The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-31

 who saw him after doom became certain, told the United Press. And think he's likely to crack"
 Virtually every article of furniture and convenience was ordered re- moved from his cell. All his cloth ing was taken from him and fresh garments provided. A guard was stationed just outside and com manded not to permit his eyes to leave the prisoner for q single mo- ment.
 Nervous, Depressed
 Separated by a wall Of bars from this watchful sentinel, Hauptmann was nervous and depressed. He had his Bible, his prayers, and his thoughts of his faithful Anna, his baby Mannfried, and the chair few hours away. This afternoon hiB spiritual advisor will call to talk to him about eternity. Also this after noon, the prison barber will shave his head and split the legs Of his trousers. He has watched five men go. He knows the routine.
 Outside the high brick walls of state prison, all developments were rushing Bruno closer and closer to death. The court of pardonB, court of mercy and of last resort, had pronounced its final word of doom. Gov. Harold c. Hoffman, who ] doubts that the Lindbcrgh mystery will be solved by Hauptmann's exec cution and would like to see his life prolonged indefinitely, had said there would be no rcprieve. Only | two chances were open to his attor- ney, c. Lloyd Fisher, and even he knew they were futile.
 Prison Area Closed
 The area immediately surrounding the prison was closed off by police. Only newspapermcn and officials with the Identification cards issued by Prison Warden Mark Q. Kimbcr- ling were permittcr to crosB their lines. But soon after dawn a crowd began forming aB near aS 1t could get and this crowd was expected to be of huge proportions by dusk. Private automobiles, buses, and. trains were bringing in cxcursion- ists from nearby citicB.
 Fisher, obviously shaken, was de- termincd not to abandon his client until the last conceivable legal maneuycr had been tried.
 This morning he will appeal to Justice Thomas w. Trcnchard, who presided at Hauptmann'B trial at Bennington, for a judicial stay of execution. Trcnchard already has said that he iB without the power 10 grant 1t, even if he believed it in order, because of the time that has elapsed since Hauptmann's conyic- tion.
 May Persuade Governor
 His second course is to persuade Hoffman to grant another rcprievc, though Hoffman and authorities on the state constitution believe it illegal.
 Hoffman, with the air of a man washing his hands, announced iast night, after the court of pardons had refused again to intervene, that he would not grant 1t.
 The Lindbcrgh kidnaping-a brutal, wanton crime that shocked the world--rushcd forward to its denoucmcnt on the wings of public hystcria, rumor, and mclodrama that has characterized it from the night Of March l, 1932. when Col. Charles A. Lindbergh informed the village constable of Hopewcll, W. J. by telephone that his baby had been stolen from itS crib.
 Governor Is Silent
 Gov. Hoffman, silent and hppar- entIy crushed by his failure to clear up the mystery he maintains was not cleared by Hauptmanns arrest and conviction, was in Bemi-scclu- sion, awaiting q possible summons from the death house that the pris- cher wanted to scsc him and change his story.
 Tn the tiny English village of Weald, Lindbcrgh. his wife. and their son. Jon, lived the quiet life of country people, apparently un- aware that the life of the man cor1- yictcd of killing their first born was cbbing fast.
 In the village of Kamcnz, Ger many. Hauptmann's aged mother wept and bitterly exclaimed that her son was being made a victim Of people over there" who have no c0ngcicncc."
 Doctor COndOn SecIudued Tn his home In New York city, l pr, John r. Cond0n, who as the nelodramatic "Jafgie" paid &50O00 to ransom baby already dead, was available to no one. He testified at Hauptmann'g trial that Hauptmhnn was the man who collected the rafi- som. Gov. Hoffman attacked his tcg- timony while he wae vacationinE in 1 Panama. Gov Hoffman has not questioned h.m since hls return.
 Tn various places, the strange ag- gortment of persons sucked Into the vortex of one of the most sensational of crimes awaited the dcnoucment. Tn Trenton, Attorney General David T. Wllcntz, who prosecuted Haupt- mann. and Police Superintendent If. Norman SchWarzk0pf, who gath- cred most of the evidence, were calm. They believed justice was be- ing served Betty Cow. the nurBc Of the dead baby. was ln her native Glasgow. Tn California, Haupt- mann's sister went Into scclusion. convinced that her brother was n martyr Co miscarriage of justice.
 Wife Near Collapse
 And. near collapse in her Trcn- ton hotel room. was the plump Ger man hausfrau. Brun0's faithful Anna, who g:ilI believed that gomc- thing would happen Co save him, but meanwhile planned Co beg Warden Klmberllng t0 let her sec him once more lD cate today lg really hiS last,
 And finally, in cell No. c of the death house, the BaxOny peasant boy, one of the kaiser'g machine gunncrs during the war. village criminal afterwArd. runaway Co the United States which he entered illegally, an ambitious and mvarlcl0iia