In September , a German immigrant carpenter named Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested for the crime. After a trial that lasted from January 2 to February 13, , he was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. Despite his conviction, he continued to profess his innocence, but all appeals failed and he was executed in the electric chair at the New Jersey State Prison on April 3, Newspaper writer H.
Mencken called the kidnapping and trial "the biggest story since the Resurrection ". Congress to pass the Federal Kidnapping Act commonly referred to as the "Little Lindbergh Law" , which made transporting a kidnapping victim across state lines a federal crime. At approximately 9 p. Gow then alerted Charles Lindbergh who immediately went to the child's room, where he found a ransom note, containing poor handwriting and grammar, in an envelope on the windowsill.
Taking a gun, Lindbergh went around the house and grounds with the family butler, Olly Whateley; [ 9 ] they found impressions in the ground under the window of the baby's room, pieces of a wooden ladder, and a baby's blanket. An extensive search of the home and its surrounding area was conducted by police from nearby Hopewell Borough in coordination with the New Jersey State Police.
After midnight, a fingerprint expert examined the ransom note and ladder; no usable fingerprints or footprints were found, leading experts to conclude that the kidnapper s wore gloves and had some type of cloth on the soles of their shoes. Dear Sir! Have We warn you for making anyding public or for notify the Police the child is in gut care.
Indication for all letters are Singnature and 3 hohls. At the bottom of the note were two interconnected blue circles surrounding a red circle, with a hole punched through the red circle and two more holes to the left and right. On further examination of the ransom note by professionals, they found that it was all written by the same person.
