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VOL. 37 No. 76 NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, March 31, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
EXECUTION POSTPONED 48hrs
NEW TESTIMONY BROUGHT GRAND JURY
Hauptmann’s Nerves Broke, and Cried Like a Baby
JURY IS TO
INVESTIGATE
TURNS CASE
NEW TESTIMONY BROT
BEFORE GR. JURY
TO INVESTIGATE
(By The Associated Press)
Trenton, March 31. —
The execution of Haupt
mann was delayed 48 hours
at the request of the Grand
Jury foreman Allyne Free
man, which was transmitt
ed to Col. Mark O. Kimhier
ling, warden at Trenton,
only four minutes prior to
the hour of the execution.
The warden said ‘‘there
are some interesting new
angles in the case which
the jury wishes to investi
gate.”
This action was taken
several hours after the tes
timony was heard on the
purported confession of
Paul H. Wendcl, who lately
repudiated it.
Mrs. Hauptmann, said
friends, was hysterical with
joy
Hauptmann was in a
desperate frame of mind,
having broken down dur
ing the day. He had refus
ed all his meals.
Defense counsel Fisher
said “Hauptmann took it as
he has taken everything el
se—in his stride. He told
me ‘I am very happy. I
think this means better
things for me.’ ”
Governor Hoffman sign
ed a thirty day reprieve
for Charles Zied, Philadel
phia gangster who was to
precede Bruno Hauptmann
to the chair.
BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN BROKE DOWN
AS HOUR FOR EXECUTION NEARED—
UPHELD INNOCENSE TO END
DEFENSE ATTORNEY FISHER TELLS EFFECT OF COURT S DECISION
Time Set For Death W alk Set For 8 P. M. E.S.T.—Bruno's Wife Hysterical. \ lad
Only Shred Hope Left—Rumors Persisted Hauptmann Would
Spill All—Gov. Hoffman Said Would Mol Interfere
Bruno Couldn't Believe He
Be Turned Down
(By The Associated Press)
Trenton, N. J., March 30,
The Court of Pardons and
Governor Hoffman, appar
ently the only persons able
to save him, refused tonight
to spare Bruno Richard
Hauptmann’s life.
The death walk is set for
8 P. M. Tuesday, EST.
Defense attorney Fisher
coming from the prison,
said that the prisoner “is
still keeping his chin up.
and persists in his hope for
freedom.”
Fisher said he never
even flinched when told of
the court decision; he “look
ed just as he did at Flem
ington when the jury found
him guilty”.
In describing the scene
within the prison walls,
Fisher declared that Haupt
mann repeated over and ov
er; “I can’t believe it; what
are they doing about the
man who confessed to the
crime?” j
He was apparently re
ferring to Paul H. Wendell.
Doctor Reports Condition Of
Marilyn Miller Much Improved
(By The Associated Press)
New York, March 31, —
Dr. W. L. Whittemore re
ported a slight improve
ment in the condition of
Marilyn Miller, stage and
screen actress, after it was
feared she might not live
through the day.
“We are more hopeful,
but she is very seriously
ill”, said the doctor.
Miss Miller entered the
hospital two weeks ago for
a rest. Her temperature
dropped from 106 to 104Va
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TRENTON, March 31, 7:56 P. M.
Bruno Hauptmann's electrocution
officially delayed for 43 hours, just
4 minutes before original time set.
ex-Trenton disbarred law
yer, who is still held as a
murdered in the county
jail on a warrant charging
him with the murder of
the Lindbergh baby.
Appearing anxious to tell
much to newspaper men,
attorney Fisher said Bruno
gave him a message for his
wife, although he with
held the nature of the note.
She visited her husband
a few hours before the de
cision of the court refusing
clemency to Hauptmann,
was made public.
Mrs. Hauptmann will not
be permitted to see her hus
band Tuesday. She was ex
tremely hysterical Monday
night. The convicted mur
derer has not seen his own
son since he was arrested
in September 1934.
Fisher declined to say
what, if any steps, would be
taken as a last minute ef
fort to save his client.
Rumored Doomed Man To
Tell Secret Details
(By The AssociatecJ Press)
Trenton, March 31, —
The last day of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann dawned to
day with his execution ap
pearing certain to take
place at 5 P. M. Pacific
Coast time, as the final
clemency appeal was refus
ed.
Unsubstantiated rumors
persisted today that Bruno
may talk further to prevent
his own death, for the kid
naping and slaying of Char
les Lindbergh Jr.
His wife, Anna, clung to
only a tiny shred of hope
remaining, and was tearless
and depressed.
Governor Hoffman of N.
Jersey said he would not
interfere with the execu
tion of the death sentence.
Colonel Lindbergh, the
father of the slain child, in
England, spent today deep
in the study of a “mechan
ical heart” as an aid to
science to prolong life.
Hauptmann’s mother in
Kamenz, Germany reiter
ated her belief in her son’s
innocence as she bent over
the washtub at her home.
Paul H. Wendell of Tren
ton, who repudiated his pur
ported confession, attribut
ed to him, is still held in
the county jail here, al
though authorities took no
action.
Bruno’s composure, shak
en by the approach of the
death hour, asked to see Col
onel O. Kimberling, princi
pal keeper of the state pris
on* It was not immediately
revealed what they talked
about. Attaches said that
I Bruno was grumpy since he
had received the news of
I the court of pardon’s deci
sion.
Hauptmann's Nerve Broke
And Cried Like Baby
(By The Associated Press)
Trenton, March 31, —
The iron nerve of Bruno
Hauptmann cracked today,
as he broke down and
wept freely when talking
with Kimberling.
Continuing to cry his in
nocense he said “there is
absolutely no change in my
story. Any change would
be a lie and could not be
borne out.”
Kimberling said it took
three or four minutes for
him to straighten up so he
could talk coherently.
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 31—
With the Senate lobby corn
mittee engaged in a public
hearing, a United Stales
deputy marshal walked in
and formally served on the
chairman, Senator Black of
Alabama, papers advising
him of the suit which Will
iam Randolph Hearst filed
against the investigators re
cently.j
Italian Motor
Company Seizes
Ethiopian Town
i'Liy Tne Associated Press)
Gondar. Ethiopia, March
31. (With the northern It.
army)—This important and
strategic city at the head of
Lake Tana, fell into the
hands of the Italian truck
column led by Achilles Star
age, secretary of the gen
eral Fascist party.
The preparations for the
attack were made with
a great deal of secrecy and
correspondents were not
allowed to menrV:or ,ne big
thrust until Gondar had
been reached.
Before starting the final
push, Storage made an in
spiring speech and ordered
every dust cloud on the
horizon reported.
Five hundred trucks and
officers cars, twenty armor
ed cars, machine gun and
motorcycle companies, a
detachment of road build
ers, and a sanitary com
pany made up the attack.
All of the soldiers were
white, no native troops be
ing employed in this import
ant drive.
When six members of the
Supreme Court look East
and three look West the
public concludes that there
ought to be more arrows in
the law.
Most uprisings of the peo
ple are stimulated and kept
going by paid organizers
who keep the fires burning
so that the pay check will
come in regularly.
Appropriations Committee Approves
Funds For Alaska Bureau Fisheries
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 31,
—The appropriations com
mittee recommended $278,
000 dollars of which one
hundred thousand is immed
iately available for general
Alaska service, of the Bur
eau of Fisheries during the
1936-37 fiscal year.
Of the total for Alaska
fisheries, $9,900 is recom
mended for the protection
of the seal fisheries on the
Pribiloff Islands, and the re
mainder is for the mainten
ance of the bureau’s sal
mon protection setup and
similar work.
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