Frenzy of Lindbergh Trial Lingers in Flemington Memory
Fifty years after Bruno Hauptmann’s execution in Trenton a Flemington borough memory endures. Townsfolk recall the Trial’s crowds, novelty items and a makeshift press, while residents preserve scrapbooks and mementos that tell of a once news driven circus.
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Flemington
N.J
Hauptmannville News
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
J d Yeate Ton Jap
Trenton State Prison
Newark
Anna Hauptmann
Hunterdon County
C. Ryman Herr Jr
Lloyd Fisher
Herr
Ria
Biney
Selma Miller
Three Bridges
Lindberghs
East Amwell Township
Bruno
Kidnap Plot Tied To Aiken Via Lindbergh Case Hoax
Gaston Means exploited Evelyn Walsh McLean, owner of the Hope Diamond, by promising to deliver a Lindbergh baby hoax in exchange for 150000. McLean prepared a fortified Aiken home with a nursery and nurse, but the scheme collapsed when investigators revealed the child was already dead.
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Lindberg
Aiken
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Hope Diamond
Means
McLean
Mexico
Mrs. McLean
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