On this day - 2 January
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Start of the Lindbergh murder trial
20 month old Charles Lindbergh was taken from his crib and a ransom note was left in his place while his mother was in the bath. Despite money being paid towards the ransom, a truck driver found the corpse at the side of a nearby road several weeks later.
On January 2nd 1935 the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann began. He was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. He was executed via electric chair in 1936 despite continuing to claim his innocence. His guilt or innocence continues to be debated to this day.
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