| Show BRUNO ACCUSER ACCUSER I FACES HOFFMAN Governor to Question Lindbergh Witness s TRENTON ENTON N. N J. J Feb 22 UP iF- iF Millard Whited ed one of the two men who placed Bruno Richard Hauptmann Hauptmann Hauptmann Haupt- Haupt mann at the scene of the Lindbergh four tour years ago ago came down to Trenton today to answer any ques questions ons Governor Harold G G. Hoffman wants a ts to ask him about his Flemington lemington testimony and statements statements state state- ments monte ho he previously made to the police He came at the governors governor's own request after alter word was relayed to him by William Rittenhouse an In Investigator Investigator investigator in- in for Prosecutor Anthony H. H Hauck of Hunterdon county where the trial was held C. C Lloyd Fisher chief counsel for Hauptmann arrived about the same time Hauck also attended the tho con con- ference His Third Appearance Whited coat collar upturned walked quickly Into the state captol capitol capitol capi cap tol and ignored the stares of ot the few people in the corridor He was as calm as he was on the witness stand at Flemington when he swore that Hauptmann was the theman theman theman man he had seen near Hopewell shortly before the on March 1 1932 It was Whited's third appearance in the spotlight The Tho first was in October 1934 when his testimony Continued on Page Two Column One BRUNO ACCUSER FACES HOFFMAN Continued from Page One In a a- Bronx courtroom was ono one of th tho deciding deciding factors actors In the decision ot of New York authorities to grant New ew Jerseys Jersey's request for Haupt Haupt- Hauptmann's manns mann's extradition His second appearance ap ap- ap was at Flemington Efforts there to make him change his testimony and efforts to discredit discredit dis dis- dis cr credit his story were fruitless although al a- a though tho the defense produced two witnesses one of them Whited's brother who swore his reputation for veracity was not of the best Aged lan Man Accuses Whited merely smiled when they offered these comments The governor reached hi his decision to question Whited at a conference e eIn in his office last Jast night with Hauck and Fisher Flaher The other witness who said he saw H Hauptmann near the Lindbergh ho home borne e was Amandus Hochmuth H Hopewell octogenarian who pointed a a shaking finger at Hauptmann in inthe the courtroom and then touched him hini gingerly on the shoulder as u he lie said ald that Hauptmann w was s the man he saw driving a car containing a aJ J ladder near the tho Lindbergh home Governor Hoffman HoUman discussed Hochmuth's Hochmuth testimony with Hauck and Fisher laher I last st night and is un understood understood under under- er- er stood to be studying his story as aswell aswell aswell well as Whited He did not ask however that Hochmuth be questioned questioned ques ques- now r The governor has said he is convinced eon con vinced need tho the Lindbergh has not t been completely solved but has made no plan pIan for a second reprieve He was silent to today today today to- to day on the appeal cIrcularized by bythe bythe bytho the tho Rev John MathIesen Hauptmann's Hauptmann's Haupt- Haupt manns mann's sp spiritual adviser to Lutheran Lutheran Lutheran Luth Luth- eran ministers throughout the c country to give Hoffman an enco encouraging encouraging en en- co raging word Mr tr MathIesen too ref refrained from any comment insisting the letter had not been intended for publication Is Independent Action 1 The clergyman said he sent th the lett letter ieter r with Hauptmann's knowledge knowledge knowl know edge edge- and nd had received some somo answers an an- awers that were very favorable Five Scranton Pa ministers said they threw the letters in the W wastebasket waste waste- ste ste. basket In Lebanon Fa six clergymen clergymen clergy clergy- men s said they ignored it Dr Frederick H. H Kneubel presIdent president pres- pres dent of or the United Lutheran Church of America said Bald Dr Mathie Mathie- len en was acting on his own responsibility without any approval from any ny authority in the Lutheran Luther n church chuich In IlL Belleville tho the Rev Key Harry pastor pator of the the Bethany Lutheran church said Bald he had read tho the letter Jetter and filed it away Its almost impossible to judge the merits of at the case be he said A A. Newark minister the Rev Augustus of St. St Johns John's Lutheran church said Tho The whole thing is so JO uncertain while as Governor Governor Gov Gov- r Hoffman said there are details de de- de tails Lall that might knight be unco uncovered red Defended by by Ac Adviser The Rev William F. F Behr ns of Christ Evangelical church Union laid aid he believed there here is consider erable enable doubt concerning Hauptmann's Hauptmann's Haupt- Haupt manns mann's guilt but felt tho the matter was was caz outside church affairs while the e Rev Oscar Bra Braune ne of Newark said laid Hauptmann may bo ho guilty but it has not been proved not beyond beyond be be- yond a reasonable doubt Mr Mathiesen in his letter asked forgiveness of ot his hi fellow clergymen if It I I. do do not at this time explain away all that tha circumstantial evIdence evidence evi evI- dence deuce so 80 cunningly woven about Hauptmann That evidence may be there he wrote but Hauptmann does not tit Sit Into the tho picture H Hauptmann n Is under sentence to did the week of ot f March 30 No date wile for Jor th has has has' been set Colonel Mark O. O warden war war warden den ten o of the New ew J Jersey r ey tate state prison said cald a |
