REMBRANDT would have liked to paint poor but honest Frau Pauline Hauptmann who on Nov. 20, 1899 at Kamenz, Germany gave birth to Bruno Rich ard Hauptmann, accused of extorting ransom for the return of the Lindbergh baby, suspected of the kidnapping and murder. Apple-cheeked Bruno saw battlefront service, was 19 when the War ended. He came through unscathed, undistinguished, but two brothers were killed. After the War he broke his mother's heart by turning out to be the bad boy of Kamenz. He served one term for theft,...
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