Show FEAR EAR FOR SON DRIVES RIVE I LIND TO EXILE I Family Seeks Haven Abroad S 4 24 Z y tc 1 t. t S I L Jf I i Fi-i L L S. S ITji v z S Sj j c t S f S r 1 4 IiI Ii- Ii I L T Top p the th i latest i r. r photograph h tg f of Mrs Charles Charl s. s A. A L Lindbergh and I her son Jon Below Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs l Lindbergh New Threats Of Sent to Flier Noted Pilot Takes Ship in Secret With Family for Britain When Boy Is Menaced B By Associated Press NEW V YORK Dec 23 The 23 The Charles Charl s 's A. A weary oi ot kidnapers' kidnapers threats against their second son and displeased by activities looking toward clemency for the convicted slayer of their first born have left America to establish a home in England Their secret departure with baby Jon aboard a freighter at midnight Saturday was disclosed today only a few hours before belore Bruno Richard Hauptmann convicted as kidnaper and arid killer of Charles A. A Lindbergh Jr appealed to the New Jersey board of pardons for clemency lIe He is under sentence to die the week of January 13 Friends said that Colonel Lindbergh ergh w was s perturbed by bythe the attitude of Governor Harold G G. Hoffman of New Jersey whose LONDON Dec 23 AP Responsible AP-Responsible Responsible American Ameri Amen can sources today expressed the belief that Colonel Charles A A. Lindbergh was was- coming to England with his family on business ss rather than thanas as an escape from kidnapers recent visit to Hauptmann in the death cell was followed by a n statement in which the governor expressed the tho belief that there were still several angles to the tho murder kidnap-murder case that needed clarification Lindbergh believes firmly the mystery was solved by the conviction of Hauptmann Colonel Lindbergh was a star witness in the sensational trial at Flemington N. N J. J of the Bronx carpenter Ho He testified to the payment of ransom to a mysterious John in a Bronx cemetery and said that the voice of the extortionist which he be bc heard then was the voice of Hauptmann One of the points made by Hauptmann in his appeal from conviction was that he be had bad not received a n fair trial partly be because because because be- be cause of the constant presence in the courtroom of Colonel Lind bergh He argued that the the- presence in court of Americas America's best known air hero acted to prejudice e the jury and court against him RECEIVED MANY l NEW V THREATS Lindbergh has lIas been deeply disturbed by the tho constant necessity necessity necessity sity of employing bodyguards for his year old second son and the uninterrupted to Mrs 1 Lindbergh and himself from writers of threatening letters many letters many of them hinting at violence The Tho sailed secretly Saturday night aboard tho the American Importer tons They were the only passengers the vessel having limited accommodations A few other reservations reservations reservations reserva reserva- had bad been made but were canceled without explanation at atthe atthe the tho last minute The American Importer is due at Cobh Ir Irish sh Free State December December De Do- cember 29 and at Liverpool December 30 And so Santa Snub Claus will visit Jon Lindbergh at sea DESTINATION UNKNOWN Colonel Lindbergh the tho son of a a- former Minnesota 1 congressman congress congress- man and Mrs 1 Lindbergh daughter of the late Dwight Morrow lorrow who was a partner of J J. P. P Morgan Co senator from New Jersey Jer- Jer Jersey Jer sey and ambassador to to- Mexico have no definite ideas as to where in England they will vill live friends here said Mrs 1 Lindbergh whose book on the tho flight ight to the tho Orient became a best seller this year is known to be bo desirous of giving more time to writing writing writing-an an opportunity that will vilI be af af- lorded forded by bv a British residence free from tb the thc worry of kidnapers Colonel Lindbergh on the others other hand is 18 deeply interested in the approaching inauguration of transAtlantic trans trans- Atlantic passenger air traffic many of the details of which will be handled handled han han- died in England Since the birth of Jon in August 1932 1932 five five months after the tho tragedy that hut robbed the Lindbergh of their the firstborn the menace of kidnapers Pers has las been constant The left eft their dream home in the tho Sour- Sour lana and mountains near Hopewell N. N J. J immediately after the ping and have never since nince resided there The dream home which Colonel I Lindbergh had erected because hofelt he ho felt elt it would provide a secluded wooded spot where his son could lend lead a normal life lite was subsequently subsequent subsequent- ly given by the tho flier for a n childrens children's homo home lomo Nothing however has has- ever been done and today the scene of his highest hopes and deepest sorrow sorrow sorrow sor sor- row remains lonely and untenanted Less than a mile from where it stands white and austere against Continued en oct Page Pare Two Column Three VADE EVADE I KIDNAP THREAT Continued front from rom Page alo One the sky thc sky the b body dy of Charles A. A Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh Jr was found burled buried in a shallow hurriedly scooped out grave Since the birth of Jon Lindbergh his hia parents have made their home both at Englewood N. N J. J and on onan onan onan an estate off the Maine coast The flying colonel to whom great fame tame came for a solo flight from NewYork Now New York to Paris in 1927 has spent a n great deal time in aviation activities activities activities ties ant and also in scientific research Success Barred Privacy I No matter what he did the one onetime onetime onetime time mail pilot known then as Slim Lindbergh was unable to enjoy enjoy enjoy en en- joy his former anonymity The tragedy of the d hills in March 1932 lifted his name again into world notice even as it marked the beginning of a wave of f kid kid- naping in the United States Even the entry of the United States government Into the war against kidnapers and the enactment enactment enactment enact enact- ment of at federal legislation making a capital offense otense have failed to lift the menace of some new crime against his bis family On the occasion of his numerous flights about the country Lindbergh lAnd Lind b bergh h has invariably sought to de depart depart depart de- de part and arrive without any notice being paid to his movements and the movements of his family es especially cs- cs the baby Jon Lion have been bean as secret as as was Saturday nights night's departure departure departure de de- for tor a new life Ute in England More l Respect for tor Law Colonel Lindbergh is known to hold told the belief that there is greater respect for tor law and order in England Eng Eng- land and than in the United States This fact close friends said today has had md much to do with his decision to make his home there Both Colonel and Lindbergh have no thought of giving up their American citizenship friends said Colonel Lindbergh still retains business business busi busi- ness connections here He remains as M technical advise adviser to Pan American American Ameri Amen can Airways It is that line now bridging the Pacific with its giant Clipper ships which expects to participate next year in the Inauguration Inauguration inauguration ration of ot transport air service across the Atlantic i flights to plot a course I Ito to o Europe in cooperation with theair the theair air ur lines of European countries will be he started by Pan American next summer Survey flights of possible rout routes routers s were made two years ago I Wilt Will Survey Route CoL Lindbergh himself surveyed the he northern route by way of Greenland Green Green- land and Iceland to northern Europe First word of the departure departure de de- for England was given Ina Ina in ina a copyrighted story today in the New York Times Destination S Secret cret The Times said Although they do not plan to togie give gi up their American citizenship citizenship citizenship citizen citizen- ship they are prepared to live abroad lf U. U necessary essary Where they wilt will live Jie in England England Eng Eng- land when they get there not even een their closest friends know and it Is probable neither the tho colonel nor his wife knows The They have hac many friends there and expect to visit at first can find a place that suits them Two visits to England first when h lie he e had completed his epochal solo f flight light across the Atlantic in Ma May 1 1927 1921 and with Mrs Lindbergh in 1 1933 were said by the newspaper t to o have impressed the colonel and g given Iven the two hope of finding the tranquillity and security which h hl have ave been denied them in their own land and l They want especially to provide f for or Jon a normal childhood free f ft from rom fears tears and with opportunities ft to t o grow and develop naturally said t the he Times They wish also to do some things I t themselves Mrs Lindbergh has hasher hasher haser h her er own studies and writing which L s she he enjoys rhe The colonel colone would like time ime t for research and reading him q pf PP Mrs Lindbergh's book North to tf t the he Orient an account of ot their ts f flight light to Japan is a current best s seller eller Colonel Lindbergh is technical adviser adviser ad ad- v iser to Pan-American Pan Airways and vT Transcontinental Western Air T The he former has recently Inaugurated Inaugurated r rated transpacific flights and plans f for or similar commercial schedules b by y air across the north Atlantic have developed rapidly In the Immediate Immediate Immediate Im Im- Im- Im mediate past Planned for 1936 Charting flights have been re reported reported reported re- re ported currently as planned for midyear midyear mid mid- year 1936 The Times story asserted Colonel Lindbergh asked a year ago that his salary be stopped by T. T W. W A. A and that he feels free now to terminate hi his conne connection tion with Pan-American Pan due to the great strides that already have been made in development of ot craft and flight While it was only with the greatest greatest great great- greatest est reluctance that Colonel and Mrs Lindbergh reached reache the decision to leave their their friends and their manifold Interests here once they made it they acted quickly said the Times Plans Held Secret SecretA A week ago the colonel obtained passports secretly in Washington With the cooperation of government officials their plans were kept secret until after their departure Even the police of the port from which they sailed were not Informed Christmas and perhaps New Years Year's may be lonely days spent at sea Bea the newspaper continued but it will be free tree from fear such as the family has not been without since Jon was born in 1932 The extreme secrecy of the step attributed to the by the Times was emphasized by reports from various various' friends and relatives that they knew of no such sueh contemplated contemplated contemplated plated removal from America Kin lin Uninformed The colonels colonel's mother Mrs Evan- Evan Lindbergh and an uncle John C i Lodge todge both of ot Detroit said laid they had bad not been informed of ot It At Cardiff Wal Wales s members of the family of Aubrey Morgan widower widower wid wid- ower ower- of Mrs Li Lindbergh's late sister likewise professed to be uninformed Tho The number of ot threats against the has Increased since the trial of Hauptmann which lodged him in the death house at Trenton N. N J. J prison said the Times Time At the Jn Insistence of ot friends friend the Times continued U the colonel started carrying a pistol even oven evelt in the tho days Immediately after atter after af at- ter his flight to Paris Then as the furor over his great achievement faded somewhat the tho threats almost ceased Two years after his flight came the announcement of ot his engagement engagement engagement engage engage- ment to Anne Spencer Morrow daughter of Dwight W. W Morrow then ambassador to Mexico They were married May 27 21 1929 and along with congratulations ons came a resurgence of the some insane some merely cranks and some the government regarded as potentially dangerous Arrests Made MadeS S Some me arrests were vere made and some Borne deranged per persons ons were committed I to institutions As all prominent I folk were the target of and petitioners little particular at attention at- at was paid them This was the condition in the winter of 1932 when Charles Jr approached approached ap ap- ap- ap preached his second birthday the e times said His father flying back and forth across the country picked himself a forested region near Hopewell N. N J. J for a home homo and encircling It Iton Iton iton on his flying lying map with his pencil had said to his friend and lawyer i I I Colonel Henry Breckenridge please buy me that The fTh land was assembled the h home me built The boy would grow up in the fields and woods I They dreamed and planned Then came the and all aU that has hM followed it At once as the news was broadcast broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast the letters climbed from tens to hundreds and then t to thousands Somo Some were notes of condolence some proffers of ot aid But hundreds were from tram persons obviously obviously ob ob- ob- ob unbalanced and among these came new threats The letters later receded somewhat somewhat some some- what to torIse tonise rise again when in August 1932 Jon was bar born They contained a new note a sinister note specific threats against the new baby Many of ot these latter Jatter have been run down and at least a dozen arrests made Once more the tide dropped Until until until un un- til the arrest of Hauptmann Since his conviction and as the date of ot his execution approached the threats began to grow in number P enough to cause ause real concern concern con con- concern cern Letters Renewed The letters are arc coming once more and so the man who was hailed as an International hero eight years ago and as a good will ambassador among the peoples of the world is taking his wife and andson andson andson son to establish if he can a secure haven for them in a foreign land Some of these letters were reported report report- ed to have come from unbalanced persons and others from front criminal types For a while the Times said J Jon n was in a nursery school but tension grew and he ho was withdrawn It has been more than eight and anda a ha haJt haf f years since Colonel Lindbergh SIim to his aviator friends of oC air mail flying days days came came Into the limelight for his dramatic flight from New York to Paris Ever since his activities have commanded public interest He and Anne Morrow daughter of the late Dwight V. W. Morrow who then was ambassador to Mexico were married married mar mar- ried ned in 1929 Two years later they made a trailblazing trailblazing trailblazing trail- trail blazing flight to the Orient to stud study a aviation atlon conditions The death of Mrs LIndberg's father called caned them home Since the birth of their second son the have lived for forthe forthe forthe the most part at the Englewood N. N J. J estate of Mrs Dwight Mor Mor- row They left their Hopewell home and for tor a time maintained a a. aNew New York apartment They were frequent visitors to the thc Morrow summer estate in Maine r Flew Ocean Again In the late fall of 1933 they flew to Europe by way of Greenland and making the return trip across across the South Atlantic Mrs Lindbergh meanwhile became became became be be- came interested In literary ties The colonel has been active in an advisory capacity on plans to fly the theair theair air mail across the Pacific and the I Atlantic He has found time too for scientific experiments with Dr Alexis Carrel in New York Their I laboratory work In developing a mechanical heart won wide acclaim I The United States supreme courts court's decision not to review the Hauptmann Hauptmann Hauptmann Haupt Haupt- |