Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-28 | Page 2 | Nazi Officer Knew Destroyer Flaws, Witness Testifies at N. Y. Spy Trial

I N Nazi az Officer Knew Destroyer Flaws Witness Testifies at N. N Y Spy Trial NEW YORK Oct 28 UP Cap UP-Cap- Cap tain Lieutenant Erich Pfeiffer of the German naval intelligence bureau bureau bureau bu bu- reau at Bremen was so familiar with the plans for U U. S. S navy destroyers destroyers destroyers de de- that he could discuss their defects a witness witness testified testified today in federal court So reluctant to testify that she was characterized by the court as asa asa asa a hostile witness Mrs Kate Busch said that Pfeiffer boasted to her in Germany that he had bad t the e destroyer plans She learned also she said that he was the direct superior of Karl one of the contact spies for the eastern seaboard Testimony Links Voss I Pfeiffer she said told Dr Ignatz I T. T Griebel fugitive spy and her heri traveling comp companion nion that he had business with Voss about planes Otto Hermann Voss a skilled mechanic mechanic mechanic me me- at the aircraft plant is one of the three defendants defendants defendants defend defend- ants on trial charged with selling American defense secrets Voss' Voss codefendants are Miss Johanna Johanna Johanna Jo Jo- hanna Hofmann alleged messenger for the ring and Private Erich Glaser GIMer who is accused of turning over a military aviation code Mrs Busch said Dr Griebel was promised ed rewards reward by Lieutenant Commanders Ugo von Bonin and Hermann Menzel of the German war ministry both of whom are under under under un un- un- un der indictment Tells TeUs of Code In rn March 1938 Mrs Busch said sh she sho received a note from in which he a paper match matchbox matchbox matchbox box containing a code and asked her to hold it until a girl named B Boehm ehm called for it This reference was to Eleanor Boehm Hunter college college college col col- lege graduate who met on ona ona ona a German boat Miss Boehm called for the match matchbox matchbox matchbox box a few days later Mrs Busch testified y y r. r f a 4 ins r w S qt t M V pp k a t n N y r at ri S 4 44 6 I 4 r kY S G Q d y a f r f f 4 y r Nal 4 y 55 t r CURIOUS WATCH SPY WITNESS LEAVE COURT Mrs Kate Busch tells of code match matchbox box