The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-01

die. Foreman Allyne Freeman tele- phoned Kimberling and the reprieve followed.
 Freeman is a friend of Governor Hoffman. At least four members of the grand jury were described as republican followers of the young republican governor. Marshall, a democrat, preserved a frigid silence. He slammed the door of his office. He was furious.
 Bruno Gets Word
 The jury continued to deliberate last night while defense attorney C. Lloyd Fisher rushed back to the death house and laughingly inform ed his client that for 48 hours, at least, his life had been spared Hauptmann smiled, he seemed pleased, yet, as Fisher described him, ',he took 1t in his stride"
 Better things will come from this, Lloyd" he said.
 Streets around the rambling state prison, which is enclosed by high brick wall, were packed and damned. News reel men had set up their flares and they cast a weird, flick ering light over the upturned, sweating, frenzied faces of massed humanity.
 The word passed that Hauptmann had been jerked back, at the very last moment, from death. There was an instant of silence. Then someone cheered and soon great chorus of f1ugrahs lifted into the night sky. Prisoners in 8 nearby cell blocks ,heard the cheers. They didn't know for what reason, but they cheered too.
 Jury Bitterly Divided
 Meanwhile, in the grand jury room in the courthouse, a sulphur ous debate was raging. Though the session was secret, though guards kept all outsiders at far distance, it was obvious that the jury was bit- terly divided. At II p. m. it sent out flor sandwiches, at 1:05 9. m. it ad- journed without taking action. Fore man Freeman intimated it would meet this afternoon to continue con- sidering Wendel's confession. Mar shall said the jury would not con- tinue this consideration until Thurs day. Yesterday Freeman had his way. He probably will today.
 WendelS case was the answer to Hauptmann's prayers for a miracle. Only Hauptman had believed that the miracle would occur, and he was none too sure. In his last hours he wrote. in his foreign, clumsy Eng fish, to Gov. Hoffman thanking him for his interest in his case, reassert- ing in naive but seemingly sincere terms his innocence, and denounc- ing his prosecutor, Wilentz, and Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon. They would not face God with the clear conscience with which he would face him, he said.
 Arrest of Wendell
 Wendell, 8 man of 48 with con- siderable local reputation for intel Iect and unscrupulousness, had been taken into custody" in New York Feb. 14 He had been held secretly, and, according to his story, tortured. His confinement there apparently was. illegal. He was transferred across state line into New Jersey without the usual formality of ex- tradition. Then, last Saturday night, detective Ellis Parker of Burlington County, obeying the angry command of Wilentz, delivered him to Mercer County authorities.
 Three days before Parker deliver pd him, when there were many rum Ors but no true knowledge that he was even in custody, some unknown person mailed copies of his "confes- sion" to members of the board of pardons.
 Repudiates Confession
 The instant Wendell was in the hands of Mercer County authorities he repudiated the confession. Prose cutor Marshall ordered that he was Co be held on bench warrants issued against him in 1881 that charged embezzlement. County Detective Flames Kirkman disobeyed this or der and charged him with the murder of the Lindbergh baby. It was this charge that the grand Jury took up yesterday over Mar shall's objection. Kirkham is a republican and 0 member of Hoff- mans organization.
 Parker, a friend of Gov. Hoffman who has a national reputation be- cause of his association with the Hall-Mills case, had been called