1936 newspaper LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPER BRUNO HAUPTMANN EXECUTED Electric Chair

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1936 newspaper LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPER BRUNO HAUPTMANN EXECUTED Electric Chair
1936 newspaper LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPER BRUNO HAUPTMANN is EXECUTED in the Electric Chair
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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL front  news section of a NEWSPAPER, the
Boston Herald
(MA) dated April 4, 1936. This original newspaper front news section contains a bold banner headline, photo, and coverage of the
EXECUTION of BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN, the kidnapper (and convicted killer) of the LINDBERGH BABY
in what many termed the "Trial of the Century." He was executed in the New jersey ELECTRIC CHAIR without a last minute confession.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidnapping became known as "The Crime of the Century". Hauptmann proclaimed his innocence to the end, but he was convicted of first degree murder and executed in 1936 in the electric chair at the New Jersey State Prison.
On the evening of March 1, 1932, Charles Lindbergh Jr., son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, was kidnapped from Highfields, New Jersey; a homemade ladder was found under the window of the child's room. The ,000 demanded in a ransom note had been delivered by Dr John F. Condon, but the infant's body was found on May 12 in woods 4 miles from the family home. The death was ascribed to a blow to the head, which some have theorized occurred accidentally during the abduction.
On September 15, 1934, a bank teller realized that the serial number on a gold certificate deposited by a gas station was on the list of Lindbergh ransom bills. On the bill's margin, the attendant had written the license plate number of the customer's car, which turned out to be Hauptmann's. Hauptmann was placed under surveillance by the New York City Police Department, New Jersey State Police, and the FBI.
On September 19, Hauptmann realized he was being watched and attempted to escape, speeding and running through red lights. He was captured after finding himself blocked by a truck on Park Avenue just north of Tremont Avenue in the Bronx.
His trial was dubbed the "Trial of the Century," while Hauptmann was named "The Most Hated Man in the World".
Evidence against Hauptmann included: ,600 of the ransom money found in his garage; testimony alleging handwriting and spelling similarities to that found on the ransom notes; testimony that lumber used in constructing the ladder probably originated in Hauptmann's house; Condon's address and telephone number found written on the inside of one of Hauptmann's closets; and what appeared to be a hand-drawn sketch of a ladder found in one of Hauptmann's notebooks. Experts retained by the defense were never called to testify.
During the trial, Hauptmann was identified as the man who received the ransom money, the man who had spent some of the ransom gold certificates, and as a man seen near the Lindbergh home on the day of the kidnapping. He had been absent from work on the day of the ransom payment and had quit his job two days later.
Hauptmann's attorney, Edward J. Reilly, argued that the evidence against Hauptmann was entirely circumstantial, as no reliable witness had placed Hauptmann at the scene of the crime, nor were his fingerprints found on the ladder, the ransom notes, or anywhere in the nursery.
Hauptmann was convicted, however, and immediately sentenced to death. His appeals failed, though his execution stayed twice while New Jersey Governor Harold G. Hoffman reviewed the case.
On April 3, 1936, Hauptmann was executed in the electric chair at the New Jersey State Prison. Reporters present said he made no statement. His spiritual advisor said that Hauptmann told him, before being taken from his cell, "Ich bin absolut unschuldig an den Verbrechen, die man mir zur Last legt" ("I am absolutely innocent of the crimes with which I am charged").
Hauptmann's widow Anna had his body cremated. Two Lutheran pastors conducted a private memorial service in German, but a crowd of some 2,000 gathered outside. Anna Hauptmann died in 1994 at age 95.
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