Post by sue75 on Apr 28, 2011 9:34:09 GMT -5
Jeffrey Newman was the reporter who interviewed Arthur Jones in an Alabama prison in 1976. Jones shows up on pages 94 & 95 in Jim Fisher's Ghost of Hopewell.
Here is the citation in Fisher's book on page 171:
Jeffrey Newman, "Charles Lindbergh Planned His Baby Son's Kidnapping -- He Didn't Want the Baby Because It was Malformed," National Enquirer, 12 Oct. 1976, p.71.
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And here is Newman's blog entry from last year:
jeffreynewmanlaw July 21, 2010 at 12:03 am
I interviewed Arthur Jones for several hours one afternoon, several years ago, when I was a reporter for The National Enquirer. His conversations with Bruno Hauptmann are depicted in Under the Sycamores and is worth reading. Perhaps no one will ever be able to uncover the truth about what happened, or whether Jones was being truthful about what Hauptmann said. I can only say that sitting with Jones and asking him questions, listening to his measured responses, I believe he was telling the truth. Jones was a lifer, having been sentenced to prison when he was 20. He had lost his leg to diabetes and sat, his stump visible, a patient thoughtful man who spoke with a halting stutter but in full blossomed sentences. Jones had survived many years in a place I might not be able to live for a few years. He had a ready smile and seemed to me to have a clear memory of Hauptmann. His record confirmed he had been on death row with Hauptmann. The rest needs to be dredged back from time.
Jeffrey A. Newman Jeffrey.newman1@gmail.com