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Lindbergh, Charles: Kidnapper's Victim, Police Bulletin, Abductors' Message, St. Joseph News-Press 1932Entry/Object ID
AM1992.53.1Scope and Content
Lindbergh, Charles Kidnaper's Victim, Police Bulletin, Abductors' Message, St. Joseph News-Press 1932.
This article has a closeup of little Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., kidnapped son of the famous flyer, shows how the famous baby appears at the age of twenty months. Recently he has been learning to walk and talk. Underneath the picture is the message sent over the wires of the police Teletype system from Newark , N J., was the first "flash" to police that Colonel Lindbergh's baby son had been kidnaped. The message is shown as it was typed out to all police stations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The message was Colonel Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped from the Lindbergh home in Hopewell N.J. sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 10:p.m. this date. Baby is 19 months old and is a boy, is dressed in sleeping suit, request that all cars be investigated by police patrols. Authority state police Trenton N. J.
The next article is a picture of the kidnapper's note: Baby safe, instructions later, act accordingly. caption under note: Although police are divided in opinion as to its genuineness, the postcard message reproduce above was the first important clue in the kidnapping of Baby Lindbergh. A through search was made of the Newark, N. J. rooming house district where it was mailed.Lexicon
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