Hauptmann Nears Death As He Maintains Innocence
Relatives, guards, and officials report Bruno Hauptmann's nightlong writing and calm demeanor as death approaches. He questions a radio appeal, pleads innocence, and remarks on his past acts. Guards recount his plea for his son to grow up honest and his wish to speak to the public.
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Fred Mayer
Charles D. Douglas
Hauptmann
Kimberling
Douglas
Zied
Camden
N. J
Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Reaches Climax At Death House
Reporters swarm the prison as Hauptmann faces execution after pardons court denies clemency. Clergy visit, guards tighten security, and Gov Hoffman denies reprieve while Fisher pursues last legal options. Public interest soars amid global Lindbergh shock.
Hauptmann Executed in New Jersey Electric Chair
Bruno Richard Hauptmann dies in the New Jersey electric chair at 8 o'clock tonight for the murder of Baby Lindbergh. In his death cell he prayed for a miracle, his last card played as escape avenues closed. The doomed man faced the final moment with a quiet plea.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Baby Lindbergh
Death House
Hauptmann
Mother Of Lindy Slayer Finds Solace In Doing A Washing
Frau Pauline Hauptmann, mother of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, steadies herself for the electric chair by washing laundry in her cottage yard after learning hope was gone. She says she feels better but remains sad and indignant at her son's fate.
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Kamenz
Germany
INS
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Pauline Hauptmann
Hauptmann
One Change in Council After Election
Fifteenth and Sixteenth on the south side and the Eighteenth on the west side show gains. The trio split precincts with Burgus sweeping most, while Stefan carried all but three. The finance commissioner beat Booth 11 766 to 1 426 and Stefan led 8 481 to 5 381. The new council begins next Monday as observers anticipate few appointive changes. City clerk L J Storey praised smooth election returns with only 201 votes miscounted for Judge Powell in the eighth precinct.
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Kruidenier
Starman
Burgus
Stefan
Licked Booth
Benesh
L. J. Storey
Judge Powell
Emperor Haile Selassie Seeks Asylum With Family
Il Tevere reports from Djibouti that Haile Selassie plans to seek refuge abroad with his family if Ethiopia falls to Italy. The dispatch notes protection arranged with Great Britain and says Ethiopian leaders feel dragged into war by the negus. Trains from Addis Ababa to Djibouti reportedly carry whites fleeing the country.
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Rome
INS
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Il Tevere
Djibouti
Mystery Italian Column Seizes Sardo in Ethiopia Drive
Rome reports a 220 mile march by Italian troops from the Red Sea coast to Sardo, a key northeastern Ethiopian center. The column from Assab and Bailul threatens Ethiopian sea routes while Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway and Lake Tana region fears rise. Marshal Badoglio notes harsh terrain and severe supply shortages.
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Rome
Sardo
Ethiopia
Fritrean
Lake Tana
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Assab
Red Sea
Aden
Bailul
Pietro Badoglio
Horton Blames Mrs Johnston In Poison Death Probe
Bedford AP Don Ryan Iowa special agent testified Horton tried to shift blame for his wife Ella Horton’s death to his 195 pound lover Anna Johnston after police questioned him Horton suggested Anna risked capsules of poison Horton also said Anna killed Ella and claimed he might have taken one He could not explain why he asked Johnston to his home after the death The state notes Horton's statements differ on whether Ella suffered in death throes and that Horton substituted poison for medicine Horton said the empty capsule found in Ella’s pocketbook was a pliant
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Kimberling
Hauptmann
Anna Hauptmann
Stacy Trent
John F
Jassie
Condon
Lindbergh
Flemington
Bedford
Don Ryan
Iowa
Floyd Horton
Anna Johnston
Ryan
Horton
Anna
Ella
Seth A Walton
Johnston
Roger Warin
Warning of plot to kill Hoffmann telephoned to police
A Newark police warning claimed Gov. Harold G Hoff man would be assassinated Tuesday night. The call came from a Brooklyn pay phone and New York officers could not capture the caller. John Fagan said the caller demanded the message be delivered to the governor.
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Newark
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Brooklyn
New York
John Fagan
Fagan
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Deny Karpis Caught Reports Persist After Farm Raid
Reported raid near Hot Springs on Monday led residents to believe Alvin Karpis and others were captured. Officials in Little Rock denied any arrest, while federal agents surrounded a farmhouse and used tear gas to quell the scene. The home, owned by E. E. Woodcock and leased recently, was set afire and extinguished.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Here
Alvin Karpis
Department of Justice
Little Rock
Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Louisiana
Woodcock
Ernest Woodcock
What Principals Say About Bruno's Death Doom Now
Trenton reports capture reactions to Hauptmann death sentence. Hauptmann asks why kill him if another confessed. Lawyer Fisher blasts court decision. Wilentz asserts guilt unchanged. Gov Hoffman rejects reprieve. Mrs Hauptmann predicts intervention. Wendel case noted as developing.
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Bruno
Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
David T. Wilentz
Wendel
Paul Wendel
Harold G. Hoffman
Anna Hauptmann
Hauptmann Faces Pardon Refusal In Death House
Richard Hauptmann learns from attorney C. Lloyd Fisher that the court of pardons denied clemency. Hauptmann, expressing disbelief, asks why he should die when another man has confessed to the crime, in the death house.
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Court of Pardons
Hoffman
Fisher
Anthony Hauck
Hunterdon County
Hauptmann
Paul Wendel
Ellis Parker
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Richard
Death House
Youthful Slayers Boast of Crimes In Chicago
Four youths aged 17 to 19 confessed to the murder of Dr. Silber C. Peacock and aided police in solving about forty similar crimes. Grand jury true bills were returned. The suspects boasted of prior robberies and split a $20 loot on beer and steaks.
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Chicago
INS
Silber C. Peacock
Robert Goethe
Durland Nash
Emil Beck
Michael Livingston
Edward Wahlenfeld
Nash
Reck
Goethe
Beck
Peacock
Mrs Harriman Group Cited For Lottery Fraud
The post office department issued fraud citations against the national conference on legalizing lotteries led by Mrs Oliver Harriman of New York and the Golden Stakes linked to Al Smith Jr. A fraud hearing for the Golden Stakes is set for April 1 and for Mrs Harriman’s organization on April 2, with orders to show cause why they should not be barred from mail use over lottery scheme concerns.
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Washington
Post Office Department
National Conference On Legalizing
Oliver Harriman
New York
al Smith, Jr
Karl A. Crowley
Lindberghs Vanish From Kentish Home
Charles A Lindbergh Col Anne Lindbergh and their son Jon left their Kent village home timing a move with Hauptmanns hour Neighbors say they did not reveal travel plans and may vacation on the Riviera or Hungary with a possible return after Easter or end of summer to the United States Budapest invitation from Dr Joseph Ferenc noted as a possible destination
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London
INL
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindberghs
Kent
Heald
Col. Lindbergh
Anne Lindbergh
Jon
Riviera
Lindbergh
United States
Hauptmann
Lindberghs
Hungary
Joseph Ferenc
Archduke Joseph
Budapest
Milwaukee Epidemic Illness Grips 120000, One Dead
An estimated 120000 people in Milwaukee, about one fifth of the population, fell ill with an abdominal malady described as intestinal influenza. Dr. John P. Koehler said the illness, possibly airborne, spread through families and workplaces, with one death reported and many adults affected after children first showed symptoms.
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Milwaukee
John P. Koehler
Koehler
Major Saul to Speak to Linn Reserve Officers
Major Leslie T. Saul of Cedar Rapids retired U S Army will address Linn county reserve officers on Frederick the Great at Hotel Montrose at 8 tonight. A smoker will follow. The speaker is West Point graduate with over 20 years in service and former military academy faculty. The Linn county reserve officers conference, postponed from 349th Infantry Headquarters to April 7 night.
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Leslie T. Saul
Cedar Rapids
United States Army
Frederick the Great
Linn County
Montrose
Saul
United States Military Academy
West Point
Military Academy
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