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Thursday, April 9, 1936. haTfimann is EIECTROCUTED FRIDAY NIGHT Celebrated Lindbergh Kidnaping Case Is Brought To End Trenton, N. J., April 3.?Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed tonight for the Lindbergh baby murder?a crime he refused to the end to admit. He was pronounced dead at 8:47: 30 p. m. after three shocks in the electric -chair in the gloomy, stone prison where he so long had been kepi alive through a series of extraordinary and startling developments. His death for the kidnap-murder of the twenty-months-old Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., ended the main plot of the strange story that began to unfold the blusterous night of March 1, 1932, when the son of America's famous flying couple was stolen from the nursery of their Hopewell home. Hauptmann, the man who wouldn't talk during long hours of police grilling and during the 13 months he occupied a cell six paces from the electric chair, went to the execution chamber without a word passing his lipa. Thus vanished forever the oft-expressed but little-entertained hope he would confess that he climbed the rickety ladder, took the child and exchanged its sleeping garment for $50,000 ramson Remains Stoical To End The 55 witnesses, who crowded the little room at state prison where New Jersey puts its condemned to death, sat tense wondering whether tho stoical Bronx carpenter would at last break. Attorney General David T. Wilentz, the man who prosecuted Hauptmann ounng tne long trial at Flemington more than a year ago, had predicted the cold prisoner would '-thaw out when he hears that switch." Col. Mark O. Kimberling, dark and soldierly warden, told the witnesses a few minutes before they marched silently through the prison yard to the little red brick death house that "if Hautmann talks, I will handle it." Governor Harold G. Hoffman, who once saved Hauptmann by reprieve on his execution eve, refused to do so again, though a conference with Wilentz which extended almost up to the hour of death led to s'tong belief that he might. He had directed a vigorous investigation of his own in the expiessed opinion the crime was not solved. But a' the er.d, he bowed to the attorney general's adtice that under the law he was powerless to further stay Hauptmann's death. Bruno Main No Protest Hauptmann did not say a word in the death chamber. Not even a murmur passed his lips. Whether from weakness, fear or a feeling of futility, he did not make a last protestation of innoence. As two guards led him into the chamber at 8:41, he was ashen white. Hi s .-haven head accentuated his almost ghastly appearance. His white face matched his white cottor. shirt. Once he looked at the witnesses, Something resembling a sneer came over his face. He slumped into the chair. Three guards fastened the straps about his arms and body and the electrode on his right leg. Robert Elliott the official executioner adjusted the cupped.shape headpiece and the mask. At 8:43, Elliott spun the rheostat wheel that sent 2000 volts of current through Hauptmann's body. Hauptmann stiffened. His arms became ten.se. The muscles on his bare right leg bulged. Slowly, Elliott reduced the voltage to 300 volts. At 8:44, a second shock of 2000 volts went through Hauptmann's body. It did not stiffen this time. No longer wa3 there a muscular reExamined By Doctors Again the voltage was reduced. At 8:45, Elliott applied a third shock, held it a minute and then cut off the current. A guard slashed his shirt. Dr. Howard Weislcr, the prison physidian, stepped forward, held the stethoscope a minute to Hauptmann's chest and stepped back. Dr. John Connelly, medical director of the prison, moved silently to the place vacated by Dr. Weisler, and a half minute later he, too, feii back. A large man in a brown overcoat stepped forward. He was Dr. Charles H. Mitchell, Mercer county physician who performed the autopsy or the Lindbergh baby, whose body was 12. 1032, fjvt The Cherok DR. MCD0NA1D FIRES OPENING CAMPAIGN GUN Candidate For Governoi Calls For New Deal In North Carolina WINSTON-SALEM. April 2,? Pledging loyalty and support to thf New Deal policies of President Roosevelt. Dr. Ralph W. McDonald called for a "new deal" in North Carolina as he formally opened his campaign for the Democratic gubernat orial nomination here tonight. The young ex-collece professor de. nounced the present state administration as "working hand in hand with the major tobacco companies, the wealthy textile groups, and the major oil companies," and called his opponents for the Democratic nomination "machine candidates." He called for repeal of the sales tax, reduction of automobile license fees to a minimum of $5, "more adequate school support," enaction of social security laws, "a new set of appointive officials in high places," cooperation with the New Deal farm program, and the guarantee "by the state law" of the right of labor to organize, and submission of the liquor question to a vote of the people Pledget Sales Tax Repeal In pledging repeal of the sales tax, McDonald said, "no part of the state's tax burden will be placed on land," and added, "the necessary revenues will be provided by reaching wealth which is now escaping taxation entirely or paying less than its fair share." To replace revenue the sales tay now produces, McDonald proposed the following program: 1?Extension of the income tax "to include dividends, interest, and other wuivca ui vtrty laigc uiuiviuuai incomes now escaping taxation. 2?A change of the corporatioa franchise tax so it will be based "on true value, including intangibles and corporate excess. * * * The present franchise tax, based principally upon capital stock, falls from two to twenty times more heavily upon the average corporation * * * as upon the wealthier and more profitable corporations. 3?Increased taxation of power companies and other public utilities "without one cent of the added bur. den being passed on in increased rate." 4?Inclusion of chain filling stations in the chain store tax. 5?A "small mercantile license tax not greater than that of Virginia." miles from the hig white Lindbergh home atop Sourlar.d mountain. Three other doctors also examined the now dead Hauptmann, not once but twice. Pronounced dead They gathered in a little circle hiding Hauptmann from view and appeared to confer. For a fraction of a minute, it seemed to the witnesses that they might decide another shock nppessttvv Then they stepped back, nodding to Dr. Weisler. The prison phy^ciar* turned to Colonel Kimbi-rling. who had stood wtih head bowed for six minutes. The warder, attended the electrocution, but did not see it. He looked up for the first time. "This man is dead," the doctor said. Col. Kimberling gazed at a big yellow clock a guard had held aloft all through the affair. "It is 8:47 1-2," he said. Even as he spoke, Hauptmann'a body was being carried away. Four guards, on grasping each leg, one each arm and shoulder, took the sagging body to the autopsy room a few steps away. There will be no autopsy?under New Jersey law there is none?but they call the room that just the same. Clergymen Read Ritual While the exeution was on, twc men who believed Hauptmann innocent and who spent the last hours with him, read in German the Lutheran ritual. The clergymen, the Rev. Johr Matthiesen of Trenton, and the Rev D. G. Werner of New York, precedec Hauptmann into the chamber. They read together at the start. Finally Mr. Werner stopped and withdrev to one side. Mr. Matthiesen kept on stopping only a short time befori Dr. Weisler formally pronounce) Hauptmann dead. The exeution was over?Haupt rr.ar.r. had paid with his life for i crime which Governor Hoffman sail ; was still unsolved. Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, the plaii . German woman who had fought si , long to save him, received the new i in her hotel room?two miles fron i the prison. :ee Scout, Murphy, North I MRS. WARREN, 58, OF MURPHY, DIES SUNDAY EVENING Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Warren. 58, of Murphy, were held at the Peachtree church Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock with the Rev. W. H. Bauconi. Jr., pastor of the Murphy Baptist church, officiating, interment was in the church yard. ' Peyton G. Ivie, of Murphy and Massie Funeral home, of Waynesville, ' were in charge of funeral arrangements. Mrs. Warren died Sunday evening at 6 o'clock. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Zeb Trull, of Canton, N. C., Mrs. Bill Gilbert, of Almond, Mrs. Frank Cole, of Mineral Bluff, Ga., Mrs. Fred Hyatt, of Isabella, Tenn., and Miss Bonalee Warren, of Murphy, and three sons, T. G.. of Knoxville, Tenn., J. D. of Gastonia, and P. H.. of St. Louis. YOUNG MARBLE | MOTHER DIES ON SATURDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Elizabeth Amos, 33, of Marble, who died Saturday morning at 5 o'clock were held at the Peachtree Baptist church. Peyton G. Ivie was in charge of funeral arrangements. Pall-bearers were W. S. Dockery, C. T. Winkler, Bud Ballard, Tom Coggins, Chancey Webb, and Tom Atchlev. Flower girls were: Bit Anderson. I Lucille Trull and Elaine Kilpatrick i assisted by Marble school children. Surviving are her husband; four children, Drcamenell, Jerald, Martha Jean and C. N., Jr., her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Queen, of Peachtree; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Donley and Mrs. Rol Wilson, both of Peachtree, Mr. Fannie Egges ar.d Mrs. Myrtle Luther, and two brothers, Otis and Owen, all of Youngstown, Ohio. MRS. STALCUP, 29, OF NEAR MARBLE, BURIED ON SUNDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Stalcup, 29, of Marble, who died Saturday morning at 11 o'clock after a week's illness, were held at the Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock with the Rev. Jim Truett officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Peyton G. [vie was in charge of funeral arrangements. Mrs. Stalcup was one of the finest young ladies in the section in which she lived and was very popular. She joined the church 15 years and proved herself a real Christian. Surviving are her husband; four sons, Ira, Clyde, Henry and Charles; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Moss, of Brasstown; four sisters. Fan nie, Alice and Ruth, all of Brasstown, and Mrs. May Lumpkin, ol Peachtree, and two brothers, Grovel and Amos, both of Brasstown. TH I Carolina MRS. WALKER, OF <[ RANGER SECTION at DIES ON TUESDAY ? Mrs. Manervia Ditmore Walker, ^ar 79 wife of the late G. M. Walker, ^ died at the home of her son, B. C. Walker, near the Ranker community, I Tuesday nght at 9:30 o'clock of a general breakdown which she had 585 been suffering for some months. loa Funeral services were held at the bal home Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock with the Rev. iFred Styles officiating. Interment was in the family cemetery. W. D. Townson was ir. charge of funeral arrangements. Those acting as pallbearers were: M. M. Kilpatrick, Howard Hickey, Herman King, Will Mints, Dillard McCombs and V. M. Johnson. Mrs. Walker was a native of Cherokee county and had lived here all her life. She was one of the finest citizens in her community and had been a member of the Baptist church for more than 65 years. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. D. F. Styles, of Robbinsville; Mrs. II Tax Lister' ' For the purpose of lists for the year 1 936, t Takers for Murphy Tow following places on date ; and list your taxes at or thus expedite the busine; penses to the public and Murphy?Court HouseApril 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Grape Creek?School H April 13th and 14th. Ebeneezer?School Hoc April 15th and 16th. Boiling Springs?School April 17th and 18th. Grandview?Davis Stor April 20th and 21st. Martin's Creek?School April 22nd and 23rd. Peachtree?School Houi April 24th and 25th. Tomotla?Keener's Sho April 27th and 28th. Very P. H. LEATHERS R I PAHT.PT r|| W.W.BARTON [IS IS EAST1 Dress Up and look you Murphy Laundry is here tc Easter. |l We have just added a g | machinery to our dry clei 1 ment. J We can now give you 1 j service obtainable. Send us your suits anc good job of dry cleaning AND YOU'LL " DRESSED FOR I PHY LAUN B. B. Cornwell, Proprietor Serve We Satisfy" MUR J. Ester, of Letitia; Mrs. J, ft. berta, of Mooresville, and Mrs. thur Graham, of Letitia; four sons, E. and W. E., both of Letitia; b! of Murphy, and l. M., of Chatlooga, Tenn., and more than 100 indchildren. o Mrs. Katherine Gibbons of Kan. i City found a human finger in a f of bread she bought from a leer. REDUCED PRICES SEE ME BEFORE YOU BUY PINKERTON *S Murphy, N. C. s Notice receiving your tax he undersigned List unship will be at the :s indicated. Come le of the places and ss, and also save ex cAird cost to you. 1, 29 and 30. ise? [ House? - House? , ? respectfully, ^OOD, List Taker. T, List Taker | [, Tax Supervisor. I ir best. The a > serve you this I reat deal more | ining . depart- | the very best I 1 dresses for a g and pressing a I 1
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