The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-29


 Long Island, on June 13, and foul at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla, on Junt 17.
 They had selective service cardl counterfeited in Germany, and so. cial security cards, which they might have obtained in this country before returning to Germany fol schooling in sabotage.
 Their clothes were American made, presumably those in which they had left the United States The FBI indicated that they hac stayed away from Yorkville, a dis. trict where New York's alien Ger. mans are concentrated, and that they had, rather, spent their first few days in Braodway restaurants gorging themselves after the strin. gency of German rationS.
 Two Citizens
 The two citizens are Peter Burger and Hebert Haupt. Haupt, 22, be- came a citizen when his father was naturalized in Chicago in 1880 Burger has been @ naturalized citi- zen since 1883.
 Haupt returned to Chicago soon after he landed, renewed his &C., quaintance with Mrs. Gerda Melend pretty young widow, and they were engaged to be married next week But Mrs. Melend said the engage ment was of.
 "Once a spy, always spy; that's what always say" she said.
 Burger, George John Dasch, Hein- rich Harm Heinck, alias Henry Kaynor, and Robert Quirin, alias Richard Quintas, were landed on Long Island. Dasch was leader of the group.
 Haupt, Edward John Kerlin, Wer- ner Thiel and Hermann Neubauer landed in Florida, Thiel was the leader.
 Their campaign was to cover a two-year period and they were "magnif1ciently" trained for the job They rowed ashore in the dead of night, buried powerful explosives and tools in holes along shore, and left to recruit cOnfederates.
 Among the vital American install lations they intended to sabotage were the Aluminium Company oi America plants in Tennessee, East St. Louis Ill, and in Massena, N. r.; Hell Gate Bridge, an important transportation point in Metropoli- tan New York; the Pennsylvania Railroad Terminal in Newark, N. J. eastern terminus of the line tC Washington and points west; the horseshoe curve of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Altoona, Pa; New York City's water supply system and the Niagara Falls Hydro-ElectriC plant.
 Cover New England Coast
 Boston, June 29 (U.PO - Beach observation posts covering every mile of New England coast were believed imminent today as Army, Navy, Coast Guard and civil ian defense units redoubled their vigilance because of the landing of Nazi saboteurs from submarines along the east coast.
 A systematic beach patrol was believed necessary because of the agents landing and because civil ians in beach areas would not be readily able to distinguish saboteurs from vacationists at New England beaches.
 Colonel Francis H. Farnum, Maine civilian defense director, warned several months ago of spies landing from submarines.
 Planning Trial
 Washington, June 29-CUP)-At- torney General Francis Riddle to- day cancelled all appointments for the next 43 hours to devote his full time to determine the manner of prosecuting the eight Na1 saboteurs captured by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 Justice department officials, meantime, declined to comment on the possibility that FBI agents had infiltrated into the Gestapo, or even the German high command, and that this led to the "tip-off" on the mission of the sabateurs.
 Neither would they comment on the possibility that the FBI had stationed agents to watch the land- ing of the men and to trail them to their contracts in this country.
 Some officials speculated that the sabateurs would be executed before the end of summer, but justice de- partment spokesnen declined to comment.
 Riddle said yesterday that the de partment would "act swiftly and thoroughly"
 The department must first solve several "complicating legal factors before the method of prosecution can be decided. Riddle probably will make this decision known to the public by Wednesday.
 One authority said the men might be turned over to the army fol court martial.
 | Death also could be ordered by courts for anyone who knowingly aided or harbored the saboteurs Aiding or harboring an enemy is an act of treason.
 The first treason case of the pres 1 ent war involved German air force i lieutenant Peter Krug. who escaped from a Canadian military prison camp several weeks ago.
 Max Stephen, Detroit restaurant owner, was charged with treason foE aliegedly harboring KTug. Krug waf captured late r in San Antonio,