Evening star., 1935-02-16
Doors Close Behind Con.
victed Lindbergh Kidnaper
at 1892 Am.
SLIPPERY ROAD SLOWS
TRIP FROM FLEMINGT0N
Hauptmann Is Labeled Prisoner
17,400 and Placed in Death
Cell Immediately.
BY the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N. j., February 16.-
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, con-
demned to die for the murder of the
Lindbergh baby, arrived at the New
Jersey State Prison today at 1921
tE. S. IT,, after a slow trip from the
Hunterdon County Jail over slippery
roads.
The 24-mile trip from Pennington
was made in SIS minutes. Hauptmann,
fianked by Warden Harry McCrea and
Lieut.. Allan of the State police, was
led into the main entrance of the
prison. The big door closed behind
him at 1922.
IT am innocent" Hauptmann said,
as he walked up the steps of the
prison. This was in reply to request
for q "last word"
Police Evade Crowd.
The State police escort evaded the
crowd of 500 persons who we're gath
cred at one end of the prison by going
around the opposite end.
The prisoner was in the second car
OF the police motorcade.
Warden McCrea said that Haupt-
mann spoke very little on the trip
from Pennington. He thanked the
warden for the treatment he had been
accorded in the Pennington jail.
hi
In the prison Hauptmann was taken
to side room, where the commitment
papers were given to Irving Bleam,
prison clerk. Hauptmann was imme-
diately labeled prisoner IT 400.
Again Protests Innocence.
He posed for photographers, still
rnanacled to Warden McCrea and
Lieut. Smith. Then some one placed
a nicrophone in front of him. There
was still no expression on his face
as he spoke into it. He leaned for
ward and in clear voice said again
I'm innocent"
Hauptmann was in Bleam's office
only few minutes before he was led
away to the death house Down the
main corridor he walked between his
guards, out into a small yard where
he saw sunshine again-perhaps for
the last time-and then into the little
red brick death house.
His cell. No. 9, is the last one on
the first tier and adjoins the death
chamber. Should Hauptmann lose his
appeal from his conviction, he will
take only six steps to the chair.
AS he walked down the death house
corridor, Hauptmann passed six
other prisoners, some of whom are
scheduled to die within few weeks.
A few minutes after committing
their prisoner to the States care,
Sheriff John H Curtiss and Warden
McCrea emerged from the prison and
entered their car for the drive back
to Pennington.
Curtiss said there had been no dis
turbance either as Hauptmann left
Pennington or on the way.
I'm glad that's over" he said.
Crowd Fails to See Bruno.
The crowd of 500 that had gathered
at the intersection of Third and Fed
eral streets. 200 yards from the en-
trance, hoping for a glimpse of Haupt-
mann as he was sped to prison, failed
to see him.
The caravan entered Third street,
which fronts the prison, from Cass
street on the opposite end of the jail
In the crowd were only few women
Most of them were men and small
boys, taking the affair with carnival
spirit. They tossed their hats into the
air as every car approached, hoping
that was the one that carried Haupt-
mann.
A few boys sent their dogs running
through the police lines down Third
street and one proudly remarked, If
I can't get through, my dog can"
Col. George L. Selby, acting princi-
pal keeper, said Hauptmann brought
no valuables with him. Sheriff Curtiss
said, however, he brought box of
cigars, very good cigars" that had
been given the prisoner at Flemington.
At 11:15, less than As minutes after
Hauptmann entered the prison, he
had his dinner of pork and sauerkraut,
dessert and coffee.