The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-14
Hnuptnldnn Making
 Last M0Ue For Life
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 conference in a hotel room here to complete the work of drawing up the petition for the writ. As soon as that is done, one of them will take it to the death house and have Hauptmann sign 1t.
 Dodds said they were working as rapidly as possible and hoped to complete the procedure today. If that proves impossible, they will present the application to Judge Davis tomorrow.
 While the lawyers labored to save Hauptmann, his wife. Anna, visited him again at the prison.
 HystericsI Mob Spirit.
 Tn connection with the defense charge that Hauptmann's constitu3 tional rights were infringed, 1t was reported that Judge Davis, the New Jersey member of the circuit court, would be told that an hysterical mob spirit prevailed during the trial and that Col. Lindbergh's presence unduly influenced the jurors.
 Also 1t will be argued that Wilentz "bullied" Hauptmann, and that biased and exaggerated newspaper accounts of the case inflamed the minds of the persons from whom the jury list was drawn and caused them to forget that 1t is funda- mental rule of law that a defend- ant is innocent until proved guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.
 Reporters Condemned
 Chicago, Jan. 14-(UP)-A spe- cial American Bar association com- mittee report on the Lindbergh kid- naping case, understood to contain bitter criticism of reportorial tactics used during the HauptmanH trial, was sent to the Associations execu- tive committee for approval today.
 Definite limitations on courtVoom news were recommended.
 If adopted by the executive con- mittee 1t will automatically receive the approval of the national asso- ciation, conferees said.
 The report, compiled by com- mittee of four appointed by the association and running through nearly 30 closely typewriter pages, emphasized interviews and state- ments given out by witnesses, law- yers and members of the jury, 1t was understood.
 Polls of public opinion on the case, conducted by number of newspapers, also were attacked.
 Included in the last of recom- mendations were:
 Courtroom attendance limited to the capacity of the courtroom.
 News pictures taken during the progress of a trial barred.
 Photographic equipment to be barred from the same building with the courtroom.
 Halls and corridors to be clear at all times.
 Defense and prosecuting attor- neys barred from public state- ments.
 Jurors and witnesses restrained from public appearances before, during or after a trial.
 Members of the juryeto give no interviews.
 Moving pictures barred.
 Radio discussion barred.
 Argumentative news bulletins barred.
 Polls of public opinion barred.
 Newspapers to be restrained from speculating on either evidence or verdict.
 Courts to exercise freely their power of citing violators for con- tempt.
 Sheriffs to sevre processes and subpoenas on witnesses only.
 The latter recommendation was interpreted as another criticism Of procedure during the Hauptmann trial in which 1t was charged that favorable seats were saved Tor friends of the sheriff.
 Members of the committee which | submitted the report were Oscar Hallam, Minneapolis; Dean Albert J. Harno, University of Illinois; John Kirkland Clark, New York; and Charles P. Taft II, Cincinnati.