| Show SPY TRIAL DEFENDANTS CLASH Bitter Ch Charges J Denials Hurled Back and Forth Anger nger of Central l Fig Figures i Soviet Hearing Breaks Forth in Fiery Recrimination By EUGENE L LYONS ONS United Press Iress Staff Correspondent MOSCOW April l 14 The anger Of f cent central t figures figure in the trial of ot six Britons on charges of espionage and sabotage broke into the open today when bitter charges and denials were hurled back and forth across the court 4 room After Alter direct evidence of ot bribery had been presented against three of the six Lix Britons Briton on trial Yuri at Latvian and one of 11 Russians also on trial accused A. A W. W Gregory another an another another an- an other defendant of deliberately slowing slowing slow- slow ing ng down installation of ot British Met- Met Vickers switches twitches at the great electrical plant spoke emotionally and becoming becoming becoming be be- coming belatedly patriotic denounced the Britons Briton He Be stamped I tamp d his Jils feet and waved his hands ianth causing a Judge to interject Dont romanticize Stick to to facts Gregory leaped to his feet He was furious curious and shouting in a thick Welsh brogue I 1 wont won't let th this go without contradictions contradictions contra contra- dictions he yelled at IS qs Tins TIllS JUSTICE This man has made sta statements damaging to my reputation Gregory went on The statements are without without without with with- out proof Is Js this fair lair Is this justice justice jus jus- tice 1 The interpreter apprised the judges of Gregorys Gregory's remarks and Judge Ulrich Ulrich Ul- Ul rich presiding said h has spoken You'll have a chance to speak Whom the court be believes be- be Ves remains tobe t be bes s seen ii I. Gregory then excitedly explained that the switches witches at the plant were the largest the company ever ever built and he was eager to do a good job He said he personally installed every part working day and night and succeeded suc sue succeeded in finishing three huge switches in 48 days das That he said Let Letany Letany Letany any expert decide Both the Latvian and Welshman then returned to the dock and the court recessed to recover its Hum dum William H. H Thornton William MacDonald MacDonald MacDonald Mac- Mac I Donald and Charles Charle all of the British Metropolitan- Metropolitan Vickers company were were accused by Russian witnesses of giving them bribes of 1000 and rubles respectively for activities in wrecking wreck wreck- ing tag machinery I Thornton admitted giving the money but said it as was a loan not a bribe MacDonald admitted every every- thing made a blanket deHal denial denial de de- de- de nial Hal of all charges ANOTHER INVOLVED Toward the close of at the morning session another Briton named Elliot was involved in the charges when V. V Lebedev Russian mechanic testified testified testified tes tes- tes- tes he heard Elliot collecting military mili mili- tary information at a gay party Thornton confirmed that Elliot gave him information but only of a genera general general gen gen- era eral 1 The newspaper commented Ironically today that Good Friday prayers broadcast in England wont won't help them referring to the six on I trial It added that the only phase of oL the Biblical al Easter story applicable Continued on Pare Pace Two I 1 ROW DEVELOPS AT SPY TRIAL J 61 IE k p tJ fr Continued From Prom Pa Page Pace One t a H 2 the accused Is Jud Judas and his 30 of silver I J insisted that Thornton Ul to save C his head by confessing but when he was re re- J cased contrary to his expectations he found energetic defenders and is trying to fix things up Ji About 3 35 newspaper men are arc reporting re- re porting the trial for the entire world officials said the outgoing have been the heaviest In m many years necessitating the employment nt J lc many more telegraph operators and clerks I Direct evidence of bribery was presented d against William H. H Thornton Thorn- Thorn ton inon one of six Englishmen En g Ii s h men I ti charged i.-charged with high crimes against the k who maintained through long longI t I hours of grueling yesterday that he heas LAvas as innocent of any crime and that confession had been extracted un un- I I f I. dot der moral pressure v. v Thornton gave me a bribe of rubles In his office July 12 1932 Dolgov manager of the inspection in in- department of ot the S Soviet vIet Import Trust declared in l oil- resonant emphatic voice voice He Hc was filled as the first witness witness' when the i J third day of the trial opened in the t lold Void bold blue room of ot what In the days daysI I czars w was s the Nobles' Nobles club r t Vt Charles Nord another nother of the ther r Accused cl ed Englishmen was called to the bar to confront Alexander Lu Lu- banov Russian engineer who had confessed he wrecked motors at the I power station under NordI Nord Nord- I f walls wall's Instructions 1 made a blanket denial rot of all accusations t r rf A thin lipped middle aged engi neer Dolgov w was u a nervous but willin willing will will- in lag ing witness Thornton opened a B drawer of or his hU desk exposing rubles he ho de de- de dared Blood rushed to my eyes yes I decided to take the money but the same day I informed the authorities DECLARES IT LOAN Thornton was summoned from the prisoners prisoner's dock a ad d asked to reconcile recon dIe cUe Dolgov's statement with his own denials He admitted he gave the money to Dolgov but said it was a aloan aloan loan Joan in response to the Russians Russian's pleas for aid a. a 1 categorically deny it was a bribe he said It was 3 a bribe Dolgov shot back Dolgov qu questioned stion d further admitted admit ted that Thornton had made no specific ape ape- clue requests but said he understood that he Dolgov was expected to help conceal defects in machinery sold the soviet by Vick ers This was the only bribe I Ire re received he said and attested that Allan head of the Met Met- Vickers Russian office and the other accused Britons never ne had offered him money money The soviet press launched out today today to day In a vigorous attack on Great Britain which angered by the arrest arrest ar ar- ar rest and trial of Its IL subjects has threatened a complete of Soviet Anglo-Soviet relations The newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper Pravda evidently considering the he trial practically over captioned its editorial today Criminals Ex Ex- posed The populace however maintained c comparative indifference e to the stirring stirring stir stir- ring proceedings in October Hall which today held few spectators other than members of the diplomatic corps and th the press ADDS TO MYSTERY William MacDonald the Englishman English English- man who yesterday withdrew his earlier plea of guilty and then proceeding proceeding pro pro- cc ding t to th make new ne admissions almost almost al al- al most as damaging as his original conCession confession con con- Cession added further to his devious mysterious part In the drama when A. A head of the turbine department of the power station was called to testify MacDonald he said told him to wreck a turbine in 1932 and he wrecked it At MacDonald's request he concealed the fact tact that oil pumps provided by Vickers Metropolitan were defective MacDonald told him that accidents were inevitable he said and gave him 1000 rubles rubles' MacDonald limping deathly pale in a pitiful state was called from the prisoners prisoner's enclosure He confirmed the allegations in every detail use speaking with the assurance assurance as as- of a technical expert participated participated par par- ted in the questioning of Kot Kot- and md drew out a significant det detail admitted that an injected bolt caused the breakdown breakdown break do down of the turbine generator at He then admitted that a abolt jolt bolt of ot the same size later was missed from Crom the generators generator's lid evidently was seeking to show that thata a loosened bolt and not deliberate sabotage wrecked the machine FLUENT AND POISED appearing before the witness microphones microphone for the first time was fluent and poised In easy but inaccurate Russian he said Lobanov's story was entirely false He pictured himself a friend of ot the soviet rather than an enemy I 1 met hf him n Lobanov occasionally and usually he complained of his hard life said but I argued with him and told him it was the duty of Russian engineers to make every sacrifice for the year five plan Lobanov was questioned He said that with the aid of a mechanic V. V Lebedev one of the defendants he undertook to wreck imported machinery machin machin- ery including that provided b by Met VIckers upon which the guarantee had elapsed He agreed he said when suggested it to wreck his power station in case of war or foreign intervention although a detailed plan was not worked out For these activities and promises gave him rubles and an overcoat who had listened lis ha intently promptly Interjected that he had acted merely as an nn intermediary intermediary in for another Englishman who had sold the overcoat to L Le Danov banov banov The Russian neatly dressed bespectacled bespectacled be be- spectacled admitted and even emphasized emphasized sized his hatred for the soviet regime But when proposed sabotage sabotage sa sa- sa bot he said I was surprised More MOIe than that I was afraid of the consequences s. s |
