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Bruno Richard Hauptmann's Attorney Edward J. Reilly During His Trial in the Lindbergh's Kidnapping Case, 1930s. USA. "The crime of the century". 'Session after session, before that jury the defence puts the best case it can. But the brilliance of the prosecution and the mountain of evidence produced bodes ill for the prisoner. The ransom notes, thirteen in all, in a sprawling, half-literate hand. But the state contends it's the hand of Hauptmann. The word "baby", used in a letter to a friend, compared with the same word in a ransom note - worth studying. His hand-printed signature on his car license, compared with the hand-printed name on a ransom note, a note signed "B. H.". Yes the state mounts a strong case'. From "Time To Remember - The Tough Guys", 1930s (Reel 4); documentary film, mainly about life in depression- and gangster-hit America.