Evening star., 1949-03-02
Axis Sally Completes
Testimony, Refuses TO
Answer Prosecutor
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SCreeUS OF Berlin were SGTeWu WIFI
naked corpses and dead
horses"
- Forget about the naked corpses
land answer my question" Mr.
sssKelley commanded.
= $. Miss Gillars said Stella did not
.asssask her to leave. 1T was my own
,,gplan to leave" she said.
T. T. When did you next see Stella?"
8 IF you have the testimony of
&Stella I'd prefer that you ask
,Sher -"
: will you please answer my
s%question?" Mr.. Kelley shouted.
= = Kelley Ends Characterization.
=. y Il suppose one can refuse, but
I don't know enough about juris-
Eprudence -"
IS Judge Curran interrupted to Or
= der the witness to answer, and
&when she asked him what would
& be the consequences if she con-
: tinued to refuse Mr.. Kelley broke
s.of the exchange.
2 A short time later he an
s snounced his croSs-examination
ghad ended. and Miss Gillars
Nstepped down from the stand
after answering a few questions
put by Chief Defense Counsel
flames j. Laughlin.
Miss Gillars was followed to the
8 stand by Edwin Christiani. A, VINO
) was flown to Washington from
: Germany at Government expense
Z to testify for the defense.
{ He said he was Miss Glllars
immediate superior between Au-
] gust, 1910, and April, 1943, and
/ confirmed her story that she was
! barred from the German radio for
! a few days because of a scene she
! created in the Berlin studio when
she received word that the Japa-
nese had attacked Pearl Harbor.
She was sent home and he tele-
nhoned her the following day,
Christiani said.
Was Forbidden to Work.
"I telephoned Miss Gillars," he
testified, and said because you
have yesterday called the jap
anese forces yellow monkeys and
other words. you are forbidden to
60 on broadcasting and it is better
for you to stay where you are"
When Miss Gillars returned to
the studio, a few days later. he
said. orders had been received
clearing Miss Gillars for future
p broadcasts.
Christiani said Miss Gllars
came to him late in November,
. 1e4l, after Americans in Berlin
, had been Uniformed that the last
boat leaving Germany for the
United States would sail in few
days. She sought his advice on
what to do, he said.
She told me there was nothing
to expect for her in America, but
she loved America and wanted TO
90 home. But on the ohter hand,
she loved her work in Germany
and wanted to continue. because
so many people thought she was
so good.
Laughlin Objects to Statement.
II told her to stay in Germany
because it; was impossible for the
German forces to enter the United
States and Mr.. Roosevelt had said
American soldiers would never
fight in Europe, so was sure there
would be no war. told her l
though she would have a better
future in Germany"
Later Mr.. Kelley read to the
Jury a statement signed by Chris
tiani after he arrived here last
Saturday in which he stated that
Miss Gillars told him she wanted
to remain in Germany because she
was in love with a German en-
gineer and felt he would marry
her if she stayed.
Mr.. Laughlin objected to intro
duction of that statement and
brought out that Christlan1 had
been questioned by FBI agents for
IL hours and had signed three or
four other statements before he
was allowed to confer with de-
fense counsel.
Christiani said Miss Gillars never
had said anything against the
the United States while she was
working for him, but on the con-
trary. always told him she loved
the United States.
Frequently Warned on Conduct.
The witness said he frequently
had to warn Miss Gillars that her
conduct was very dangerous
when she mimicked Propaganda
Minister Goebbels and other high
Nazi officials.
Miss Gillars was wh1te-taceo
and shaken when she left the
witness stand yesterday after
parrying, for 31a hours the
verbal attack Mr.. kelley Wdue
then on the story she had reclted
in her three-and-a-half days OF
direct examination
Attacking her story that her
American passport had been
, snatched from her in Berlin
in the spring of 1941 and that
thereafter, she was without any
thing to identify her as an Amer
lean citizen, Mr.. Kelley forced the
defendant to admit:
That the State Department
ordered her, and all other Amer
teams not on official business, to
leave Germany in the spring OF
1910 after the German attack on
the Low Countries.
Asked 30-Day Extension.
That she pleaded for a 30
dav extension of the order In
her case on the ground that she