Show BANDIT HAS BUT SLIGHT CHANCE CHANGE Governor Refuses to Grant Reprieve for Gerald Chapman HARTFORD Conn April 1 1 By The Associated Press Gerald Press Chapman bandit Is beginning to realize that hi his chances of ot escapIng escaping ing the tho gallo gallows early next Tuesday are slight This statement came Iame today from his counsel after arter they had informed him In state prison that Governor Trumbull had refused to grant a reprieve Frederick A Groehl Chapman Chapmans counsel urged the g governor vernor to granta grant a reprieve of ot at least lut one ona week be because cause of ot new evidence but tout the governor said said said- no not for tor an n hour He said said ald that It would be bean bean bean an unwarranted i Interference h with the judicial department to stop the execution now Chapman has had his day in court bull bull said laid The case has been hur heart hearlIn In the courts before several judges A petition urging Governor Trum Trum- Trumbull Trumbull bull to grant lITant a a reprieve was being circulated today by two Hartford club women They will otter It to the governor In case a a motion for tor torI fora fora I a new trial Is overruled They ob obtained last night soon oon after the petition was started Chapman Is fa under sentence for killing a II New Britain policeman In Ina Ina a burglary burglar |