Evening star., 1949-03-25
ment for a term Of years not less
than 10 and not more than 30."

than 10 and not more than 30.
Marshals Take Her Away.
Deputy United States marshal.
took Miss Gillars to the cell BLOCK
in the basement of the Court.
house. where her sister, Mrs. Edna
Mae Herrick. tried in vain to see
her. At noon. Miss Gillars
emerged from the cell block
smiled at reporters and said
"Good-by." as she walkedy briskly
to bus to take her to the District
Jail.
Mrs. Herrick denounced q ma.
tional news magazine which hao
characterized her sister as ham
actress" and said, mot even an
Ethel Barrymore could have taken
a sentence better"
Mrs. Herrick said she will never
be convinced that her sister is not
a loyal American and that she will
have home waiting for her when
she is released from prison.
In arguing for a new trial, Mr..
Laughlin charged that Judge Cur
ran had committed 90 prejudicial
legal errors during the trial. He
said the judges attitude through
out the trial clearly conveyed to
the jury his desire to see Miss
Gillars convicted.
Judge Curran "terrorized" the
jurors after they delivered the
verdict. Mr.. Laughlin said, by in
structing them not to discuss their
deliberations with any one.
Tells Of Phone Call.
Several days ago. Mr.. Laughlin
said. a man who said he had
served on the jury telephoned him
and told him of happenings in
the jury room which should be
looked into"
Mr.. Laughlin said he did not
have the name of the juror, but
had attempted to question other
members of the jury, only to be
rebuffed when they told him they
were fearful of talking in view OF
the judges instructions.
Six and a half weeks were con-
sumed in the trial of the small,
gray-haired woman, who left the
United States in 1884 for a trip
to Algiers in North Africa. She
was hired as broadcaster for the
Nazi short-wave radio in 1910.
Her passport was revoked by the
United States Embassy at about
the time she began her broad
casts.
Feared for Life.
Miss Gillars contended that,
after her passport was revoked,
she was left at the mercy of the
Nazis, who made it clear she
would die in a concentration camp
unless she continued her propa-
ganda broadcasts.
The Government introduced %
recordings Of Miss Gillars' broad
casts and called 26 witnesses to
support its contention that she
was a traitor.
Miss Gillars freely admitted
making the broadcasts but insist
ed she had remained q patriotic
and loyal citizen throughout the
war.
Miss Gillars attended Ohio
Wesleyan University. majoring
in dramatics and English. She
left, the. university before gradu-
atlng. however. to study for the
stage alta dramatic school in
Cleveland.
While on the witness stand Miss
Gillars drew heavily upon her
dramatic training as she related
the hardships she underwent while
she struggled to establish a stage
career
+ She once appeared in q minor
role In Q musical revue played in
Washington in the early 1920s. she
said. In 1929 she was working as
q model for a New York sculptor
from whom she borrowed money
to finance her trip to Europe. On
that occasion she said she went to
Paris. admitting she falsif1ed her
age on her passport application.
Went to Berlin in 1884.
In 1884 Miss Gillars went tc
Berlin to study music. She said
her mother financed her lessons
for a year and then suffered re-
verses which made it impossible
for her to continue sending money
abroad. Miss Gillars went to work
as a teacher of English in the
Berlitz school in Berlin.
In 1910. just before the fall OF
France. the United States ordered
all Americans not on official busi-
ness in Germany to return home
Miss Gillars pleaded for an ex-
tension and was granted q six
week stay. During that period
she went to work for the German
Broadcasting Co. A short time
later, she said, she was summoned
to the United, States Consulate
in Berlin and her passport was
"snatched' from her hands.
From 1910 until early in 1943
Miss Gillars was assigned to the
division of the German radio spe-
cializing in broadcasts to England
During this period. Miss Gillars
insisted, she worked solely as ar
entertainer and did not make any
propaganda broadcasts.
After the German surrender,
Miss Gillars dropped from sight
in Germany until April. 1916,
when agents Of the United States
Army Counter Intelligence Corps
found her living in Berlin under
the name of Barbara Nome" "
She had obtained Identification
papers with the fictitious name