Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
|HAUPTMANN CLUES
SOUGHT BY SCORE.
Probers Racing Against
Time to Save New Jer-
sey Prisoner.
BY tho Associated Press.


TRENTON, N. j., January 25.-Ths
murder has been marked Solved; q
man has been sentenced to die for It;
yet the crime of the Hopewell hills to-
night occupied the attention Of more
than score of investigators-all with
the purpose to show ttat Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann did not kill Charles A
Lindbergh. jr.
Their time to prove theory that
runs counter to a jury verdict and t
the decisions of the States highes,
court remains short The 30-day re.
prieve from electrocution. which Gov
Harold G. Hoffman issued January l6
draws nearer expiration.
When Hauptmann was arrested In
September, 1894, the investigating
forces flung into the case included the
New Jersey State and New York Cit;
police. supplemented by the Depart
inent of Justice.
Today the investigators are concern
ing themselves not so much--as die
the others-with a solution of tile
crime, as with proving defense con-
tentions that Hauptmann did not kid
nap and kill the famous flyers son.
Theories in Variety.
A variety of theories is actuating the
present inquiries. They range from
Gov. Hoffman's expressed belief tina,
Hauptmann-guilty or innocent-coulc
not have been alone in the crime, tc
the firm conviction of Burlington,
County Detective Ellis Parker tina;
Hauptmann is guiltless.
One corps of investigators-seven
men and two women-is working I'M
der direction of Washington GRIM
inolosist. Lieut.. Robert w. Hicks. His
headquarters Is in the Bronx IN. W
home the Hauptmanns occupied at the
time OF the carpenters arrest-the
property on which more than $4,000
Ia ransom money was found.
Besides Hicks, whose investigation
Is privately financed and unoffcial
there are Investigations under way by
Gov. Hoffman himself, by Parker, the
pipe-smoking county detective; +,
Hauptmann's flve-man counsel and by
individual independent investigators.
Investigations Unofficial.
None of the investigations, not even
that Of the Governor, can be called
official. Neither the Office of the at
torney general nor the headquarters
OF the State police is participating in
the new quest for evidence Each
holds that the case has been solved
that Hauptmann is guilty and that he
worked without confederates.
At least two of the investigations are
now directed along the assumption
that the corpus deficit" was not that
Of hte Lindbergh baby Both Hicks in
New York and Parker at Mount Holly
quarrel sharply with the prosecution
on that point.
Gov. Hoffman, as indicated by his
occasional discussions of the case. isn't
satisfied with the testimony of DR.
John F. Condon-JafSie-an others
whose testimony provided the prosecu-
ton with heavy ammunition.
One volunteer investigator, Samuel
Small, a professional penman. is con-
tinuing his effort to impress his point
that Hauptmann could not" have
written the ransom notes Small has
told Gov. Hoffman that the original
ransom note-the one found in the
nursery from which the baby was
kidnaped-was not written by the
same hand that penned the IL subse-
quent notes.
Prisoners Wife Active.
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, the con-
demned mans wife, also is pursuing
an investigation. Her lawyers, beaten
in every court effort so far, are un-
derstood to be planning new attaci:
upon the States evidence, and a new
appeal to the Court of Pardons
for communication of Hauptmann' S
sentence.
Many persons have urged that
Hauptmann be given the Gle detector'
test. The prisoner has expressed a
willingness to submit to it. Gov. Hoff-
man, however, is not certain that such
a test would have any legal standing.
The Governor has promised to give
'in due course" his reasons for enter
tanning doubts" that Hauptmann's
conviction solved the Lindbergh case.
A formal statement is still forth
coming, but in recent statements. in
terviews and letters, he indicated the
answers might be found in these ques-
tions:
!. Did one man commit the crime?
2. What happened to $4,000 of the
ransom money?
3. Did any one other than police
officials see the original ransom note
before DR.. John F. Condor entered the
case as Intermediary?
4. Who is the ~. j. Faulkner" who
signed deposit slip the day batch
of ransom bills turned up in a New
York bank?
5. Did the evidence place Haupt-
mann in New Jersey at the time OF
the crime?
s. Did all OF the States chief wit
nesses tell the truth?
Z. Was any evidence against Haupt-
mann framed?
8. Did politics play any part in
Hauptmann's conviction?
9. Did prejudice and bias" contrib
ute to the conviction?
"JAFSIE" TRIP EXTENDED.