The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-13
BRUNO INVITES
ANY TEST TO
PROVE STORY
Carpenter Willing to Face
Any One for GriIIing,
He Tells Wife.
STILL HOPES FOR TRUTH
Suspect Not Nervous and
Talks With Mate About
Their Young Son.
By United Prose-

81 Upited Prcss
TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 13.-Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, with his exc
cution set for only four days away,
offered today to undergo any human
test to prove he did not murder
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.
After an hour spent with her hus-
band in the death house Mrs. Anna
Hauptmann said he had told he
he was not afraid to face anybody
and answer any questions" regard
ing the Lindbergh case.
He told me he did all he could"
Mrs Hauptmann said with forced
smile, that he had offered him
self to lie detector and a truth
serum. He hopes the truth will
come out so he can be free man. J"
Talk About Their Baby
1t was their first visit Stree the
New Jersey Court of Pardons re-
fused clemency Saturday. She sought
to visit him earlier, but because she
was hysterical she was not permitted
in the death chamber.
They did not talk about the next
legal step to save his life, she said,
because the time was too short.
Much of the time they talked about
their 3-year-old son, Manfred, she
said.
Mrs. Hauptmann was pleasant,
but very nervous. Hauptmann, she
said, was very calm and not DIT
nervous talking with her normally.
Last Pope Fails Carpenter
Except for the remote possibility
that a Federal court might intervene
the entire burden of deciding Haupt-
manns fate descended upon Gov
Harold c. Hoffman, and his author
ity was dubious. Atty. Gen. David
T. Wilentz declared that he had no
power whatever to grant reprieve.
Attorneys for Hauptmann launched
their last fight for his life by en-
ploying a Washington firm of con-
Stitutional lawyers to advise them
in preparing an appeal to a Federal
District Court for a writ of habeas
corpus The application for the
writ will stipulate that an appeal is
to be taken to the United States
Supreme Court on new conStitu-
tional grounds.
Reprieye Still Considered
Lawyers outside Hauptmann's
counsel believe almost unanimously
that the writ would not be granted.
The Supreme Court already has re-
fused to intervene.
Despite opinions that reprieve
would be illegal, Gov. Hoffman in
Dictated that he may order one. 1t
probably would be respected, since
precedent has been established by
several Governors over a long period
of time.
The State Constitution permits a
Governor to grant reprieveS up ito
not more than 90 days after the date
of conviction" Hauptmann was
convicted in Pennington last jan
uary, but Hoffman and other Gov
errors have construed the clause to
mean that conviction dates from
the time the last appeal is refused.
Withdraws Condor Order
But I don't know whether I'll
grant a reprieve," Gov. Hoffman
said with a harassed air. Il don't
know what I'm going to do and 1
have no comment beyond that"
He reneged in New York last night
on his previously declared intention
of ordering Dr. John F. (Jafsie)
Condor returned from Panama,
where he is bound on the S. S.
Santa Rita.
The young Governor said Satur-
day that he though DR.. Condon's
sudden departure Friday night was
highly significant" and he intended
20 have him returned for question:
ing.
But last night, hurrying from
mysterious conferences with I'M
identified men on New York street,
he said:
Il don't know any more about
Condor than l do about any other
future aspect of this case. What
can I do? He's on his way to South
America. l can't stop him."
Mystery Man Enters Case
Hoffman said he went to New
York yesterday purely for relaxa-
ton" at an entertainment at the
tiles cast doubt upon his singleness
of purpose in many minds.
An interesting circumstance was
that c. Lloyd Fisher, chief of
Hauptmann's counsel, went to New
York from Pennington simultane-
ously and occupied suite with his
wife in the same hotel and four
floors below Hoffman. A tall. gray
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