Evening star., 1942-10-30
treason Defendants
Placed in Company
OF Nazi Saboteur
Witnesses Tell Of Seeing
Houpt With His Porents
After Arrival in U. S.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press,
CHICAGO, Oct. ,30.-Three CHI
caeo couples, on trial on treason
charges, were in the company Of
Herbert Hans Haupt, young Ger
man saboteur, after his arrival in
this country with seven other Nazi
agents, Government witnesses testi-
fed before q Federal court jury yes
terday. NJ
The Government, which for two
days offered testimony intended to
establish Haupt's status as an enemy
of the United States. called on wit
nesses who testified of Haupt's move-
ments from the time he left his
home here is months ago and his
return; with the. other agents last
June.
Young Haupt was one of the six
sahoteurs executed in Washington
last August 8, after the gang of
eight was captured before they had
succeeded in fulfilling their mission
of destroying many of the Nations s
war plants. The defendants, charged
with aiding the former Chicago high
school student, include his parents,
his: uncle and aunt, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Richard Wergin, friends
ofsthe family.
Family Landlord Testifies.
Among Government witnesses yes
terday were Stanley Kluczyk, the
Haupt family landlord, and his wife,
Barbara. MI. Kluczyk told of young
Haupt's departure in June, 1941, for
Mexico, accompanied by the son OF
the defendant Wergins. He said
Haupt's mother had received letters
from her son when he was in Mexico
and later when he was in Toxic.
Earlier, William Leibl, 20, pri-
vate in the Marine Corps, testified
that Haupt, whom he had met last
May In Stuttgart, Germany, had tolo
h1m he fed from the United States
because FRI agents were. seeking
him for spreading Nazi propaganda
The marine added that Haupt
boasted he and two companions
escaped from FBI men by swimming
across the Rio Grande under fire
and that one of the companions was
shot.
Round World Trip Told.
Haupt also told Pvt. Leibl he re.
ceived money from the German
Consul in Mexico City, sailed to Sar
Francisco and Yokohama. Japan
obtained fresh funds from the Ger.
man Consul at Yokohama, and com
pleted his trip to Germany on &
blockade runner. The trip required
about l80 days, and ended JUS
before Christmas. 194l.
Pvt. Leibl testified he met Haup
In the Leibl home in Stuttgart, Ger
many, in May, 1912. and that Haup
reported he was lieutenant in th'
German Army, gave the Nazi salut.
and cried: Hell Hitler"
The marine, a native of Chicago
explained he went to Germany with
his father in 1889, but returned OF
the exchange ship Drottningholn
last summer and enlisted promptly
In the war against Hitler.
Floridians Are Called.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Kluczyk testi.
fed that they had seen young Haup
with his parents last June. Simila
testimony was given by Fredericl
Wittrock, a friend of the Kluczyks
who said he was in the Kluczyl
apartment when Herbert and hi
parents came in for short tim
and Herbert told of his travels.
Other witnesses included tW
managers Of Jacksonville ella.
hotels. who testified they had see
the saboteurs in the Florida cit
last June II, the day four of tn
Nazi agents landed nca" Pont
Vedra in submarine. Explosive
and other sabotage material late
were found by FBI agents hidde
In the sand along the Florida coas