The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-31
HAUPTMANN BREAKS
As EXECUTION NEAR
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.nntmann's plea for clemency
yesterday, and officials at Trenton
State prison laid out the $40 suit
IN which they will dress his body
tonight after he is executed
The courts action, coming ait
cr six hours of argument and de-
I;hcration. removed what was VIZ.
tnallv Hauptmann's last chance OF
cscaning the electric chair for the
,nnrder of the Lindbergh baby, ;,
Hauptmann was not informed
Immediately that the law nao
measured his life down to one day,
hmf ali through the morning ana
nStcrnoon he was calm and buoy
"" az have reconcilcd myself with
Cod " he told his spiritual adVls-
~ the Rev. John Matthiesen, but
rnt because am afraid to die.
am not going to die" ,,,
Less than an hour after Haupt-
,,,nn spoke those words through
thc hars of cell nine i'll the Iren~
tnn state prison death house a
iii black-haired man, who USED
to be a heavy hitter for the Bos-
tOn Rravcs, walked down the cor
,;dor of the state house. III was
a p Hermann, clerk of the court
Of nardons, and in his hands ne
held slips of paper on when
Hauptmann's fate was written,
He paused in the wide corridor
of tho state house, directly in
front of the office of Governor
Harold G.. Hoffman. Newspaper,
mon pressed at his elbows nnn
yelled for information. Instead OF
answering. hermann held out W
them sheaf of mimcographed
papers.
The paper read: s
, "The second application Tor
clemency made by Bruno Rlchara
Hauntmann before the court OF
nardons of New Jersey, sentenced
to death for the murder OF C mas
A Lindbergh, Jr., March /, 1882
was today denied"
There was a CHATTER Of feet on
marble floors; and in hall a mill
ute Hermann stood alone, his eyes
travelling down the hall after rush.
ing newspapermen. 49,.
Last night there were three INN
possibilities that Hauptmann VIII
not die today.
Gov. Hoffman still can grant a
reprieve although he has INSISTED
he will not do so because he does
not have the authority. Last night
Hoffman's office officially said
there would be no reprievc.
Counsel for Hauptmann can 60
before Justice Thos. W. Trench
ard, who presided at Hauptmanns
Pennington trial. and ask him Tor
a new trial. They also can ask
Trenchard for a judicial stay OF
execution.
In an informal opinion, Trench
ard has said he lacks the power
to grant either petition.
It took the court Of pardons SIX
hours to reach its decision, For
five of those hours it listened to
lawyers in what must have been
nervc-tearing session.
For the state, Acknowledgement
David T. Wilentz appeared to
complete the work he started in
Hunterdon county court a year
ago in January.
For the defense, c. Lloyd FISH
er, brisk young Pennington attor-
ney, made what may be his last
fight.
When they came out of the
courtroom, their faces told the
story. Wilentz was smiling and
he traded jokes with newspaper
men. Fishers face was creased by
fatigue, his hair was awry and
there was no smile on his face.
SO intense was this struggle
over Hauptmann's fate that i'll
the middle of the argument the
young prosecutor of Hunterdon
county, Anthony M. Hauck, col
lapsed.
Into the courtroom hurried DR..
J. N. Zimskind. He found Hauck
sitting up in a chair and gave him
restorative. Hauck was taken
out of the room and down in
private elevator. Zimskind said
the prosecutor tainted because of
overwork and excitement.
Proceedings of the court of
pardons are secret and neither
Wilentz nor Hoffman, who presid-
ed, would comment on what led
to the decision.
"There will be no statement of
any kind from the governors Of
fec tonight" it was said in Hoff-
mans behalf.
"No comment" said Wilentz.
The effect Of the courts deci-
sion was to reaffirm its belief in
Hauptmann's sole responsibility
for the Lindbergh murder. $500
1t tossed out, as unworthy of
consideration, three last-minute
developments in the strange case
that began four years ago this
month on the slope Of Sourland
mountain.
The courts ruling was moral
acquittal for Paul H. Wendell, dis
barred Trenton lawyer, who is in
Mercer county Jail charged with
the murder of the Lindbergh baby.
Wendell, who Confessed" twice
to the kidnapping and then repudi-
ated his confessions, may be taken
before the Mercer county grand
jury today for action on the muir
der indictment.
Virtually all officials involved