The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-13
Prisoner Macdonald
 Refutes Guilty Plea
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ing the examination of Vassili A
 sokolov, chief electrician at tho Zlataoust Electricity and Metal | Works.
 A pathetic, limping figure Che has suffered for years from 6 hip deformity). and deathly pale be- meath his neatly trimmed Van Dyke, Macdonald catagorically de- nied his previous statements. He said he had not given orders 10 sokolov to wreck machinery at the Zlataoust plant.
 Macdonald was the last of the defendants to file into October Hall today. His pltiful condition was l in sharp contrast to the sombre but spruce mein of his countrymen, Allan Monkhousc, chief of the Metropolitan Wckers company in Russia, William H. Thornton, A. W. Gregory. Charles Nordwall and John Cushney. The eleven Rus sians who pleaded guilty ranged in physical condition from the quak- ing, trembling VassilI A. Cusev, who yesterday begged for his life, to the plump and trimly-groomed Ann Kutuzova, the Englishmen's secretary, the only woman among the defendants.
 october Hall. it's crystal chande- Hers the only fittings remaining to recall the glory of the czars, was only half filled, mostly with for eign diplomats and correspondents. Yesterday was the free day" of the six day week and Russians had tune for such things as trials. To- day was a work day, and humming factories demanded abstinence from anything dctracting from the pro- gross of the economic plan. Prosecutor Andrew Vishinsky was clearly taken aback when Mac Donald, in response to his first question, denied instructlng Solo, lov in sabotage.
 "Did you plead guilty yesterday" he demanded.
 "Yes."
 well. do you plead guilty to- day?"
 MacDonald cleared his throat.
 To-day admit I said guilty yes- terdny, but actually I am not guilty"
 Astonishment was manifest. The threc judges looked at one another. VIshinsky ran q hand through his hair.
 Diplomats made notes and cor rcspondents wrote riously through an interim of silence after MacDonalds rcpudiation of his plea.
 The presence of the diplomats emphasIzed, as 1t did yesterday, that the personal fate of the &C., cused was secondary to tho pos slble international repercussions hinglng on tho outcome. Great Britain had demanded the release of her subjects without trial. She was prepared to declare a complete embargo on Russia and sever all relations if the trials conduct and ifs conclusion were not to her llk- ing.
 in the wide street outside the hall (the czars knew 1t as the ul- tra fashionable hunters row), q few people stopped to stare at the impressive line of automobiles be- longing to diplomats and corres- pondents. They attracted more at tention from the populace than the trial itself.
 It was c. strange contrast to the last trial of alleged enemies of the state, when the passions or the people was lashcd to furious heights by concentrated cam paign of propaganda. For this trial, there was no campaisu' which was interpreted as somo slight sop toward British feelings.
 Thornton was called next and he Immediately withdrew important admissions made at his preliminary exa animation. Some of his own tes- tmony, he said, was not true. He was asked why he made 1anc statements.