New Britain herald., 1926-04-03
Work All Night

Wethersheld Prison. Conn. April 8 Pl-Gerald Chapmans appoint ment with death by way of Con. necucut's new hanging machine. which throttles the life out of man with a double jerk, was less than 7a hours away today.
 The bandit spent the day yester- day calmly reading and smoking cigarettes in his cell, while his at- tornays worked tevcrishly to sayua him from the ever-ntaring galioNs
 shows Anxiety
 Only once did he betray any anx- iety. That was after his attorney, Joseph M. Freedman, had spent S5 minutes going over today's action with him, As he turned to leave, { Chapman stopped him,
 Will you be here tomorrow" he asked, plaintivo note creeping in to his voice.
 Il certainly will" Freedman told him. Chapman seemed relieved. he said.
 NOrkCu All NiSnt His staff of attorneys, who have carried his fight to escape the moose Monday night for the murder ot 1 Patrolman James Skelly of New i Britain 10 tho very doors of the [ United States supreme court. worked all last night developing new evi- dence by which they hope to gain q new trial today.
 At 1:3o o'clock in tQe morning two persons. one Of which Is be lieved to he a sixth new witness, drove up 10 the attorneys head quarters al tho Bond hotel in Hart, ford, Their chauffeur said that he picked them up in front Of the Bit. more hotel al Providence. F. I, H" said the car was chartered by man whose name he thought was Georce Lawrence for s45 10 be paid at in" "other end" The other mans name he thought. was Arthur Lally,
 Grochl Is silent
 Frederick ]. Grochl. chief of the Chapman drfense corps. refused tt discuss their mission. but the up. derstanding was that one of thr men would testify he saw Chap.
 man on a train the night of Ocio. : her II, 1924. which was the nigh
 before the murder. This testimon,
 would corroborate that Of Johi
 Callahan. the Jamaica. N. Y. mal
 who says hr saw Skelly's slave
 running from tho scene Of th,
 crime and later observed him or the SprinGfold-New York train. l At II o'clock this morning Mt , Groohl was 10 lood his staff int
 the chambers of Judge Newcl Jennings of the superior court, win r q year ago tomorrow sentenced th
 mail robhor 10 death. There fo probably the last time the force Q Of the condemned man will con a test those of 'he state for posses
 sion of Chapman's life. The attor & ncys will ask Judge Newell Jeu T nings 10 grant new trial on th
 strength of six and possibly seve
 new alTiiavits from witnesses. Hickman New Witness h One ot the witnesses, whom NJ O Groehl thinks will give valuab'
 testimony, is R. Nelson Hickman ,, New York civil engineer an c former naval officer. Hickman sa,
 he was an acquaintance of Char
 man back in inc halcyon da! o when the condemned man lived 4 fashionable Grammercy park c 5 tho proceeds Of the SI.00o,00o ma ls robbery he committed in the hea If O. New York: in the days whe Chapman was known as 'tl
 Count" and before the shadow |,
 The gibbet had fallen across h
 shoulders.
 | Hickman, who lives just of Fifl - avenue on Fifty-ninth street. W d testify that ho saw Chapman, who D. he then knew as George Y. Cal of well. on Q subway train on tl d night or october n. l9s4. is Stin Another Witness Id Samuel L. Cutler, a Hartio e. business man. stepped out
 anonymity last night, to say tn
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