Bruno Hauptmann Electrocuted - 1936 | Today In History | 3 Apr 18

On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted in Trenton, New Jersey, for the kidnap-murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr.
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[@nikhwalee4252]

This could be a case of court misjudgement. Pushing back the timelines, Hauptmann was a poor German emigrant. The Lindberghs are famous, rich, well connected with those of high society class even in the midst of Great Depression in the early 1930s. Hauptmann may have had done something wrong in the kidnapping process but not to the extend to be charged with capital punishment.
If anyone ever watched another TH-cam documentary titled, " Ghosts On The Underground ". At 23:43 to 27:46, Hauptmann ghostly apparition was captured on an amateur camera and identified later. And, his message was passed through a medium which said " I am accused of something I didn't do but I did something else."
If a spirit or a soul of a man can returned after so many years to tell someone he didn't do something that deserves death sentence, I think with such persistence even in death and as a ghost, we should considered there could be a possibility of errors in his trial.
It is of certain sadness he was offered something by the courts which of no favour than death sentence and confession of his capital criminal act as murder of first degree. He rather choose death sentence because life sentence without parole is as good as a slower form of death sentence.
On March 30, 1936, Hauptmann's second and final appeal asking for clemency from the New Jersey Board of Pardons was denied. Hoffman later announced that this decision would be the final legal action in the case, and that he would not grant another reprieve.
Nonetheless, there was a postponement, when the Mercer County grand jury, investigating the confession and arrest of Trenton attorney, Paul Wendel, requested a delay from Warden Mark Kimberling. This, the final stay, ended when the Mercer County prosecutor informed Kimberling that the grand jury had adjourned after voting to end its investigation without charging Wendel.
Hauptmann turned down a large offer from a Hearst newspaper for a confession and refused a last-minute offer to commute his sentence from the death penalty to life without parole in exchange for a confession. He was electrocuted on April 3, 1936.
After his death, some reporters and independent investigators came up with numerous questions about the way in which the kidnapping investigation had been run and the fairness of the trial, including witness tampering and planted evidence. Twice in the 1980s, his widow, Anna Hauptmann sued the state of New Jersey for the unjust execution of her husband. The suits were dismissed on unknown grounds. She continued fighting to clear his name until her death, at age 95, in 1994.
A number of books have asserted Hauptmann's innocence, generally highlighting inadequate police work at the crime scene, Lindbergh's interference in the investigation, ineffectiveness of Hauptmann's counsel, and weaknesses in the witnesses and physical evidence. Ludovic Kennedy, in particular, questioned much of the evidence, such as the origin of the ladder and the testimony of many of the witnesses.
According to author Lloyd Gardner, a fingerprint expert, Dr. Erastus Mead Hudson, applied the then-rare silver nitrate fingerprint process to the ladder, and did not find Hauptmann's fingerprints, even in places that the maker of the ladder must have touched. According to Gardner, officials refused to consider this expert's findings, and the ladder was then washed of all fingerprints.
References:
Herman, Albert B., Clerk of the Board of Pardons (March 30, 1936). "Board of Pardons Press Release". New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning Center Archives.
Blackman, Samuel G. (31 March 1936). "Pardons court again denies Hauptmann plea and governor declares "No reprieve"". The Titusville Herald.
Porter, Russell B. (1 April 1936). "Hauptmann gets a stay for at least 48 hours at grand jury request". The New York Times.
Marshall, Erwin E., Prosecutor of the Pleas (3 April 1936). Letter from Erwin Marshall to Colonel Mark O. Kimberling. New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning Center Archives.
Gardner, Lloyd G. (2004). The case that never dies. p. 344. ISBN 9780813554471.

[@donsarde]

How absolutely appalling to have used a poor German emigrant in a totally bâclé
case. It was not a legal murder of a human being nor was his trail lawful. The police needed a scapegoat and never even bothered to find out who the others were.

[@melaniedavenport]

There's a book out that pins the murder on his father!

[@artfuldodger9312]

I am not convinced that Bruno Hauptmann was guilty. I believe that Charles Lindbergh had a lot to do with the kidnapping.

[@SofiaParker777]

Explain ????

[@somewhatunbiasedtalks]

@@SofiaParker777 it’s An absolutely stupid theory that has no actual evidence

[@bradleyholt9805]

These people look as excited as the Starke gang 53 years later. Some things never change.

[@thomasreghi7052]

I would be tempted to say something ridiculous about 'beefing up security' after the cradle was robbed once.

[@Hborn]

What wing was he on in Trenton

[@monkeyton5]

Innocent

[@somewhatunbiasedtalks]

Right so all the ransom money just appeared at his house magically during the Great Depression right

[@TheKnightJuggernaut]

@@somewhatunbiasedtalks If you heard the full story you would understand. I bet Fische was the one responsible for the crime.

[@bradleyholt9805]

Sad. An innocent man executed.

[@fredknearlmann6640]

He was guilty as sin and the evidence supports that.

[@paulabbott2022]

Bull. The ladder as made from wood in his garage attic. Explain that one away. Did he do it all by himself, no. but he took that kid out of his room and caused his death.

[@somewhatunbiasedtalks]

@@paulabbott2022 also the ransom money. It’s just a bunch of internet trolls

[@TheKnightJuggernaut]

@@paulabbott2022 Hauptmann was a skilled carpenter. He would never build such a poorly constructed ladder. The ladder was also tampered with by police.

[@TheKnightJuggernaut]

@@somewhatunbiasedtalks The ransom money was still being spent whilst Hauptmann was in prison.

[@maurogonzales2872]

Muyyy interesante

[@jasoncummings7052]

This trail was rushed for publicity. Seriously doubt they got the right person.