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THE CURTAIN RISES ON THIRD ACT OF LINDBERGH KIDNAPING DRAMA 'J ' .... , Z' 'ft ' .. Kl" , 1 I il 'ii i Bill A 1ft: WW'-, ."'.a'Xa4' . : !rJl?4ir' V . W ' ESl ifl,Prrl NO PLAYWRIGHT EVER conceived char.cter more puzzling or llM&r' ?J$a?' ' 4 ' Af enigmatic than Bruno Richard Hauptmann (above), the defendant In SSS351 -ffiSV 1 V.. " - dlZ&'&' fH the Lindbergh case. His unshaken reply to all cross-examination has ly1'' n&e&ff&ik- f 5 fSf been: "I Hid not kill the baby. I was not In New Jersey at all." (Assocl- : I 4 jx Jfeki- aLf ln NO FIR8T ACT In stage drama parallels the stark tragedy of the kidnaping and murder of Charles j , l3k JL itU "X5 v. A. Lindbergh, Jr., the early episodes of which are shown above the empty orlb the Lindbergh home at , M&WAW f Jm mfr Hopewell and the kidnap ladder the hunt and the sensational discovery of the body. (Associated Prese . 'V1 f 1Y 'f,h0t0, ' k t&Wt&ffi&irui A lit "tWM p-T -r -f i mmMEmi fip- 4. V CHARACTERS IN ONE of the most sensational tragedies In his tory. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh Inspired the sympathies of the entire world. They are expected at the Hauptmann trial to give voice publicly and officially for the first time to what hap pened on the night of March 1, 1932, In the lonely house In the Hopewell hills. (Associated Press Photo) mm i I III m w ; - aiH ; yiyyiialsill b;... b ?r.M0t, that ; 11 E,,t . - of 12 (. at th Tzuhi, f X-t eWU. 1 t5 ftf ftMiettf od .Ubl th J'arttdtttioB of tM Co-i , "-'-3 iriii:?, flaltiy ts'of iii stalls rrtboi&.t ktU - , ttntow, Jy,, nttry to tS fom of ti ttti Us THE ABOVE DOCUMENT provides the crux of the Impending third apt of the Lindbergh dnaping drama-the Indictment for the murder of the Lindbergh baby of Bruno Richard Hauptmann by the state-. . of New Jersey. (Associated Press Photo) THIS MODEST LITTLE COURTROOM at Flemlnoton. N. J., will provide the setting for the '-trial of th- century," and what might be termed the third act of the Lindbergh kidnaping drama. Seldom has a trial called for such extensive preparations and the courtroom will become '1 world theater with bat teries of telegraphic Instruments, reporters, news reel men, radio commentators and photographers broadcasting the drama. Two of the principals, Edward J. Reilly (left), defense attorney, and Attorney General David T. Wllentz (right), the state's prosecutor, are shown. (Associated Press Photos) - Wr rirr fiiH tor THE ARREST OF Bruno Richard Hauptmann, after 18 months of ceaielen effort on the part of fed ral, New Jeraey and New York City authorities, provided a sensational second act to the Lindbergh dram. The Hauptmann house and Qarage, where the ransom bills were found Hauptmann at arraign sntnt and later behind bars, Illustrate this chapter of the cat. (Associated Press Photos) IT 18 A STRANGE role that the wife of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, formerly a waitress, plays In trial of the German carpenter. The mother of a ton about the same age as the Lindbergh child when tt was ktdnprd. she is expected to be present at all court sessions. She Is shown above with her son, Mannfried. (Associated Press Photo) PROPERTIES IN THIS sensations! pity tr, , ransom money found In Hauptmann'i potsetsi- Identical to wood found in the Hajp'-.inn hem In the ransom note and the St.nge symbol Pratt Photoai w.-- mute evidence gathered by the state the e t 4- ,p 'adder, said by an expert on woods to be i handwr'ting compared by experts to that on idnap mcflcs (tower left). (Associated :
