The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-13
ONE LEADER AND ONE FUEHRER
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 Before the cross-examination be- gan, Judge J. Joseph Smith con- sented to defense request and asked the jury to take notice that Hitler "has prosecuted and impris- oned may clergymen, including Lutherans.
 The cross-examination followed up 8 general denial by the pastor that he had engaged in spy activi- ties for the Axis powers.
 The burly minister, speaking in resonant, husky voice, said time and again as defense counsel read him government accusations:
 T did not do that"
 On Stand All Day
 While the government complained about delays, Rev. Molzahn remain cd on the stand all day yesterday, contradicting almost entirely the testimony of the governments two star witnesses-Father Aleski Pely- penko, counter espionage agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Dr. Otto Platter, New York.
 That is not so." the pastor re- peated over and over again as Chief Defense Attorney James w. Carpenter read from the record ex- cerpts from the testimony of Father Pelypenko and Dr. Platter.
 Dr. Platter was described by Rev Molzahn as a man haunted by a persecution complex" The New Yorker testified he was approached on shipboard in the middle of the Atlantic ocean in 1887 by Rev. Molzahn, whom he said wore Nazi party emblem.
 Rev. Molzahn denied he wore the emblem, that he was a member of the Nazi party, and that he was going to Berlin, as testified by pr. Platter, to see higher ups" in the Nazi party
 As for Father Pelypenko, he said, T couldn't make clear what he wanted" when the priest came to his parish house in Philadelphia in 1941.
 Saw Priest Only Once
 Roy. Molzahn testified he saw Father Pelypenko only once, while the priest said there were two in- terviews. The priest gained the con- 1dence of the band of five alleged sonspirators, learned their secrets, and, on the side, reported to the TBI. M
 Not only did Rev Molzahn deny che testimony of the governments . star witnesses, but he dismissed as inconsequential the Nazi propogan- da !ound on shelf in his closet by FBI men. Most of the material, he said, he hadn't even read, and he did not know who sent 1t to him.
 During the early part of his direct testimony, the minister appeared quiet and subdued. But as the day wore on, his voice grew stronger and his denials came out with great force.
 Several times he almost shouted, ''no, no,'' to the government accusa- tions read to him by Carpenter.
 Rev. Molzahn denied that he had ever met or written to three of the defendants-Dr Otto Willumeit, Chicago, mid west leaders of the Bund, Dr. Wolfgang Ebell, Fl Paso, Tex, and Count Anastase A. Von- siatsky, now serving a flve-year term in a federal penitentiary for his part in the conspiracy.
 The Rev. Molzahn denied that Pastor Schlick had given him a message from Princess Stefanie Hohenloae, now interned as dan gerous enemy alien at Gloucester, N. J. He said he recalled that early this year he had luncheon in Philadelphia cafeteria with Otto Echweitzer and Swiss consul, and that two FBI men were sitting at the next table, trying to hear. I knew they were there.
 Tt was so absurd" he said with disdain. Tt was rather embarrassing last week said he had informed the for. the FBI."
 Pastor Schnck in his testimony pastor that his (Schlick's) visit to the internment camp at Gloucester and that he had told him about message Princess Hohenloae had given him.
 He said he met Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, head man of the German American Bund, twice. Kunze, pr. Ebell, and Dr. Willumeit, will be called, perhaps today or tomorrow, as defense witnesses.
 Always Watchful
 Hartford, Conn, Aug. 13.-(UP) -One of the governments ace wit nesses in the spy trial-Dr. Robert W. Kempney, Philadelphia, a for mer Berlin Judge who wrote 8 pro- hation report on Adolf Hitler-re- .pealed today he had been examined by the FBI at New Haven yester- day while he was transferring from train to bus enroute here.
 'But in 30 seconds it was all cleared up," he said.
 pr. Kempner, while on the train, devoted some of his time to clp- nlng newspapers about the spy trial of the Rev. Kurt E. B. Mol xal1n for his personal scrapbook. Ap- narently someone sent message ahead to the F'BI agents who met him as he stepped off the train.
 pr. Kempner, an expert on police and Gestapo techniques, was ban zshed from Germany when Hitler came into power.