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Post by sue75 on Dec 29, 2012 14:04:25 GMT -5
www.archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0069/VOL_0069_ISSUE_0024.pdf"Kilgallen, Ace Reporter, to Talk on Experiences; Here on May 14" Notre Dame Scholastic Volume Sixty-Nine Number Twenty-Five May 15, 1936 James L. Kilgallen, ace reporter of the International News Service, will deliver an address on "The Hauptmann Case and other Famous Stories" at Washington Hall, Thursday, May 14, at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Kilgallen, who has worked on the Lindbergh case since its inception and had covered
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Post by sue75 on Dec 29, 2012 14:35:26 GMT -5
"Justice Aided By Press Asserts James Kilgallen"
Notre Dame Scholastic Volume Sixty-Nine Number Twenty-Five
May 15, 1936
(page 11)
Complete press coverage of famous and dramatic trials does not tend to "hippodrome" the courtroom proceedings, but is one of the surest guarantees that the rights of the defendant will be protected. This was the message delivered by James L. Kilgallen, star reporter for International News Service, in a speech in Washington Hall last night. He spoke under the auspices of the Department of Journalism, and earlier in the evening was the dinner guest of Rev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C., University president.
Citing the Hauptmann case as an example, Kilgallen, who has covered nearly every important trial in the last ten years, asserted that the judge, the lawyers and the police—not the press—were responsible for the congested condition of the courtrooms.
"Conditions in the courtroom during the Hauptmann trial were a disgrace," Kilgallen said. "The place was packed to suffocation each day by be-jewelled women in mink coats and celebrities from Broadway and Hollywood. They blocked the aisles, sat on window ledges, hampered the working press and made a spectacle out of the trial."
Kilgallen revealed that attorneys for both sides issued subpoenas in wholesale lots for friends whom they listed as witnesses but who were never called, and had no intention of testifying.
Believes Hauptmann Guilty-
He also described the electrocution of Hauptmann which he witnessed. He pictured Hauptmann as a sad, wistful man attempting to force a smile to his lips as he entered the death chamber and went to his doom without uttering a word. Kilgallen stated that he believed Hauptmann guilty. He pointed ou the strength of the evidence against the defendant, especially his possession of $14,600 of the Lindbergh ransom.
Other famous stories he has covered were also mentioned by the speaker, such as the pursuit of Samuel InsuU, former Chicago utilities magnate to Greece and Turkey. Kilgallen returned with InsuU to the United States when he was extradited. Headline personalities such as John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Al Smith, Al Capone, Jack Dempsey, the late Thomas A. Edison, Hugo Eckener, and others, were mentioned in the talk.
Kilgallen concluded by advocating more freedom for the press in the coverage of trials. He advocated the use of moving picture records of all trials, pointing out that they would
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Post by sue75 on Dec 29, 2012 14:49:11 GMT -5
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Post by Michael on Dec 29, 2012 15:37:41 GMT -5
Thanks Sue.
Kilgallen is a very legitimate source of information and wrote a series of newspaper articles for the International News Service (INS) about the Case.
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