European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Autumn continued from Page 15 this advertisement appeared in the new York american a it accept. Money is ready.  the name Quot Jaysie 1 came from condones initials . And was used in the belief the kidnapper would recognize it and it would be meaningless to others. There were More exchanges and Condon received in the mail the baby s sleeping suit As evidence he was dealing with the right people. In the night of april 2, Condon and Lindbergh went to a Bronx cemetery As instructed where Condon handed $50,000 to a Man who from behind a hedge called Quot hey doctor Over  Lindbergh seated in a car nearby was asked at Hauptmann a trial Quot have you heard that voice since Quot. He said he had adding Quot it was the voice of Bruno Richard  Condon was Given this note Quot the boy is on the Boad Nelly. You will find the Boad Between horse neck Bay and Gay head neat Elizabeth  Lindbergh searched in vain the Waters off Cape cod the Virginia capes Norfolk and South Jersey. He was returning from Norfolk on May 12 when he was notified the baby s body had been found in a shallow grave a few Miles from his Home. Although Lindbergh and Betty Gow identified the baby in a Trenton morgue and Edward j. Reilly chief defense counsel said Quot there was never any a claim but that it was the Lindbergh child Quot there have since been some challenges based on the last measurements of the child and the body. Several men now in Middle age have claimed they were the Lindbergh baby. The Ransom Money led to Hauptmann a arrest on sept. 19, 1934 a few Days earlier he gave Walter Lyle a Gas station attendant in the Bronx a $10 Gold certificate. Lyle wrote the car s License number on the Bill. The Gold Bills were Quot hot Quot because president Franklin d. Roosevelt on april 3, 1933, in a move to combat the depression ordered All persons possessing Gold notes to Exchange them for Silver certificates. The government distributed 250,000 circulars giving the serial numbers of the Gold notes. As each Ransom Bill turned up the state police located it on a Wall map with a pin. Most were in the Bronx. After Hauptmann a arrest police found $14,600 Morea mob of press photographers catch Lindbergh As he leaves the courthouse during the trial. Of the Ransom Money in his garage. Hauptmann contended the Money was left with him in a Shoebox by Isodor Fisch with whom he had a business partnership when Fisch left for Germany where he had since died. Hauptmann Bald tha Money had been in a closet and untouched until he hit it with a Broom. He said Gold certificates fell out and he hid them in the garage. Frank j. Wilson special agent in charge of the intelligence unit of the internal Revenue service testified that approximately $18,000-$19,000 of the Ransom Money was recovered. The state has contended none has turned up since Hauptmann s arrest. Seven handwriting experts testified that Hauptmann wrote the Ransom notes. That testimony the Ransom Money in Hauptmann a Possession and the ladder were among the main pieces of circumstantial evidence the ladder used in the kidnapping was crude. Hauptmann denied making it saying Quot i am a  attorney general David Twilette the chief prosecutor contended that the noise Lindbergh heard was that of the ladder breaking under the combined weight of Hauptmann and the child. A physician testified the baby died of a fractured Skull. A state witness Arthur Koehler of the United states Forest products Laboratory in Madison wis., testified that a ladder rail had been part of a floor Board in Hauptmann s attic. He said he Laid the Board on a Joist in the attic and found the Nail holes in the Board matched those in the Joist. In his charge to the jury supreme court Justice Thomas w. Trenchard noting the circumstantial evidence said Quot the crime of murder is not one which is always committed in the presence of witnesses and if not so committed it must be established by circumstantial evidence or not at  Hauptmann was convicted and sentenced immediately to die in the electric chair the week of Jan 17,1936. But the bizarre events continued a Hauptmann was granted a reprieve for 30 Days by gov. Harold g. Hoffman who made a secret visit to Hauptmann in the death House. Hoffman issued a statement saying Quot i share with hundreds of thousands of our people the doubt As to the value of the evidence that placed him in the Lindbergh Nursery. I do doubt that this crime could have been committed by one Man Quot a mrs. Mclean came Back in the picture. She had lost Faith in Gaston Means ability to restore the child and had asked for the return of the $100,000. When the Money was not returned Means was arrested tried and convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison where he died. A mrs. Mclean Wasny to sure the Case had been solved with Hauptmann a conviction. She hired Samuel s. Leibowitz a famous criminal lawyer to pursue it. He visited Hauptmann three times in his cell and said he told Hauptmann he was certain the court of pardons would commute his sentence to life imprisonment if he Quot came  Leibowitz got nowhere. He told mrs. Mclean Quot there was no question Hauptmann was guilty. I said the Only Way he could be saved from the chair was to name his accomplice or accomplices. I said i was convinced that he did not act  in the meantime the supreme court denied a last minute request from Lloyd Fisher who had replaced Reilly As chief defense counsel to apply for a writ of Hareas Corpus. The new Jersey court of pardons denied clemency. Fifty five witnesses were in the execution chamber when Hauptmann accompanied by two clergymen entered at 8 41 . Robert h. Elliott the Gray haired executioner spun a wheel three times. Six doctors applied stethoscopes. Then or. Howard Weisler the prison physician said Quot this Man is  it was 8 47v� . Editor s note Samuel a Blackman was tha Trenton. N.j., correspondent Tor the associated press during the 1930s and covered the Lindbergh baby kidnapping Case from the night of March 1.1932 through the execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He retired As the a s general news editor in 1969readers�?T action lined Odds defends Black history education of a i am a 13-year-old eighth grader in a Dodds school i Don t understand Why the Only thing i am learning about Black people in my history class is that they were slaves. Yes i know it played a major part in the history of America but As a Black person i am tired of hearing about it especially if All i m going to hear is a Bunch of lame excuses and apologies that came too late. I m not trying to say forget about it but Why can t the school Tell More about what my people have accomplished Why Don t we Ever hear about people like George Washington Carver or Mary Mcleod Bethune Why done to people in my . History class know who Frederick Douglass or Jesse Jackson Are but they can Tell you anything you want to know about Peter Stuyvesant or Christopher Columbus could it be that although Blacks Are now tree we Are still in bondage because of the knowledge that is being withheld from us Brandi Jeter Augsburg Germany a a. Fred Drath chief executive services division Dodds Germany Region replies the 8th Grade history course United states history focuses on events from Early native american cultures until the 1887 reconstruction. The individuals mentioned in the letter Are personages in United states history after 1887. However the textbook does give attention to other noteworthy african americans during the time Frame of study. These include Phillis Wheatley Crispus Attucks Jim Beckwourth or. Martin Delaney and Frederick Douglass Black regiments in the revolutionary War to include soldiers Peter Salem and Benjamin Banneker As Well As Black sailors during the War of 1812. I would encourage the writer to promote More information sharing in her his school especially now during Black history month. This is an excellent Opportunity to look at the accomplishments of All african americans both past and present especially those later than the period covered in the writer s current history course Many schools also have an ethnic studies committee which organizes and oversees ethnic events. These committees also assist teachers in gathering materials for ethnic studies and review the extent to which ethnic studies Are being addressed in the school and How they May be improved. To write us _ readers Quot action line is the readers a court of last resort striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available if you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. All letters must be signed and preference will be Given to those seeking information of general interest to our readers. Page 16 a the stars and stripes saturday february 29, 1992