Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1935 — Page 1

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DOOMED TO DIE, BRUNO IS CRACKING

BOARD URGES DRASTIC STATE JOB REFORMS McNutt Advisers Would Put 3000 Employes Under Merit Plan. SPOILS SYSTEM RAPPED Banishment of Politics Is Described as Goal of Report. Banishment of politics from the appointment if 3000 "non-political” slate employ.*s. including .state police, nonal Institution officials and guards, through the adoption of a strict merit pi .in to replace the •spoils system." today was recommended by Gov. Paul V. McNutt's committee on government economy. These recommendations, along wth scorer, of others dealing with governmental reform, are contained m the long-awaited 700-page report announced officially today by the Governor. The work is the fruit of several months’ study by an 11member committee headed by Bernard C. Gavit. A personnel division would be created in the stale executive department to manage the merit system, wi. h would apply to all depart - me; 5. Management of Indiana's 18 benevolent and correctional institutions would be concentrated :n a bipartisan, nonsalaried State Board of Public Welfare, and a trained executive director, to replace the trustee system of operating these institutions. State Police Reorganization The personnel office would have power to rlassify employment, standardize work, regulate pay and promotion and for "nonpolitical'’ positions, administer a system of selection. employment and tenure on the sole basis of. merit. A bipartisan, nonsalancd advisory board, appointed for staggered terms, is recommended to assist the personnel director in developing ana enforcing employment standards. Reorganization of the state police force under a bipartisan state police administration board, cons sting of four members named by U.e Governor, is urged. The board, the rep<- t states, should be given the powers necessary to enable it to supervise, but not actually to operate, the state police force. Sheriffs Duties Curtailed The report proposes that the police administration board appointthe superintendent, who would have romplete executive responsibility for operation of tt® force Existing state police personnel would be transferred to the proposed system, bin be subject to removal, after notice and hearing, and new members would be added only on a ment basis. County jails and their administration would be plated under the charge of the State Boa and of Police Administration and county rV, eriffs' duties as jailer, law enforcement officer and constable would be discontinued. Sheriffs would serve processes and execute judgments and decrees, and their salaries should be reduced to conform to his restricted services, the committee recommends. Control of City Police Some decree of supervisory control over city police forces bv the state board is recommended. Members of the city police forces, the committee declares, also should be selected on a merit basis under the same standards as the state police, with a security of tenure. Placing the entire highway system of the state under the administration of the State Highway Commission is recommended. One-quar-ter of the existing mileage would be taken over every year, beginning July I. 1936. Extensive amendments to laws relating to criminal prosecutions and court procedure are urged. School Reforms Listed A centralized state supervision over public schools by a nine-mem-ber. bipartisan State Board of Education and a qualified director, also is recommended, along with the establishment of county boar as of education. Direct control of county sc.iools. outside incorporated cities, would be placed in the county boards, which would be composed of existing trustees The board would select the county school superintendent. The report recommends relocation of existing powers and duties (Turn to Page Twot

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■just verdict; SAYS VANNUYS Indiana Senator’s Opinion Is Shared by Others in U. S. Capita 1 . By United Press WASHINGTON. Fjb. 14.—The Hauptmann verdict means "kidnapers had best stay away from New Jersey,” Senator W. Warren Barbour (R., N. J.) said this afternoon. Many other congressional and Administration figures shared Senator Barbour's approval of the verdict carrying a death sentence. Many of them felt it would have a salutary effect in checking kidnaping and similar crimes, not only in New Jersey, but throughout the nation. Senator Frederick VanNuys <R., Ind.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee holding hearings on Coktigan-Wagner antilynchitig bill: “It was a very righteous and,inspiring verdict.” GEN. WOOD CHOSEN TO AID IN WORK RELIEF Selected by President to Help Select projects. By t oiled Press WASHINGTON. Feb 14—President Roosevelt this afternoon selected Gen. Robert E. Wood. Chicago business leader, to aid selection of projects under the $4,880.000.000 work relief bill which drew immediate Republican fire upon presentation to the Senate. Gen. Wood, president of the Huge Sears, Roebuck fit Cos., was named bv the President to head a special advisory committee

Mother Pens Roosevelt Plea for Life of Bruno Writes Pathetic Appeal to President After Hearing Verdict of New Jersey Jury. By l sited Press Ge; any. Feb. 14.—Frau Pauline Hauptmann, aged, whitehaired mother of I uno Richard Hauptmann, wrote a pathetic appeal to President Rooseve’t today, asking clemency for her murderer son. Frau Hauptmann was reluctant to discuss the contents of her letter before the President receives it. However, it is brief and in simple lan-

guage forth mother's plea for mercy so that her son may return to help support her and give her comfort in cer old agt. Fiau Hauotmann. who is 66, was pricing vegetables at a market stall, when she tlrst heard the news through a passerby's remark that her son nad been sentenced to death. She turned quietly away ‘and walked, through crowds of neighbors. to the town newspaper office a block away. There on the bulletin board me read the news for herself. For a moment she stood staring straight ahead, her faded, redrimmed blue eyes fixed unseeinglv on the bulletin board as if she could not reali:* the truth. * Then her head bowed slowly as if she were praying, and tears began welling down her wrinkled cheeks. Townspeople edged' away from the board and stood round in silent embarrassment. Frau Hauptmann turned away and starled slowly down the hill toward her home, her black-clad body seeming almost broken. A United Press correspondent overtook her and told her that the defense had appealed to higher courts. Half impatient, she turned and exclaimed: "Ach! We are only poor louts. They ?an do what they want with us. Lindbergh is rich. Against all that, my son can not do anything.

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•GREAT MISCARRIAGE •OF JUSTICE,’ SAYS EDWARD J. REILLY

By United Press FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 14. Edward J. Reilly, chief of Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s defense, this afternoon criticised the jury’s death verdict as “a great miscarriage of justice,” which he charged was influenced by “mob psychology.” Reilly compared “the crucifixion of this German carpenter with that of the carpenter of Nazareth.” “It was the greatest miscarriage of justice in which mob psychology overcame judicial calm. The sober thought of the appellate judges will overrule this veqdict.” WINNER IS PREDICTED IN STATE CAGE PLAY Paul Boxell Hazards Guess on Today's Sports Page. One team in 800! Only one team will win the state high school basketball crown. Off the Blackboard has sieved through the 800 and picked out one to his liking. Paul Boxell. conductor of The Times’ basketball column, tells you who and why on today's sports page j. . . TODAY’S WEATHER Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 47 10 a. m 49 7 a. m 48 11 a. m 50 8 a. m 49 12 (noon).. 53 9 a. m 49 l p. m 56 Tomorrow's sunrise, 6:38 a. m.; sunset. 5:21 a. m.

even if he were a hundred times innocent. By United Press BERLIN, Feb. 14.—Little sympathy for Bruno Richard Hauptmann was manifested by press or public today. Comment was as scarce as it has been throughout the trial. Public interest has been high but it was generally felt Hauptmann was getting justice. The fact that the prosecutor was Jewish did not figure in street conversation.

6394 Indiana Grocers and Meat Dealers Demand Immediate Enactment of NRA Measure for State

The Indiana Retail Grocers and and Meat Cutters’ Association today threw the support of its 6394 members behind the proposed Dver state NRA bill. In a letter to every member of the State Senate, where the bill awaits action after its passage by the House of Representatives. Walter J. Mercer, association legislative chairman, declared the measure with the amendments recommended by state NRA officials, gives trade of members real protection. Meanwhile, the muddle over the bill today appeared to have reached the point where President Franklin D. Roosevelt wants the bill, but is

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MACON PROBE OPENED BY NAVY Lieut. Com. Herbert Wiley to Be Principal Witness at Inquiry. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.—A naval board of inquiry began hearings today to determine why the United States Navy dirigible Macon crashed and went dotsn off Point Sur. Cal., Tuesday night. The board convened aboard the U. S. S. Tennessee, but probably will remove quickly to Sunnyvale, the naval air base from which the Macon set out for tactical maneuvers with the United States battle fleet Monday. There the 81 survivors of the crew of 83 will be available for questioning. The other two members of her cfew, Ernest Dailey, radio operator, and Florantino Edquiba, mess boy, went to their deaths when the $2,450,000 dirigible crashed and sank. Hope for recovery of the bodies was given up last with the recall of cruisers assigned to the search some 120 miles south of San Francisco. The board will hear the reports of Lieut. Com. Herbert Wiley, commander of the Macon, and the 19 other officers and 61 m< n who came out of the disaster alive.

BOY, 7, RUNS INTO CAR'S PATH, KILLED Lad’s Death 18th Traffic Fatality of Year. While on his way home from school this noon, Robert Woerner, 7, of 1039 Willow-dr, was killed instantly when he ran into the path of an auto at Shclby-st and South-ern-av. The far was driven by Mrs. Fannie Deputy. 49. of 5660 Madison-av. She was placed under arrest. The boy was the eighteenth fatal accident victim in Marion County this year. The boy's mother, Mrs. Alvina Woerner, had become worried when her son did not return on time and was attracted to the scene of the accident by the crowd while she was looking for Rcoert. Bluebird Put Through Paces By United Press DAYTONA BEACH. Fla., Feb. 14. —Sir Malcolm Campbell, preparing for an assault on his own world’s land speed record of 272.108 miles an hour, put his Bluebird car over the sands for an eight-mile test run today, but was dissatisfied with the results.

unable to ask that it be enacted because of the uncertainty as to what Congress will do Consequently, the bill probably will be hold in Judiciary B Committee of the Indiana Senate until further notice. Senator Frederick Eichom (D.. Gary), Judiciary B chairman, ha ’. intended to hold a public hearing on the bill this week, but has abandoned that plan now. Federal NRA legislation expires June 16, unless it is extended another two years and there is strong opposition now in Congress to such a move. The President was quoted yester-

HAUPTMANN, DRY-EYED, PACES HIS CELL NERVOUSLY AFTER TAKING LONG NAP; COUNSEL MAPS APPEAL

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Wilentz Clears Jurors and Officials: Lays Blame on Reporter. By I iiilrri rm> TRENTON. N. J., Frb. 14— Atty. Gen. David T. Wilentz this afternoon cleared all court officers and attaches of any blame in connection with the false report of the Hauptmann verdict which was sent, out from Flemingt.on last night by the Associated Press. Replving to suggestions that a “signal” might have been given, upon which the erroneous announcement was based, the attorney general said: “It is my impression that the premature announcement as to the verdict of the jury, and which annovir.cement was an erroneous one to the effect that the verdict was guilty with a recommendation of mercy, was the result of over-enthu-siasm on the part of some reporter. No official and no juror was in any wise responsible for this enthusiastic outburst whicn had no proper basis.” Sent 14 Minutes Early The Associated Press report to which Wilentz referred was sent out last night 14 minutes before the Hauptmann jury gave it sverdict, and four minutes before the jurors entered the box and took their seats to await the arrival of the judge before announcing the verdict. It was printed in newspapers in many parts df the country and was announced on the radio. Messages from Shanghai, London. Santiago and other cities today told of the appearance of the mistaken report in newspapers in those and other foreign cities. The Associated Press later “killed” its announcement and issued the following explanation: “When word that a verdict had been reached in the Bruno Richard Hauptmann trial for murder of the Lindbergh baby flashed through the courtroom, confusion reigned briefly. No Such Word Given Times “In transmitting the verdict from one part of the Courthouse to another the Associated Press report of the decision was garbled and first word to reach waiting newspapers was that the jury had found Hauptmann guilty, but with a recommendation of life imprisonment instead of the death penalty.” (No such word reached The Indianapolis Times, which is served by United Press, as the erroneous announcement was carried exclusively by the Associated Press. Times extras last night carried the true verdict of the jury.) United Press newspapers throughout the world received the verdict correctly when it was announced by the foreman of the jury at 10:44 p. m. At that hour the United Press flashed that Hauptmann had been found guilty and that a death sentence was mandatory. LINDBERGH DECLINES TO DISCUSS VERDICT Flier Satisfied With Sentence Imposed Is Report. By United Press ENGLEWOOD, N. J„ Feb. 14. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, declining to comment on the Hauptmann verdict, was understood today to be satisfied with the sentence imposed on the man charged with murdering his infant son. In his testimony at the trial, Col. Lindbergh expressed his belief that Hauptmann was guilty. In addition, close friends of the flier said they believed the death sentence was entirely .justified.

day as saying he w r as not asking for NRA legislation by the several states, including Indiana. Consequently, Gov. paul V. McNutt called the White House last night in order to decide the fate of the Indiana bill. He was informed by Marvin McIntyre, secretary to the President, that Mr. Roosevelt's statement had been misinterpreted and that a statement was being issued to clarify the president’s attitude. This attitude Is believed to be that of favoring state NRA bills as complements to co-operation

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STREAM POLLUTION BILL PASSES HOUSE Leaders for Both Parties Urge Adoption. Legislation prohibiting the pollution of Indiana streams passed the House of Representatives today by the overwhelming vote of 72 to 18 after party leaders on both sides of the chamber urged its adoption in the interest of public health. Only three Democrats —Reps. Edward C. Simpson. Rockport; Robert L. Stanton. East Chicago, and Joseph E. Klen. Whiting—voted against the measure. Abatement of stream pollution has been urged by The Indianapolis Times. A series of articles disclosed deplorable conditions throughout the state caused by industrial and sewage wastes. GOVERNMENT OP"ER BARS CUTTEN TRADING Career Is Halted by Edict; Privileges Canceled for 2 Years. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Arthur W. Cutten’s spectacular grain trading career was halted by government order today. The grain futures commission instructed all contract markets to refuse Cutten’s trading privileges for two years beginning March 1. Cutten was charged with violating the grain futures act by concealing operations in an attempt to manipulate prices. Times Index Broun 13 Comics 23 Crossword Puzzle 23 DIONNE BABY PICTURES.... 15 Editorial 14 Financial 18 Hickman—Theaters 19 Napoleon Letters 16 Radio 8 Sports 20-21 Woman’s Pages 10-11 State News 9 Curious World 23 Pegler 13 Bridge 11

with the Federal government, but being unable to urge enactment by the state* because there is no assurance that Congress will extend the life of NRA. Meanwhile, with the controversial NRA problems temporarily shelved, the wav was paved for introduction of another legislative stormy petrel. The long-awaited administration liquor control bill was scheduled to make its appearance yesterday. However, the committee drafting it was unable to put the finishing touches on the voluminous document and will not be introduced until Monday.

Baby-Killer Must Pay With Life March 18, Four Women and Eight Men Declare After 11-Hour Deliberation. FAITHFUL WIFE IS NEAR COLLAPSE ‘We’ll Fight to the Highest Court in the Land/' Reilly Declares After Dramatic Finish to Sensational Trial. BY SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE United Tress Staff Correspondent (Copyright. 1935. by United Press) FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 14.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann is “beginning 1 to take it hard," his guards reported this afternoon as they kept watch over the man sentenced to death for murder of the Lindbergh baby. He paced his cell like a man stricken dumb. Tears which welled from his eyes in the hours after he returned from hearing the death verdict had dried on his high cheek bones. The muttered words of protest which stuttered from his lips as he first flung himself in collapse on his cell cot were stilled,

He had slept, and with" sleep there appeared to come to him a resurgence of hope that his counsel’s appeal against the death verdict would be successful, his guards reported. When he awoke his thin face appeared refreshed, but the shock of the verdict still dulled his eyes. Silently, he arose and stuffed a crumpled eigaret between his pale lips. Without a sign that this morning was different from others spent in the cell, he ate a breakfast of oatmeal, bread and milk. He ate it all. He smoked another eigaret, drawing the smoke deep into his lungs. Not a w r ord was spoken. Occasionally, with a jerk of his head, he blew smoke through his nostrils. Again he paced the cell. Sometimes, he halted and shook his head. Emotional Reaction Changes “He never said a word, though.” a guard said. “All he did ♦’as walk and puff.” Later, he lay down on the cot for a nap. “He slept like he always sleeps.” j the guard continued. “It was like I nothing had happened last night.” ; The prisoner’s emotional reaction to the jury’s verdict changed rapidly during the night and today. He i heard the verdict and the death sentence without breaking but when he returned to his cell he flung himself on his cot in a fainting state, sobs and mutterings of protest that he was innocent shaking his body. Then, his guards said, he smoked and paced his cell, and later slept peacefully. Clings to Appeal Hopes Hauptmann clung with the tenacity of desperation today to hope that the higher courts would nullify the sentence of death in the electric chair imposed on him. “Bruno is a long way from the electric chair,” Edward J. Reilly, chief of defense counsel, said in commenting on appeal of the sentence—death in the week of March 18_passed on the pale and rigid German carpenter last night by Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, after receiving the verdict of guilty without mercy from the jury of four women and eight men. “We've got plenty to work on and we haven’t given up by any means.” For Hauptmann this day was outwardly like almost every other he has spent in the Hunterton County jail. But inwardly, his guards reported, he was obviously fighting a terrific battle for self-control. Goes to Prison Tomorrow Through the windows of the jail came only the gentle noises of a small town, where last night Hauptmann had heard the roar and jibes of a rowdy mob. Beating through his burning memory were the words of the jury: “We find the defendant guilty as charged.” Hauptmann will be removed to the State Prison at Trenton tomorrow’. Officials said they would remove him secretly but added that i they were in no hurry. C. Lloyd Fisher, local member of the defense staff, said he would visit Hauptman later in the day to discuss plans for an appeal on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. Mr. Fisher and other defense counsel said the record of the six weeks trial was replete with errors. However contrary the verdict may have seemed to the defense, it was eminently satisfactory to Hauptmann’s prosecutors. And the American public’s approval was reflected in the hundreds of congratulatory telegrams which .showered down today upon the jurors. Tomorrow. Hauptmann ..will be taken secretly to Trenton to await execution. But it is unlikely that he will be put to death before the middle of May as the filing and hearing of any appeals his lawyers may prepare wiM automatic

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postponement of the electrocution date. The jury which found Hauptmann guilty was out for 11 hours and 20 minutes and took five ballots. On the first vote the jurors agreed unanimously that he was guilty. Four additional polls were necessary before they could agree that he should be sentenced to death. As when they guillotine a man .'n France, the entire operation of condemning Hauptmann last night w ti over so quickly that few could realize that the six weeks of tension and suspense was at an end. Ordeal Over Quickly Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, in his w’rinkled black robe, mounted the bench at 10:43 p. m. There was gravity and dignity in his face. There was one familiar figure missing when the major characters had taken their seats. That was Col. Lindbergh, who throughout the trial had been a faithful observer of its progress and an interested listener to testimony. The ceremony was simple. Some one in the group of jittery court officials forgot to ask Hauptmann to stand up The clerk of court, Lloyd Fell, began to ask the jury the usual questions. He was interrupted by Justice Trenchard who said, sternly, “let the defendant rise.” Hauptmann rose to his full height, taking his guards with him. He stood erect, in the position of a soldier. His spine w r as stiff and his shoulders straight. But his face was that of a man about to face a firing squad. The words of Attorney Fisher had warned him of w’hat was to come. “Have you arrived at a verdict?” the court clerk asked quietly. Jury Foreman Sways The foreman of the jury, Charles Walton, a smallish man who at the moment had an ashen face and reddened eyes, rose and swayed uncertainly at the end of the jury box. “We have,” he said. “How say you?” the clerk asked. “We find the defendant, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, guilty as charged,” he said. There was a pause. It was a significant pause, for if Mr. Walton had said more, if he had added “and we recommend life imprisonment,” Bruno Richard Hauptmann's life would have been spared. There were no more words from Mr. Walton. Wilentz Also Stunned New-spaper copy began moving out of the courtroom. Hauptmapn, staring stolidly at the foreman, showed his only reaction to the declaration in the spasmodic movement of his jaws. His face had a deep crimson glow. His thick neck was reddened. But his hands were clamped clcse to the sides of his creased trotsers. Justice Trenchard fumbled with papers on his desk. He is a humane man, but a jurist. He stif(Tum to Page Three)

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