The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-04
Government Rests In
 Trial Of Minister
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Continued employed by the Fedreal Bureau o Investigation as @ counter -espi onage agent, and Dr. Otto Platter New York city.
 Father Pelypenko, who heads tn Ukrainian Catholic colony in Ar gentina, testified he worked ham in hand with the alleged conspira tors, who included Gerhard Wfl hemn Kunze, chief of the German American Bund, and, on the side made reports to the FBI.. Received No Pay
 The priest said he received no pa, from the government for this work only expenses. He said he was ol vacation from his post in Argen tina, and did his counter-spy worl because of an idea"
 Dr. Platter, head of the Excelsior Laboratories, Staten Island, NY. testified Rev. Molzahn contacted him on steamer in mid-Atlanti' in 1887 and sought to have hin patch up his differences with thu NaZis.
 Dr. Platter was tossed out of hi German job by the Nads, he tes' tified, and came to America. HI said he was frightened anc couldn't sleep at night" after Rev Molzahn's appearance. He couldn' figure out, he said, how the minis ter knew him.
 pr. Platter testified he saw Rev Molzahn at this time wearing 6 Nazi party emblem in his lapel.
 The defense was expected to bring to the stand numerous character witnesses from Philadelphia ant other places, and Mrs. MoA1ahn alst was expected to testify.
 The brief session today was spen mostly by the government in pick ing up loose ends of the case. | The government devoted most O the morning session to picking III loose ends of the case.
 Identified Map
 Special FBI Agent Thomas Myers Fl Paso, Tex, was called to tht stand and identified military maE of Vera Cruz state in Mexico as one he seized at the home of Dr. Wolf. gang Ebell, Fl Paso, Tex. Dr. Ebell one of the defendants in the case has pleaded guilty.
 Federal Judge J. Joseph Smith re. fused to permit the government tt offer as evidence two letters from Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, head mar of the German American Bund, tc Count Anastase A. Vonsiatsky, or December 8, 194l, the day after America entered the war.
 Judge Smith said the govern. ment,s indictment held the spy con. sipracy ended December 6. Botf Kunze and Vonsiatsky have pleaded guilty in the case.
 Easily the highlight of the tria was the testimony of Dr. Otto Will umeit, Chicago, midwest leader o the Na1 bund. Dr. Willumeit, government witness who was ob served spending his time later in al ante-room clipping news storie! about himself, told for the first timt the inside story of the operation O the alleged spy ring.
 Dr. Willumeit, heavy, swarthI man with duel scars on his face told of an automobile trip he tool last Fall with Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, chief of the German Amer. ican Bund, last Fall along the wes coast. On this trip, Dr. Willumei said, Kunze, who has pleaded guilt. to being member of the spy plot pointed out to him U. s. militar! locations of the highest importance fleet dispositions, harbor installa tions, shipping points, and ever places where an invasion might b. attempted.
 Met Sympathizers
 Once during the trip, pr. Willu melt went on as a terrifically crowded courtroom listened, the stopped to confer somewhere alon the west coast with 8 group of bun' sympathizers.
 One of the men at the meet ing, he said, had a convex form like an artifical eye, which he sail was a "cut-out" from airplaneS.
 At San Diego, Dr. Willumei said, "Kunze pointed out the flee in the harbor, its strength, tn number of battleships stauone' there"
 This was in October of last year
 Dr. Willumeit said they went ol to Salt Lake City, to Santa Fe, t Fl Paso, where they contacted Dl Wolfgang Ebell, Fl Paso residen who has pleaded guilty to being spy under the same indictment.
 Then they went into Mexico fo & short period, where Kunze wa said to have tried to make con tact with a brewmaster, but withou success.
 On return to this country, Dl l, Willumeit went to Chicago, am Kunze continued on to New York Early Testimony
 Dr. Willumeit'S testimony begal with relation to what took plac at & meeting of some of the alleg ed conspirators at the Hotel Bis marck, Chicago, on July 26, 1041. At this meeting were present be sides Dr. Willumeit, Kunze, Coun Anastase Vonsiatsly, and Fathe Aleksi Pelypenko, 6 fascinatin , character out of a story-book. ! Father Pelypenko, a Ukraintai Roman Catholic priest, testifie . earlier he came to the United State . from Argentina, on vacation. on hi own initiative, and to fulfill q "idea", and went to work for tn Federal Bureau of Investigation q