Word: lindberghism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lindbergh's footprints in the mud explain the mysterious "woman's" tracks which led investigators at first to believe the snatcher had a female accomplice. The State now contends that Hauptmann did the job alone...
...fact that the baby's thumb guard was tied outside the night dress indicates that the snatcher would have to remove the thumb guard to remove the sleeping garment. The thumb guard was found some 3,000 ft. from the Lindbergh house. Therefore, contends the State, the child was probably killed when the ladder broke, its corpse stripped shortly after the kidnapper left the house. The sleeping suit was used as an earnest of good faith by the writer of the ransom notes, which the State's handwriting experts will attribute to Hauptmann...
Father. Col. Lindbergh was the State's third witness. When he took the witness chair, reporters' eyes popped wide with amazement to see that the aviator was wearing a revolver in a shoulder holster under his loose-fitting coat. Oldtime newshawks recalled that the flyer had been carrying a gun for five years, ever since cranks began sending him threatening letters...
...much to bolster Prosecutor Wilentz's case. At about 9:10 or 9:15 on the night of the snatching, Col. Lindbergh recalled, he had heard a noise which might have come from the kitchen and remarked to his wife: ''What is that...
Resuming the stand next day, Col. Lindbergh continued the tale of his ordeal up to the time of the ransom payment. And here Attorney General Wilentz considered that he had scored the biggest point of the trial's first week...