Hauptmann's ladder : a step-by-step analysis of the Lindbergh kidnapping /
In 1936, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. Almost all of America believed Hauptmann guilty; only a few magazines and tabloids published articles questioning his conviction. In the ensuing decades, many books about the Lindbergh case have been...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kent, Ohio :
The Kent State University Press,
2014.
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Colección: | True crime history series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "They've Stolen Our Baby"
- Ransom Notes, Ladders, and Chisels
- The Kidnapper Makes Second Contact
- J.F.C.
- Violet and Curtis: Two Bogus Stories Begin
- "Cemetery John"
- The Negotiations Continue
- Double-Crossed
- The Wild-Goose Chase
- "I Am Perfectly Satisfied That It Is My Child"
- The Police Take the Reins
- The Sad End of Violet Sharp
- From Bad to Worse
- The Frustration Mounts
- Shoenfeld and Koehler
- The Trail of Gold
- Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- The Interrogation Begins
- "I Have to Be Very Careful. The Man's Life Is in Jeopardy"
- More Pieces to the Puzzle
- Legal Gymnastics in New Jersey
- Extradition
- The Bull of Brooklyn
- The Trial of the Century Begins
- "Der Alte Ist Verruckt"
- "John Is Bruno Richard Hauptmann"
- Paper Evidence
- "He Is Conceding the Defendant to the Electric Chair!"
- The Prosecution Gains Momentum
- The State Rests
- Hauptmann Takes the Stand
- More Testimony from the Hauptmanns
- "Where Are You Getting These Witnesses? They Are Killing Me"
- The Defense Rests
- Rebuttal and Summations
- Wilentz Closes
- The Verdict.