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Post by sue75 on May 7, 2011 20:15:15 GMT -5
Here's a spot to post and discuss Hauptmann's friends on Death Row. "Hauptmann's Prison Comrade Going to Death: To Be Electrocuted for Killing Acquaintance of Lindbergh" The Meridian Daily Journal August 13, 1935 news.google.com/newspapers?id=ByNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UgINAAAAIBAJ&pg=1919,1079104&dq=charles-zeid+jones&hl=en The above article says that before John Favorito went to the chair, a "death house friendship developed" between Favorito and Hauptmann. By the middle of August 1935 the only two people left on Death Row were Charles Zeid and Arthur Jones. With only two prisoners left, it's a real possibility that a strong one-on-one friendship could have occurred between Hauptmann and Jones.
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Post by sue75 on May 8, 2011 12:11:20 GMT -5
"Hauptmann Chalks Off the Months As He Awaits His Fate In the Death House" The Meriden Daily Journal Thursday, October 3, 1935 news.google.com/newspapers?id=KiNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UgINAAAAIBAJ&pg=846,5853907&dq=kurt-barth&hl=en "Four men have walked past Hauptmann through that gray door to eternity. One man was the closest friend he has had in prison Kurt Barth, 22, born in Germany...They used to talk together in German... According to Colonel Kimberling, Hauptmann's neighbors in the death house now are William Henry Jones, a Negro, a Jew named Zeid, and an Italian, Favorito... Zeid and Hauptmann do most of the talking, the warden says, although their cells are not adjoining. In fact, the cubicle next to Cell 9 is vacant. Hauptmann can play checkers with Zeid, however, each man having a board and calls the moves back and forth."
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Post by sue75 on May 8, 2011 15:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by Sue on Feb 8, 2020 11:29:12 GMT -5
Jacob Ciemiengo was only 16 years old when he entered New Jersey State prison in November 1935. Hauptmann and Ciemiengo were only four cells away from each other and struck up a friendship. Although they were neighbors on the same floor, they did not see each other but spoke one to the other.
According to newspapers of the day, Ellis Parker felt Ciemiengo deserved the death penalty.
Ciemiengo is mentioned briefly in John Reisinger's book on Parker.
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Post by Sue on Feb 8, 2020 11:52:44 GMT -5
I had posted this before, but another person who was in a cell close to Hauptmann was Romaine Johnson. I believe the image of the article can be seen by clicking on it. "Did Romaine Johnson Carry Hauptmann's Confession With Him to Electric Chair?" The Pittsburgh Courier January 11, 1936 Page 1 www.newspapers.com/newspage/40024196/
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