Evening star., 1942-08-02
Sunday Session
Slated 10 Decide
Fate Of 8 Nazis
Gen. Cox Ordered
To Have Suboteurs
In Court at 10 AM.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.


The eight Nazi saboteurs who
have been on trial for 18 days
before a special military COM
mission probably will learn today
whether or not they will be put
to death.
The commission is scheduled to
reach its verdict in an extraordinary
Sunday session.
However, orders already had been
issued to Brig. Gen. Albert l.. Cox,
provost-marshal for the Metropoli-
tan Area, to have the eight prison.
ers at the improvised courtroom at
the Department of Justice Building
at 10 am. today presumably to hear
the verdict.
The historic trial of the prison.
ers-highlighted by their futile at
tempt to obtain from the Supreme
Court new trial In q civil court
came to an abrupt close shortly be-
fore pm. yesterday.
Prisoners Not Present.
The trial commission composed
OF seven generals appointed by
President Roosevelt shortly after
wards began deliberations looking to
verdict.
The eight prisoners were not pres
ent In the courtroom while the
commission deliberated.
Even though the commission
failed to reach verdict yesterday
afternoon before adjournment at
4 pm, orders went out to Gen. Cox
to have the prisoners in the court
room this morning when the COM
mission is scheduled to resume its
session.
The decision of the commission.
1t is reported, will be sealed and
sent to the White House so that
President Roosevelt can make 1t
public. Under his own proclamation
creating the commission, the Presi-
dent must review the findings of the
seven generals and fix the date
and place of execution Of the sabo-
teurs If they are condemned to
death.
Special Plea for Haupt.
Unconflrmed reports were current
that the commission may not rec
ommend the death penalty for at
least two of the prisoners George
John Dasch, leader Of the group of
four who came ashore from U-boat
on Long Island more than a month
ago. and Ernest Peter Burger, who
landed in this country from q sub
marine on the Florida coast.
Reports also were current that a
special effort has been made in be-
half OF Herbert Hans Haupt, young
est member Of the quartet of sabo-
teurs, who came ashore on the
Florida coast. A former Chicago
schoo,boy and naturalized Amer
ican citizen, Haupt a year ago went
to Mexico and made his way to
Germany, where he was trained in
sabotage at special school estab-
ished near Berlin by the German
high command. He is "a years old.
All Of Haupt's seven associates
also were given instruction 1t the
school.
Communique Issued.
The trial came to a close at 1883
pm. yesterday after Government
and defense counsel completed final
arguments. Immediately after that
the commission took recess for
lunch and, when it reconvened at
2 pm, it called in members Of
both the prosecution and defense
stats for brief period OF question:
ing before starting deliberations ON
a verdict.
A special communique issued BY
the commission said:
The case for both the prosecution
and the defense has been completed.
THE commission has commenced
its consideration of the case"
Meanwhile, members of the de-
tense stad-Army officers appointed
to make certain the eight saboteurs
were given q fair trial-spent their
time moving out Of the Justice De-
partment building the mass of law
books and records they had BROUGHT
IN at the beginning Of the trial.