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r* J. W. NOELL, EDITOR ESTABLISHED 1881. PERSON COUNTY'S OLDEST AND BE ST NEWSPAPER. UNDER SAME MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS. THE COURIER Cove** The News Of Person County. READ IT ! HOME FIRST, ABROAD NEXT $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. LIL ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, February H, 1935 NUMBER 7 Hauptmann tenced To Death * v % i ^ i ? . . German Declared Guiity Of First Degree Murder; ^ Sentenced To Die Mar. 18 : ? Weary Jury Reports Its Findiilgs To The Court After Nearly F2 Hours Of Con stant Deliberation Courtroom Tense As Foreman Reads Fateful Decision JUSTICE TRENCHARD, AFTER RECEIVING VERDICT, IMPOS ES SENTENCE CARRYING CONDEMNED MAN TO CHAIR EARLY NEXT MONTH; REILLY SAYS HE WILL APPEAL TO HIGHEST COURT OF LAND; VERDICT ENDS NATION'S MOST SENSATIONAL TRIAL .Httnlerdon County Courthouse. Flemingion. ft"." J., Feb. 13 ? Brunr Richard Ilauptmann was convict ed tonight of America's most col-, lossal crime, and he must forfeit his life in the electric chair for the murder of Baby Charles A. Lind bergh Jr? Hau'ptmann is scheduled to br executed March 18. Edward J. Reillv, chief defense counsel, announced immediately he would appeal "to the highest court in the lan?." A Jury that had searched for a verdict since 11{15 a. m. filed into the courtroom at 10:44 p. m., to night and returned a verdict of "gnttty as charged in the indict ment.' That verdict solved for all time, so far as the State of New Jersey is concerned, the riddle of the Lind bergh crime, for the indictment charged that Hauptmann alone planned and executed the kidnap ping that occurred, almost three years ago on the slope of Sourland Mountain. aiut4hat nowhere in the world are there any accomplices. High Tension The courtroom was electric with tension as the jury, led by its schol arly foreman, Charles Walton, filed into the box. Hauptmann was sit ting in the same seat he has occu pied since the trial started, hand cuffed to his guards. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who has attended every session of the trial, was absent tonight. Lloyd Fell, the court clerk, stood up at his table in front of the bench and asked; ?'Jurors, have you reached a ver dict?" ? "We have," said Walton, holding slip of paper in his hand. "How say ye, guilty or not guil tv. - V-* ?- ? ? ?m Dead silence spread through the room and then Walton's voice cut above it, clear and loud. "We find the defendant, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, guilty of mur der in the first degree." Stood Up Hauptmann had been ordered by the court to stand up while the Jury returned its verdict . Not a muscle in the prisoner's , body quivered as he heard the words that doomed him. Color crept up his neck- and into his cheeks until his face was a flaming red Three seats away sat his wife, her face chalky white, while her eyes stared away into nothing.. Attorney Genertl David T. Wil entz movSd toward the judge's ben ch. "Your Honor." he said,* *1 move for an immediate sentence of the prisoner." In a. voice that shook with emo tion, Justice Thomas W. Trenchard leaned over the bench and said: "It is the duty of the court to impose the sentence of death on this defendant within the week be ginning March 18, 1935. Ten Minutes ? ; ? It waa all over In 10 minutes. Hauptmfenn was about to be Jed MOTHER AND SON Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann with her young son, Mannfred Hauptmann. in her arms. back to his cell when he leaned over and spoke to Lloyd Fisher, the member of his legal staff who has visited him every day in Jail. ('Can you come ih tonight." he asked Fisher. "No, but I'll come in tomorrow." fisher said. Then Hauptmann was led out, around the corner of ~ the bench, out *a rear door and across the bridge of sighs to the cell that has been his home for months. The prisoner stumbled, a bit as he passed his counsel table. "You know," Fisher said, as if talking to himself. "I never thoueht thqy would do that. The most they should have done was to give him life imprisonment, and a chance to solve the crime that isn't solv ed yet." Announces Appeal After a quick conference at the defense table, Edward J. Rei'ly chief of Hauptmann's lawyers, an nounced he would appeal. "Although the Jury has rendered a verdict on the facte." Reilly said, "we believe there were many er rors of law which ultimately will mean a reversal." Justice Trenchard turned to the Jury that has heard 1,500,000 words of testimony and congratulated its members on the "faithful and con scientious execution of your duty." Then guayds surrounded Mrs. Hauptmann and escorted her to a rear door of the courthouse. Her knees wavered a bit, and a state j trooper took her arm and said: "Steady, now, don't break here."| Hurried interviews with person^ close to the Jurors indicated that the eight men and four women wer agreed from the beginning of their deliberations today that Hauptmann was guilty. The only question that kept them in session for more than 11 hours was wheth er thev should doom Hauptmann to the electric chair or bring in a recommendation that he be sentenc ed to life imprisonment. To Be Delayed Despite the fact that Hauptmann was sentenced to be executed In the "week beginning March 18," if is extremely unlikely that he will die untH May at the earliest. An appeal from a death, penalty vir tually is frrandatory in New Jer Bruno Richard Hauptmann MRS. HAUPIMANN IS| BRAVE AS VERDICT OF GUILTY IS RETURNED Wife Of Condemned Man Controls Her self With Great Ef ? fort As Judge Passes Sentence Mrs. Hauptmann showed unbe lievable self-control last night when ; the jury returned a verdict that meant death to her husband, con victed as the kidnap-murderer of Charles A. Lindberg, Jr. But when the judge sentenced him to die, Mrs. Hauptmann broke and tears rolled down her cheeks for the first time since the trial began. Justin Thomas W. Trenchard ut tered the sentence: "The sentence of the court is ? "there came a long pause ? "That you, the said Bruno Richard Hauptmann, suffer death." She had looked at her husband after the Jury poll, but now her eyes returned to the justice, with a dull, dazed expression. She seem ed unable to believe it. As spectators began to leave the courtroom Mrs. Hauptmann seem ed to realize for the first time that the trial was ov'er. ""Tears came to her eyes, then, but she did not collapse. LindbererH Declines To Make Any Comment Englewood, N. J? Feb. 13 ? Col onel Charles A. Lindbergh, who at tended every session of the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the murder of btby Lindbergh, re ceived news of the death verdict tonight by phone at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow. Asked for comment from Colonel j Lindbergh, reporters were Inform- ' ed that he had "no statement nor, comment on the case whatsoever." , Mrs. Lindbergh also was at the ( Morrow home and others of the ! Morrow family present were Mrs> Morrow and Aubrey Nell Morgan, whose wife, the former Elisabeth Morrow, sister of Mrs. Lindbergh died recently. sey. That appeal probably will ga to the court of errors and appeals That is made up of nine Supreme Court justices, six lay judges and the Chancellor of New Jersey. Jus tice Trenchard, a member of the State< Supreme Court, is disquali flesd to sit on the court of errors and appeals because he presided here. The next term of the court of er rors and appeals starts on May 14 Argument of the appeal probably would take a week. Hence, it probably will be the middle of spring before Hauptmann | knrws definitely whether the sen : tence Imposed ifpon him tonight j will be effective or will be set a slcte by the higher court . o ? r" Only in the central and southern' portions- of China is rice a staple article of diet. ? *. I ? MILLER RESIGNS JUSTIN MILLER JUSTIN MILLER RESIGNS AS HEAD - OF LAW SCHOOL Now On Leave Of Ab sence From His Aca demic Duties Dr. W. P. Few, president of Duke University, announced yesterday that Justin Miller, dean of the Duke Law School since 1930, had tender ed his resignation effective July 1. Last July Dean Miller was given a year's leave of absenc to serve! as special assistant to the attorney general and has been making his home in Washington. In his letter of resignation he said he had become increasingly interested In his work dealing with national crime prevention and de sired to remain in his present po sition indefinitely. The resignation wll be presented to the executive committee of the University's beard of trustees at its meeting today. Miller came to Duke in 1930 from the University of Southern Cali fornia. During his leave of ab sehce Prof H. Claude Horack of the law school has been acting dean. o NEW ENTERPRISE OPEN ON DEPOT ST Roxboro Auto Parts Co., Is Open For Business; Telephone 61 . 1 The Roxboro Auto Parts Co. has j opened a store on Depot Street | where they carry a complete sup ply of automobile parts, both new and used. On another page you will find their advertisement. Look over these prices and see what yoi^need We are glad to welcome to Roxboro such an enterprise as this; It ,|s one' that has had no representative heretofore and will fill a much felt need in the community. The tele phone ttumber is 61. DORIS NIKE IS WED 10 JIMMIE CROMWELL Tobacco Heiress, 22, Is Quietly Married T o Cromwell I n Sur prise Ceremony Miss Doris Duke, twenty-two year old daughter of the late James Buchanan Duke, and the richest girl in the world, was married Tues day in New York, N. Y., at her town house. The wedding, was a quiet one, only members of the im mediate families and a few close friends being present . Immediately after, the ceremony three limousines sped to the Conte Di Savoia on which the newlyweds sailed for a honeymoon in Europe. Steamship officials tried in vain to keep their sailing a secret. Ship news reporters discovered their presence aboard. Although the bride kept to her cabin, Cromwell chatted with the reporters for a few minutes. Miss Duke met her husband at Bar Harbor six years ago. Since that time their names had been linked together in society gossip, but the marriage came as a sur prise. Cromwell is the grandson of the late Charles Thorne Cromwell, em inent lawyer of a generation ago, and is well known as an amateur sportsman. He is In the advertis ing business In New York and is also a writer on questions of eco nomics. ; 0 Basketball Schedule For This Week] The Roxboro Athletic Association announces the following basketball games for the week of February 11 to 14. Coaches and players are anxious to have your coopera tion. A side line has more streng th than those who make It realize. Come! Be one of the TEAM. February 12 South Boston there. Follow us to Victory. February 13 Semora here. Make a loud noise in the new gymnasium February 15. Bethel Hill here. "Beat Bethel Hill" Is our slogan. Help us with your presence. o Roxboro High Now Member In Southern Association Word was received here last week that Roxboro High School had again been accorded -membership In the Southern Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools. Only sixty-seven schools in North Caro lina ' are members of the associa tion. Roxboro has been a mem ber heretofore, but on account of reduced budget, which meant a re duced standard, it was dropped. ? o Two Person Boys On Honor Roll M. H. Clayton of Woodsdale and W. F. Gentry of Roxboro are list ed in the first semester honor roll which has just been released at j Wake Forest College. This dis- j ; tinction denotes work between 90 1 I and 100 percent perfect. Mr. Clav j | ton, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. ) G. Clayton, is a senior while Mr. ' Gentry, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W H. Gentry, is a sophomore See Them At The -* Winstead Whse. J. J. and S. B. Winstead, who have been selling fertilizer at both' the Pfoneer and Winstead Ware- j houses are now located at only thej Winstead Warehouse. For high ; grade fertilizer see these people at the Winstead Warehouse. o ? ? Mr. Perkins Improving ' Mr. J. D. Perkins, who has been seriously ill at his home on South Main Street for the past ten days, is reported as being very much im proved this morning. < TRYOURFLOWERS r" . - . Priced to save money. ? Buy at home and "the' difference, j PWme 30? Ryoxboro Flower Shop FIVE BALLOTS BY HAUPTMANN JURY ? ; .* MRS. CROMWELL i Mrs. James H. R. Cromwell, nee Miss Doris Duke. Mrs. Cromwell is the daughter of the late James B. Duke and Mrs. Duke, and is the heiress of her father. She is reputed to be the richest girl in the world. Her age is 22. A MODERN CAFE A modern cafe that is prepared to serve you anything you want to eat or drink at. any time of the night or day has been opened Just beyond Collins* and Aikman Mills, and adjoins A. R. Davis* store at Ca-Vel Circle. This cafe special izes in home-made barbecue which is served directly to you from the pit where it is" cooked. A cash prize of $5.00 is offered to the person submitting the most appropriate name for this cafe and tea room. Ask at cafe for com plete details. STUW COURSE Beginning next Monday even ing (Feb. 18) at 7:30 and continuing through till Friday night there will be a Study Course at the First Baptist Church. The text book used will be "The Book We Teach" be ing an outline study of the Bible, by Dr. J . B. Weathef spoon. There will be two forty-five minute periods from 7:30 to 8:15 and from~8:30 to 9:15. The Pastor will teach the class and there will be additional fea tures offered as attractions. Every one is cordially Invited to attend these classes. _ Roxboro Splits Twin Bill With South Bos ton Tuesday ~N!jfht Roxboro Girls Win 21-17 While The Boys Were Snowed Under 25-6 Roxboro basketball quintets met the aggregation of South Boston High on the South Boston court last night and emerged fifty per cent winners and the other half losers. The girls licked the So. Boston quintette by the score of 21 17. The boys met the South -Bos ton boys and were snowed under to the tune of 25-6. Roxboro will meet Semora on the local court tonight and will play Bethel Hill here on Friday night Both games will bfe double-headers and are called for 7:30 p. m. RETURNED FROM HOSPITAL Miss Nancy Bullock, who under went an operation for appendicitis at Watts hopsital recently, has re turned home and is improving very nicely. PROSP^TY The new cigarette, Prosperity, manufactured by the Farmers Co operative Tobacco cigarettes were placed on . sale here last week by Mr. N. T. Davis, who is1 interested in the Association. Several farm ers of this County have stock in th? business, and we trust they will receive large dividends. v The cig arette is" of good appearance and is by ,no means a bad smoke, many saying they measure up in quali ty with any of the old. brands. Get a parkace and soe how you like them.'.'" . j I - . ? Only Three Voted For Life Sentence; Mrs. Hauptmann Scorns Wilentz Fleming ton, N .J., Feb. 13 ? Bru- * no Richard Hauptmann, who heard hfc death * sentence pronounced without an outward show of emo tion, broke down and cried after being taken back to his cell, War den Harry O. McCrea, of Hunterdon County jail, said tonight. Hauptmann asked for a cup of black coffee, which was supplied him. FtemingtoB, N. J|., Feb. 14 ? (Thursday)? The jury that doom ed Burno Richard Hauptmann to death took five ballots, the Unit ed Press learned tonight. On the first ballot all 12 of the jurors voted a verdict of guilty, but three of them ? Robert Cravatt, Rosie Pill and Verna Snyder ? in sisted on recommending life im prisonment rather than the death penalty. On the third ballot Cravatt, the 25-year-old "baby of the jury," swung over to the death penalty. Mrs. Pill and Mrs. Snyder swit ched to the death penalty on the fifth ballot. o Wilentz Scorned By Wife of Hauptmann Flemington, N. J., Feb. 13 ? Anna Hauptmann. who heard her hus band condemned to death tonight, broke a day of silence to scorn At torney General David T. Wilentz, the man who prosecuted the Ger man carpenter. Wilentz approached the frighten ed woman after the trial was ad journed and asked: "Do you want police protection? The crowd outside is very dense." Mrs. Hauptmann stiffened. The crimson flush that betrays her an ger suffused her face. "I can walk," she said defiantly. Wilentz passed on. ? o ? Tuberculosis Fund Swelled Through Periodical Means Cnrtis Publishing: Co. Conducts Campaign Here for Subscribers The Curtis Publishing Co., thru its representative, Mrs. J. P. O' Brien conducted a subscription campaign here for new subscribers and renewals, a per cent of the pro ceeds froiri which went to the Tu berculosis Fund of Person County. The percentage that was realized from this campaign and which will be administered for the benefit of tuberculosis people in this county will just about cover the bill of a child who is now confined to the State Sanitorium. Mrs. J. P. O'Brien, supervisor of this work, stated that it was a great pleasure for her to work with the peop'e of Person Counay, and the County Health office wishes to thank all who so graciously contri buted to this great cause. Obediah Likes Them To My Friends: I would like to say if you have ^ not been to The Courier office and ? renewed, or subscribed, for the Courier fcr 3 years and received 30 pieces set of that pretty China ware, you have missed a real treat they are dandy. No one has asked me to say this: I am just giving you an idea of how much I think of my 30 piece set. Respectfully, Obediah Frazier. . ? o Long Memorial Services Feb. 17 Sunday School 9:45 A. M. Morning Worship 11:00 A. M. Sermon by pastor. Subject: '"Hie Righteousness of God." * - Young .Peoples Meeting 6:45 pjn. Night service 1:30 P. M. Sermon by pastor. Subject: "The Christ ian Managing his Religion." Mr .HeilWrt expects to return" on Satirfday afternoon and Mil con duct Sunday services as usual.
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