New Britain herald., 1925-04-07
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 ported in the best of spirits at the Wethersield state prison where, in the shadow Of the gallows on which he Is condemned to die on the morn Ing of June 25, , he Is keeping in close touch with the developments in the legal aspects of his, case through his junior counsel, Nathan o. Freed- man. Prison authorities have drawn the curtain" on the convicted mur- derer with tho announcement that from now on, Chapman's life at the prison will be- the regular routine followed in the caso of any con- demned man.
 While Chapman .is passing the dreary hours in his cell. his attorneys arc rushing through preparations for the appeal which is, to be made for a new trial. As the first excitement over the ycrurct of guilty and the imposition of the death sentence has subsided. ii. has become evident that the only hope of Chapman's cheatipg the gallows will be on new evidence.
 Legal tangles resulting from the fact that Chapman is at the present time a federal prisoner serying'a 25 year sentence and a convicted mur- derer under sentence of death by the state of Connecticut are expected 10 be taken care of without difficulty If efforts to save tho murderer's life in the state courts are unavaiing. It has been announced at Washington that no action will be taken there until after all efforts by Chapman $ attorneys have failed and the death sentence ordered enforced. .... -ss
 Why Washington Delayed.
 The deferring of action by the of flciais at Washington is necessary because if action was taken now re- leasing Chapman from federal cus- tody and then by some technicality his release from the death sentence was effected, he would stand free man. It was pointed out in wash- ington dispatches that the simplest procedure for the federal govern- ment to follow would be for Presi- dent Coolidge to commute Chap mans sentence to a term expiring d few minutes before he is scheduled to die on the gallows at the state prison. Without this, it would be necessary to go through lengthy court actions to establish a precedent for executing death sentence by & state on q federal prisoner.
 Whichever action is taken to in- sure the execution of the death sen- tence by the state, it is understood that States Attorney Hugh M. AL corn will not encounter any serious difficulty. F1-,a' Timetable to Figure in Appeal. "
 In spite of the fact that the tine- table given to the jury after it had began it's deliberations of the evil dence was entered as an exhibit by agreement of counsel for the state and for Chapman. Judge Frederick J. Groehl, senior counsel for Chap4 man, announced that the incident would be used in the appeal for 8 new trial, bis claim being that it constituted a trial error.
 Claims of discoveries of new evil dence are coming regularly from the defense counsel, but with the claims also come refusalg to disctiss the na- ture of the evidence orr the names of the parties giving it. Judge Groehl has announced that & Brooklyn man has communicated with him and in- formed him that he is in a position to testify to the fact that Chapman was in Brooklyn on the night pre- ceding the murder here. The attor- ney said that the possessor of the evidence had held back because of the fear of publicity and the expec- tation that Chapman would not be found guilty, but is now. ready to come forward and tell what he knows.
 Attorney Freedman claims that he has discovered new evidence in Springfield which materially affects the states case and that it will be incorporated in the appeal for new trial.
 The notation of Hugh T. Mc- Lean, Holyoke furniture dealer, showing that it was on October II, 1924 that Chapman. under the name of George L. shelbourne," visited his store and looked over furniture is in the hands of Atty. Freedman, but it is not expected that this evil dence will be of any assistance in securing a new trial as it does not materially affect the case of the