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Hauptmann's Ladder : A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: True Crime HistoryPublisher: Kent, OH : The Kent State University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (417 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781612778334
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hauptmann's LadderDDC classification:
  • 364.154092
LOC classification:
  • HV6603.L5 -- .C34 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "They've Stolen Our Baby" -- 2. Ransom Notes, Ladders, and Chisels -- 3. The Kidnapper Makes Second Contact -- 4. J. F. C. -- 5. Violet and Curtis: Two Bogus Stories Begin -- 6. "Cemetery John" -- 7. The Negotiations Continue -- 8. Double-Crossed -- 9. The Wild-Goose Chase -- 10. "I Am Perfectly Satisfied That It Is My Child" -- 11. The Police Take the Reins -- 12. The Sad End of Violet Sharp -- 13. From Bad to Worse -- 14. The Frustration Mounts -- 15. Shoenfeld and Koehler -- 16. The Trail of Gold -- 17. Bruno Richard Hauptmann -- 18. The Interrogation Begins -- 19. "I Have to Be Very Careful. The Man's Life Is in Jeopardy" -- 20. More Pieces to The Puzzle -- 21. Legal Gymnastics in New Jersey -- 22. Extradition -- 23. The Bull of Brooklyn -- 24. The Trial of the Century Begins -- 25. "Der Alte Ist Verrückt" -- 26. "John Is Bruno Richard Hauptmann" -- 27. Paper Evidence -- 28. "He Is Conceding the Defendant to the Electric Chair!" -- 29. The Prosecution Gains Momentum -- 30. The State Rests -- 31. Hauptmann Takes the Stand -- 32. More Testimony from the Hauptmanns -- 33. "Where Are You Getting These Witnesses? They Are Killing Me" -- 34. The Defense Rests -- 35. Rebuttal and Summations -- 36. Wilentz Closes -- 37. The Verdict -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
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Cover -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "They've Stolen Our Baby" -- 2. Ransom Notes, Ladders, and Chisels -- 3. The Kidnapper Makes Second Contact -- 4. J. F. C. -- 5. Violet and Curtis: Two Bogus Stories Begin -- 6. "Cemetery John" -- 7. The Negotiations Continue -- 8. Double-Crossed -- 9. The Wild-Goose Chase -- 10. "I Am Perfectly Satisfied That It Is My Child" -- 11. The Police Take the Reins -- 12. The Sad End of Violet Sharp -- 13. From Bad to Worse -- 14. The Frustration Mounts -- 15. Shoenfeld and Koehler -- 16. The Trail of Gold -- 17. Bruno Richard Hauptmann -- 18. The Interrogation Begins -- 19. "I Have to Be Very Careful. The Man's Life Is in Jeopardy" -- 20. More Pieces to The Puzzle -- 21. Legal Gymnastics in New Jersey -- 22. Extradition -- 23. The Bull of Brooklyn -- 24. The Trial of the Century Begins -- 25. "Der Alte Ist Verrückt" -- 26. "John Is Bruno Richard Hauptmann" -- 27. Paper Evidence -- 28. "He Is Conceding the Defendant to the Electric Chair!" -- 29. The Prosecution Gains Momentum -- 30. The State Rests -- 31. Hauptmann Takes the Stand -- 32. More Testimony from the Hauptmanns -- 33. "Where Are You Getting These Witnesses? They Are Killing Me" -- 34. The Defense Rests -- 35. Rebuttal and Summations -- 36. Wilentz Closes -- 37. The Verdict -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

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