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The concoction of such a fiend
ish plot seemed to be prima facie
evidence that the kidnaper was
q maniac, a lone maniac, ano
not a gang of professional Grim
inals such as we're being hunted
from the start by New Jersey
State police. But there was noth-
ing International News Service
could do at this time to persuade
anybody that this theory should
be seriously considered.
The police authorities were
swamped by tips and clues from
nearly every State in the Union.
They were so busy they barely
had time to dispense informa,
ton to newSpapermen, to say
nothing of consulting with them
about the case.
The writer wished then, on
March 2, 1882, to take copy
of the contents of the nursery
ransom note to several qualified
psychiatrists for study and pos
sible confirmation of the Sus-
piclon that the kidnaper was a
lone maniac.
Barry Faris, editor OF Inter
national News Service, wanted to
grant this permission, but did not
because he had sworn he would
not let a copy of the notes con-
tents get outside the office.
Psychiatrists Concur
1t was not until the ransom
payment was disclosed and sew
eral of the ransom notes were
made public several days after
DR.. John F. "Jafsie" Condor
passed $5O,O0O over a hedge at
st. Raymond's Cemetery, the
Bronx, that permission finally
was given to show the nursery
note contents to several OF New
York's chief physicians and
psychiatristS.
Those who viewed it and
strongly concurred with the
writer in the contention that the
kidnapping was the work of a
lone maniac we're DR.. Iago Glad.
ston, director of the publicity COM
mittee of the New York Academy
of Medicine; the late DR.. Linsly
r. Williams, then director of the
academy, and DR.. Dudley D.
Shoenfeld, consulting psychiatrist
at Mt. Sinai and other New York
hospitals, and SECRETARY of the
joint committee of the New York
State Medical Society and the
New York State Bar Association
for the revision of the States
criminal laws.
DR.. Williams, DR.. Shoenfeld and
DR.. Gladston did their best to
attract the attention of police
and New York State authorities
to the possibility that lone ma
MAC had done the kidnapping. No
attention could be attracted to
the theory, however.
Theory Given Credence
It was not until shortly after
the Lindbergh baby's body had
been found near the HopeWell-
Princeton Road on May IL, 1882,
that an audience was at last
gained with New York police in
charge of all New York angles
OF the case.
Lieut.. James Finn. in direct
charge of the detectives actually
on the case. was instantly recep-
tive to the theory. He made
notes on a verbal exposition of
the theory, and then consulted
with DR.. Shoenfeld.
The upshot of these consulta-
tion interviews was development
OF a complete theory which an
swered the following questions
in the following manner:
Q-Was the kdinaper-mur-
derer of the baby, the writer
of the original note left in the
nursery, the writer of subse-
quent ransom notes and the
collector of the ransom, John"
one and the same man?
Ayes. Colonel Lindbergh
and handwriting experts found
the handwriting on the nursery
note and the later ransom notes
COrreSpOnded in all details, in
Guiding the symbol signature.
The Germanic construction of
sentences in all the notes and
the Germanic accent of "JOhn"
tailed. The subsequent ransom
notes had contained SalutatiOnS
such as "Mr. DIR. Condor" and
"Mr. Col. Lindberg," besides sew
eral German words. This would
correspond to the German fash
ion of saying Herr Dr." or
"Herr Co.." while the absence
Of the "h" on Colonel Lind
bergh'S name was the German
way of spelling this sort of
name.
REVEALED AS LEADER
Beyond this, the ransomN notes
reaSsured the parents about the
condition CT the child, as the
nursery note had. and even when
the ransom collector tried to speed
up negotiations he did not resort
to threats menacing the child's
life, but only threatened to de-
mand 100000, instead of the
$4,000 he was then demanding.
And besides all this, john re-
vealed he must have been at least
one of the leaders of any gang of
kidnapers, for he accepted the
$5O,000 instead of $4,000. which