Hoffman Ousts Schwarzkopf.
TRENTON, N. J., Tuesday, June 2.—UP)—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman capped his criticism of the Lindbergh kidnap-murder investigation
today by deposing Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf as superintendent of the New Jersey state police — a force he organized and led for fifteen years.
The governor sent to the Senate the name of Col. Mark O. Kimberling, state prison warden and once Schwarzkopf's deputy.
Kimberling was named to succeed the man who directed the police search which ended in the execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann as the Lindbergh baby [slayer. Kimberling supervised the execution.
Some observers believed strong sentiment in the state for Schwarzkopf's reappointment — evidenced by petitions from farm groups and
women's clubs, and individual demands by private citizens—would lead to a Senate fight against Kimberling's confirmation.
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