The Hand Of Hauptmann [ Handwriting in Lindbergh Baby Trial ]
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First edition analysis of the handwriting evidence used to convict Hugo Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh Baby murder case, written by trial expert.
Haring, J. Vreeland. The Hand Of Hauptmann. Hamer Publishing : Planfield, New Jersey. 1937. First edition.
An unusual piece of true crime history, this book by handwriting expert J. Vreeland Haring details the evidence used to convict Hugo Richard Hauptmann for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby . Following the abduction of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of the famed aviator, from the family home in New Jersey, and the subsequent discovery of his body, an unprecedented amount of media and public pressure met with a police investigation that went nowhere for more than two years.
The man convicted and executed for the crime, German carpenter Richard Hauptmann, always claimed to be an innocent victim of police prejudice. Historical consensus remains unclear as to his actual guilt, but many commentators on the Lindbergh Baby case have protested the prosecutions reliance on handwriting evidence to get their conviction.
Explaining in his introduction that the book intends to confirm Hauptmann’s guilt for any doubters by presenting handwriting evidence not used at trial, Haring also describes his belief that this “is the only book of its kind in the English language” which sets out the principles of handwriting identification for everyone to understand. Haring, a handwriting expert of more than thirty years experience, worked on both the trial and book with his son.
Large 8vo, 362pp, red cloth boards. Corners bumped, top and bottom spine bruised, some minor spotting to front board. Book block spotted. Binding paper wrinkled at front pastedown joint. Pages clean. Binding weak pg. 54- 55. Illustrated throughout with handwriting example photographs and copies of trial evidence. Lacks dust jacket. Good condition.
If you liked this book, you might also like this first edition “The Lie Detector Test” by inventor William Moulton Marston.
