CONDEMNED MAN.
EFFORT TO SAVE LIFE. FLEMINGTON, Feb. 14. Mr Reilly, counsel- for Bernard Hauptmann, who spent 10 minutes with him in his coll to-day, stated that the prisoner, who is engrossed in plans for the fight to be made to extend his life beyond the week beginning March 18 “is pretty well broken up by his sentence. Hauptmann is still convinced of his innocence and is visibly shaken. He says, ‘How could anybody believe that I, a father, the father of a child like my little Mannfried, could kill anyone clse’s baby?’ ” Mr Reilly indicated that the attorneys were prepared to exhaust \every last measure of the law to set aside the verdict. A world-wide appeal for new evidence would be broadcast, and a “Hauptmann Appeal Fund,” that would receive contributions from all sources, would be established undei the trusteeship of some bank.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 68, 16 February 1935, Page 7
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144CONDEMNED MAN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 68, 16 February 1935, Page 7
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