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exclusively, that the Lindbergh
murder and the $4,000 Lindbcrgh
ransom extortion were two sepa-
rate crimes.
The grizzled detective insists
wendell was the kidnaper-mur-
derer. It was rumored that he
was ready also to name the per-
sons he thinks committed the ex-
tortion.
It was also rumored that new
Lindbergh ransom bills were being
examined by the jury. This rumor,
however, was not confirmed.
New Reprieve Seen
If the jury returns an indict-
ment, Hauptmann, who Is over in
the state prison death house a
mile from the courthouse, will be
indefinitely reprieved, the writer
was informed by an aide Of the
governor. :,
And, in that event, this epochal
case will be "split wide open" once
more, the aide said.
Allyne Freeman, friend OF GOV
ernor Hoffman and foreman Of
the grand jury, presaged the SEN
sation Of the day on his arrival
this morning. His first act was
to issue a beligerent statement
warning critics to be careful OF
what they say about the grand
jury's activities.
A short time afterward there
was tremendous uproar as big
official sedan pulled up to the
building and Governor Hoffman,
accompanied by two aides,
stepped out.
Accompanied by his personal
secretary, William Legacy, and a
politician, Frank Holmes, the
Governor raced through the
building and up the stairs to the
county prosecutors office.
StenOgrapher Called
After catching his breath in
side the guarded office of the
prosecutor, the Governor took a
private staircase to the grand
jury room on the third floor.
A Stenographer was called into
the jury room shortly after the
governor went in.
The governor came at the re-
quest of the jury, one of his aides
explained. The request was deliv-
cred to him at his hotel suite.
The general expectancy of "big
break of some kind" felt from the
time the jury convened, height"
ened greatly at the governors sur
prise arrival.
# an indictment is returned, 1t
must be handed up to Supreme
Court Justice Thomas w. Tren-
chard, Hauptmann's trial judge.
Reports that the indictment
might be handed up, If made, be-
fore Quarter Sessions Judge James
Turp, who presided at Wendel's.
secret arraignment at / a. m. Sun
day, were set at rest by that jur1St
himself. He said:
81 would not receive such
bill. It is Justice TrenchardS
grand jury, not mine."
Crowds TANNED the old Mercer
county courthouse as the % grand
Jurors arrived to begin their de-
alterations.
witnesses SubpOenaed
Deputies were rushing about
maintaining order, while other
officers fastened out Of the build
ing with SubpoenaS for witnesses
It became evident that the jury's
probe will include those who
brought about Wenders arrest as
well as Wendell himself, when the
name of DR.. Carroll Jones was
called out.
DR.. Jones is in charge Of the
State colony for feeble-mlnded at
New Lisbon, where Wendell was
secretly held for several weeks by
Detective Ellis Parker, Of Burling-
ton county, while the alleged con
fession" was being obtained.
Wendell now charges he was
tortured into making the con-
fession, which he has repudiated:
While Stephen Spitz, BrideWeu
prisoner, was being sped to Tren-
ton today, it was learned from
Chicago dispatches that his re-
lease was arranged personally by
Governor Hoffman,
Governor Pays Fine
The governor sent 1912 to
Chicago to pay the balance Of
Spitz's fine for conviction on
charge Of obtaining money under
false pretenses, it was stated.
Bernard Finnigan, Spitz'S law.
yer, received the money from Gov
ernor Hoffman, the Chicago Amer
lean said. This statement was
vouched for, the newspaper re-
vealed, by Finnigan's wife after
Spitz and the lawyer departed by
train for New Jersey.
Spitz last January said he had
negotiated to buy $4,000 Of the
Lindbergh ransom bills at 40 cents
on the dollar.
Later he said he cached $4,000
in bills and was willing to dis
close the hiding place personally
to Governor Hoffman.
At the time Of this statement,
Spitz had completed his Jail SEN
tence, but a $1,000 fine remained
against him. Because he could
not win respite from the fine
through pauper proceedings he re-
manned in jail.
Last Saturday a telegram from
Trenton, purporting to have been