HAUPTMANN FAILS
HIS EXTRADITION RESISTED. CHARGE OF MURDERING BABY. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 7.10 p.m. New York, Oct. 16. Bernard Hauptmann failed to-day in his initial attempt to avoid extradition to New Jersey to face trial on a charge of murdering the Lindbergh baby. The District Supreme Court dismissed a habeas corpus writ after a hearing in which a witness positively identified Hauptmann as the man seen in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home a few days -prior to the kidnapping. Handwriting experts testified that the ransom notes were “undeniably” in Hauptmann’s handwriting. , The Court granted Hauptmann 48 hours’ stay of proceedings pending an appeaL
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1934, Page 5
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