The Bismarck tribune., 1933-04-14
PRESENT TESTIMONY
SUPPORTING CHARGE
AGAINST ENGINEERS
Trio Mention Various Sums Civ.
en- Them BY Men From
English Firm
DEFENDANTS ENTER DENIAL
Briton Stands Shoulder to
Shoulder With Accuser;
Looks Him in Eye

Looks Him in Eye
Moscow, April 14.-(R-Russian
testimony to support charges of bri-
berry and sabotage was presented Fri
day at the trial Of six British en-
gineers accused Of these high crimes
against the Soviet state.
One witness told Of taking a bribe
Of $500 from L. G. Thornton, one Of
the defendants. Another said he had
been paid $500 by william H. Mac
Donald. another Of the accused, to de-
liver plans for a power plant in the
Urals.
A third Russian witness said
Charles Nordwell had paid him $500
and given him fur coat to damage
turbine at the 1vanovo power plant
This last charge was made by A
T. Lobanov, chief of the electrical
department Of the Ivanovo power
station. Lobanov also is defendant
in this trial.
Nordwell's name was brought into
the proceedings for the first time
when this witness told of the &2,500
bribe. Lobanov said he had enter
tanned anti-Soviet ideas and that he
had complained to Nordwell about
the low living standards in this coun-
try.
If you want to improve your con-
dition.' he said Nordwell told him,
you must act now. You must cause
important damage so that Russia viii
have to spend more gold. Above oil
you must be sure that this power
plant is paralyzed in case Of war
Refutes Every Word
Lobanov recounted the CONVERSE
ton in detail. but Nordwell denied
every word Of it. Speaking Russian
fluently but with q pronounced nc
cent. the blond Englishman stood
shoulder to shoulder with his accuser
in front Of the Judge.
II never gave him any money, I
never said word to him about dam
age or about war;" Nordwell said,
now let me tell you about that fur
coat"
He looked Lobanov in the eye 6 he
explained that he had helped an
other employee Of Metro -vickers cell
Lobanov an overcoat which the own
er no longer needed. Shouting above
the prosecutor who sought to inter-
rupt the story, Nordwell told how Lo-
ba,1ov had paid him 500 rubles which
1~A <V,v tA h4 af t>A
coat.
The other charge of bribery made
Friday was by Alexey Dolgov, who
said Thornton had paid him $l,500
which he considered to be q bribe for
concealing q defect in machinery In
stalled by Thornton's company.
Thornton then was called upon tc
stand in the prisoners box. He ad.
mitted giving the money to Dolgo,
but declared it was given as loan.
Allan Monkhouse, chief Of the
Metropolitan-Vickers staff in Russis
and one Of the defendants, then wa,
called to testify. He insisted Thorn.
ton gave the money as loan. He
added: "Dolgov never returned il
and we wrote it off finally as gift
ODt1lneO O3t0 FOr t1lm
Both Thornton and william H
Macdonald. the only one OF the Eng.
lishmen who pleaded guilty to the
charges, asserted Thursday that con.
fessions were obtained from their
against their will. Thornton said he
had obtained information In Russia
which was merely essential to his
company because Of its investments.
Dolgov, a 30-year-old Russian Of.
ficial, precipitated the investigation
Of the British company by immedi-
ately turning over money he received
from Thornton to the Ogpu (secret
police).
Thornton said the confession he
had signed was useless to deny
when 1t was obtained from him BY
the Russian police. During his testi-
mony Thursday the audience laughed
when he declared he hoped to have
q chance to correct the statements.
He denied q witness,s statement
that he obtained information con-
cerning military products concerns
served by the electrical equipment In
stalled by the Metropolitan. .vickers
company.
Anna Kutuzova, q blonde secretary
engaged by Monkhouse, testified she
heard the British engineers discus
sing plans to wreck machinery In
Soviet plants.
Shifting to alleged counter.revolu-
tionary acts at zuievlEa electrical sta.
ton on the eastern slope Of the Urals,
the prosecution called N. L. Kotlyar-
evsky, one OF the defendants. He Is
manager Of the stations turbine sec-
ton.
Kotlyarevsky declared Macdonald
paid him 1000 rubles (about 46O0) for
plans for the enlargement of the sta-
ton, to conceal defects Of the Metro
politan-v -vickers machinery and tc
damage one OF the turbines.
Macdonald. questioned by the pr5=-
ecutor, said he knew the incident &C.
CURED but he WAS not asked whetlaes
he ordered It.