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Historic Trial Transcripts
Gold Certificates passed and found on Bruno Hauptmann
The ten dollar gold certificate passed at the gas station by Bruno Hauptmann that led to his arrest.
On September 15, 1934, Bruno Hauptman purchased five gallons of gas at the Warner-Quinlan Company, 127th Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. Walter Lyle, the manager of the gas station, wrote Hauptmann's license plate number on the ten dollar gold certificate he received in payment; 4U13-41.
Hauptmann's Dodge Sedan with the license plate number 4U13-41.
Twenty dollar Lindbergh Ransom bill found on Hauptmann at the time of his arrest.
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