, 1935-02-14
REILLY PLANS
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out for q recommendation OF mercy.
That would have meant a life SEN
tence.
There was no mention Of mercy
when the jury was polled.
With Suffering words Foreman
Charles Walton announced the YER
dict. lie who had listened 70 the ev-
dence for more than six weeks even
twisted the defendants name In his
fight TO remain calm
Hands Trembls
Guilty" he announced. We find
the defendant, Richard Bruno
tIauptmann. guilty OF murder In the
first degree"
An insignificant piece OF paper
rustied IN hts trembling hands. he
glanced al the paper With unSeelnS
eyes In pretense Of consulting ~.
A few strides away stood Haups-
mann. law set. face 80 pale and nag
gard IL was ghastly In the electric
fiaht. Sharply erect, he tottered
Rllghtly as NE heard the foremans
words.
"A few minutes later Justice
T.homas w. Trenchard quietly I'M
posed sentence.
50 ended the long Lindbergh kid
A trial. II began IN Featheroeo
Lane, Hopewell, the night OF Marcn
A, 1882. when the wind was noWl-
tIiR over the lonely Sourland noun
tain on which Colonel Charles a.
IAndberRh made his home. IL ended
Ia n prosaic, rural courtroom litter
"A with papers and cigaret stubs.
Thirteen times the DISTINGUISHING
verdict was recited. on the thirteenth
day OF the month. -
After Walton had made known the
decision, the court clerk asked:
members OF the jury. you have
heard the verdict. that you find the
defendant, Bruno Richard Haupt-
a n guilty Of murder ~ tne tlrst
degree. and 50 say you allP
we do"
shadows from photographers
\ outside danced wierdly on
the windows. The shouts OF the crowd
intruded on the courtroom hush.
The clerk polled the jurors, asked
each by name.
what u your verdictF
One after the other fell the an
swers
II find him guilty Of murder IN the
first degree" Il find him guilty o.
murder In the first degree. 4 ilho
him guilty
Hauptmann seemed not to hear
AZ once.
Judge II at Ease
Justice Trenchard vas the personl-
fication Of judicial decorum- he pen
Al look on Hauptmann and oirecteo
.aThe defendant may be seated
Turning Ia Attorney General Davlo
VI. WilentZ, ne continued:
aft GEMS 10 the court that there
An nothing remaining except 70 I'M
nose the sentences provided oy the
statute and I am now asking at
torney general II he moves the sen
tence." ~.
III your honor Please, the STATE
moves for the sentence OF the oe-
fendnrt nc this time" .
Justice Trenchard asked Q the
indictment and II was HANDED 70
him.
ssfhe statute requires apparently
that the court shall fix q time WITH
in which the sentence Is 70 DC exc
r,rtnd and within a certain week,
whinh must begin not less than
four weeks and not more than eisnt
weeks after the issue OF the oeath
warrant" he observed.
aThe court will therefore now pro-
ssed 10 imrose the sentence.
aThe defendant may stand"
Again Hauptmann got TO his feet
AND faced the bench. The hand
rnffr III his wriSIs-firSt time since
thr trial started January 2-glinted
ln the artificial light.
srBruno Richard Hauptmann: You
have been convicted OF murder IN
the first degree"
uis voice wa kindly. fatherly.
esThe sentence Of the court Is
FRAT YOU. the said Bruno Richard
rsmrlnfmnnn. suffer death NJ the
and place and IN the manner
rrnvidpd by law. And the court
r-lr hand TO the sheriff q warrant
s-rnointing the week beginning
Monday. the 18th day o. March,
as the week within such sen
tence must be executed II the man.
ner provided by law.
aynu are now remanded 70 the
custody Dt the sheriff."
MI was a shaken, restless Haupt-
who nervously paced his cell
the Hunterdon county jail Thurs