In 1932 their first son was kidnapped, and killed ("a ransom was paid, but the child was not returned"),<ref name=marriage by Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He went on trial in 1935. Although treated as a social event by some, and as a carnival by others, the trial did bring out concrete evidence which proved Hauptmann's guilt. | In 1932 their first son was kidnapped, and killed ("a ransom was paid, but the child was not returned"),<ref name=marriage by Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He went on trial in 1935. Although treated as a social event by some, and as a carnival by others, the trial did bring out concrete evidence which proved Hauptmann's guilt. |