damon runyon, known to millions. >> edward reilly, the defense counsel was hired and paid for by hearstewspapers in return for hauptmann's story. well, newsreel cameras and these images with you have seen were shown in theaters across the country during the course of the trial. newsreel cameras were permitted in the court room. the judge permitted still photography and recording in the courtroom. but he limited the coverage to events outside the trial itself -- at least that was his order. the judge did permit the trial participants to reenact the events related to the trial, including eye witness testimony implicating hauptmann. >> that is the man, accusing fingers pointed to help men as the supreme court justice and intensely interested jury heard witness after witness. here is the jury, the 12 men and women who hold his life in their hands. study these faces -- housewives, farmers, teachers, laborers -- it's a book of cross-section of american life. they alone must decide whether hauptmann is innocent or guilty. this witness, a taxi driver who delivered the ransom note, looks directl