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where the court would sit had been
taken by some as an indication he
hoped for last-minute statement
from the man convicted of the Lind
bergh hdnap-murder.
Confederation May Be Needed.
The one remote chance of Haupt-
mann appearing before the court lay
in the possibility defense counsel
might make allegations necessitating
Hauptmann's corroboration. In that
event. the court could adjourn to State
Prison, a mile and a half away, and
call the prisoner.
Hauptmann himself. however. has
refused to elaborate on his old state
ments, and his insistence that he has
nothing new to tell dimmed his
chances of escaping the electric chair
one week from tonight.
Hauptmann in his written request
to appear before the court. delivered
to the Governor a few days ago, linn
tied it to an offer Ito answer all ques-
tions."
II doubt Hauptmann will be asked
to appear" Hoffman said, Il don't
think 1t is the intention OF the court
to call any witnesses"
Sticks to Story.
Hauptmann, in questioning by Col.
Mark o. Kimberling, prison warden.
has refused to change the story he told
at Flemington-that he received the
Lindbergh ransom money from 1sidor
Fisch, his partner, who died in Ger
many.
It was reported today that Hoffman
went to the State Prison death house
secretly in October on assurances that
Hauptmann would talk only to him.
Hauptmann talked, out his story-it
was said-was unchanged.
Asked today whether the story were
true, and told that it had been at
tributed to him, the Governor replied
"I won't affirm it or deny It."
His preparations for the Pardons
Court hearing tomorrow included the
assembling of many Of the trial ex-
hibits for inspection. Five Of the
courts eight members, who as mem
bers of the Court of Errors and APP
peals affirmed Hauptmann's guilt, al
ready have studied most Of them.
Letter to Affirm Innocence.
Hoffman will deliver to the court a
letter affirming Hauptmann's inno-
cence, signed 81. j. Faulkner" name
that has long been one of the mys-
teries of the ur-year-old Lindbergh
kidnap-murder case.
The name was signed to a deposit
slip in 1888 when $3.50 of the ram
som money was put in a New York
bank.
The Governor said the signatures on
letter and slip were similar" He
awaited a full report from an un-
identified New York handwriting ex-
pert to whom he submitted the letter.
I don't know what significance, If
any, there is to the letter." Hoffman
said. ut didn't sound like crackpot
letter.
"As the zero hour in the Hauptmann
case draws near" the letter read, II
feel inpelled to direct these few lines
to your excellency h order to dispel
the preconceived idea of the guilt Of
Hauptmann or rather to sustain and
affirm you In your own and rightly
so formed idea of his innocence.
"All the poor bum is guilty Of Is his
money-madness, which made him risk
a thousand dollars or so of his own
good money in the belief and greedy
notion that he could get independently
rich and by hiding this cheaply &C.
quired hoard he brought himself into
all this trouble, nearly causing him to
lose his life, which I hope will now
be spared"
The implication was that Haupt-
mann had purchased some of the $780,
600 ransom bills as "hot money
The letter said the writer could not
60 into further details "for personal
reasons"
Jafsie Doubted.
"As far as CDR. John H. Condor Is
concerned." IL said. "yOll Would be well