Brunon Hauptman Case

937 Words4 Pages

The Crime of the Century “snatched” everybody’s attention and made people feel like they witnessed the event themselves. On March 1st, 1932 Charles Augustus lindbergh Jr was kidnapped from the Hopewell home in Englewood, New Jersey. The prime suspect Bruno Hauptman aka Richard Hauptmann's trial began on January 2 to February 13, 1935 in Flemington New Jersey, the crime charged is murder and Hauptman was sentenced to death in the electrical chair. It can be inferred that Bruno Richard Hauptmann is guilty because,. oOne, the ransom notes were badly written as if written by an immigrant because of the bad punctuation, grammar, and spelling and Bruno was an immigrant,. tTwo, the kidnapper was ruthless and experienced as a criminal. Three Bruno’s …show more content…

After 2-4 days will inform you were to deliver the mony. We warn you for making anyding public or for notify the Polise the child is in gut care. Indication for all letters are singature and 3 holds.” This indicates that Wwhoever wrote this ransom note is not good at writing in English, for example the writer of the ransom note wrote “signature” as “singature.” From this It Is clear that the perpetrator is not familiar with the English language so it can be inferred the perpetrator is either illiterate and/or an immigrant. In Source three, PBS Nova Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby, from 15:53 to 16:30, it talks about Bruno immigrating into the U.S. illegally due to the archaic security back then, further on it mentions Bruno’s history back in Germany where Hauptman had a criminal history in which he used ladders, for example once he robbed the mayor’s house and he did it with a ladder. This means that Hauptmann is an immigrant, and has a criminal record. This clearly discloses that Hauptmann is the one who wrote the ransom, because he is an immigrant and the notes were written illiterately and it is normal for an immigrant to be bad at a language that he is not familiar …show more content…

In source two, Station 1 Exhibit B Ladder, it states, “A carpenter’s chisel was found outside directly underneath the window. The footprints led them 75 feet away, where there lay a homemade wooden ladder. This ladder was uniquely made, with the rungs very far apart. The side railing on one section had split apart. The ladder had three sections that fit together to make it to reach 20 feet high.” This means that the ladder used was homemade and whoever committed the crime also left a chisel. This is assumed that the perpetrator was a carpenter and made the ladder by himself. In Source three, PBS Nova Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby, from 15:53 to 16:30, it talks about Bruno immigrating into the U.S. illegally due to the archaic security back then, further on it mentions Bruno’s history back in Germany where Hauptman had a criminal history in which he used ladders, for example once he robbed the mayor’s house and he did it with a ladder. This means that Bruno was an experienced carpenter and used ladders to commit crimes. This perfectly displays that Bruno was the one who kidnapped the baby, because he was an experienced carpenter, so it would make sense that Bruno would have a chisel, supporting that Bruno kidnapped the