The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-17
Chaplain
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Wednesday bug concerning the pos sible day of hanging" the chap lain said. They all figured it would be early in the morning-that is, all but Goering. never knew what Goering thought"
 Put Through Mill
 The chaplain, who knew the ap- proximate execution hour, was closely quizzed by Goering.
 T had very difficult time ans wering without giving anything away. He really put me through the mill"
 T often had special talks with Goering," Gerecke said. He argued against the validity of the Scrip lures, ruled out all miracles, and denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. !"
 He said that as chaplain, there fore, he had to refuse him the Lords Supper" He characterized Goering as religious but not Chris tian."
 Broke Down Once
 The only time Goering broke down in Gerecke's presence was when the chaplain mentioned his daughter, Edda, 8.
 ''Edda once told me she would meet her daddy in heaven" Gerecke said. T told Goering this, and add ed that Edda had more faith than he had in his whole life This made Goering cry, and he said, that's a soft spot with me, pastor" A three-man military board in- vestigating the Goering suicide was in it's second day of work behind closed doors. Army sources said mo- thing would be revealed of the pro- ceedings or findings until an of1- cial report was ready. Alfred Seidl. who defended the late Hans Frank, said Goering's lawyer, Dr. Otto Stahmer, was under supervision" at Kiel, where he went after the trial One report from Kiel, however, said British intelligence there had no instruc- tions concerning Stahmer.
 Frau Protests Suspicion T cannot conceive of Stahmer giving him poison," Seidl said. He Is too conscientious"
 Stahmer, 67, is a small, mild hammered man with blue eyes and white hair. So far as was known, he never was a member of the Nazi party.
 Frau Emmy Goering, who saw her husband last week, protested that it would be utter insanity" to suspect her of delivering the poison. Frau Goering was at tiny inn in the hills about 45 miles northwest of Nuremberg in the ramlet of Sach- dilhng. She was in a garden behind the one dwelling which with the inn comprises the village. When a correspondents car approached, she fled for the house. First Refused Report
 Through her hostess she refused to see the correspondent until a message was sent that reports of suspicion against her were circu- lating
 That is utter insanity she fin- ally said. Tt is absolutely impos- sible, considering the conditions under which I was allowed to see him"
 It. Charles Rosxa of Canton, O., Nuremberg prison physician, said potassium cyanide would keep in- definitely If properly packed. He suggested that the strength of Goering's potion had little If any, thing to do with how long he had possessed it.
 Questions on the amount of poi son and the time 1t normally would take such an amount to kill were the only ones the prison command ant, Col. Burton Andrus, would al- low the doctor to answer. Other Questions on List On the secret lits were the ans wers to such questions as how long it was after the guards attention first was attracted until Goering was dead, what emergency measures were available for counter acting any poisoning, and to what extent the personnel in the cell block were instructed in remedial treatment. Another Mystery Correspondents were wrestling with still another mystery-where are the bodies of the II dead Nazis? Ohdcials know the answer to that, but they won't say.
 It was widely believed, but totally unconflrmed. that the Il bodies were buried in secret graves or cre- mated.
 (The Hamburg radio quoted un- confirmed Nuremberg reports that the II bodies would be taken to sea, weighted and thrown overboard.) There was romantic kiss of death" theory that Emmy Goering slipped the poison phial from her mouth to her husbands when she kissed him. Prison official said she co .ldnt kiss him through the glass partition that separated them in their final meetings.
 Col, Burton c. Andrus, prison commandant, said the possible sus- poets were limltless. He practically ruled out Frau Goering as the passer. He said he didn't think Dr. Otto Stahmer, Goering's attorney had done it.
 Among other theories in the guesswork sweepstakes were these:
 A barber could have dropped the phial down Goering's shirt front.
 A cook could have dropped it in his soup.
 Some lawyer might have slipped it to him during court recess.
 It might have been passed by some member of the U. S. Army detachment guarding the prison and courtroom.