Joliet Remembers The 1930s

Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, was born on June, 22, 1930. According to the Website, Famous Cases: The Lindbergh Kidnapping, the infant was kidnapped on March 1, 1932 from the Lindbergh's home near Hopewell, New Jersey. The Website further notes that the child's body was found on May 12, 1932, and that Bruno Richard Hauptmann was tried, convicted, and executed for the crime.

Below are images of headlines of stories from the Joliet Herald-News about the kidnapping of the child, and the trial and execution of Mr. Hauptmann.

March 2, 1932		March 3, 1932

March 3, 1932	March 3, 1932	March 3, 1932

March 4, 1932		March 4, 1932 According to the website http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,882242-1,00.html, "On June 17, 1932, Congress passed the Lindbergh Law making kidnapping across state lines a Federal felony."

March 5,1932		March 6, 1932

March 7, 1932 The headline across the top of the page reads: POLICE BAFFLED IN BABY HUNT	March 8, 1932

March 9, 1932		March 10, 1932

March 11,1932		March 12, 1932 A headline above the story reads: *Baby Safe, Well, Kidnapers Tell Lindbergh's Aide*	March 13, 1932 The headline across the top of the page reads: KNOWS LINDBERGH BABY IS SAFE

March 14, 1932	March 16, 1932	March 17, 1932	March 18, 1932

March 21, 1932	March 25, 1932 The headline across the top of the page reads: LINDBERGH DOUBTS LATEST CLUE	March 26, 1932	March 28, 1932

March 29, 1932	April 1, 1932	April 4, 1932	April 5, 1932

April 6, 1932 The headline across the top of the page reads: IN CONTACT WITH KIDNAPERS	April 7, 1932	April 10, 1932 The headline across the top of the page reads: LINDBERGH PAYS $50,000 RANSOM	April 11, 1932

April 14, 1932	April 21, 1932	May 13, 1932 The headline across the top of the page reads: HUNT SLAYER OF FLIER'S BABY

May 13, 1932	May 14, 1932

May 15, 1932 The headline across the top of the page reads: SLAYER OF FLYER'S SON KNOWN		May 17, 1932 The headline across the top of the page reads: CURTIS CONFESSES DECEPTION

	May 17, 1932

September 20, 1934 The headline across the top of the page reads: LINDBERGH KIDNAPING SOLVED	September 21,1934 The headline across the top of the page reads: CHARGED WITH LINDBERGH SLAYING	September 25, 1934	September 26, 1934 The headline across the top of the page reads: GRAND JURY INDICTS HAUPTMANN

September 27, 1934	October 9, 1934	January 3, 1935

January 4, 1935		January 4, 1935

January 5, 1935 The headline above the story reads: *Bruno's Attorney to Name Four as Kidnapers*	January 7, 1935

January 8, 1935		January 9, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: "JAFSIE" ACCUSES HAUPTMAN

January 10, 1935		January 11, 1935	January 12, 1935 The headline above the story reads: *Hauptmann Defense to Blame All on Fisch*

January 14, 1935	January 19, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: SEEK SOURCES OF BRUNO'S WEALTH	January 20, 1935	January 23, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: KIDNAP LADDER TRACED TO BRUNO

January 24, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: BRUNO DENIES COLLECTING RANSOM	January 25, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: "NEVER IN HOPEWELL" -- BRUNO		January 25, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: HAUPTMANN WILTS UNDER FIRE

January 30, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: WIFE OFFERS ALIBI FOR BRUNO	January 31, 1935	February 4, 1935 The headline above the story reads: Friend Supports Bruno's Ransom Alibi	February 5, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: FISCH NAMED RANSOM COLLECTOR

February 6, 1935	February 7, 1935	February 8, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: DEFENSE RESTS AT BRUNO'S TRIAL

February 8, 1935			February 10, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: END TESTIMONY AT BRUNO'S TRIAL

February 11, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: ACCUSES BETTY GOW AND BUTLER	February 12, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: WILENTZ ASKS CHAIR FOR BRUNO	February 13, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: JURY HOLDS BRUNO'S FATE

February 14, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: BRUNO DOOMED; WILL APPEAL		February 15, 1935 The headline above the story reads: "Nothing to Confess," Declares Bruno	October 9, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: UPHOLDS BRUNO'S DEATH SENTENCE

December 9, 1935 The headline across the top of the page reads: HAUPTMANN DENIED REVIEW	January 17, 1936	February 17, 1936	March 30, 1935 The headline above the story reads: *Pardons Court Deliberates Bruno's Fate*

March 31, 1936 The headline across the top of the page reads: BRUNO WEEPS AS DEATH NEARS	April 1, 1936 The headline across the top of the page reads: BRUNO HAS NEW CHANCE FOR LIFE	April 2, 1936 The headline across the top of the page reads: BRUNO WILL DIE TOMORROW	April 3, 1936 The headline across the top of the page reads: BRUNO WILL DIE TONIGHT UNLESS ---

April 4, 1936 The headline above the story reads: *Bruno Hauptmann Dies Protesting Innocence*

Joliet Remembers the 1930s was written and produced by Jack Tegel and Roger Gambrel