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CRAVATTREPORTED DELAYING VERDICT Source Close to Bruno Jury Says He Held Out for Mercy for 6 Ballots. By the Assoclated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J., February 14. -—A source close to jurors who found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of the murder of Baby Charles A. Lind- bergh, jr., today said six ballots were cast before the jury could agree that Hauptmann should go to the electric chair. The same source reported that Robert Cravatt, educational director of | a C. C. C. camp, held for five ballots to a verdict of guilty with recom- mendation of mercy, which would have automatically sentenced Haupt- mann to life imprisonment. On the first ballot, the source said, two women, Mrs. Rosie Pill and Mrs. Verna Snyder, voted with Cravatt for | mercy. They swung over on the sec- ond, and thereafter until the sixth ballot the jury stood, 11 to 1, for the | verdict that was finally delivered. | The eight men and four women did not retire until an early hour this morning, although they returned to the hotel across the street from the | court house shortly before 11 o’clock. They “celebrated” the eve of the end of their 42 days of living together while they heard the testimony in the case against Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Appear Fresher at Breakfast. They came down to breakfast this | morning shortly after 9 o'clock, look- | ing somewhat refreshed and very pat- ently relieved that the strain was over. Instead of sitting at one long table behind a screen as they have for all their meals during the trial, they broke into smaller groups and used three separate tables. Oden Baggstrom, chief jury con- stable, said that “all the jurors are in | excellent condition” and that no physi- | cian had been called for any of them after they were dismissed. The jurors were to return to their | homes later today. After their return to their hotel last | night the jurors relaxed in dancing | and singing in their quarters, on the third floor. Jury Prepares Statement. The jury today asked to be allowed “to retire to our homes as ordinary citizens.” A statement prepared by Foreman Charles S. Walton, sr., and approved by the eight man and four women, read: “The only statement the members of the jury have to make is that they are glad to be released after their confinement of 43 days. The news has been well covered by the repre- sentatives of the different newspapers who themselves were on the scene. “The relations between the jurors at all times have been amiable and it is well understood that we cannot give out any news concerning what occurred in the jury room. We now want to retire to our hemes and again become ordinary citizens.” The statement was handed out by Lieut. George C. Wallace of the State police, who said that an escort of his men would take each of the jurors to his or her home later today. Roar Bursts From Crowd. A few minutes after the jury re- turned its verdict of guilty last night a roar burst from the crowd packed | outside the courthouse. i First-Degree NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1935. ;H—'._—_————————__!—__—__—__“_*-——m Bruno Unflinching Receiving Murder Verdict Judge’s Stressing of State’s Points and Ignoring Those of Defense in Charge Came as Surprise BY ANNE GORDON SUYDAM. Special Dispatch to The Star. FLEMINGTON, February 14— Bruno Richard Hauptmann last night met the verdict of murder in the first degree and the subsequent sentence of death gray-faced but unflinching. He stood like a soldier at attention, handcuffed to a State trooper on one | side and Deputy Sheriff Lowe on the | other, as the clerk of the court in- quired, “Members of the jury, have | you agreed upon a verdict?” And when the answer came, “Guilty,” and the whole court room waited with | drawn breath for a possible recom- | mendation for mercy, his eyes never | turned the way of the foreman. One | by one he heard the members of the | jury in solemn voices, in tearful | voices, and in voices which were al- most lifeless, repeat the words of the foreman, “guilty of murder in the first degree,” and as the last reptition | of these dreadful words fell from the | lips of juror No. 12 there was no out- | ward sign of terror or of grief upon! the man. | All day we had sat in the stifling pressure of that court room, listening | for the first hour and eight minutes to the extraordinarily blunt charge of the judge to the jury. To one who | had expected a sort of Olympian de- | tachment from the court when in- | structing a jury as to its duties in | coming to a verdict in & murder trial his obvious stressing of State points | and belittling or ignoring of points in the defense’s favor, came as a surprise | the more so, in that it seemed un- necessary with such overwhelming evidence as this case held against | Hauptmann. Force of Judge's Words Felt. ‘There is no doubt that Hauptmann and his wife realized the strong im- port of the judge's words, and of his | intonations, as he curtly disposed of Hauptmann’s alibi and of his Fisch | story and of the insinuations gainst | the Lindbergh servants with the in- | credulous question, “Do you believe that?” and again with startling em- phasis, “Can you doubt the evidence | j that part of this ladder came from | | the defendant’s attic?” So strong was the personal equation that it was | | as though the figure of justice had | torn off her blindfold and ope:ied her | lips to condemn. So purely formal was his instruction as to their duty if they considered the man innccent that the words passed at most un- observed. At 11:20 the prisoner was returned to his cell, at 11:24 the jury reported to the jury room, the judge to his | chambers, and the spectators to the | hotel. Only some members of the | press remained as there began one of | the strangest sieges of waiting which | ever human beings sat through as we waited for judgment to be passed | upon another human being. | The drama of the past surcharged hour and a half was relieved by a sort of relaxed tension as reporters lighted cigarettes, exchanged opinions | and rendered verdicts in one breath. Stories were flung upon the wires, messenger boys were sent scuirying | for sandwiches for those of us who | lacked either the courage or the en- ergy to leave the court room, while wild rumors circulated about a hung jury, a tampered jury, a jury even now on its way to the court room. A lively crap game was started in the ante room, and hastily concluded by Sheriff Curtiss mobilized a detail of | State Troopers and escorted the eighti men and four women through a| closely packed lane of people to the! hotel, where another guard was posted | to keep away the inquisitive. | The jurors clearly showed the strain | of their 11 hours of deliberation when | they were polled on the verdict, an- | swering in choked, quavering tones. Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Pill, who ap- peared to show signs of tears when they filed into the courtroom, indi- cated extreme fatigue as they walked through the lane of spectators to the hotel. Smoke Heavy in Court Room. By the time they returned to the court room, it was anything but a spectacular setting for the conclusion of the sensational case. Tobacco smoke hung heavily in the air; half-emptied containers of cof- fee perched on uncertain bases; law- yers and newspaper men who had waited since before noon stretched restlessly. There was talk that the jury would be locked up for the night. Each hour that passed decreased the ex- pectation of a death sentence. As abruptly as the flare of a match, a change transformed the room. Sheriff Curtiss came quickly into court from the door through which the jurors passed on their way to the Jjury room. Even before he said it, the word whisked through the room: “They've reached a verdiet. The jury's com- ing in.” Wilentz, chief of the prosecution | forces in the 32-day trial, tried to be; calm, unconcerned. But his face paled and he moved about jerkily in self-conscious motions. Reilly, usually urbane and jolly, be- came strangely serious. His florid face took on a deep flush. Bell Heralds Verdict. +As every one waited, a bell began to toll. It was the court house bell signalling to the burghers that the jury had found its verdict. Outside the court house the crowds grew tense. At 10:31, marched in. Hauptmann manacled to his guards. His face was gray and etched with deep, tired lines. JThere was an ap- prehensive, fearful look in his eyes, and he did not walk with his familiar readiness and expectation. There was another slight stir and Mrs. Hauptmann hurried down an aisle. She forced a smile on her colorless face as she looked on her husband, and her bloodless lips moved soundlessly as she tried to utter words of encouragement. Another minute and another, and the jury had not returned. At 10:34 the jurors and their guards walked slowly in. Mrs. Snyder walked with bowed head and her eyes were red as if from weeping. Mrs. Stockton, whose 7-year- old son waited in one of the benches, had her white face fixed on the juror who walked ahead of her. The jury box was filled. At last—it was 10:42—Justice Trenchard, benign, paternal in his appearance, mounted the bench. C. Lloyd Fell, white-haired court clerk, in his routine, sing-song voice polled the jury. The jury and Hauptmann rose. Then came the repeated “Guilty of six State troopers Behind them came two | under control, but her face is ashen the unexpected appearance of Justice Trenchard, who, it turned out, was| merely looking for a 1900 volume on jurisprudence. Two gentlemen played checkers solemnly for an hour on a press bench. Press Members Increase. Two o'clock, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, and now more and more press members are coming in, spurred by the rumors | of an imminent verdict. | Discarded copy paper, paper bags, cigarette butts litter the floor and the air is thick with smoke and charged with inner excitement, which vents fitself in spurious outbursts, 5, 6, 7 o'clock, and now none save | a few dare venture out for supper, as more and more frequently comes the darting rumor that the jury has reached a decision. We talk long with Schwartzkopf and pleasantly with Reilly. Wilentz has nothing to say about the case, but chats af- fably enough with those who ap- proach him. Arthur Koehler tells me brief bits of his career. Deputy Sheriff Lowe, kindest of men, who has kept the newspaper women sup- plied with peppermints during the long hours of this trial, sits down for a brief rest and chat before he is called to bring the prisoner to court for his last time. ‘The papers on the floor pile higher, the smoke grows thicker and we have reached such a queer state of muted suspense that time no longer seems of any value, when suddenly the order comes to extinguish all cigarettes and lock all doors. There is silence now, an awful silence, and into that silence and into the stricken con- sciousness of every one present, comes the ringing of the court house bell. Ding-dong, ding-dong. It seems to toll rather than to ring and, though I know that it sounded but five minutes, it seemed to compass an eternity and to ring in my ears long after it had ceased. Handcuffed First Time. And now, handcuffed for the first time, comes the defendant. A thou- sand eyes gaze avidly or fearfully upon him and turn away in baffle- ment as he strides to his chair, more as though he led his guards than as though led by them, and takes his seat. Three minutes later his wife | enters the court room and as she moves stonily to her chair a muffled gasp goes round her neighborhood, for she is no longer the woman whom we have sat beside and spoken with for these six weeks. She has herself and her lips are blue. She wears the hat which she bought to wear to court yesterday, and somehow with its newness and the jauntiness of its orange feather, it seems more pitiful than the faded black felt which she has worn so long. It is like putting on lipstick as you go to the gallows. Hauptmann leaned over for one brief moment and I heard him say, “How iss bubi?” These were his last words uttered to his wife today. As the verdict was rendered and the sentence which will lay him in his grave within a month pronounced, and he was remanded for the final time in this court to the custody of the sheriff, she cast him one despair- ing look and made as though to speak, but before ever her words were framed, Bruno Richard Haupt- mann has passed from this room for- ever. murder in the first degree.” Hauptmann was sentenced, turned over to the sheriff and led out. The electric clock on the varnished face of the balcony said 10:51. The entire scene had taken only 21 min- utes. Sat in Stunned Silence. She sat in stunned silence after his passing and gazed Into space, with only & faint twitching of her lips. She seemed to be exercising superhuman control‘h keep from ] eith!:r bursting into tears or fainting dead away. No one heeded her; messenger boys dashed past with sheaves of copy, men and women called out to know what she was doing and one or two women spoke to her with what few words they could! find, but save for a dull “Thank you” she was silent. Lloyd Fisher had enjoined upon her in my hearing before the return of the jury, “No mattar what the verdict is, don't you say or through sheer numbness, she kept her word. But of all which stood out in mind, as small things will sometimes become symbolic of greater thingg, I know that I shall never forget: my sense of dismay that this womah was near to insensibility, and that fhe water pitcher on the table before her was empty. I shall always remember her as| she sgt after hearing her husband condemned to death within one month. gazing into the sordid debris of torn paper and cigarette butts, with men and women shouting tions ebout her over her head and with ah empty water pitcher stand- ing before her. The {trial is over. The witnesses have srurried back to the obscurity from which most of them came, the Lindberghs have retired to such pri- vacy as they will ever command in this world, Reilly is on his way to Brooklyn, Wilentz is on his way to Florida. I can know nothing of the world’s opinion, but this small cor- ner of it seems to feel tonight, with no bloodthirsty gloating, that Haupt- rr;’ax:m L! rightly on his way to the chair. Their Comment | | | Hauptmann's Wife Still Hopeful—Reilly to * Appeal Case. By the Assaciated Press. Here aye comments on the Haupt- persons: ANNA |HAUPTMANN: “I'm not | afraid. I still hope.” EDWA!}D J. REILLY, chief defense counsel: ,“There is no limit to the extent to; which we intend pressing this case; We shall take it to the highest court of the country, the United States Supreme Court, if nec- essary. Ve believe that we shall be able to sbcure an Ultimate reversal of the jucgment.” EGBERT ROSECRANS, defense couhsel: “I had hoped for and ex- pected an acquittal. But I have little doubt but that the judgment can be successiuu;z appealed. Now we ex- pect that, 4ccording to statute, much of the expense that will be required in an appeal will be met by the State.” ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVID T. WILENTZZ of New Jersey: “The tremendous, Tesponsibility ~imposed upon Huntérdon County was shoul- dered withoat flinching. The Nation is indebted to these courageous men and women. COL. H.,NORMAN SCHWARZ- KOPF, State police superintendent: “I feel the verdict is in accordance with the evidence and that the ends of justice have been served. The peo- ple of Ilunterdon County have thor- | oughly justified the confidence we have in them ” DISTRICT 'ATTORNEY SAMUEL J. FOLEY of the Bronx: “I believe any honest American jury could ar- rive at no othér decision.” MRS. JOHN F. CONDON, wife of “Jafsie,” ransgm intermediary: “We really have suffered through being in the public’s eye so much, and we don't wish to discuss the verdict.” ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENER- AL ROBERT ACOCK of New Jer- sey: “The verdict is the answer to | the prayers of. the mothers of this | Nation, that those who harm their children shall te punished.” GARBLED RADIO CODE SIGNALS CAUSED ERROR IN REPORT OF VERDICT (Continued From First Page.) after transmission of the erroneous report, but too late to catch some edition of newspapers which had issued extras. , An Extra That Was Halted. Star extras, based on the erroneous flash, were being loaded into trucks and two were about to start to delivery points in the city last night when the Associated Press flashed its dramatic “Kill” of the original message. Even before the extras had rolled from the presses, three radio stations were broadcasting Star bulletins furnished on the basis of the original word that the sentence was guilty—with life im- prisonment. Immediately upon receipt of the Associated Press flash to “kill” the werdict—with the terse explanation, “erroneous”—radio stations carried The Star’s flash, the presses were shut down and the trucks were unloaded, while messengers dashed after news- paper boys starting out on the street. As far as could be determined, only six Extra Stars were actually dis- tributed on the street before the papers were recalled. By the time the corrected flash came, first extras had been recalled. Within a few minutes another extra was being printed and distributed. A 12-minute recapitulation of the last hours in the Hauptmann trial was made over WRC by Howard P. Bailey, The Star's news broadcaster. n1e word,” and through obedience | es- | BYBRUNO GOUNSEL Defense Moves May Delay Death Sentence Execu- tion for Many Months. (Continued From Pirst Page.) | pose the sentences provided by the statute, and I am now asking the at- | torney general i° he moves the sen- tence.” | Wilentz, pale, moistened his lips. “If your honor please, the State moves for the sentence of the defend- | ant at this time.” Justice Trenchard asked for the | indictment and it was handed to him. “The statute requires, apparently, that the court shall fix a time within | and within a certain week, which must | begin not less than four weeks and | not more than eight weeks after the | issue of the (death) warrant,” he ob- served. Bruno Asked to Stand. “The court will therefore now pro- ceed to impose the sentence. “The defendant may stand.” Again Hauptmann got to his feet |and faced the bench. The handcuffs jon his wrist—first time since the | trial started January 2—glinted in the artificial light. | “Bruno Richard Hauptmann, you | have been convicted of murder in the | first degree.” | His vocie was kindly, fatherly, “The sentence of the court is that you, the said Bruno Richard Haupt- mann, suffer death at the time and | place and in the manner provided by |law. And the court will hand to the | sheriff a warrant appointing the week beginning Monday, the 18th day of March, 1935, as the week within such sentence must be executed in the manner provided by law. ““You are now remanded to the cus- | tody of the sheriff.” | It was a shaken, restless Hauptmann who nervously paced his cell in the Hunterdon County Jail today. Death Cell Is Ready. | At the State Prison in Trenton a | cell in the death house was ready for him. He will be kept here until to- morrow, then be whisked quietly to | mann trial verdict from interested the State capital. Mrs. Hauptmann, frequent caller at the jail, must wait until he is in the penitentiary to see her husband again. | Further visitors at Flemington have | been banned, but the guards who have kept Hauptmann under ceaseless | watch since he was brought here may converse with him for the first time. Daubing at her tears, Mrs. Haupt- mann’'s last words as she left the courthouse through a rear door last night were: “I am not afraid. T still hope.” They were words which came hard. Only the reassurances of Fisher, one of her husband's lawyers, made them possible. Sees “Nothing Left” “There is nothing left for me,” she had said before Fisher, an arm around her shoulders, promised to “see this thing through.” “Be brave,” he gently told the woman who has been Hauptmann's | stanchest ally, who took the stand | 8s his chief alibi witness | From the court house Mrs. Haupt- | mann returned to her temporary quarters, where her year-cld son, Mannfried, awaited her. Col. Lindbergh did not hear the | sentencing of the man convicted of | killing his first-born son. I: was the only session of the trial he missed. Nor would he copment. At the Morrow home in Englewood, whence he and Mrs. Lindbergh have been sheltering their second son, Jon, it was said the flyer had “no stateme: ner comment on the case whatsoever. Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, mother of Anne Lindbergh, and other members |of the family who had gathered at | Englewood also declined to discuss the case. | " 'So did Dr. J. F. Condon, the “Jat- sie” who paid $50,000 of Col. Lind- | bergh's money to a man who promised | to return the kidnaped infant. That | man, Dr. Condon testified, was Haupt- | mann. Wilentz Praises Jury. Attorney General Wilentz praised the eight men and four women on the jury. “The tremendous responsibility im- posed on Hunterdon County was shouldered without flinching,” said the dapper prosecution chief. “The nation is indebted to these courageous men and women.” Wilentz also paid tribute to the New Jersey State police and to New York and Federal officers for weaving the net of evidence that bound Hauptmann. Defense counsel expressed confi- dence in eventual victory. “There is no limit to the extent to which we intend pressing this case. We shall take it to the highest court of the country, the United States Su- preme Court, if necessary,” said Reilly. “We believe that we shall be able to secure an ultimate reversal of the Jjudgment.” “I had hoped for and expected an acquittal,” said Egbert Rosecrans. “But I have little doubt but that the judgment can be successfully ap- pealed.” Rosecrans pointed out that, since it was & matter of life or death to the 36-year-old defendant, the State was expected to pay the cost of the appeal. Had Hauptmann received a prison term the State would be under no obligation to aid him. Defense Staff Meets. Despite the late hour, the defense battery met after the verdict in Fisher’s office to plan their next move. The usual procedure under Jersey Jjurisprudence is to by-pass the Su- preme Court through a technicality and carry the appeal direct to the State’s highest bench, that of Court of Errors and Appeals. If matters take the usual course the 16 judges will not hand down an opinion until September. As a last resort Hauptmann's attor- The Night Final Edition on White Paper The use of pink paper has been discontinued in the Night Final Edition of The Evening Star and hereafter the front page of this edition will be printed on White paper. RED STARS A row of Red Stars is printed down the right-hand margin of the front page to identify the Night Final Edition. Call National 5000 and order the “Night Final” delivered regularly to your home, and delivery will start immediately. APPEAL IS RUSHED|HAUPTMANN S0BS (B IN QUIET OF CELL Consoles Wife in Court Room, but Breaks Down on Return to Jail. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J.,, February 14. {is mnothing remaining except to im-|__Bryno Hauptmann, manacled and |to President Roosevelt to save her son listening to his doom, was silent. Bruno Hauptmann, led back to his cell in the Hunterdon County Jail, broke down and wept. Hearing jury and judge order him put to death as the killer of the Lind- bergh baby, the Bronx carpenter spoke ]only to comfort his wife, “It’s all right, Annie,” he sald. But in the loneliness, the pseudo- | which the sentence is to be executed | Privacy of prison, which has been his | sobbed, covering her face with her lot for five months, he mumbled unin- telligible German phrases. ‘Weeps, Face Down, on Bunk. Hauptmann threw himself face down on his bunk last night, after he had been led from the court, and wept. Far into the night he sat on the edge of the bunk, head in hands, still sob- bing. His guards, who had been forbidden to talk to him during the day-and- night watch preceding the verdict, were freed from the order, but he had nothing to say to them. His iron nerve broke only after he had heard the jury with tremulous tones conviet him of murder in the first degree and the justice sentence him to death. It broke only after he had left the court room where his wife still sat, so motionless that she appeared afraid | to move. He almost had to be dragged from the room, so far around had he | twisted for a last glimpse of Anna. Under State law he will be held here at least until 11 p.m. Friday Then, 48 hours having expired since the warrant for his removal was is- sued, he may be taken to the death Louse at Trenton. Sheriff Keeps Plans Secret. The sheriff, who has three weeks in which to deliver the prisoner to the State prison, is keeping his plans to himself. Not until Hauptmann is taken to Trenton will he be permitted to see his wife again. She had visited him two or three times a week in the county jail, but this privilege has been canceled now that he is a con- demned man. Brought into court under the glare | of five big lights, Hauptmann showed | only too clearly the strain he had | been under. His face was chalk- colored and deeply etched. But he was one of the calmest per- sons in the room, noticeably calmer than the jurors who had found it l)rxxel.r duty to send him to the electric chair. When the foreman stuttered out the verdict, Hauptmann swayed slightly. That was his only sign of recogni- tion. When the jurors were polled, one by one, he apparently heard none | of them. Twice he turned to nod to his wife. Then came the sentence, Haupt- mann’s features still firm as steel. “It’s all right,” he said. REILLY TO LAUNCH " APPEAL FUND DRIVE Will Ask Contributions to Finance Bruno's Fight to Escape Chair. | 3 | By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON. N. J. Pebruary 14—Edward J. Reilly, chief counsel for Bruno Hauptmann, said today | he would start a “Hauptmann ap- peal fund to finance legal efforts to upset his client’s conviction of murder | in the first degree. Throughout the trial, Reilly in. sisted, the defense had no mone; In court he remarked on the ability of the defense to employ handwriting | experts in contrast to the State. Out of court he said the lawyers were meeting necessary expenses them- selves. The defense had no opportunity to answer. neys could apply to the Court of Par- dons in October for a commutation of sentence. Any appeal to the Federal courts would delay his march to the electric chair still longer. Hauptmann'’s defense was a blanket denial of the State’s accusations and was based principally on alibis for the key dates. He was charged with stealing Charles Lindbergh, jr., from his crib, killing him in a fall from a home- | made ladder while descending from | the nursery window, burying the body | in a woods and then extorting the; ransom. Cost of Case Great. Police recovered $14,600 of the ran- som money from Hauptmann's ga- rage in the Bronx. A wood technician traced the ladder to his home and handwriting experts said he penned the extortion letters. He admitted only that he had the $14,600, and said that had been given to him by Isador Fisch, now dead. Based on the State's estimate of $1,000 & day, the trial cost New Jer- sey $32.000. The State House Com- mission, which holds the strings of the officlal rainy day bag, allotted | $50,000 for the case. Other thou- sands had been spent in the investi- gation. Unfurnished Apart- ment Wanted With two bedrooms, two ths, living room, dining room and kitchen. Must be within 20c taxi zone. Ele- pri nd full ticulars given as to loc: Address Box 472-C, Star Office. SILVER - PLATINUM BOUGHT Bring in your old, discarded trinkets and learn to your what their value is. Rings. watches, platinum or sterling ware in any condition. 54 years of Consclentious Service. &lluatore Qem 926 F ST. N.W. To Roosevelt t Parent; Heart-Broken by Verdict, Com- forted by Assurances of Daughter- in-Law Verdict (Copyright, 1035, by the Assoclated Press) KAMENZ, Germany, February 14— Frau Pauline . Hauptmann, heart- broken and sobbing, appealed today Bruno from the electric chair. “He will help an old mother,” she said and sat down at once to write the President a letter. In it she said the President’s fail- ure to pardon Hauptmann would | mean her own death. “I beg you to be merciful to him,” she said. Hoped in Vain. “Is there no God in heaven?” she | hands, as she learned the verdict. | “I've hoped in vain all these months | and now this terrible end.” For a moment" the 69-year-old mother stood erect, her face chalk- like, her body quivering. Then with an air of one in a dream, tears| streaming down her cheeks and her head leaning against a wall, she mur- mured: “I am dying with him. Has the | world forgotten a lonesome old mother?” The period of confusion passed. | Frau Hauptmann wiped her eyes and | said: “President Roosevelt—he will help an old mother.” “I shall write him immediately and beg him to pardon my son.” Comforted by Son’s Wife. With an effort to shake off her first bewilderment, Frau Hauptmann sat at a table to write, when a cab gram was delivered from Flemington. “Don’'t worry,” it read, ‘“decision only temporary. Annie. The message, written in English, MOTHER OF LINDBERGH DECLINES TO COMMENT | = | Reticence Is Revealed Through Principal of High School in Which She Teaches. By the Associated Press | DETROIT, February 14.—Mrs Evangeline L. Lindbergh, mother of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. declined to comment today on the death'‘sentence imposed last night on the convicted slayer of her first grandson. At Cass Technical High School, where she is a science teacher, M Lindbergh sent word through the as- sistant principal, E. G. Allen, that she did not wish to discuss the conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. | “I have seen her every school day since the trial started,” said Allen, “and not once has she mentioned the case to me. Whatever her feelings are. she never gives any evidence of them.” L BRUNO RECEIVES SENTENCE AMID DRAMATIC SCENE (Continued From Sedond Page.) sincerely for the service that you have rendered in the performance of this jury duty, and you may now be ex- cused—until what time, Mr. Clerk? Clerk Fell—No time is set, your honor: they may be excused until they are notified to return The Court—Until such time as you are notified to return by the sheriff ‘You may now be excused Mr. Wilentz—If your honor please may I say that there are quite some people outside, and for the benefit of the jury may we suggest that if they want to use the entrance back here, or if they have no accommodation for getting home, that I take it the State police will provide it for them, if there is no objection. Mr. Reilly—No, there is none. Mr. Wilentz—Or an escort, so that they may get to their homes without the necessity of going through the crowds. The Court—Yes. If the jury de- sires to avail itself of the suggestion | of the attorney general, I think one of the officers will show the jury how | to get down. | Mr. Large—They will probably want | to go to the hotel. | Mr. Wilentz—They will probably | (want to go to the hotel for their | clothes. May I suggest then, if you | honor please, I know this may be somewhat out of order, but we have got enough troopers and constables here, and if there is no objection, if | the jury will just go along with these | men so that they can get through the crowd without any difficuity to their hotel, before anybody else goes out Wili your honor please ask the offi- cers to keep the other people in the | court room until the jury files out? The Court—Yes. The troopers will see to it that the other people that now remain in’the court room shall remain seated until the jury retires. (At 10:54 p.m. the jury retired.) The Court—I would like to see the prosecutor of the pleas and the attor- ney general in my chambers. The court has not adjourned. There are several things yet remaining to be done. (At 11 pm. court and counsel re- tired to chambers.) Thursday, Friday & Saturday SPECIAL GENUINE OAK LEATHER This Price 2 pairs for $1.49 SELIS 810 14th St. N.W. 14th St.—Just Above H NA. 6780 runo’s Mother Writes A ppyeal: wildfire through Kamenz. The local SUATTERED BOOS GREET VERDICT Crowds Milling About Court House Also Let Up Cheers. o Save Her Son Is Temmporary. was translated for Frau Hauptmann by the Associated Press correspondent. “Thank God!" Frau Hauptmann |BY the Associated Press. exclaimed. “If I could only help| FLEMINGTON, N. J, February 14. Bruno in bearing his burden. This | —Flemington felt the effects of an telegram gives me some peace again.” | emotional “hangover” todey. Quickly Frau Hauptmann decided | Customarily in bed at an early hour, "Il write the President right now.” |most of Flemington and no incon- | siderable part of Hunterdon County Writes in Gothic Script. | stood and shivered before the Hunter- She picked up a pen and with a|don County Court House last night to trembling hand wrote in Gothic script: | await the verdict in Bruno Haupt- “Dear Mr. President: mann’s trial, and then talked it over “I am the mother of Bruno Richard | until the wee hours. Hauptmann and have today learned Tension Lets Down. through newspapers of the terrible | verdict against my son. Dear Mr. | ,Lhe tension let down around mid- President, the World War has already | Mgt but hours later there ey ded taken from me my husband and two mfg{g‘;s, Olgoi?:\irangugg“;%d tr;lns gr my sons. Iam 70 years old. (Her began e:'x:rxp!vmg u;e town of its hun- Joh Dirthdey anniversary is next | g-2g of vistors. Msin street will be e, | back to normal tonight. Mi It “Pou“i mean_ m,v death, it you, As early as 10 am, yesterday Main belster resident, don't pardon my son street began to fill. Not unlike Broad- e e el slone way on an election night, Main street Hous offense for anicregard his Pre- | o hoded to unrestrained shouting and vious offense for which the world must semi-hystericalegales of laughter. The be held responsible; Bruno isn't a bad | jo0 DY stericalegales of faughter. The man. Therefore, I beg you to be mer- b pk Lsagacy - ciful to him. R el ““Yours*a poor mother, Frau Pauline | Commotion Heard Inside. Hauptmann. | The voice of the crowd filtered Mailed Letter Personally. | through the walls of the old court The letter finished, the aged mother | nouse 10 the st took it to the post office directly “so : that it will be in the hands of this L ¢ Sl sotid ' des that generous man as soon as possible.” PN QUIS chine Mometitaxly News of the verdict spread Tmn‘x: ti‘i;:::;i..mnm» T like newspaper office, which put a hand- written bulletin in its show window, was literally besieged by a crowd ex- citedly discussing the case. “Just think of the terrible blow to his poor, old mother,” was the recur- Ik rattled like firecrackers. Jury emerged. Cheers, a scat- tering of boos and then the crowd dis! ed in a clatter of small ghter. Soon the ecourt ring expression. vas empty of all but the | By the Assoc BETTY GOW’S MOTHER SEES NAME CLEARED Daughter Vindicated by Jury's| Verdict of Guilty, She Tells London Daily Mail. $ England’s Population to Sag. | England’s population is expected to shrink from 45,000,000 to 23,000,000 | by 1999. Road Crossings Provided. 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