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Henry Paynter of OWI, trying to see Major General Frank R. McCoy, head of the trial commission, went to the floor where the trial was to be held. He was brushed off. He could not even get a message to the General. When Attorney General Biddle, on behalf of Elmer Davis, sent a note saying that Paynter wished to see the General, McCoy did not deign to answer. A second note from the Attorney General brought a terse answer: the General had nothing...
Thereafter General McCoy handed out two communiques a day solemnly announcing that the trial was going on-and not much more. He allowed the Army Signal Corps to take photographs and silent movies. The final act of the comedy occurred when Elmer Davis finally got eleven reporters admitted to the court room. The newshawks marched in, looked around, asked the court's provost marshal questions in an undertone. For 15 minutes the defendants, the lawyers, the seven judges sat doing nothing-except to let the representatives of the public look...
...lawyers handled the prosecution, four the defense. Significantly, one of the saboteurs (gaunt George John Dasch) had separate counsel, leading to the speculation that he had turned state's evidence. As the evidence kept pouring in, General McCoy grew almost garrulous. He said it would be a long trial...
...Frank R. McCoy, commission president, said that the prosecution had "practically completed its case" at the end of the 10th day of the trial on Saturday, indicating that it will be brought to a close early this week...
...President appointed a military commission to try the saboteurs-and try them quickly. Headed by hard-bitten Major General Frank R. McCoy, a member of the Pearl Harbor Investigating Committee, the commission includes six other boot-tough generals. Prosecutors will be Attorney General Francis Biddle and the Army's Judge Advocate General Major General Myron C. Cramer. Two colonels will act as defense counsel. The commission will try the eight in secret, report immediately to the President...