Evening star., 1936-03-29


This likewise would not involve the
Governor In any dispute over his own
powers OF reprieve, which he has been
| informed have expired. The proSecu-
| ton source said that only reprievt
| by Gov. Hoffman would be challenged
Gov. Hoffman said today he had no
intention OF granting second re-
prieve, but was silent on what he
might do in event of a confession or
some other extraordinary late develop
ment.
Five Upheld Conviction.
Five members of the Pardons Court,
sitting on the Court Of Errors and APP
peals voted to uphold the conviction
| Of Hauptmann. and likewise sat at the
Pardons Court hearing which elected
Hauptmanns first clemency plea. TWO
members of the Pardons Court did
/ not hear the case in the appeals
court.
Attorney General Wilentz, stating
| that Hauptmann is as guilty today as
| he was the day he was convicted" has
reiterated that there is no power in
the Governors reach that will permit
any further delay in the execution.
The Governor, however. might base
| second reprieve on one gubernatorial
precedent-a case in which Gov.
Edward l. Edwards reprieved a man
after the 90-day period had eX-
pired, but his statement to the Asso-
ciated Press today that he had no
| intention of staying the execution
| left only slightly ajar the door to
Hauptmanns strongest hope.
Wilentz, in his statement today
replying to the Governors criticism
of the conduct of the case, did not
make public his position on another
reprieve. He said the Governor had
! indicated he would ask him his opinion
and that he could withhold it until
that time"
Nothing Has Happened"
Wilentz said nothing has hap
pened" to change the decision of the
| New Jersey Court of Errors and Ap-
peals that the proofs point unerringly
to guilt"
We dispute the right of the Cow
ernor to place the prestige of his Office
behind his latest accusation that
the case reeks with unfairness, pas
sion and prejudice" Wilentz said.
He usurps the functions of the courts
when he attempts as Governor to
pass upon this phase of the case"
A high source said today that Haupt-
mann's chances of escaping the chair
next Tuesday, in view of the Gov
ernor'S nO-reprieve statement and the
once-adverse decision of the PardonS
Court, are to 100.
The new evidence" which C. Lloyd
Fisher, Hauptmann's attorney, said
he possessed and on which he said he
believed a new trial could be granted.
was still undisclosed tonight. One of
the Governors investigators. Robert
W. Hicks, Washington criminologist,
few in today with reports on the re-
suits of his investigation on Cuban
angles Of the case. The Governor
expressed deep interest.
Fisch Signature Identified.
SllC Va I1lNh AAlNCoVlSdtlOiAo NOil-
cerned a report that Lindbergh ran
som money had been offered for sale
in Cuba by Isidor Fisch, the man
Hauptmann blames for all his trouble
Dr. Alfonso Gonzales told Hicks of
having seen the letter and he said
the signature was identical with sigma
lures of Fisch that Hicks showed him.
Hicks also showed the Governor an
affidavit by Samuel w. Garelick of
Bayonne, N. j. now serving a life
sentence for extortion) concerning
reputed meeting at Miami between
Garelick and DR.. John F. Condor
(Jafsie) in December, 1s34-only
few days before the opening in Flem-
ington of the Hauptmann trial. This
evidence is intended to show that even