Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German immigrant, was arrested on September 19, 1934 for passing Charles Lindbergh Jr. ransom money. In his garage was $14,000 of the ransom he said he was holding for a friend, Isidor Fische, who had returned to Germany--his steamer ticket paid for with ransom. Hauptmann denied involvement, and evidence was shaky at best. Convicted in a circus atmosphere, executed on April 3, 1936. Read a fictionalized version of this in THICK AS THIEVES, by Neil Low.

Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German immigrant, was arrested on September 19, 1934 for passing Charles Lindbergh Jr. ransom money. In his garage was $14,000 of the ransom he said he was holding for a friend, Isidor Fische, who had returned to Germany--his steamer ticket paid for with ransom. Hauptmann denied involvement, and evidence was shaky at best. Convicted in a circus atmosphere, executed on April 3, 1936. Read a fictionalized version of this in THICK AS THIEVES, by Neil Low.