O n January 2, 1935, Bruno Richard Hauptmann stepped into a courtroom in Flemington, New Jersey, accused of the so-called crime of the century. Prosecutors were tasked with convincing a jury that ...

Hauptmann was sitting in the same seat he has occupied since the trial started, handcuffed to his guards. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who has attended every session of the trial, was absent tonight.

Some words may be mispronounced. NORTH LIBERTY — How good of an athlete was Jessica Hauptmann? As Jessica Gehrke, she was The Gazette’s 2010 Female Athlete of the Year. She is an Iowa High ...