Evening star., 1932-05-12


March lat 10 pm. nurse Betty
Cow discovers Charles Augustus Lind
bergh, jr, missing from his crib In the
second-fioor nursery of the Lindbergh
home at Hopewell, N. J. A three-sec-
ton ladder lies outside A warped
wooden shutter to a window OF the
baby's room was unlocked and the baby
had been carried away through the
window, police said. Dirt tracks were
found on the windowsill and on the
floor. A small box lay beneath the
window. Footprints appeared in the
ground outside.
March 2-Sympathy and interest of
the Nation mobilize widespread search.
Mrs. Lindbergh discloses baby had a
cold and makes public diet which had
been fed him, with plea to kidnapers to
follow it. A friend of Col. and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh tells reporters
ransom note was found pinned to win
dowsill. Generally reported to demand
$4,000 for baby's return. Parents
ready to pay demanded ransom. Flood
of crank letters, tips and theories be-
gins.
Hundreds Are Questioned.
March 3-Gov. A. Harry Moore of
New Jersey announces no negotiations
opened with kidnapers and no progress
made in solving case. Hundreds of per-
sons, including servants, taken to i'm
provised police station within Lindbergh
estate. All are released Lindberghs
authorize radio appeal for sons return.
March 4-Col. Lindbergh and his
wife sign dramatic statement Offering
to treat directly and conf1dentially with
abductors. Henry johnson, sailor friend
of Miss Cow detained By police in
West Hartford, Conn, VINO announce
milk bottle found in his car and a
letter and card addressed to Lind
berghs disco7ered in the Hartford mails
almost simultaneously.
March 5-Belief 20-month-ol baby
will soon be returned announced by
Gov. Moore as consensus Of conference
of Eastern law enforcement chiefs,
which included a representative Of
President Hoover; Jersey State police
say johnson not wanted in case, but
Hartford authorities take him secretly
to Newark for questioning.
March Sunday passes apparently
without word of kidnapers or baby, and
late at night Col. and nIrs. Lindbergh
announce publicly they have authorized
"Salvy" Spitale and Irving Bitz. New
York underworld characters, to neg0-
tiate for them with kidnapers. Churches
throughout nations prayed for baby S
by driving rain and snow.
Two Notes Received.
March Associated Press learned au-
thoritatively that Linoberghs received
two notes from kidnapers On Sunday
Notes written in same handwriting and
on same paper as original Gov. Moore
announced willingness to withdraw
armed force from Lindbergh estate
of Nof =
Coz. Moore assures kidnaperS all mail
will be opened by Lindbergh family
and only those they wish police to have
given to authorities.
March 8-Police give note of en-
couragement. Progress" was being
made, they said. A close friend and
adviser of Col. Lindbergh leaves estate
hurriedly for unannounced destination
Troopers take extraordinary precau-
tions to prevent his being followed.
March Gov. Moore expresses be-
lief baby will be returned "aliye anc
safe" Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
head of State police, says Mrs. Lind
bergh's health is such I'VE cannot in
terfere" in secret negotiations being
pressed under direction of Col. Lind
bergh johnson continues TO be de-
tanned at Newark
March 1o-Rumors circulate that
baby found I've miles from Hopewell
but police at Lindbergh home deny
Police say they know nothing of pos
sible connection with case of specia
car on Broadway Limited from Chi
cage
March l0.-Johnson arrested on
charge of violating immigration laws
State police announce that if he were
freed Of connection with kidnapping he
would be turned over to Federal au-
thorities for deportation Kidnapers
reported to have increased ransom de-
mand materially. "Scarface AL" Ca
pone offers to aid hunt for baby If re.
leased from jail In bail he agreed II
furnish himself. ships arriving in Eu-
rope searched.