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Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Apr 7, 2024 · Bruno Hauptmann (born Nov. 26, 1899, Saxony, Ger.—died April 3, 1936, Trenton, N.J., U.S.) was a German-born American carpenter and burglar who in 1935 was convicted of kidnapping and murdering the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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In September 1934, a German immigrant carpenter named Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested for the crime. After a trial that lasted from January 2 to February 13, 1935, he was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.
- March 1, 1932; 91 years ago
- Guilty on all counts
- Inconclusive; possibly ransom
The trial of The State of New Jersey v. Bruno Richard Hauptmann began in 1935. The jury returned a guilty verdict, and Hauptmann was sentenced to death. Hauptmann, denying until the end any involvement in the crime, was executed on April 3, 1936.
Sep 19, 2014 · The bank immediately notified federal investigators, who traced the license plate number written on the bill to a German immigrant carpenter named Bruno Richard Hauptmann who lived in a...
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After some investigating, he was found to be Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the individual to whom the automobile license had been issued, a German carpenter who had been in this country for ...
Feb 13, 2012 · See all Historic Headlines ». On Feb. 13, 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnapping-death of the infant son of famed...