Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax

    The Hauptmann Trial   Jan - Feb 1935  

 Flemington,  New Jersey  Courthouse -  New Jersey 

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Compiled & Organized  by  Siglinde Rach   

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Reel  #1

Part 000:

Pages:

1   -   2 Records Title

3         Certificate of Chancellor

4         Writ of Error, Return

5   -   7 Copy of Indictment / Record

7   -  14 Wilentz - Opening

14  -  15 Reilly - Opening

15  -  36 Walter E. Roberts - Witness for State

37  -  46 Anne Morrow Lindbergh - Testimony  (PDF)

46  -  98 Charles Lindbergh - Testimony (PDF)

Part 001:

Pages:

1   -  14 Charles Lindbergh - Testimony (PDF)

14  -  23 Charles E. Williamson - Witness for State

23  -  37 Elsie Whately - Testimony

37        Opening - State vs. Hauptmann - 4th day

38  -  81 Bessie Mowat Gow - Testimony

81  -  91 Joseph Wolf - Witness for State

91  - 100 Louis J. Bornmann - Witness for State

Part 002:

Pages:

1   -   5 Louis J. Bornmann - Witness for State (cont.)

5   -  27 Frank A. Kelly - Witness for State

27  -  33 Nuncio De Gaetano - Witness for State

33  -  45 Amandus Hochmuth - Witness for State

46        John J. Lamb - Witness for State

46  -  50 Arthur Koehler - Witness for State

50        Frank A. Kelly - Witness for State (recalled)

51  -  70 John S. Sweeny - Witness for State

70  -  87 Joseph Anthony Perrone - Witness for State

87  -  88 James J. O'Brien - Witness for State

88  -  91 P. Milton Gaglio - Witness for State

92  -  94 Max Rosenhain - Witness for State

94  - 100 Alfred Jacob Reich - Witness for State

Part 003:

Pages:

1   -   7 Alfred Jacob Reich - Witness for State (cont.)

7   - 100 John F. Condon - Witness for State

Part 004:

Pages:

1   -  26 John F. Condon - Witness for State (cont.)

26  -  37 Henry Breckinridge - Witness for State

37  -  41 Myra Condon Hacker - Witness for State

41  -  47 William F. Horn - Witness for State

47  -  50 Thomas J. Ritchie - Witness for State

51  -  52 James J. Finn - Witness for State

52  -  56 Thomas H. Sisk - Witness for State

57  -  84 Frank J. Wilson - Witness for State

84  -  86 H. Norman Schwarzkopf - Witness for State

86  - 100 Albert S. Osborn - Witness for State

Part 005:

Pages:

1   -  44 Albert S. Osborn - Witness for State (cont.)

44  -  56 Hildegarde Olga Alexander - Witness for State

56  -  95 Elbridge W. Stein - Witness for State

96  - 100 John F. Tyrrell - Witness for State

Part 006:

Pages:

1   -  42 John F. Tyrrell - Witness for State (cont.)

43  -  55 Herbert J. Walser - Witness for State

55  -  58 Morton Clemmer Maish - Witness for State

58  -  69 Harry M. Cassidy - Witness for State

69  -  87 Wilmer T. Souder - Witness for State

87  - 100 Albert D. Osborn - Witness for State

Part 007:

Pages:

1   -  12 Albert D. Osborn - Witness for State (cont.)

12  -  35 Clark Sellers - Witness for State

35  -  44 William J. Allen - Witness for State

44  -  48 Orville Wilson - Witness for State

48  -  53 Andrew Zapolsky - Witness for State

53  -  59 Harry W. Walsh - Witness for State

59  -  62 Walter H. Swayze - Witness for State

62  -  75 Dr. Charles H. Mitchell - Witness for State

75  -  77 Stuart W. Cragin - Witness for State

77        Longstreet Hinton - Witness for State

77  -  78 Stephen C. Reynolds - Witness for State

78        Henry E. Schneider - Witness for State

78  -  79 William F. Wilkinson - Witness for State

79        Hiram E. Manville - Witness for State

79  -  80 Francis D. Bartow - Witness for State

80  -  81 Thomas Tring - Witness for State

81  -  82 Daniel R. Bowen - Witness for State

82        William Echtermauer - Witness for State

82  -  83 John Helmich - Witness for State

83  -  87 John Joseph Lyons - Witness for State

87        Miran John Ozmec - Witness for State

87  -  89 William R. Strong - Witness for State

89        John Joseph Lyons - Witness for State (recalled)

89  - 100 William F. Seery - Witness for State

Part 008:

Pages:

1   -  10 William F. Seery - Witness for State (cont.)

10  -  13 Mrs. Elmira Dormer - Witness for State

13  -  21 Thomas H. Sisk - Witness for State

21  -  36 Henry Eichin - Witness for State

36  -  62 John Wallace - Witness for State

62  -  76 Mrs. Ella Achenbach - Witness for State

76  -  77 Walter Lyle - Witness for State

77  -  78 Stanley R. Keith - Witness for State

78  -  82 James Paul Petrosino - Witness for State

82  -  83 James M. Cashman - Witness for State

83  -  86 Charles F. W. Enkler - Witness for State

86  -  87 Anselm Cramer - Witness for State

87  -  92 Maurice W. Tobin - Witness for State

92  -  99 Henry D. Bruckman - Witness for State

99  - 100 Benjamin Arac - Witness for State

Part 009:

Pages:

1   -   7 Benjamin Arac - Witness for State (cont.)

7   -  11 William Mulligan - Witness for State

11  -  16 Joseph H. Burkard - Witness for State

16  -  18 Harry Trister - Witness for State

18  -  23 Herman Riedrich, Jr. - Witness for State

24  -  70 William E. Frank - Witness for State

70  -  71 Barney L. Fink - Witness for State

72  -  80 Edward F. Morton - Witness for State

80  -  89 Cecile M. Barr - Witness for State

89  -  95 William M. Cody - Witness for State

96  - 100 Lewis J. Bornmann - Witness for State (recalled)

Part 010:

Pages:

1   -   5 Lewis J. Bornmann - Witness for State (cont.)

5   -   9 Thomas S. (or H.?) Sisk - Witness for State (recalled)

9   -  10 James J. Finn - Witness for State (recalled)

10  -  15 Elsie Whately - Witness for State (recalled)

15  -  43 Millard Whited - Witness for State

43  -  54 Charles Rossiter - Witness for State

54  -  56 Max Rauch - Witness for State

56  -  70 Joseph Jennings Dorn - Witness for State

70  -  74 William M. Schluter - Witness for State

74  -  80 David Hirsch - Witness for State

80  -  87 Lawrence Miller - Witness for State

88  -  97 Frank A. Kelly - Witness for State (recalled)

97  - 100 John A. Lyons - Witness for State

100       Lewis J. Bornmann - Witness for State (recalled)

Part 011:

Pages:

1   -  11 Lewis J. Bornmann - Witness for State (cont.)

11  -  20 Charles F. W. Enkler - Witness for State (recalled)

20  -  24 Anselm Cramer - Witness for State (recalled)

24  -  64 Arthur Koehler - Witness for State (recalled)

 Reel #2:

Part 012:

Pages:

1   -   2 Trial Record Pages

3   -  40 Arthur Koehler - Witness for State (cont.)

40  -  42 The State rests

43  -  53 Motions

53  -  62 Opening Statement of the Defense

62  -  64 Motions

64  -  70 Bruno Richard Hauptmann

70  -  76 Christian Fredericksen - Witness for Defense

76  -  80 Katy Fredericksen - Witness for Defense

80  -  99 Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Part 013:

Pages:

1   - 100 Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Part 014:

Pages:

1   -  79 Bruno Richard Hauptmann (cont.)

79  -  87 George Madison Priest - Witness for State

87  - 100 Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Part 015:

Pages:

1   -  27 Bruno Richard Hauptmann

27  -  56 Anna Hauptmann

56  - 100 Elvert Carlstrom - Witness for Defense

Part 016:

Pages:

1   -   7 Elvert Carlstrom - Witness for Defense (cont.)

7   -  31 Louis Kiss - Witness for Defense

31  -  40 August van Henke - Witness for Defense

41  -  57 Lou Harding - Witness for Defense

57  - 100 John M. Trendley - Witness for Defense

Part 017:

Pages:

1   -  11 John M. Trendley - Witness for Defense (cont.)

11  -  42 Peter H. Sommer - Witness for Defense

42  -  52 Sebastian Benjamin Lupica - Witness for Defense

52  -  70 Hans Kloppenburg - Witness for Defense

70  -  77 Anna Bonesteel - Witness for Defense

77  -  78 Joseph Dutt - Witness for Defense

78  -  79 Carl Herman Joerg - Witness for Defense

79  -  82 Paul Vetterle - Witness for Defense

82  -  84 Thomas H. Sisk - Witness for State (recalled)

84  -  88 Russell A. Snook - Witness for Defense

88  - 100 H. Norman Schwarzkopf - Witness for State (recalled)

Part 018:

Pages:

1   -  11 H. Norman Schwarzkopf - Witness for State (cont.)

11  -  17 Opening of 25th Day of Trial

17  -  26 Philip Moses - Witness for Defense

27  -  32 Maria Müller - Witness for Defense

32  -  36 Joseph J. Tartell - Witness for Defense

36  -  39 Louise Wollenberg - Witness for Defense

39  -  40 Otto Wollenberg - Witness for Defense

40  -  44 Bertha Hoff - Witness for Defense

44  -  51 John E. Seykora - Witness for Defense

52        Benjamin Heier - Witness for Defense

52  -  54 Victor Schussler - Witness for Defense

54  -  55 Hilda Heyne - Witness for Defense

56        Otto Heyne - Witness for Defense

56  -  88 Benjamin Heier - Witness for Defense (resumed)

89  -  94 George Steinweg - Witness for Defense

94  - 100 Sam Streppone - Witness for Defense

100       E. Paul Sjostrom - Witness for Defense

Part 019:

Pages:

1   -  11 E. Paul Sjostrom - Witness for Defense (cont.)

11  -  18 Louis Kubler - Witness for Defense

18  -  35 Frank A. Kelly - Witness for Defense (recalled)

35  -  40 Oscar John Bruchmann - Witness for Defense

40  -  52 Gustave Miller - Witness for Defense

52  -  61 Theron J. Main - Witness for Defense

61  -  69 Gerta Henkel - Witness for Defense

69  - 100 Erastus Mead Hudson - Witness for Defense

  Part 020:

Pages:

1   -  17 Erastus Mead Hudson - Witness for Defense (cont.)

17  -  19 William Whithead - Witness for Defense

19  -  20 George E. J. Lenz - Witness for Defense

20  -  24 William Diehl - Witness for Defense

24  -  25 Augusta Hile - Witness for Defense

25  -  28 Karl Henkel - Witness for Defense

28  -  37 Henry Uhlig - Witness for Defense

37  -  39 Walter Manley - Witness for Defense

39  -  43 Stanley Seal - Witness for Defense

43  -  50 Hugh Orr - Witness for Defense

50  -  96 Charles J. DeBisschop - Witness for Defense

97  - 100 William Brevoort Bolmer - Witness for ?

Part 021:

Pages:

1   -   3 William Brevoort Bolmer - Witness for ?

4   -  23 Ewald Mielk - Witness for Defense

23  -  26 Joseph J. Farber - Witness for State

26  -  30 Arthur Larson - Witness for State

30  -  35 Oscar Hilbert Christenson - Witness for State

35  -  40 George G. Wilton - Witness for State

40  -  41 Fred H. Schultz - Witness for State

41  -  44 Harold S. Betts - Witness for State

44  -  46 Alfred Budreau - Witness for State

47  -  51 Joseph O. Levenson - Witness for State

51  -  59 Erna Jung - Witness for State

59  -  66 Henry Jung - Witness for State

66  -  76 Henna Fisch - Witness for State (George Madison Priest Interpreter)

76  -  78 John F. O'Ryan - Witness for State

78  -  80 Selma Kohl - Witness for State

80  -  82 William Konietzko - Witness for State

82  -  87 Lewis J. Bornmann - Witness for State (recalled)

87  - 100 Arthur Koehler - Witness for State (recalled)

Part 022:

Pages:

1   -  13 Arthur Koehler - Witness for State (cont.)

13  -  16 Leo Singer - Witness for State

16  -  19 Ottilia Hoerber - Witness for State

19  -  22 Ernest Miller - Witness for State

22  -  28 Catherine Minners - Witness for State

28  -  34 Elmer Johnson - Witness for State

34  -  40 George Marshall - Witness for State

  Reel #3:

Part 023:

Pages:

1 - 3 (Court Documents)

4         George Marshall - Witness for State (cont.)

5   -   6 Elizabeth Morrow - Witness for State

6         State rests

6   -   9 Defense rests

9   -  22 Summation by Mr. Hauck

22  -  92 Summation State

93  -  99 The Court's Charge

Part 024:

Pages:

1   -   3 The Court's Charge (cont.)

3   -  19 Exceptions to Charge

19  -  23 Requests to Charge

24  -  28 Demand for Bill of Particulars

28  -  71 Assignment of Errors

71        Certificate of Entire Record

72  -  83 Index of Witnesses

84  -  88 Index of State Exhibits

88  -  89 Index of State Defense Exhibits

91        Index

92  - 100 Summation Defense

Part 025:

Pages:

1   -  43 Summation Defense (cont.)

43  -  44 Amendment of Assignments of Error

48        Copy of Ransom Note

49        Copy of Certificate of Death CAL Jr.

50        Copy of Walter M. Swayze Autopsy Report

54  -  55 Copy of BRH Employment record

60        Copy of BRH Central Savings Bank Record

61  -  62 Copy of BRH Note Book

65  -  74 Letters BRH to Pinkas Fisch and their English translations

77  - 100 Court of Errors and Appeals Reply Brief

Part 026:

Pages:

1   -  38 Court of Errors and Appeals Reply Brief (cont.)

39  -  41 Index of Cases Cited

42  - 100 Court of Errors and Appeals Supplemental Brief for Plaintiff in Error

Part 027:

Pages:

1  -   35 Court of Errors and Appeals Supplemental Brief for Plaintiff in Error (cont.)

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