The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
|DR. WILLUMEIT
 TELLS SECRETS
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spiracy prior to July 26, 194l, wher some of the conspirators- met at the Hotel Bismarck, Chicago. Dr. Will. lumeit was at this meeting, which also was attended by Gerhard VII. helm Kunze, chief of the German American Bund, Count Anastase VonSiatsky, and Father Pelypenko
 Kunze and VonSiatSky, also de- fendants, have pleaded guilty.
 Special U. s. Attorney Joseph P Cooney said the government charged the conspiracy began in January, 1941.
 Dr Willumeit, dapper. black haired stocky individual, soon after the jury was recalled, began the story of the Hotel Bismarck meet ing.
 Kunze Revealed Secrets
 Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, head man of the German-American Bun6 who has pleaded guilty to being a spy for the Nazis, travelled up and down the United States west coast in the fall of 1941, pointing out fleet dispositions, military places possible landing points for invaders, an dother vital areas it was dis closed by Dr. Willumeit.
 Willumeit was the companion of Kunze on this automobile trip bare ly two months before the United States was attacked.
 Throughout the entire trip, Dr. Willumeit said, Kunze pointed out to me harbor installations, naval dispositions, shipping points that were vulnerable, and places Of pos sible invasion"
 The trip was from Portland, Ore, to San Francisco, and included oth- CT areas, Dr. Willumeit related calmly.
 Kunze Had Memory
 Kunze, he said, had a "kaleido- scopic memory. of the entire geo. graphical, typographical, mineralog- ical resources of the west coast, its history, and its national and racial characteristics.
 The Bund chief didn't even need a road map to get around during the entire trip, Dr. Willumeit said.
 "He told me in advance he knew every highway" the witness went on.
 T checked him with road map, and don't believe he was wrong once," the stocky, Chicago Bunds- man said.
 At Sacramento, Dr. Willumeit re- lated, they crossed big dam.
 "Kunze told me-" he said, "that any break in this dam would in- undate hundreds of miles of coun- try"
 Kun7e pointed out oil refineries. too, Dr. Willumeit said.
 Pleaded Guilty
 Dr. Willumeit, a heavy, swarthy man who smokes cigarettes from a long black holder, pleaded guilty to the spy charges along with three others named in the conspiracy, in- cluding Gerhard Wilhelm KunZe, chief of the German-American Bund. Rev. Molzahn is the only one of the group who has pleaded in- nocent.
 Dr. Willumeit took the stand late Friday, but he didn't get very far in his testimony. He started telling about meeting in the cocktail lounge of the Hotel Bismarck, Chi cago, in July, 1941, at which were present, besides himself, Kunze, Count Anastase A. Vonsiatsky, an- other defendant who has pleaded guilty, and Father Aleksi Pelypenko, 8 Ukrainian Catholic priest from Argentina-an unusual character who worked hand in hand with the alleged spies while, at the same time, making reports to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 It was at this meeting, the govern ment alleged, that Rev. Molzahn was designated as the man who would secure passports to enable Kunze to leave the country with the military secrets. Kunze 8 few weeks ago was picked up in Mexico and returned here.
 Following this meeting, Father Pelypenko contacted Rev. Molzahn at his Philadelphia parish, and held two meetings with him.
 At one of these meetings, Father Pelypenko testified earlier, he, the minister referred to Kunze simply as "a dunce."
 It was considered possible the gov- ernment attorneys, headed by Thomas J. Dodd, special assistant to the U. s. Attorney General, would conclude their case tomorrow or Wednesday.
 The defense then was expected to call a string of character witnesses, and Rev. Molzaln himself probably will take the stand in his own de- fense. Mrs. Molzahn, who has been sitting in the front row since the trial started, also was expected to testify.
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