Evening star., 1950-11-21
decided 10 Take Rap
After rFuchsC Confessed
Gold Tells Court
BY the Associated Press

Gold, Philadelphia atom spy
testified today that although he
"lied desperately" when first ques.
toned by the FBI about his
espionage work, he would not lie
now, even to save his own life.
Gold made this statement al
the conclusion of his cross
examination as a Government
witness In the trial of Abraham
Brothman and Miriam Mosko-
witz on charges of conspiracy tc
obstruct justice. The Govern
ment rested its case shortly after
Gold left the stand.
The Philadelphia biochemist
stuck to his testimony that he
had served as Communist spy
ring courier, that he had obtained
information for the ring from
Brothman and that he had lied
to Federal grand jury in 1947
at the direction of Brothman
then his employer.
Approached by FBI Last May.
Gold testified that last May,
when he was first approached by
the FBI, he realized that "the
evidence at that time was purely
Icircumstantial'' involving him with
DR.. Klaus Fuchs. convicted Brit
ish atomic scientist.
II realized I could possibly fight
this thing" he said. II realized
that all my relatives and friends
and the people at the heart sta
ton in Philadelphia would rally
around me.
But, I realized that once The
FBI pulled one thread the whole
horrible scheme would become un-
tangled. And I didn't want these
people (his friends and relatives)
to be so disillusioned."
Gold said he was first aware
of DR.. Fuchs arrest and confess
sion when he read newspaper ac-
counts last February. Between
that time and the end of May,
when the FBI first approached
him, Gold said he had given much
thought to the possibility that DR..
Fuchs might have disclosed their
connections.
Shielded Superiors.
Il acted exactly as I decided
upon" Gold testified. Since
Fuchs had already disclosed about
our espionage activities, I would
confess about Fuchs and I would
not reveal the names of any of my
Soviet superiors or American
contacts.
II would take the rap myself.
I would fight for time with my
family and to complete my work
at the heart station, and stuck
to it."
Gold said he told the FBI, Eyes,
I am the man who got informa-
ton on atomic energy from Dr..
Klaus Fuchs"
Gold, who has pleaded guilty to
espionage, is not on trial now and
is serving as the Governments
star witness. He alreday has testi-
fed that Brothman gave him Gov
ernmunt technical secrets to relay
to Soviet agents.
Z At that time. Gold said. he
worked for the chemical engineers
ing finn run by Brothman and
Miss Moskowitz.
Finally Confessed Everything.
t.. Under cross-examination yester-
day, Gold said he told Brothman
so many lies about his private
life that ''it's a wonder steam
didn't come out of my ears at
times
He said his tales began after
Brothman started "prying," and
kept up until he confessed every
thing to his friend after they were
questioned by the F,BI in 1947.
The false stories. he said. in
cluded a tale of a courtship to
"a very beautiful" girl with one
brown and one blue eye.
Later, the story expanded to
detailed accounts of a family" of
a wife. two fraternal twins. a
brother "who died in action in
the Pacific" a mother-in-law who
was a poor housekeeper," and
a no-good father-in-law.
All were non-existant, Bachelor
Gold told the court.