| Show PICTURES ES AND STORY GIVE LINDBERGH CASE CAS HISTO U b A I II IIA J 1 W. I u u u p V W on I c J. J L r 0 t Traced Developments From Time Child I Was Snatched The first day lay of March 19 1932 was cold and bleak in inthe the moun maun tam tain region of New Jerse Jersey erey where Colonel and Mrs Charles A. A Lindbergh Lind bergh had b built Ut a a ahome home It was a ahome ahome home bome where their curly cury h haired ired blond ton Ion on might be brou brought ht up a away from rom the spotlight of publicity that always accompanied the comings and goings of ot his parents Although he was the most famous baby in the world public interest was f focused elsewhere that day Japan and md nd China were engaged in a bloody conflict at Sh Shanghai President President President dent Hoover had just sent a special m message to con congress outlining a plan to improve the administration of justice jus Justice justice Jus- Jus tice Samuel Se Seabury bury proceeded with his investigation of ot the New Mew York Ci City y government that I was to result In Jn the resignation of Mayor Walker the Massie honor slayings slaying defendants defend defend- ants were preparing to stand trial in Honolulu German nazis sought to strafe the Br Bruening ening government America mobilized in a drive against h hoarders who were bl blamed med for Helping helping Help help- ing j g continue the depression Dally Daily Tas Tasks at t Hop wen In the whitewashed stone mansion set net on n na a ba bald d spot of f a hill bill n near ar- ar Hope Hope- well N. N J. J Mrs Anne Morrow LindS Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- S bergh went about the daily dally tasks of c caring ring for her old month son Ch Charles Augustus Jr oblivious to th these thee e distractions If the wind that howled with a throated deep ed note around the hilltop home and t the e gray graycloud graycloud graycloud cloud masses scudding overhead carried carried car car- ried ned overtones of vague foreboding she he he was not aw aware re of them She noticed the baby bab- had a cold and decided not to go to the home of her mother Mrs Dwight Morrow in Englewood as she had planned Instead In In- stead she telephoned the baby's nurse BeU Betty Gow to come com to Hop well Miss Gow telephoned hed her sweetheart sweetheart sweet sweet- heart Henry Red Johnson to tell him she would be away for a few fewS S days day He was not at his boarding boardinghouse boardinghouse S house so sO 6 she left a c call cilL ll She arrived a at the Hopewell h house Use in the after- after noon LIndy Forgot Date Colonel Lindbergh wh who had forgotten forgotten for for- gotten completely that he was scheduled sched sched- to give an address at ht New York university that night arrived home homet at t p. p m. m The baby was asleep having been put to bed bedat at 7 p p. p m. m by Mr Mrs Lindbergh and Miss Gow in the second floor nursery The had hd dinner served by Ollie OUie Whately their butler and the only other occupant 0 of the house While they ate Miss Gow went into the nursery nunery and found the baby sleep sleep- ing p peacefully After dinner inner Lindbergh went to toS S hl study directly under the baby's nursery to to read The eer eerie e whistle of the wind outside only served to toS S accentuate cee a feeling of security in the warm lighted study Shortly after he heard a sharp crack of some kind outside the window He dismissed dismissed dismissed dis dis- dis- dis missed it It ti from m his mind however thinking it was the wind playing S lome ionic freakish prank Domestic Scene SceneS S Such was the domestic scene duplicated du duo in millions of homes through through- the out country when the most spectacular spec and baffling crime of modern times was perpetrated a a a crime that reached home to every parent almost aImo t as u. u tragically as it did to the Lind Lind- berghs berglu themselves a crime that that focused fo fe the nations nation's attention on on a new S heartless racket and caused a popular S l lar r revulsion of feeling that r resulted in hi drastic laws law designed to stamp it It out ut The feeling of security still sUll pervaded pervaded per per- S vad d the household when Miss Gow Cow tip tiptoed oed again into the nursery at t 10 p. p m. m to 10 see how t the e baby was sleep sleep- ing Th The crib was empty S. S The baby was gone nc S The nurse was puzzled She went to the ba bathroom where Mrs Lindbergh Lind LInd- S bergh beigh w was s preparing g for bed and arid asked if Colonel Lindbergh had taken the baby aby downstairs S. S 4 I 1 don dont don't t know Ask him Mrs Lindbergh replied I The qu question tion repeated ed to LIndbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind LInd- bergh brought him racing upstairs S ito to the nursery ursery to confirm the unbelievable un believable suspicion that flashed into hIs bis mind 5 Baby T The baby had been S Lindbergh took command He ordered ordered or or ordered dered that the p police lIce be notified A AS S telephone call to Hopewell started Chief ol of Police Pollee Harry Wolf Wall and Constable Con Con- stable Charles E. E Williamson on their way to the lonely stone hous house The ho household made a frantic search Then Ther Lindbergh telephoned Major Charles of ot the state police at Trenton Irenton n. n As the m motors tors carrying the state tate troopers trooper roared away toward Hopewell the word flashed shed throughout t the civilized world Peo Pen People 5 pIe everywhere interrupted d their tasks talks momentarily at the shock hock of that s S nal l announcement r rTh Th The Lindbergh baby has hu been kid S i Note Found x S Police went immediately to the nursery They found a note on n the window sill It said S P Dear r Sir SirL Hive Have v 50 lO redy M fin 20 bill 15 10 J 10 3 k I r 4 2 11 4 I z I I bills and 10 In 5 bills After Arter 2 4 days day's we will inform you u were to deliver the mony I We warn warn you for ma making ing anything anything any- any thing public or for fox notify the police the child is in gute care care identification for our letters letters' are signature The symbolic signature comprising circles of ot red and blue and holes punched lunched at certain points never has been made p public Search of ot the grounds grounds' revealed other clues There were marks of ofa a ladder adder under the nursery nursery window There was a chisel Fifty feet away the he ladder was found a a rather frail affair of three seven-foot seven sections It was was was' broken where two of the se sections were joined There were tracks in inthe the he earth beneath the window and clay tracks t-acks on the nursery nursery room floor from rom the window to th the empty crib Clues Examined ed Fever Feverishly Lindbergh an and the police po po- lice ice examined the hc clues The child had tad vanished and they seemed atthe at athe the he moment to give no no hint of where It t had been taken Perhaps it was at tl this s instant that the he kidnapers pausing on the slope of a hill bill the thc other side of Hop Hopewell Hopwell well from rom where they could clearly see seethe seethe the he blaze of lights at the mansion decided It was too danger dangerous us to carry carry him lim farther Perhaps it was at this time they murdered the infant t and hid ild his body bod- bodin in a shallow grave grav where it was discovered 73 days later Perhaps however the b baby by was killed by being dropped from the arms of his abductor as the ladder broke Police th theories ories differ Some say the crackling no noise sc Col Colonel nel Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh heard was the ladder breaking and that his hi son was killed at that time I Sleeping Garment Decoy At any n rate the k kidnapers pers removed the he childs child's sleeping garment before they hey buried him Later they used it to convince Lindbergh that his son was alive aUve and well and thus t to extort from him The of the Lindbergh baby by suddenly brought the nation to o the realization that was wasa a major American Am rican racket The public pub pub- lie lic was aroused as over no other crime in recent years ears Virtually every every ev ev- ery cry person who read of the sought to help hell in jn whatever way possible possible pos pOSe sible to find the baby and return him to his parents rents Th The first object of ot search was agreen a green sedan reported near the LindberGh Lindbergh Lind- Lind berGh ergh home by Ben LupIca Princeton Princeton Prince Prince- to ton student He said a man driving ng such a car with a ladder in it inquired in the way to the Hopewell mansion man man- sion slon the day of the A nationwide police dr dragnet gnet was Wa ket et up In addition veterans' veterans organizationS organizations 1 volunteered to picket the high high- ways Almost everyone a n green car was stopped and questioned One man touring westward west with His wife and baby drove Into Cleveland with a sign on his car carz We did not kidnap the thc Lind Lindbergh baby hoping to avoid a old further delays delay ate after being stopped repeatedly along the way Included ded among mong the hundreds of thousands trying to help in the search were scores of crackpots with fake warnings and false clues Hundreds of persons visited sited rogue galleries and nd picked out v various Jou photographs as those of persons who had inquired the way to the Lindbergh home nome that afternoon A postcard mailed in Newark was ree received which sold Mid aid Baby is safe nile It H was traced and found round to b be a complete fake Many ManYI other false messages false clues and some som threats were received Leon Golden a petty Bronx kidnaper kId kId- kid kid- naper who m might ha have drawn a prison t term m of s several years if il his sentencing sentencing ing h had d occurred previously o ly happened hap hap- ened to come up for sentence at the height of th Ui frantic search immedi 1 r n after the crime The judge gave gaye him hint a life term and took occasion occasion occasion occa occa- sion to point out the hein heinousness of ol his crime as exemplified in the Lind bergh case ciSe Were Hopeful Lindbergh was confident at first that the baby was alive an and would be returned He immediately prom prom- the ransom demanded Anxious to convey to the criminals his desire to establish contact he let it be known that Morris Mord Rosner was taking charge of the voluminous mail that poured in with autho withhold withhold with with- hold from the police anything that looked like ike a clue Police also were we're were primarily interested interested inter inter- ested in the return of the child and g gave ve Lindbergh complete freedom todo to todo todo do what he wanted Working tirelessly tire lessly and without without sleep the flier personally followed every clue jumping into ear bar car or plane and departing departing departing de de- de- de parting on on without revealing revealing re re- re- re even to police where he was going When It was apparent the baby would not not be be returned immediately Lindbergh and his wife published and broadcast a s solemn lemn promise not notto notto notto to tr try to injure those cOl connected with the return of the child They published pub pub- details of the baby's diet and asked the kidnapers to adhere to it Nurse Exonerated Meanwhile Betty Gow the nurse was exonerated and other servants of th the Lindbergh and Morr Morrow w households households house holds were vere q questioned est and freed treed of suspicion sus The first break came March 4 when Henry enry Red Johnson Betty Gow's Cows sailor sweetheart was was arrested arrested ar are ar- ar rested in We West t Hartford Conn The fact that his automobile was a green coupe and that he had an empty milk bottle in it ft was regarded as incriminating aUng Extradition w was s rushed through and he was returned to New Jersey But his landlord furnished an alibi He said Johnson had been in his room at the time the baby was On March 12 police pollee announced announced announced an an- Johnson had been cleared of suspicion The sailor however was deported because he was found to have entered the country illegally While Johnson was being ques questioned Lindbergh frantic to make some cont contact ct with the kidnapers and get back his child announced that he had bad authorized Salvatore and Irving Bitz underworld figures to act as as' as his intermediaries s. s Contacts Ignored But the the- kidnapers ignored and Bitz When they made contact it was through an individual of their own choosing choosing Dr John F F. Condon elderly and respected Bronx edu edu- cator ator On March 8 Condon gave an in interview interview inter inter- er- er view to to a reporter for the Bronx Home News deploring the crime and offering to act as intermediary Within a few hours after the interview interview interview inter inter- view was published he r received ed a letter let ter saying I If you are willing to act as go go- between in Lindbergh case please follow follow fol fol- low strictly instruction Handel letter personally to Mr Lindbergh It will explain everything Dont Don't tell anyone about it so will be found out the press pres or police pollee is notified everything are cancell cancell can- can cell celI and it will b be a further delay After you gets the money from Mr Lindbergh h put then 3 words in pap paper r Money is ready After note we will give you further further further fur fur- ther instruction be at house every every night between 6 12 by this time you will hear from us Lindbergh G Got t Note Unknown to Dr Condon or to the general public public Lindbergh in the thc meantime had received a communication communication cation from the kidnapers the first to arrive after aUer the original ransom no note found on the window sill This second note complained because the police had been notified and said and said the ransom would have to be raised to because police activity made lit it necessary to bring another person in on the deal Consequently he understood understood un un understood what the kIdnap kidnapers rs meant In la their note which Dr Condon was w s' s sto to handel to him Condon may act as go You may gave him the after we have the mony many in hand will tell teU you where to find your boy You may have ready it is about mil mu Condon Printed Advertisement Condon got in touch with Lind bergh He published the advertisement advertise advertise- ment Money is ready to inform the kidnaper Lindbergh had accepted the conditions and had the ransom money ready He signed it a name devised from his initials For two days Condon and Colonel Henry Lindbergh's attorney attorney at at- torney and lri friend waited at the former for for- mer h home e before word came On the evening of March 1 12 13 a taxi driver r 5 r- r A S. S 1 i f 9 I 1 S J j I 1 4 4 I t I y S 1 S S 5 V ici i- i ci 7 1 I I 5 5 arrived with an envelope addressed to jo Dr Condon Following instructions in the letter Condon London went alone to a deserted frankfurter frankfurt r stand beyond the last sto stoof stop of the Jerome avenue subway There under a stone he found a note which said Cross the street and follow the fence ence from the cemetery direction street I I will wilI meet you Condon followed follow d instructions and walked slowly along the fence enclosing enclosing enema enema- ing Woodlawn cemetery across the street treet He saw w a figure on the other side ide Of the fence He held his han hands s sin in n the air to show he was not armed and call called d to the man Just as as the two met with the fence between them a cemetery guard appeared apPeared ap ap- about feet teet away The Thc Thenan man nan scaled the fence and ran across street into Van Cortlandt park Condon ran after him finally persuading persuading per- per him to stop Did you bring the money oney the theman theman theman man asked what I want to talk to you about Condon replied The two then walked to an abandoned shack nearby Safety Pins For about 75 minutes the two men talked First the |
