Word: lindberghism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Item. The remarkably narrow time limit within which the kidnapping probably took place: 8:30 when Nurse Gow says she last saw the child and 9:15 when Col. Lindbergh sat down under the nursery window...
...small, rheumatic terrier was in the house but did not bark while the child was being taken. There was no watchman, since Col. & Mrs. Lindbergh had never remained more than a week-end in their white, Colonial, $50,000 house since it was built, spending most of their non-flying time at the Morrow home in Englewood. There was a floodlight system on the grounds but it was not in use. These facts led some guessers to imagine that the person or persons who took the child knew that the Lindberghs were going to stay longer than their usual weekend...
Ransom. Meantime the frantic Lindberghs were making stronger and stronger efforts to get in touch with the kidnappers. Two days after the kidnapping, NBC broadcast: Col. & Mrs. Lindbergh not only wish but hope that whoever is in possession of the child will make every effort to communicate with them...
...promise that we will keep whatever arrangements that may be made . . . strictly confidential and we further pledge ourselves that we will not try to injure in any way those connected with the return of the child. The prosecutor of Mercer County, in which lies a part of the Lindbergh lands, agreed to give the criminals immunity. It was then found that the nursery, where the crime was committed, was in Hunterdon County, whose law officers issued no promises...
...their next and most desperate move, Col. & Mrs. Lindbergh descended to the underworld. On the fourth night following their baby's disappearance they issued a signed statement, photostated copies of which were published in the nation's Press, as follows...