The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-05
who has pleaded guilty. also on Dec.

who has pleaded guilty, also on Dec. 8.
 There is no going back for me any more," KunZe wrote to Von- siatsky, a few hours after America was plunged into war.
 The letters were admitted short time before defense counsel asked Judge Smith for directed verdict for Rev. Molzahn.
 Judge Smith said: '"The motion is denied" In his letter to Dr. Ebell at Fl Paso, Kunzc wrote:
 "Ro! enfield President Roosevel9 has his war at last. It will cost him his head. The sudden outbreak of War has prevented my trip to Japan and it will be smart for me to keep going"
 In this letter, Kunze asked Dr. bell to send mail or money order from JuareZ to Kurt, per his name. He will then forward the things"
 It was the governments allega. ton that Rev. Molzahn used the address of his Philadelphia parish as a return address for Kunze, and that he also assisted KunZe in get- ting faxed passports so he could leave the country
 Refused Yesterday
 At yesterdays session, Judge Smith refused the government per- mission to introduce the two letters as evidence because the indictment said the alleged conspiracy ended on Dec. 6, the day before the United States was attacked.
 But, today, without explanation, the judge admitted the letters as evidence, and they were read to the jury.
 In his letter to Count Vonsiatsky, who has been sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary, KunZe asked for none money so he could leave the country. The government alleged Vonsiatsky orig inally gave him $2800 to leave the United States with the military se- cretS.
 He asked Vonsiatsky to send the additional funds to Dr. Ebell.
 Following admission of the two letters, the defense began short cross examination of two impor- tant government Witnesses-Father Aleksi Pelypenko, Ukrainian Catho- lie priest who worked for the FBI as counter-e espionage agent, and Dr. Otto Platter, New York City.
 The defense brought out that Dr. Platter went to the FBI on July l3. offering information about his trip aboard in 1897 when he testified Rev. Molzahn approached him on ship board.
 Dr. Platter then testified Rev. Molzahn sought to have him make up with the gestapo, with which he had broken after being busted from his job in Germany.
 The examination of Father Pelypenko was extremely brief.
 IL was brought out the priest visited Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe, of the Hartford diocese, but did not tell him he was here working for the FBI.
 Defense Begins Case
 Then the defense began It's case.
 One of the first witnesses was Judge Charles Greer, Johnstown, Pa., a retired common pleas judge of Cambria County Pa.
 Another witness was Pastor Fritz Eyers, Baltimore.
 Judge Greer, a character witness, was followed by Rev. Evers, who described Rev. Molzahn as a man of integrity and loyal to the inter- esta of the United States"
 Thomas J. Dodd, special assistant to the U. s. attorney general, asked him under cross examination if he tore up his first citizenship papers before the United States entered the first World War in 1917.
 T tore up my papers," Rev. Evers said, "in 1915 in a moment of very rash and impeuous wrought in my home"
 Dodd asked if he had ever said publicly he would not be loyal to the United States at that time.
 There was no one to say that 10 except to my wife, Pastor Evers replied.