The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-11
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previous indications that Gov. Hoff-
man intends to grant a reprieve that
will postpone the execution Of
Hauptlnann, which has been set for
next Friday night.
But unless he has at least four
members of the Court of Pardons
with him, the Governor can not
postpone the execution for more
than 80 days at the most. And there
were many indications majority
of the court disagreed with Hoff-
mans contention that Hauptmann
was not alone in kidnapping the
Lindbergh baby and that he should
not be executed now.
Bound for Canal Zone
DR.. Condor is southwark bound
on the S. S. Santa Rita. It's first
schedule stop is Cristobal, Canal
Zone, where it is due Jan. II, the
day Hauptmann is scheduled to die.
Thus it would be late in January
before Condor could return here.
Conklin said it would be up to the
state police and Atty. Gen. David
Wilentz to decide how and when to
place Condor in custody.
Wilentz was busy in the secret
session of the Court of Pardons OPP
posing the pleas of defense counsel
for clemency for EIauptmann.
At the outset it was decided def
nitely that the court would not go
to the state prison, a mile and a
half away, to hear Hauptmann per-
-Sonally.
Hauptmann withdrew his plea for
a direct man-to-man interview with
the men who hold his fate-the
Governor, Chancellor Luther A.
Campbell and six lay judges.
Call for Kidnap Ladder
The Court of Paroons, after a
brief conference in the Governors
Office, weighed the pleas in the
rooms of the Court of Errors and
Appeals, the highest New Jersey
tribunal, which previously denied
Hauptmann's appeal for new trial
State troopers patrolled the corri-
doris to assure secrecy of the DELHI
erations.
One of the first things the court
called for was the Intersection
ladder, which the state alleged was
built by Hauptmann and used by
him to gain entrance to the second
story nursery of the Lindberghs'
Hopewell mansion from which
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. was
stolen the night of March /, 1882.
Col. Mark Kimberling, principal
keeper of the prison, reported that
Hauptmann apparently was still
asleep when left the prison at 10
a. m"
But if Hauptmann in his heart
still felt the supreme confidence
that he has expressed outwardly, it
was confidence which his lawyers
hardly reflected.
The eccentric DR.. Condon's sud-
den departure created intense
speculation, since it has been as
sumed he would be held in readi-
ness by state attorneys to refute
any attack before the pardons court
on his credibility.
Departure Thought Important
The angles at which attack was
directed at DR.. Condon's part in
convicting Hauptmann raised the
elderly teachers departure for South
America to supreme Importance.
With Col. Lindbergh in Great
Britain and "Jafsie" on the seas,
the only witnesses who CONNECTED
Hauptmann directly with the kid
mapping were outside the courts jul
risdiction. Atty. Gen. David T..
Wilentz, who prosecuted Haupt-
mann and appeared for the state
today, announced that "Jafsie" in
formed him week ago of his in
tention to depart before the Court
of Pardons met.
st saw no reason why he
shouldn't" Mr.. Wilentz said.
Gov. Hoffman, active for five
months in investigating the angles
of Hauptmann's case, said he re-
garded DR.. Condon's departure as
highly significant, in view of his
actions and statements since the
Remington trial" He refused to
explain.
Condor Refuses Explanation
DR.. Condor refused an explana-
ton of his sailing except to inquire,
with his shaggy white head cooked:
Don't you think I've earned a
rest?"
He has been appearing almost
daily for several months on vaude-
vile and lecture platforms, telling
of his services as "go-between." He
was accompanied on the Santa Rita
by a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Hacker of
West Englewood, N. j., and Gregory
F. Coleman, former Bronx news
paper man.
Gov. Hoffman took evidence to
the court hearing which might
weigh heavily for Hauptmann.
Handwriting Experts Report
Two OF more handwriting experts
reported to him yesterday that a
note he received two weeks ago.
signed u. j. Faulkner" was in the
same writing as that of j. j.
Faulkner believed to have deposited
Lindbergh ransom bills in a New
York bank in 1888. The note said
Hauptmann was not guilty of the
kidnapping, although the author did
not explain how he knew.