Press Seat Pass for the Charles Lindberg Baby Kidnapping Trial

Printed pass for Sutherland Denlinger of the New York World Telegram "PRESS SEAT, HAUPTMANN TRIAL, FLEMINGTON, N.J." 4-½"x3-?", printed on red stock. Signed by Sheriff John H. Curtiss, and dated January 2, 1935. Shows use. Rare. The trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann took place in 1935 in Flemington, New Jersey, following his arrest for the kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Dubbed the "Trial of the Century," the proceedings attracted intense national and international media attention. Prosecutors presented evidence linking Hauptmann to ransom money found in his possession, handwriting similarities to ransom notes, and wood from his attic that allegedly matched material used in the kidnapping ladder. Hauptmann maintained his innocence throughout the trial, claiming the money had been left to him by a deceased business associate. After a six-week trial, the jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to death. Despite continuing debate among some historians and legal scholars about aspects of the evidence and fairness of the proceedings, Hauptmann was executed in New Jersey's electric chair on April 3, 1936.