The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-08

avs. The glimpse lnSlQe t1e them jittery and distraught, but all keeping themselves under control.
 On orders from Berlin prison of- ficials began series of two daily press conferences. The first dealt largely with dispelling loose rumors, and giving fragments of informa- tion on the prisoners.
 Connecticut Men in Charge
 Maj. Frederick Teich of Newing- ton, Conn.,, officer of the Internal Security Detachment since the War Crimes Trial began, presided at the first conference. He was flanked by public relations officers.
 Taking up a sheaf of questions, he disposed of the bulk of them with negatives. No details of the ex- cautions were available He did not know who the hangman would be. Master Sgt. John c. Woods, a like ly candidate, is not listed at pres ent on the prison staff. No appara- tuS for the executions is in the prison. Physical preparations have not yet begun.
 Disclosing for the first time that there had been no breakdownS or collapses among the condemned men, Teich said Goering after a spell of breeding came to a decision to get the pictures of his wife and daughter out of his cell He put them in an envelope and sent them to his lawyer. Then he blubbered like small boy from whose hand treasure has been snatched.
 Of all the convicted men, Goering generally retained the most dignity the officer reported. He was followed closely by Konstantin von Neurath and Wilhelm Keitel, the latter never losing his precise military poise.
 Raeder DespOndent
 Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, who asked that his life imprison- ment sentence be changed to death before firing squad, was reported to be the most Respondent of the prisoners, and Rudolf Hess the most indifferent.
 Keitel, Hans Frank, Julius Strei- cher and Joachim von Ribbentrop were writing or had finished their memoirs" They were censored and passed on to defense lawyers with out deletion, Teich said, nothing ob- jectionable having been found.
 Questioned about precautions against any suicide attempts, Teich said the precautions remained the same, being so good that they could not be improved upon.
 The prisoners have complained little, he said. But once they la mented that their guards were stealing souvenir items from them. They get American cigarets. Rib- bentrop and Goering get sedatives at night, but their health remains the same.
 Nine Attend Services
 All but Hess and Alfred Rosen- berg have religious services in their cells once day.
 The Allied Control Council has ordered lawyers to cease visiting the cells of the condemned men after Sunday.
 Teich said the status of Franz von Papen, one of the three ac- quilted defendants, was that of pro- tective custody at his own request. The U. S. Third Army has been told to give him refuge as long as he asks for it. He said Won Papen still was trying to get into the Bri- tish zone.
 Jail officials have placed the con- demned men in lower row of cells and the seven NaziS who received prsion terms have been placed above them
 Schacht in Middle
 The fate of Hjalmar Schacht, one of the three acquitted leaders, con- tinued in muddle. Schacht spent the night in the Stuttgart city jail, under arrest for de-Nazification proceedings, while Stuttgart and Nuremberg city officials argued about which city would try him.
 Schacht went to Stuttgart yester- day to visit a friend, apparently thinking he was immune from ar- rest until summoned before a de- Modification court. He was prompt | ly arrested despite his protests.
 Dr. Frederick Bergold, Schacht' $ attorney, said in Nuremberg that Stuttgart police have blocked his efforts to reach Schacht. Bergold said American Military Govern ment officials gave Schacht assur- ance he would not be arrested io the American zone.
 American security officers said last night they had warned Schacht the free passage" order issued in Bavaria, where Nuremberg is locat- ed, might not be good in Wuerttem- burg, where Stuttgart lies. Bergolc denied this.
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