Courtroom at Hauptmann trial. "Identified are: Charles A. Lindbergh (A), Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf (B), Edward J. Reilly (C) in friendly conversation with Attorney General David T. Wilentz (D), Egbert Rosecrans (E), Floyd Fisher (F) and Bruno Richard Hauptmann (G) / World-Telegram staff photo." Library of Congress. 1936
Proclaimed innocence
The Hauptmann's claimed Bruno was innocent until their respective deaths.
October 5, 1991. The New York Times
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"I can tell you my husband was innocent, and God knows it, as innocent as any of you."
-Anna Hauptmann, 1991
April 4, 1936. The New York Times
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"I shall go to death as an innocent man."
-Bruno Richard Hauptmann, 1932
opposing viewpoint
People still question who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby today and it is widely believed that others were involved.
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"There are logical reasons which would point to the presence of someone else but there are an equal number of logical reasons why there is only one person."
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-FBI Agent Hugh H. Clegg. October 10, 1934
J. Edgar Hoover at his desk. FBI.gov
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-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Sept. 22, 1934 memo
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"...theory that there were others connected with this case.' the ladder 'was too short to be handled by one person,' 'had a lot of help in the passing of the money,' and 'there is also some indication that someone in the vicinity of Hopewell may have been involved with him"
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-Federal Bureau of Investigation's chief agent in the inquiry, Thomas H. Sisk
