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Show H HAUPTMANN UPTM NtJ fOUND fOUNDGUILTY FOUNDGUILTY GUILTY Of MURDER MURDERPrisoner's Prisoner's Prisoners ' Calm Breaks ; HeWeeps He HeWeeps HeWeeps Weeps in Cell AfterHearing AfterHearing After Afterear Hearing ear ng Sentence . By W C WEBBERF WEBBERL WEBBERIIr.C.TO WEBBERF WEBBERLEMIMzT0 WEBBER " L LEMIMzT0\ LEMIMzT0 LEMIMzT0N LEMI1 \IIr-.C.TO\ IIrC.TO IIr .C.TO CTO : \ IIr.C.TON - . . GT ( ' \ N J - RIc1lard Richard RIc1lardnruno RichardBruno RichardI F Cruno nruno Bruno IIauptuiunn IIauptmunn Ilauptmann must die Inthe ! In Inthe n nthe the electric ch-ilr ch ilr ch11r chair - A jury of ot his hispeers hispeers Mspeers peers has found him guilty bUllty of or murd murder murderIn r rIn In the first degree without reeommen recommen recommendatlon recomniendatlon , dation datlon of or mercy , . thus ending eDdlng the most mostsensatioDal mostsensational mostsensational sensatioDal sensational trial of modern moderD hlstor histori lilstory ) nnd and nndtill andtae andtoe till tae ' cold stolid Gcrmnn German caipenter cmpenter carpenter must mustforfeit mustforfeit , CorCelt forfeit his life Ufe for Cor tliat that of the tbe golden goldenhlrpd goldenhatred goldenhilrpd h\lrpd h lrpd hatred ' \ Lindbergh baby he Is comlcte.d comlcted convicted convictedof comlcte.dor . or of hiving b\ving b ving h'lving hlving ' \ ' murdered after kidnaping kidDaping the thechild thechild thechild child on the night nlgbt of ' Mirch 'I\rch 'I I rch March ' \ 1 , , . 1)32Although 1932Although 1932 1\)32 1 )32 32 1932Although \ ) Although Justice ' .Thomas Thomas l'homas lhomas . W 11 \ \ Trench Trenchard Trenchand Trenchard ard and Immediately sentenced the defem defend defendant defendnnt ] nDt ant to die during durlDg the week of 'larch larch March ' MarchIS 18 It Is possible tint th1t that this nny m\y m y may ' \ be de de- delayed delayed delayed - - layed Attorney . : Edward Id\\ard Id ard \ J Kellly Hell1y Reilly Cor for Corthe forthe forthe the defense announced anDouncl'd anDouncld ' that an appeal appealwould appealwould appealwould would be tal-en tal en taken tal - > en and It Is almost nlmost certain certainthat certainthat certainthat that this will wll1 stay the execution e"tecuUon etecuUon exccution " UDtII until UDtIIlte untillate untillite l\te l te late ' \ In MayThe MayThe May MayThe The tour four women and eight men mak wak makIng waklag makIng lag up Ul [ the jury left the courtroom at atJ.1 atJ1 11 . 11 14 o 0 clod clock lock . ln In the he iorning mornlDg morning Uour lIour Hour after hour bour passed with rumors fi livingeverywhere ) Ing Inge e\ e ecry everywhere- everywhere everywhereeleven \ cry ' " here- here hereeleven - - eleven to one for Cor convlc convlctlon convlction convictlon tlon tion - a deidlocked de'ldlocl.ed deldlocl.ed deldlocled deadlocked ' . jur jurv jurc ) - holdlDg holding holdlDgout holdingout holdingout out for Cor acquittal alqulttal ' At 10 2 _ 2j a " In ID the eve eve- evening evening evening - ning the bell on the IIunlerdon lIunterdon Hunterdon COUDty county COUDtylourthouso countycourthouso countycourthouso lourthouso courthouso begins tolling t011lng the souDd sound souDdearning soundcarrying soundcarrying earning carrying far Car out over the Jersey Jer.ey Jerey , . hllls hills hlllsThe hillsThe hillsThe The mob massed ! In n front of the courthouse court courthouse courtbouse house starts veiling e1llng selling sellingHauptmann ) veilingIIauptinann e1llngHauptmann IIauptinann Hauptmann Is led In lie tilks t'lll.s tlll.s tllls talks ' . to toone toone toone one of his lawyers for a few Cew mlDutes minutes minutes.Lvidently minutesLvidently . . Lvidently the strain of or ' waiting 'WaltlDg WaltlDg tor for the thevl'rdlct theverdict theverdict vl'rdlct vlrdlct verdict ' Is beginning beIDninl beginninb : ; " to tell on him as ashis ashis ashis his face Is da.mpvlth damp da.mp ; . \ with \vlth vlth pereplratlon perplratlon perspiration ! lIis His lIis"Ue Hiswife Illswife "Ue Ue wife " the faithful Auc Ane Ann , whose beller belief bellerIn beliefIn beliefIn In her husbands husband s Innocence has never neverwaered neverwavered neverwavered wa\ered wa ered wavered \ comes In and aDd takes a Beat seat Beatnear seatnear seatnear near him 'I I ' Ihey 'they they hey esctnnge exch'lnge exchlnge exchange ' no words wordsUauptmnnn wordsHauptmann wordsUauptmnnn Uauptmnnn Hauptmann sits staring straight aheadThen aheadThen ahead aheadThen Then the thl ' jurv jury enters eDters through tbrough the 11 Ii 11brary Iibrary IIbrary brary door and takes ta1.es ta1es . Its place In ID tbe the thejury thejury tbejury jury box Theerdlct The verdict \erdlct erdlct \ Is evident from fromthe fromthe fromthe the expressions expresslODs on OD the Jurors Caces faces faces.The facesThe . . . 'Ihe Ihe 'the the ' women are all red-eyed red eyed - - with weep weeplog weepIng weepIng log Ing ' They 'Ihey Ihey 'they sit and wait . . Ldward Ld\\ard Ld ard \ I ell all ellIy allly ellly Iy ly stands staDds nervously ner"ously nerously , " smoothing his hulr hair hulrwith hairwith bttirwith with his 1 aDd-his aDd his land-his land land - his opponent Attorney AttorneyGeneral AttorneyGeneral AttorneyGeneral General \ Wllentz llilentz " lIent % . , . whose vigorous pros prosecutlon prosecutlon prosecutlon ecutlon of this trial has aroused the theadmiration theadmiration theadmiration admiration of veteran vlteran crlmlnallawers crlmlnallawerse criminal lawyers lawyerseversvvhl law ) eraeverv e\ e eer eversvvhl \ er ) \ vvh III ( re paces up and down as they they"alt theywait theywait \"alt "alt alt wait \ , " for the judge Then TheD the room becomes curiously curiouslystill curiouslystill curiouslysUll still The clerk calls the roll of or the thejury thejury thejury jury and the jurors Bland stand In the box boxand , and llauptmann IIauptmann Is ordered to stand standalso standalso standalso also The : clerk as1.s'Ir asksMr asks as1.s as1s asksMr . ' Mr 'Ir Ir foreman or man have ha\e ha e base \ you agreed upon upona a verdicts Terdlct verdlct t " Charles Chnrlps \ Gallon 1lalton \ alton the foreman a former former tor for ] mer baseball basebal1 plaver plaer placer ) , now n a machloist machinist machinistforty machloistCorty machinistforty Corty forty tour sears ) ears old answerse answers ' . "e e W " % \e e \ e h:1e have bav h:1\ h:1 h1 : \ e e'Gallon eGallon ' "alton alton 11 " alton reads tl tt tie e a erdlct verdict \ verdict"We verdictWe " . 11 \ \ e a the jury find the defeDdat&t defeDdatt defendant defeDdat&tBruDO defendantBruno defendantBruno & BruDO Bruno Richard ntchard llauptmann lIauptmann Hauptmann , . fcullty bullty Guilty ot of otmurder ofmurder ofmurder murder In the first dcgreeThen degreeThen degree dcgree degreeThen Then ho he hands n a little slip slll [ of or pa paper paperto pai > t.r tr t.rto . < .rto rto . to the clerk clerl . who reads rends It again and andas1.s andasks andasks'So andasksSo as1.s as1s asks . asks'So 'So So ' . SO say BI1Y you all all'There allThere ? ' There l3 Is a murmured chorus of yesfrom yes yesIrom yesfrom Irom from the cipb elght elsh.s elshs : . , mcn men and aDd tour Cour four "omen omen women "omenbut womenbut " womenbut but tlicn then the clerk calls calla caU , the roll aDd and aDdeach andeach andeach each juror replies that his or herer her vcrdiet \ vcr \er er vcrflict erdlct flict dlct diet Is guilty of murder in the llrst first llrstlIegree firstdegree firstdegree lIegree degree . . ' ' Uauptmann Hauptmann IIauptmann resumes his seat Then ThenWileDtz Then1Vilentz ThenWilcntz WileDtz 1Vilentz briefly hrlely ! moves for immediatesentence Immediate Immediatesentence immediatesentence sentence of or the defendant deCendant Justlc Justice Justice'trenchard JusticeIrenchard 'Irenchard Irenchard 'trenchard trenchard ' orders Uauptmann Hauptmann IIauptmann to standagain stand standagain standagain again and nDd In ID a matter of fact Cnrt tone tODe of ofvoice ofvoice ofvoice voice savs says saysthe sa savsIhe ) s s1.he . Ihe 1.he 1he the court will wl11 now proceed to 1m im 1mpose impose 1mpose pose sentence'It sentence 'It It ' . It Is therefore tl t1 U e sentence of ot thl'i thli this thl'icourt thiscourt thiscourt ' court that tbat tie tl e defenlant dcfen deCen lant lont slinll shall be put putto putto putto to deith de'lth delth death ' during durmg the wee week ! . bl'glnDlnh blglnDlnh beglnnini bl'glnDlnh'larch beginningMarch ' , 'larch larch March ' 18 l 103 3J > , ) In tlie the manner anel and anelplace andplace andplace place Indicated IDdlC'lted IDdlClted ' by ' liw l'I\V l'I lI V law \ You 10u lou are nre re ro romnded rominded reminded ( ) minded m\nded m nded ' \ to tlic the custody custod ) of or the thl tin . . 'Iherllf Iherllf cherllt 'IherllfIt cherlltIt ' sheriffIt It Is ts all overhcrvy 0\ 0 \ over 0er overI er err.crvy r-.crvy r.crvy r .crvy crvy hcrvy - . I crvy to the last IIauptminn Hauptm\nn Hauptm nn IIauptmann ' \ re re- reeehes reselves receives - ceives eehes selves his deitli de'lth delth death ' sentence senteDce without out our - ward " \ "d d ard " demonstr1t1onHIs demoustntlon demonstr1t1on demonstration demoustntlonlyi lyi CT 1 Ills HIs guards begin mov movIDg movf movtag movI f Ing IDg tag to\\ to tow toward toard \ ard and the door doorHauptmann door1 > Uauptmann Hauptmann llauptmann s ees eies eyes ) seek seekthose seekthose seekI those of ot bis hlg bas w " wife "Ite Ite Ife sittiDg sittang sit sitting ting tiDg tang at the counsel counseltable counseltable counsel- counsel counseltable - table tr try trjing ) ing lug to fightback fight fightbaclt flglitback baclt back her tenrs teurs tears lIe lIesas liesass liesavs sass sas ) nothing Dothlug just 1001.s 1001s looks 1001.sat looksM looksat . M at her and aDd then dls dis dlsappears disappears disappears appears through the thedoor thedoor thedoor door doorBruno doorBruno BrunoIt It was not Dot until heHauptmann heHauptmann he heHauntmann ? tnltHauptmann Bruno "as as was " as ln In hls his ccl1 cell thatthe thatthe tnlt that ! Hauptmann"as Hauptmannwas Hauntmann Hauptmann the man whom \ hom WII WIl WIIentz WIlentz cntz entz s said .ld ld : > . had iceater Ice \ water \\ater ater In his velDs veins velDscracl veinscracl veinscraci cracl cd ed Faced raced with the grim reality realityot realityof realityof ot of the death penalty , he sat 'at at cat " ' on tbe the tbeege theedge theedge ege edge ( ] of his hard Iron cot and wept weptHis weptHis . II1s His Iron \ will wtll \ III had stood the strain stralD aslong as aslong aslong long as It oouldn couldEven oould could oouldEven n\ n Even nen \ en the mob ho\\ ho howling hoIIDg \ IIDg Its lis appro\ appro approal approval approvalof \ al alof of the death sentenceould sentence \ would \\ould ould liavc have felt Celt sympathy for Annl Anal HauptmanD Hauptmann Uauptmannth Uauptmannth1pliln thp the thpphln theplain 1pliln phln plain haggard " woman "oman oman as slie she sat there theremotlonl theremotionless theremotionless motlonl motionless s " while "bile bile the jurors IntonedGullty intonedGuilty intoned intonedGuilty Guilty Gullty of murder in the first de de- degree de- de degree degree - - gree greeIhe gree'lhe gree'the ' Ihe 'lhe lhe 'the the woman who clung c:1uog c1uog : to her hus bus husbaDd busband busband baDd band when wben all the world seemed to toaccuse toaccuse toaccuse accuse him hlDl of this most horrible oC of oCcrimes ofcrimes ofcrimes crimes theoman the \ woman \\oman oman who had " worked "orL.ed orL.ed orLed . 10 in 10a ina Ina a bakery baL.ery baLery . even eHD eten after her ber husband hu.band huband . hat hatthousands ha halthousands I Ithousands thousands of ot doll'lr dolllr dollirs-of dollirs of doll'lrot dollars-of dollars ' ! -ot ot - - - r\n r n rin&om rinom ransom ' \ & om money moneyIn moneyin moneyIn In his posse possession sion " who "bo bo . knew I.nelV InelV nothing Dothlng of ofbls ofhis ofhis bls his III Ill ; gotten otten honrd honrll hoard . kept I.ept Iept her e eyes eyesstraight efsstraight ) ps psstraight straight ahead ns as the \ verdict erdlct was au an auDouDced anpounced announced DouDced pounced Her lIer 1Ier e'es ees eves e ) ' cs \ were ere Died fixed only OD on ODher onher onher her husband husbaDd as lie he went through thp the thpdoor thedoor thrdoor door on the journey thatv1l1 that \ will \v1l1 v1l1 fiDa Snaps Snapslend flnalllead ) } ) lead lend to the grim death chamber If of IfTreDton ofTrenton < ufTrenton TreDton Trenton prison Then TheD only did the thetears thetears thetears tears of relief come conic . . . Neither r-.elther r.elther r .elther elther helther - . Colonel Lindbergh nor themembers the themembers themembers members of his tamllyere family tamlly \ were \\ere ere in the thecourtroom thecourtroom thecourtroom courtroom as liS the death denth sentence ww was waspassed vvaapassed . passed A close friend CrleDd of the Camll family familyexplained famlliexplained ) explalDed explained that alter the Judge had real realhis rea I Ibls Ihis bls his charge cbarge to the Jury . , I Indbergh IDdbergh tndbergh Celt felt Celtthat feltthat feltthat that he be had done everything possiblt possible possibleand possibleand . and that thereas there \ was \\as as nothing nothlDg to be begalDed begained begained galDed gained by his bls presence . . The famlly family famllyawaIted familyawaited familyawaited awaIted tbeerdlct the tbe verdict \erdlct erdlct \ at the home of ofIrs ofMrs ofMrs \Irs Irs Mrs \ I Indbergh lndbergh tndbergh smother s mother and nnd news was wasphoDed wasphoned wasphoned phoDed phoned them thlm direct from Crom Little hope \ was as felt for Uaupt Haupt UauptmaDn Hauptmann Uauptmanns maDn mann s acquittal after Justice Tren Trenchard Trenchard Trcnchard chard s charge to the Jury was read . . ] The Justice justlce told the jurors theypoulll theymould they theyouldreturn poulll mould poulllreturn mouldreturn -ouldreturn ouldreturn - return three possible pOQsible erdlcts-u.uru erdlctsu.uru erdlcts u.uru uuru verdicts-murdr verdicts murdr erdlctsu.uruIn verdictsmurdrin \ verdicts - . UjurderIn ( ] ( In the first degree degrel ' , tl 11 e a same with rec rec- recommeDdation recommendation recommendation - - ommendation ommeDdation of life lICe Imprisonment ImprlsonmeDt or oracquittal oracquittal oracquittal acquittal acquittalBrief Brief and to the point the final finalcharge finalcharge Dualcharge charge paid particular p.utlcular putlcular . attention atteDtion to the thedisputed thedisputed thedisputed disputed reliability of ot the importantstate Important Importantstate importantstate state witnesses wltDeQses Dr John I JaCsle Jafsie JaCsleCondon JafsieCondon JafsicCondon Condon and aDd Amainlus Amandus loclimutli Ilochmuth [ andto and andto andto to the defense theories that a gang lei leipetrated i et etpetrated eipetratcd petrated thedead the k 1 . dnaping dnaplng and aDd tint tll'lt tlllt that ' th the thedead c1lI dead ' ! ( ] Ibldor hJdor hider ' risch r'lsch rlsch Flsch ga\ ga gave gae \ e Hiiiptmann Il1uptmanu Hauptmann tht the theransom thfransom ' ransom mODl'YOn moneyOn money mODl'Y mODlY moneyOn ' On the state states s Important ladder Indl1er e\ e eI evi \ I deDce dense evidencc edeDce evidense jurorsDoes , . the court asked the Juror jurors < : * ; Does not the e\ e evidence eldenLe \ ldenLe satis- satis calls "nl nl " satisi ! > - - , i ) sort ) 011 tha that vouthat 011tha sortthat t at leist In,1 In1 leatit , n a part purt of the w wiod 10d 1od fro fro"hkh frowhich frowhich "hkh hkh which " t e o ladder Inader w a " g s 9 bl bt b > It r c ' " i h 0111 out 0111ot outof omof ot of the flooring of ot the a 11 tic or ot th tl1 lip di ' CendaDt fendant dptcndant lipCendaDt ' "If If "U U " you find that the mu ra r \ wa \\a a was unintentionalrhe IIDlntentionalfhe unintentionalrue IIDlntentional unintentional fhe rue court n.cJded ncJded added n.cJdedIt addedIf . addedIf It If there is a reasonable |