Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-16
ExSpy Tells
Abel Case Jury
He Took

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NEW YORK. oct. 10 tN~-
Confessed Russian Spy RENO |
Hayhanen said today he had
dur up and kept for himself
q cache a. $4,000 allegedly In |
tended Ter payment 10 MRS. |
Helen Sohell.
9ayhanen gave the testi-
mony as trial resumed today |
before q jury In BROOKLYN Fed
eral Court Of Col. Rudolf ].
Abel on charges Of MASTER |
minding Russian espionage IN |
this country.
The witness previously testi-
fed the 5000 In cash had been |
secreted in the ground ct Bear
Mountain. N. Y.
Testimony Called Smear
Mrs. Sohell. the wife Of con-
victed spy Morton Sohell. has
called Hayhanens testimony
concerning her q smear So
bell Is serving q 30-year term
in Alcatraz Prison for his part
In the Rosenberg atom spy
ring.
Intestimony yesterday Hay
hanen said the 5000 came
to him with secret instructions
TO determine whether Mrs. So
bell would serve as an agent.
julius and Ethel Rosenberg
were convicted as atom spies
and executed at Sing Sing
Prison in 1858.
Hayhanen has turned Gov
eminent witness ct the
espionage trial Of Col. Abal.
II convicted. the 55-year-old
colonel could be executed.
issues Statement
Mrs. Sobell issued q state
ment Immediately upon hear
ing Of Hayhanen's testimony
yesterday. The statement.
made at the Manhattan once |
Of the Committee to Secure
Justice for Morton Sobell. said
IN part:
This meaningless testimony
Is just q way Of smearins me at |
Q time when my husbands case |
Is before the Supreme Court In |
Q request for q new trial. Mel |
ther my husband nor I have |
ever committed espionage or |
conspired to commit espio-
mage
1T is no accident that these |
haseless charges are made at |
this particular time. I'm going
to consult my lawyers to see II |
there is not some way in which
this person (Hayhanenl can be |
held responsible for these ma
licious. irresponsible state
ments.p
Hayhanen testified he and I
Col. Abel buried the 5000 IN
Bear Mountain Park. & State
resort on the Hudson River
above New York City. because
Mrs. Sobell's Manhattan apart |
ment was guarded BY police. |
Tells Of I'd Payment
The witness said he falsely 4
reported to Moscow that he had
given Mrs. Sohell the money. /
Hayanen said a second pay |
ment Of 5000. again ordered
by Moscow. was deposited by
Col. Abel in a bank. The wit
ness did not say why the Soviet I
government wanted the money 4
paid. nor did he tell Of its nnal
disposition.
According to Hayhanen. the !
Governments star witness in 1
the Abel case. Mrs. Sobell was /
known to Col. Abel as agent 1
Stones wife,"
The portly. 37-year-old Hay 4
hanen testified on Monday that
he was sent to the United |
States In 1852 TO act a. Col. 4
Abel's assistant.
Yesterday he told Of his de- \
lection to the Free World last \
May. a prelude to Col. Abel's !
arrest and his indictment last I
August Z.
Hayhanen said Col. Abel re- l
turned from a visit TO Moscow 4
In July. 1885, and expressed 4
dissatisfaction because Hay /
hanen hadn't followed q sug- \
gestion that he set Up a photo
graphic shop in Newark. N. j., n
as a cover for his operations.
Col. Abel, he said. told him 4
he might as well go to Moscow
for a vacation. Hayhanen said
he left the United States last
April. went to Paris. walked
Into the American Embassy on
May 4 or May 6. and explained
! am Russian espionage ofiicer !
with rank Of lieutenant 1
colonel"
Il have some information !
like TO give American oficials.
Hayhanen quoted himself as
adding.
He said he was flown here 1
May IL TO tell his story to the /
FBI.
Curoliniun Gets