The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-07
NEW JERSEY ENDS LINDBERCH CASE
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Continued from Page 1.) night to investigate official conduct of the Lindbergh Kidnapping and the prosecution and defense of Haupt- mann.
 One resolution, aimed principally at Investigating Hoffman, lost by 31 to 32 vote. The other, suggest ing an investigation of charges that Hauptmann was framed" lost by 45 to 10.
 Resolutions Reflected ASsemblyman Charles R. Geddes, Union County Anti-Hoffman repub- lican, introduced the first resolu- tion, nominating a "nonpartisan" committee of five prominent men to investigate official conduct of the Hauptmann case since the date of his conviction. The second was introduced by Assemblyman James K. Allardyce of Ocean county. It was in q form that Hoffman had suggested, calling for legislative in- vestigation of the conduct of all officials connected with the case. Hoffman has accused Attorney General David T. Wilentz. State Police Superintendent H Norman Schwarzkopf and Prosecutor An- thony M. Hauck of Hunterdon county of refusing to take account of discrepancies" in evidence that convicted Hauptmann.
 The assemblys refusal to adopt either resolution virtually ended official action in the case that en- grossed New Jersey officialdom for four years.
 Wendell Probe Goes On
 Wendell, 8 disbarred Trenton at- torney, has repudiated his confess sion of the Kidnapping and the Mercer county grand jury adjourn ed last week without acting on his case. He will be held for further action by the May grand jury but informed persons believed the charge would be dismissed. The same action probably will be taken to dispose of Kidnapping charges filed against him in Hunterdon county Friday by Mrs. Anna Haupt- mann.
 There was more promise of vigor- our action in the Brooklyn inves- tigation of Wendels Kidnapping. Kings County District Attorney William F. x. Geoghan questioned the suspect held there for several hours after midnight. He refused to divulge the line of questioning.
 Geoghan said a Brooklyn cleaner, David Fromberg, had confirmed Wendel's statement that his captora sent his suit out during his impris- onment to be cleaned of blood.
 Boston Wendell Story
 Plymouth, Mass, April 7-U.P0 An 80-year-old jail officer claims he saw Paul A. Wendell, disbarred New Jersey attorney, drive Bruno Richard Hauptmann and the kid- mapped Lindbergh baby through North Abingdon April 10, 1882. The officer, John F. Hollis, former North Abingdon police chief. yesterday telegraphed the foreman of the grand jury at Trenton, N. J., not to close its case against Wendell, "un- til I have been heard" A month ago, Hollis said. he sent his inform ation to Governor Harold G. Hoff- man of New Jersey. March If Hol- lis received a letter from Hoffman. thanking him for the information and assuring him 1t would be check ed. Though immediately identifying the Lindbergh child from newspa- per pictures, Hollis said he did not recognize the two men until he had seen their pictures in newspapers following their arrest.
 Hollis said he saw the mysterious automobile while parked with his grandson on 8 little-used road in Abingdon. "The child I could see plain as day." he explained. "He had little hood over the back of his head. could see his curls and got good look at his face" Believing the baby to be the Lindbergh child, Hollis said he telephoned ahead in an attempt to have the automobile stopped. The following day he wrote to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and the New Jersey state police. T sup- pose it got lost in the waste basket. or maybe they figured was a crank" Hollis said. T am not trying to get publicity, or trying to rise to fame like some of those New Jersey officials" Hollis blamed failure to call him as witness at the Haupt- J mann trial on New Jersey politics"