Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 2

歌詞

Here's a story that's worth repeating It's a story that ends the same Of a man gone astray and the price he must pay He's the only one who's to blame In the quaint little town of Flemington On the second of January Bruno sat in the room and the State asked his doom While the world listened to that story On the jury four good women On the jury sat good eight men And the judge said "proceed", and the State said "indeed" While Defense said "go prove it then" And his wife the State's first witness January third was the day And she held in her hand as she sat on the stand The suit her dear child wore away Colonel Lindy was thes State's next witness Said he paid though his child was dead Under oath there he swore that he heard a Doctor Just the same as Hauptmann had said Was the night when they called Doc Condon And he said with a voice that rang true That the kidnapper John was Bruno Hauptmann Bruno turned pale when "Jafsie" got true And they called a hand writing expert Mister Osborn was that man's name And he swore Hauptmann wrote each ransom note Bruno snarled for he knew no shame "You're a liar" yelled Bruno Hauptmann To the agent Tom Sisk on the stand As the jury he told they found notes of gold That were given the kidnapper's hand Ellen Achenbach, Bruno's neighbor Told how Bruno had limped one day When a voice with a ring, Hollered "You're lying" Mistress Hauptmann was heard to say Then State to Attorney Wilentz To the kind hearted Judge Trechard said The State rests it's case, and he said in their place The State demanded Bruno dead