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Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of the 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidnapping became known as "The Crime of the Century". Hauptmann was executed in the electric chair at the New Jersey State Prison in 1936, proclaiming his innocence to the end. ==Background== Hauptmann was born Bruno Richard Hauptmann in Kamenz, near Dresden in what was then the German Empire, the youngest of five children. Neither he nor his family and friends used the name "Bruno," although prosecutors in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial referred to him by that name. He had three brothers and a sister. At age 11, he joined the Boy Scouts (''Pfadfinderbund'').〔Hauptmann, Richard ''The Story of My Life'', Autobiography: Unedited & Uncorrected (Translated). New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning Center Archives, May 4, 1935.〕 Hauptmann attended public school (''Realschule''), but quit at the age of 14. He then worked during the day while attending trade school (''Gewerbeschule'') at night, studying carpentry for the first year, then switching to machine building (''Maschinenschlosser'') for the next two years.〔Huddleson, Dr. James H. ''Report to Mr. James M. Fawcett'' Examination of Bruno Richard Hauptmann p.1, October 3, 1934. New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning Center Archives.〕 In 1917, Hauptmann's father died. The same year, Hauptmann learned his brother Herman had been killed fighting in France in World War I. Not long after that, he was informed that his brother Max was now dead too, having fallen in Russia. Shortly thereafter, Hauptmann was conscripted and assigned to the artillery. Upon receiving his orders, he was sent to Bautzen, but was transferred to the 103rd Infantry Replacement Regiment upon his arrival. In 1918, Hauptmann was assigned to the 12th Machine Gun Company at Königsbrück.〔 Hauptmann would claim that he was deployed to Western France with the 177th Regiment of Machine Gunners in either August or September 1918 then fought in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel.〔Hauptmann, Bruno Richard. Statement. December 6, 1934. New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning Center Archives.〕 Hauptmann would also say he was gassed in either September or October 1918. He also claimed that while his position was being shelled, he was hit in the helmet with a piece of metal. According to him, this knocked him out for hours, and he was left for dead. When he came to, he crawled back to safety and was back to the machine guns that evening.〔Huddleson, Dr. James H. ''Report to Mr. James M. Fawcett'' Examination of Bruno Richard Hauptmann p.2-3, October 3, 1934. New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning Center Archives.〕 After the war, Hauptmann and a friend robbed two women wheeling baby carriages they were using to transport food on the road between Wiesa and Nebelschütz. The friend wielded Hauptmann's army pistol during the commission of this crime.〔Record Number 1 A 95/19 against Fritz Petzold and accomplice, County Court at Bautzen, June 17, 1919〕 Hauptmann's other charges include burglarizing a mayor's house (using a ladder). Released after three years in prison, he was arrested three months later on suspicion of further burglaries.〔Richard ("Bruno") Hauptmann biography,Famous American Trials, Richard Hauptmann (Lindbergh Kidnapping) Trial by Douglas Linder(c) 2000 Famous Trials - UMKC School of Law - Prof. Douglas Linder (Biography of (" Bruno") Richard Hauptmann. )〕 Hauptmann illegally entered the US by stowing away on a liner. Landing in New York in September 1923, the 24-year-old Hauptmann was taken in by a member of the established German community and worked as a carpenter. He married a German waitress in 1925 and became a father eight years later.〔〔The concise encyclopedia of crime and criminals.Hawthorn Books, 1961, page 134〕 Hauptmann was slim and of medium height, but broad shouldered. His eyes were described as being small and deep-set. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Hauptmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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