Word: lindberghism
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...Treason" is too harsh a word for Col. Lindbergh...
There are two major tragedies possible in this Lindbergh kidnapping?one likely, the other almost certain. The first is that it appears quite possible the baby will be permanently lost to the parents. The second and more certain tragedy is that the country is likely to profit little by the experience. The rank sentimental sensationalism of the press apparently leads only toward more drastic penal legislation. The forces of the law apparently cannot catch and convict under present laws. Of what benefit, therefore, would more drastic laws be? If the press would like to crusade on the problem...
...Wagner?"petty treason" is too harsh a term. But you raise an interesting question, the old conflict between heart & head?and who has ever been able to decide between them? True, Col. Lindbergh had the opportunity o; showing a front as grim as any stern old Roman, to whom the life of a son counted as nothing against the fair fame of his State. Such a man might say: "A child is only a child?one may have many children?but bright Justice shall not be prostituted to the dark gods of the under-world...
...considers Col. & Mrs. Lindbergh guilty of petty treason? No-one but Mr. Wagner. Who would consider him guilty of murder if. he refused to pay a ransom? Everyone but Mr. Wagner. The murder not only of Charles Augustus Jr. but possibly the murder of his wife and unborn child...
...Meanwhile from Hopewell, 20 miles from Highland Park, scene of the nation's most fabulous criminal case, not one reliable word came of the whereabouts of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., snatched from his crib the windy night of March...