Big Story The big story 75 years ago this week (1936) involved a surprise order from New Jersey Gov. Harold Hoffman to reopen the state's investigation of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder. The governor, who defied impeachment threats after granting Bruno Richard Hauptmann a 30-day reprieve from execution, cited "incontrovertible proof" that others were involved in the crime. "We cannot accept any solution," he said, "that is less than complete.
Everyone knows that on a misty May morning 75 years ago, a brave young guy named Charles A. Lindbergh hopped into a plane called the Spirit of St. Louis and made the first solo trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris. He spent the next years of his life, of course, as a national hero and a person of great public curiosity. Back before we had celebrity gossip in every newspaper and magazine, we had Lindbergh's story: his marriage to the writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the tragic kidnapping of their baby son, Lindbergh's wartime accomplishments and remarks, and his later work with medicine and the environment. But aviation historians are more concerned with other aspects of Lindbergh's famous flight: What about the airplane itself? Who can tell ITS story?
It was long before Court TV, O.J. Simpson or Nancy Grace. Not since the Lindbergh kidnapping had a case attracted such national media attention, by many accounts. Yet, looking back on it, Burrell Ives Humphreys doesn't recall the pressure. He recalls the facts. To me, it was a very simple decision," Humphreys says of choosing to retry famed boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and co- defendant John Artis in a racially charged triple murder case in Paterson. "Were we satisfied the defendants had murdered these three people, and did we believe we had a reasonable chance of persuading a jury? If the answer was yes, that was the end of it.
Maybe it began with the widely covered trial of Bruno Hauptmann following his arrest in the Lindbergh crime of the century kidnapping. It certainly continued when Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were arrested on espionage charges. They were eventually executed in the early 1950s for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Russians. High profile, sensational criminal cases have been a staple of tabloid journalism for decades. But since the O.J. Simpson murder case, things have become totally out of control. With today's 24 hour cable coverage of tantalizing criminal cases, you must wonder whether the individuals involved will ever have an opportunity to get a fair trial or even have a chance to clear their name if they are found not guilty.
Big Story The big story 75 years ago this week (1935) involved the conviction of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the murder of the Lindbergh baby during its kidnapping three years before. Death in the electric chair, set for March 18, 1935, was the automatic penalty. The jury of eight men and four women deliberated 11 hours and six minutes before returning its verdict of death. Hauptmann would deny his guilt until the end.
Art: Time to go to 'Work' David Montano's latest solo exhibit, "New Work," at Christine Frechard Gallery is made up of seven massive mixed-media paintings that use images taken from film stills. The films referenced are mostly French and Italian neo-realism of the 1950s-60s, such as Louis Malle's "Elevator to the Gallows" and Fellini's "La Dolce Vita." But one is a portrait of Francoise Hardy, the '60s French pop singer.
... domestic who was a suspect in the 1932 kidnapping of the infant son of her employer, famed aviator CCharles A. Lindbergh. The kidnapping stirred up a media frenzy that con...
Ana Kyle has spent 23 years doggedly research- ing what she calls "the purported kidnapping" of Charles Lindbergh Jr. and she's convinced she has uncovered the man who wrote the 15 ransom notes. No, it was not Richard Hauptmann," she said, referring to the German immigrant who was found guilty during "the trial of the century" and executed.
Consultant's recommendations for police department The Dyersville City Council has approved 10 recommendations resulting from an organizational assessment of the police department: 1. Improve department leadership standards and expectations. 2. Identify public safety goals: mission, vision, strategic plan. 3. Create police department Standard Operating Procedures manual. 4. Consider a new staffing plan for police officers; consider a new staffing plan for dispatchers. 5. Enhance communication between the police department and community. 6. Update and develop mutual-aid agreements. 7. Implement a formal training program. 8. Organize property and evidence storage space. 9. Build a positive labor-management relations culture. 10. Evaluate facilities and police department equipment. For mor...
..."I imagine I will be blamed for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, too. But I am leaving with my hea...
Big Story The big story 75 years ago this week (1935) involved the continuing New Jersey trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of kidnapping and murdering the Lindbergh baby. HauptmannOs tale of what he did that first night of March 1932 was that he was in the Bronx, 60 miles from the Lindbergh home, that he called for his wife at the bakery where she worked and went home with her. The state ripped into each story savagely.
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