The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-02
Jail Area We'll Guarded Anti Suicide Watch Ekept on Doomed Men
n Confer On Appeals v Schocht Afraid
 To Leave Jail

 mann Goering and the other 10 doomed Nazis conferred with the attorneys today on appeals for Control Council, knowing they had almost no chance of escaping the gallows Oct. 16.
 The II men under death sentence, and the seven who received prison terms, have until Saturday night to enter appeals for lighter sentences.
 An anti-suicide watch was placed on the doomed men as they began their final two weeks of life under rigid prison discipline. Even the papers which defense counsel showed them in preparing appeals were limited to legal documents. They were checked for concealed razor blades, files and messages.
 Schacht Stays In Jail
 Hjalmar Schacht, the stern finan- cial expert acquitted by the Inter national Tribunal yesterday, asked permission to spend another day in the Nuremberg jail because I am afraid of the German people"
 Schacht was reported terribly upset" because as free man he has no place to go. He has home at Harburg, in the British zone, but his possessions are still impounded.
 Col. Burton c. Andrus, Nuremberg prison commander, was expected to make a formal request for a mili- tary escort to conduct Schacht, Franz von Papen and Hans Fritzsche, the three acquitted men, to the British zone Threats by the Bavarian minister president, Wilhelm Hoegner, to arrest the three men for de-Nazification hear ings if they remain in Bavaria ap- parently will not result in action.
 Armored cars with full crews manning their guns still guarded the jail area today, although extra guards inside the courthouse and on the rooftops were gone. An exodus of trial personnel and visi- tors had begun.
 Letters Closely Censored
 It appeared the armored patrols might remain in position until the executions to frustrate any demon Strations or possible die-hard prison break attempts.
 Letters from the convicted men to their families were closely censored. German-speaking guards were not permitted in the prison as a pre- caution against the guards becom- ing too friendly with the prisoners.
 Schacht's attorney indicated the freed man did not plan to work when he reached tbe British zone. fkxv ~taI hnd received letters from Germans in recent months requesting Schacht's freedom ito get us out of this flnan- cial mess"
 The Il men under death sentence by the International Tribunal had nothing to do but sit and await Oct. 16. The trial excitement was over, their gallery gone. They had no prospect of seeing their families again.
 Given Exercise
 Without neckties, razor blades, knives, breakable furniture-any- thing they might use to commit suicide-the Il were restricted to their cells g hours each day. The other hour was for rigidly guarded exercise.
 Every minute in their 325-odd re- maining hours of life the con- demned will be under the guardian eyes of American soldiers peering at them through square peepholes in their cell doors. They will not even be permitted their eye glasses when alone.
 The four-power control council, which now has jurisdiction over the condemned and the seven Nazis who received prison terms, can only re- duce sentences. It cannot reverse findings of guilty. Decisions of the Council must be unanimous. Since Russia already has protested the | Tribunals leniency, there seemed scant prospect the Russian repre- sentative would agree to clemency, even if the other three members | desired.
 The executions will be carried out | in Nuremberg, where the Nazis sat | for Il months through the trial that yesterday condemned them for plotting aggressive war and 1 crimes against humanity. A Coun- ell spokesman said the seven men | under prison sentence will be | brought to Berlin to serve their i terms ranging from 10 years to | life. He said he could not name |