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Notes of Ransom Being Compared as Articles of Evidence in the Lindbergh's Kidnapping Case Trial, 1930s. USA. "The crime of the century". '...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." [Bruno Hauptmann]. 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.