The Ely miner., 1932-03-18


kilograms was sent to the Lindberghs
from their many friends in Mexico.
President Ortiz Rubio, Foreign Sec
retary Manuel G. Teller and j. Reu-
ben Clark, who succeeded the late
Senator Dwight Morrow as ambassa-
dor, asked to be kept closely Informed
of any developments in the search
for the kidnapers.
The abduction was brought home
to MeXicans all the more vividly be-
cause of the fact that it had occurred
on the third anniversary of Colonel
Lindbergh's arrival in the Mexican
capital on the visit before his last
trip to Mexico, in the days when he
was courting Anne Morrow in the
romantic atmosphere Of Cuernavaca.
Just as the news of the kidnapping
Of the Lindbergh baby circled the
globe within a few hours after it had
occurred, so had the news Of the birth
of this baby been an item of world
wide interest. Charles Augustus Lind
bergh, Jr., was born June %, 1880,
which also was the anniversary OF the
birth of his mother, the former Anne
Morrow, daughter of the late Senator
Dwight w. Morrow of New Jersey.
She was twenty-four years old the
day her son was born. The baby was
born in the Morrow home in New Jer-
sey, in which his parents were mar
ried May q, 1929.
The first "official" announcement of
the baby's arrival came from the late
ambassador, who, an hour after the
child was born, told a friend. I'm
a grandfather, and it's boy! But
don't you tell any one"
His secret could not long be kept
however, for many friends had been
aware of the preparations made at
the Morrow home.
One whole wing had been turned
into hOspital-like quarters, and two
nurses from a New York registry,
with Miss Marie Cummins, the Nor
row family nurse, were in attend
ance to aid doctors.
And so, within few moments aft
er Ambassador Morrow had informed
his friend, the news was given to the
world through press associations.
In Lindbergh's usual taciturn fash
ion, only the mere fact that his son
and heir had arrived was announced.
But from more talkative attendants
these important facts came on that
first day:
He weighed seven and one-half
pounds. His hair was blond and curly.
He looked 'just like his father"
In the four days interval between
June % and the day the birth certiii-
cate was filed members of the Morrow
and Lindbergh family participated in
an amicable discussion as to what the
infant would be named.
That question was settled when the
birth certificate disclosed he was to be
Junior" And it was understood to
have been Mrs. Lindberg's choice all
along. 1t was reported, too, that Lind
bergh had favored calling his son after
his father-in-law, but that for the first
time since he hoped the Atlantic three
years before he was turned back from
his goal.
During his first few months of life,
when his parents were making occa-
sional short jaunts by airplane it fire.
quently was reported that Charles Jr.
was to accompany them. They did not
take the infant on any of these trips,
however, though the reports were so
persistent that they gave rise to the
impression that Charles Jr. would be
brought up from earliest youth with
the idea of making an aviator out of
him.
So widely was this conviction held
that his reticent father declared in an
interview, which was printed in OctO-
Der, 1880, in the Pictorial Review, that
Charles Jr.'s future was in his own
hands.
"Our son." Colonel Lindbergh was
quoted as saying, "has hardly reached
the age to have his future determined
for him, and, in any case, it is ques-
ton that he can decide for himself
when the time comes.
PERSONALLY. do not want him to
be anything or do anything that he
himself has no taste or aptitude for.
/ believe that everybody should have
complete freedom in the choice of his
life's work"
When word Of the birth Of Charles
A. Lindbergh Jr. went around the
world and even before it was an
nounced, gifts began to arrive at the
Morrow home for him in such profu-
sion that they soon became an en-
barrassment. His parents were quoted
as saying that the boy would have
to remain an infant for ten years at
least merely to wear out the baby
clothes which had been sent to him.
When Charles, Jr., then just past
the age of six months, goggled at his
first Christmas tree in the home of
his parents in Englewood, N. j., the
gift most prominent by it's frequent
duplication was the toy airplane.
He divided his time pretty evenly for
the first year of his life between the
home Of his grandparents at North
Haven, Maine. and that of his parents
in Englewood, near Princeton, N. J..
In Maine, as at Englewood. extra
ordinary precautions were taken to
guard the baby. Rumors that special
watchmen had been assigned were
confirmed when IL became known that
Colonel Lindbergh, as the result Of
threats from "cranks," had taken such
steps to protect his son.
Similar care was taken after the
parents returned from the Orient and
took their son to their Hopewell, N.
j., home.
But all of these precautions ap-