plices or existence of communistit intrigue. At the same time. a new investigation was started in Cleve. land where sabotage reportediy had been attempted against a group oi naval planes which were constructed in the plant of the Great Lakes Air. craft corporation where Massey for merly was employed.