The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-04
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different answer; everyone had an argument to support his contention. All through last night arguments ragged, and today they went on, even on the part of those who were first to declare, "I'm glad it's over, finally"
 Was Just-P0lice Supt
 "Hauptmann was justly punished" declared Police Superintendent Will liam J. Roach this morning. T don't believe in capital punishment, but don't believe in Kidnapping or murder, either. And If Hauptmann wasn't solely responsible for the crime, he was 50 deeply involved that he could have cleared up the entire matter for the authorities"
 DeBisschop Differs
 But, in contrast to that opinion comes this statement:
 Bruno Hauptmann should never have been electrocuted," today de- clared Charles J. DeBisschop, well known local contractor and one of the star witnesses for the defense at the trial of the dead Lindbergh baby kidnaper. "The most he should have gotten was life because there is more to this crime than has come out and Hauptmann should be here to have his say when the entire case is exposed" he added.
 "Hauptmann was connected with the Lindbergh case in that he pos sessed the ransom money" said MT. DeBisschop, but he never kid naped the baby and never came down that ladder. Wilentz, in my opinion, has pulled a boner and his actions are disgrace to the Jewish people, especially in view of the German-Jewish feeling in Germany at this time. There's a young fel- low in Wethersfield who deliber- ately killed a policeman. He's been reprieved three times by Governor Cross but you don't hear much about that. And now 1t looks like as if he'll get his sentence commut- ed to life on Monday"
 MT. DeBisschop, as star defense witness, testified as wood expert He declared that the rung in the kidnap leadder which formed one of the states principal pieces of evidence against Hauptmann did not come from the attic of the Ger man carpenter.
 And so it went. Arguments over angle of the case, re-hashing of in- cidents of the investigation, of the mans beliefs-yes and no, no and trial, of Hauptmann's story, of Hoff- yes.
 Many Views Given
 The reporter questioned a num- Der of people. And their opinions differed typically. Here are some of their reactions:
 A well-known lawyer: "Haupt- mann was tried fairly and found guilty by jury of his peers. The execution should not have been de- layed 50 long. The longer the case dragged on, the more it made a mockery of justice and laughing stock of the courts"
 An office girl: Tt was crime to electrocute Hauptmann when SC many angles of the case have yet to be cleared up? The only sensi- ble person in the whole business was Governor Hoffmann; he had the courage to do what he thought was right, and maybe when the truth of the whole case finally comes out, many newspapers and individuals will not be so proud of the abuse they gave Hoffman. feel very sorry for the governor, and yet I know 1t will be only a matter of time before his actions are com pletely justified"
 Still Other Opinions
 A street department worker Anyone who kills a baby deserves the chair. Hauptmann should have been executed last year" An insurance man: "Hauptmann had the money and he apparently wrote the notes. As long as he wouldn't tell the whole story, he deserved to die"
 A grocery store manager: "Just look at the papers. They execute Hauptmann, but they acquit Vera 5tretz. There's doubt in his case while she admits shooting her sweetheart; yet Hauptmann dies and she walks the streets. free woman. It's laugh, this justice they talk about"
 City Nh Llmellght And SO it goes, as Waterbury still discusses angle after angle of the case. The city has been interested in the Hauptmann case, and the case brought the city Into the lime-