2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
Absentee bidding for this session ends on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST.
The live portion of this session begins on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST
Seventeen Press Photos by Acme Newspictures, each with teletype description on the reverse, varying sizes from 6” x 8” to 8” x 10”, several show cropping instructions. Twelve are of Bruno Hauptmann’s attorney, Edward J. Reilly, fifty-two, a large and boisterous man who always wore a pin-stripe suit adorned with a white carnation. Branded “the Bull of Brooklyn” by the contemporary media, he was a well-known and seasoned criminal defense attorney. After the trial, Reilly demanded payment from Hauptmann, although he was paid by newspaper owner, Randolph Hearst. Reilly was fired by the Hauptmanns after demanding $25,000. Included are; 11/3/34, Reilly is hired; 11/3/34, Another Reilly is hired; 1/15/35 Reilly defends against the hand writing experts; 1/15/35, another Reilly in court, 1/21/35, Reilly chats with the press; 2/13/35, Reilly to hear the Charge to the Jury; 2/11/35, Reilly pleas, ‘Judge not lest ye be Judged’; 2/11/35, Reilly at lunch (slight smear); 2/11/35 The three lawyers confer regarding their summation; 2/11/35, Reilly presents the summation; 3/25/35, Reilly loses appeal; 1/26/38, Reilly asks for release ofrom mental hospital. There are five additional Acme Newspictures, press photo: 12/28/34, Sheriff Curtis reviews telegram requests for seating in the trial; Koehler traces lumber used in the Ladder; 1/16/35, Commander Comford causes a commotion; 2/7/35, Juror 11 Ill with heart trouble; 1/29/35, Juror refuses to be phtographed; 12/27/30, Studying wood.
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