Evening star., 1961-10-11
Agent Testifies
Scarbeck Got
Parting Gift
BY the Associated Press


Former Diplomat Irwin c..
Scarbeck was given a decanter
and six glasses as a going
away present by Polish Red
agents he is accused of furnish
ing with secret United States
documents. an FBI agent said
yesterday.
The agent. Patrick M. Rice,
went over much of the same
ground that had been testified
to previously-that Mr.. Scar
beck, Al, was surprised by
Polish agents in bed with his
22-year-old mistress, Ursula
Discher, and that he was black
mailed into turning over En-
baSsy secrets to the Commu-
niStS.
This was the third account
OF confessions Mr.. Scarbeck
allegedly gave to State Depart
ment security agents and FBI
men. Defense Counsel Samuel
Klein is objecting to admitting
any Of the statements, and the
argument is being heard with
out jury until Judge Leonard
P. Walsh rules on the point.
Mr.. Scarbeck, former Second
Secretary of the American En-
baSsy in Warsaw, is being tried
on charges of giving four classi-
fled papers to Polish agents.
Mr.. Klein said he plans to
put Mr.. Scarbeck on the stand
perhaps tomorrow, before argu-
ment is completed on whether
the alleged confessions can be
admitted into evidence.
Jury Locked Up
Judge Walsh took the un-
usual action today of locking
up the jury. Apparently the
iurist acted to shield members
of the panel from any pub /
licity surrounding the expected
testimony of Mr.. Scarbeck dur
ing the continuing hearing
being held without the presence
of the jury.
The judge ordered the jurors
to return with personal effects
and remain until the termina-
ton of this trial. in the jury
dormitory on the seventh and
eighth floors of the United
States Courthouse Building.
Mr.. Rice'S account of what
he said Mr.. Scarbeck told him
on June 7. and 9 in Washing
ton included this description
of how Mr.. Scarbeck became
involved with Miss Discher:
On September 4. 1859, the
day he packed off his German
born wife and their children
for a visit at her parents home
in Germany. Miss Discher
called the Embassy about a job.
Mr.. Scarbeck answered and
told her he was intrigued by
her voice" He made an i'm
mediate date. After a few more
dates, he persuaded her to drive
with him as far as the Polish
border on his way to Germany
to bring back his wife and
family. On the way he made
advances and she acquiesced
and they did have intimate re-
lations."
Mr.. Rice said Mr.. Scarbeck
told him that he soon was see
ing Miss Discher nightly.
1t was on the night Of De-
cember %, 1860, in Warsaw
that Polish agents burst into
the girls room and photo
graphed the pair in bed.
The agents threatened, ac-
cording to the testimony. to
take action against both of
them if Mr.. Scarbeck didn't
give them secret information.
Tried Innocuous Papers"
Mr.. Rice said Mr.. Scarbeck
told him that he at first tried
to give the Red agents innoc-
uous Embassy documents. but
they pressed him for more i'm
portant material.
Among the threats they
made was that they would put
Miss Discher in prison
where she would be subject
to particular indignities
made available to soldiers and
the like" State Department Sc
curity Officer Charles w. Lyons
testified.
Mr.. Rice said Mr.. Scarbeck
told him he Sneaked a secret /
report of Ambassador Jacob
Beam out of the Embassy and
the Polish agents photo
graphed it. At other times, Mr..
Rice testified, Mr.. Scarbeck said
he memorized secret and con-
fidential documents in the EN-
bassy and then repeated the
information to the Polish
agents orally.
Mr.. Scarbeck told him, the
FBI agent said, that he tried
to garble the information or
get it wrong.
Mr.. Rice said Mr.. Scarbeck
told him that at his last meet
ing with the Polish agents on
May 30 they gave him a
decanter and six glasses" as a
kind of going-aWay present
and also gave him a receipt
for about S400 he had received
from the Poles.
Mr.. Scarbeck burned the re-
ceipt, Mr.. Rice quoted him as
saying, but told the Polish
agents he regarded the money
as a loan which he intended
to repay.