The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-01
HAUPTMANN, SAVED AT LAST
MINUTE, STILL IS HOPEFUL;
GRAND Jury HOLDS HIS FATE
Probers' Request Brings Hopes of Better
Things to Condemned Man; New
Execution Date Probably Friday
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announce the new official execution
date today, but said it probably
would be Thursday night.
What would happen should the
grand jury indict Wendell for the
Lindbergh murder could not be pre-
dicted Attorney Fisher said it
would mean a reprieve for an in
definite period (until Wendell could
be tried for Hauptmann, while
other legal authorities said Haupt-
mann would be executed anyway.
Fisher Likely to Ask Stay
1t was believed that Fisher would
apply to the courts for a stay on
the grounds that the state could not
execute his client while another
man stood indicted of the same
crime.
Kimberling is g. Hoffman ap-
polntee, and, according to authentic
political report, will be the new
superintendent of state police when
Hoffman refuses to reappoint Col.
II. Norman Schwarzkopf when his
term expires in June. Yesterday
afternoon he announced that he
had written Prosecutor Marshall in
curing of the status of the Wendell
case, not wishing, he told Marshall
to execute Hauptmann while the
grand jury was considering Wen
del'S case. A short while before
Kimberling made this letter public
Foreman Freeman hal overridden
MarShall's desires so that the Jury
could take up Wendel's case.
Calls Marshall, Report
Reports circulated through Tren-
ton today that few minutes before
Hauptmann's scheduled death last
night, Kimberling telephoned Mar
shall and asked what the grand Jury
was doing. Kimberling, it was said
insisted upon talking to Foreman
Freeman. After his talk, the re-
prieve was announced.
To practically every one, inc.ud-
ing Hauptmann, the killers doom
was sealed and certain up to
p. M, the hour he was scheduled
to begin his walk of 20 steps to the
chair,
The great crowd had gathered in
the streets outside. Gov. Hoffman
waited in his office. Brunos faith
full Anna was near collapse in
her hotel room. Even in England.
where Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh,
the parents of the murdered baby.
have sought peace, the general
hysteria extended its trembling
power. In the village of Weald,
where the Lindberghs had gone
into voluntary exile, police estab-
lished heavy guard.
Reporters Wait in Corridor
In the main corridor of state pris-
on, newspaper men, who were to
have been the official witnesses of
Hauptmann's execution, waited to be
escorted into the execution chamber.
They had been searched twice, their
credentials had been inspected and
approved. At seven minutes to 8,
Kimberling joined them.
Whats going on, Colonel?" one
asked.
We'll, I understand the grand
jury still is meeting on the Wendell
case"
Six minutes later, clerk tapped
Kimberling's shoulder:
Telephone. Colonel. In your
Office"
Two minutes later, Kimberling re-
turned.
Makes Announcement
II just got a telephone call from
Allyne Freeman, foreman of the
Mercer County Grand Jury" Kim
berling began, talking loudly. He
said the grand jury told him to
call and ask me to postpone the
Hauptmann execution for AZ hours.
He said they still were investigating
the Wendell case and wanted to
look into some -ery interesting
angles
There was a stampede down the
corridor. and the corps of reporters
burst through the prison gates for
their telegraph wires, established