Evening star., 1932-04-17

of the ransom, and Lindbergh, n
period to expire before he launche
hunk, Mass.
The impelling factor in Lindbergh's S
belief that the kidnapers would keep
| faith was the little package" delivered
to DR.. Condor April / 1t was half
of an infants sleeping dress. Col. and
Mrs. Lindbergh and Betty Cow, the
nurse. were convinced after careful ex-
animation of the garment that it was,
as Jafsie said in newspaper advertise
ment, the real article"
Stakes All on Pledges.
Without waiting to press further his
reiterated requests for the baby's finger
prints, for comparison with a set OF
latent" prints obtained from toys and
furniture in the nursery, Lindbergh,
with the advice of others, decided to
pin all his hopes on the pledges OF
those who had stolen his son.
The baby's garment was delivered on
! Friday, April /. The ransom was paid
! the next night by DR.. Condor, who
| handed to a shadowy figure behind a
cemetery wall a box containing the
! $4,000 in five, ten and twenty dollar
bills Most of the circumstances OF that
transaction already have become public.
The Star now can reveal many OF the
events that Immediately followed pay
ment of the ransom.
On Saturday night, about $50
O'Clock, Col Lindbergh, Col. BrecSln-
lrtdge and, Al Reich, an amateur prize
fighter, drove in Lindbergh's car to the
Bronx home of DIR. Condor. They car
ried two black suitcases and an arm
full of heavy wraps.
Col. Lindbergh and DR. Condor, with
| the $50, 900 in a box, then drove to the
eerie rendezvous with the emisSary OF
| the kidnapers Col. Lindbergh remain
! ing a short distance away in the car.
/ DR.. Condor was accosted as he walked
along the cemetary wall and he turned
the box and its contents over to man
Of Scandinavian or Teutonic accent,
whom he recognized from previous
meetings.
Directions to Yacht Given.
DR.. Condor was handed an envelop
containing explicit directions as TO the
baby's whereabouts. 1t was in the same
| handwriting as that of other letters
which played a part in the negotiations
and it matched the writing in the
original ransom note.
The letter instructed Lindbergh TO fly
to Cuttyhunk, small island of the
elbow" of Cape Cod and near Marthas
| Vineyard In a certain location along
the shore of Cuttyhunk, carefully de-
scribed so there could be no mistake, 1t
was asserted a 30-foot yacht, with
| Nellie" painted on her bow, would be
| found.
| On the boat the letter said, there
were two women IN whose care the paoy
! had been placed. These women, 1t was
stated, were innocent Of any completely
! in the kidnapping, and Lindberghs word
was asked that they come to no harm.
Lindbereh fully intended to do every
| thing in his power TO grant that plea.
! In the event that anything went
| wrong with the plans however, Lind
| bergh wanted a Federal officer avail
able Several possibilities of slip-up
! had been suggested to him. There was
| the possibility the yacht would be
! found, with the women aboard, but no
baby there. In this event Lindbergh
would have felt fully justified in hav-
! ing the women subjected to a grueling
| Interrogation.
Conflicting Emotions
The wave of conflicting emotions that
followed reading of the letter of in
! struction can only be imagined by those
not present. Hope fought and con-
quered the specter of fear that lurked
in the thoughts of the little coterie
privileged to be in on events leading
up to the tragic denouement.
Lindbergh and Condor returned to
the latter's home and picked up Reich
and Breckenridge. Reich drove this
group to a place in New York where
Trey was picked up.
1t was now nearing midnight. Reich
headed Lindbergh's car north and onto
the Boston Post road. Through the
night the powerful car sped-teavine
towns and hamlets of Northern New
York behind them, crossing the State
line into Connecticut and on up the
coast.
The car halted at a Connecticut port
on Long Island Sound. Here all but
Reich remained hidden until the first
streak of a New England Sabbath dawn
appeared over the water Reich mean
while returned to New York with the
car.
Then the quartet went to the water.
front and climbed into big amphibiar
plane that had been flown there for the
purpose. With Linbergh at the con-
trols, the plane rose over the Sound anc
followed an airline course northwarc
TO Cuttyhunk
Shore Scanned From Air.
The sun was just coming up as the
big ship. expertly navigated by an eager
father came within sight of Cuttyhunk
Llndberghs eyes were glued to the
looming shores of the island that LAY
just ahead and below. Other members
of the tense group read and re-read the
instructions in the note.
The ship swooped gracefully lower
and lower, until the coves OF the ir.
regular shoreline were close enough TO,
easy inspection. The particular spo
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