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Lindbergh kidnapping

Lindbergh kidnapping. 1 st birthday. Hopewell, NJ. 9:00 heard noise like crate falling in kitchen – regretted never following-up. What is spelled wrong?. Lindbergh Kidnapping- Now a federal offense to kidnap. Schwarzkopf. Condon Wacko??.

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Lindbergh kidnapping

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  1. Lindbergh kidnapping

  2. 1st birthday

  3. Hopewell, NJ

  4. 9:00 heard noise like crate falling in kitchen – regretted never following-up

  5. What is spelled wrong?

  6. Lindbergh Kidnapping- Now a federal offense to kidnap

  7. Schwarzkopf

  8. Condon • Wacko??

  9. The man expressed to Condon the fear that he "might even burn."  Alarmed, Condon asked him what he meant.  "What if the baby is dead?" he asked.  "Would I burn if the baby is dead?"  Condon, blood rushing to his face, demanded to know why he was asked to deliver a ransom if the baby was dead.  "The baby is not dead," the man said.  "Tell the Colonel not to worry.  The baby is all right."

  10. Coat lapels pulled over lower portion of face

  11. Sleeping suit mailed to prove had the baby

  12. Kidnapper paid taxi driverto deliver letter to Condon • Taxi driver later picked him out of a lineup

  13. Did not hide face • St. Raymond's, the Bronx • The second meeting with "John" occurred at St. Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx. This time Dr. Condon was driven to the cemetery by Charles Lindbergh. Dr. Condon told Lindbergh to stay in the car (it was parked half a block away) with the ransom money. This would be Condon's 2nd meeting with "John".  • (The Lindberghs would eventually name their second child Jon.   It is difficult to understand.  Anne gave birth only 5 months  after Cemetery "John's" involvement in the extortion plot.)

  14. Payoff • The $20,000 envelope had large $50 bills which would be easy to trace • Condon did not know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  15. “it is a small Boad 28 feet long, two person are on the Boad. the are innosent. you will find the Boad between Horseneck Beach and Gay Head near Elizabeth Island”

  16. “We’ve been double crossed” • Search for boat: Nothing!!

  17. 1st Huge Break in Case Hot Dogs Peanuts Popcorn Postcards

  18. Face down so preserved

  19. “By the teeth and toes, I will know”

  20. NO HANDS???????Lindbergh????

  21. In all probability, the child was choked, strangled, or smothered to death in his crib. Look at it from the kidnapper's point of view: the Lindbergh's were home, and also in the house were their three servants, including the child’s nursemaid. If the child had awakened and cried out, the kidnapper would have been trapped in the room. A quick escape down the rickety ladder was not possible. From the kidnapper's point of view, not killing the child would have been too risky. Some have suggested that the child had been chloroformed, but this is unlikely because the odor would have lingered, and there was no evidence of it.

  22. Baby cremated: worried about grave robbers!

  23. Found on the baby

  24. "Cemetery John" - Sketch of the supposed kidnapper, prepared by the Department of Justice early in 1934, from composite description by Dr. Condon (Jafsie) and Joseph Perrone, the cab driver who delivered a note from the kidnapper to Condon. (International News Photo)

  25. Gas Station - 1934 • “I only have a 100 of them left”

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