Evening star., 1936-03-30

cluding two appearances In the United
States Supreme Court, had no an
nounced plans for any further efforts
to save Hauptmann's life.
Wife to Visit Bruno.
Col. Kimberling arranged to permit
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann to visit her
husband in the death house today,
even as prison technicians made last
minute inspection Of the death house
equipment.
The blond Mrs. Hauptmann, be-
come much thinner in the long months
of effort to save her husbands life.
will not be allowed to visit Haupt-
mann on the execution day.
The prosecution, it was learned,
took with them to the hearing Ger.
tain papers relating to the John
Hughes Curtis hoax trial which Hoff.
man has used in his attack on Haupt.
rnann's conviction.
Curtis, a Norfolk. Va. Ghipbuilder.
entered the Lindbergh case before the
baby's body was found. He professed
to have established a contact with q
gang of persons who had carried out
the kidnapping and was with the
famous aviator the afternoon the body
Of the baby was found.
A few days thereafter the State
police released confession Curtis had
made in which he admitted he had
been hoaxing the Lindberghs.
Curtis Case Recalled.
Subsequently he was tried at Flem-
ington and convicted of obstructing
justice by hampering the authorities
in their search for the kidnapers.
The Governor recently pointed to the
theory held at that time by the prose-
cution that gang of persons was in
volved Hauptmann's attorneys at
tackled the States case at Pennington
on the same grounds, arguing Lind
bergh himself In June, 1882. believed
a gang had committed the crime.
Since he showed interest in the
Hauptmann case five months ago the
Governor has consistently said he does
not believe the crime has been COM
pletely solved and has said he believed
more than one persons was involved.
In support of this he has pointed to
statements made by DR.. John F,
(Jafsie) Condor, ransom negotiator,
that he believed Hauptmann was not
alone in his guilt.
Since he reprieved Hauptmann for
30 days on January 16 Hoffman has
consistently attacked various phases oi
the States case, directing much OF
his assault on the testimony of wit
nesses who placed Hauptmann in New
Jersey about the time of the crime.
Governor Quizzed Witnesses.
He personally questioned Millard
Whited, Sourlands logger, who swore
he had seen Hauptmann near the
Lindbergh estate twice before the
night of March /. 1882, when the
baby was kidnapped.
He later announced he believed
Whited was lying" and at the same
time cast doubt on the testimony OF
Amandus Hochmuth, Hopewell octo-
genarian, who put Hauptmann near
Hopewell the day of the kidnapping.
Still later the Governor attacked
the value Of the testimony Of Joseph
Perrone, Bronx taMcab driver, who
said he carried a note from Haupt-
mann to DR.. Condor, and the testi-
mony of Charles B. Rossiter. sales
man, who said he saw Hauptmann
near Princeton Airport.
Only few days ago the Governor
said the Hauptmann trial "reeked
with unfairness, passion and preju-
dice" and said he believed Hauptmann
had been denied trial in accordance
with the principles Of American
justice.
Another point Of the Governor 3
attack on the prosecutions case was
the testimony of DR.. Condor. The
Governor sent Hicks to Miami to in
terview Samuel w. Garelick, con.
Wcted kidnaper. and disclosed that
Jafsie, only II days before the start
of Hauptmann's trial, had gone tc