Charles Lindbergh Research Paper

Charles Lindbergh was a famous hero in the United States of America. He flow over the Atlantic Ocean, by himself. Later on he married Anne Morrow. On Tuesday night, March 1 1932 Charles Lindbergh's baby was kidnapped in Hopewell New Jersey. On March 1, 1932, from the nursery on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey. The child Nurse, Betty Gow discovered that the baby was missing approximately 10:00 pm. This noted to the parents immediately. In the room next to the window there was a letter. It said to give the kidnappers $50,000. After a year police were tracking the serial numbers of the money. Bruno Hauptman used some of the ransom money, so he was caught. The police found that Bruno Hauptmann had more than $14,000 …show more content…
In the source The fischy Story - Crime of the Century it states that,” Hauptmann told Police he had anticipated Fisch's return because he had $7,000 of Hauptmann's money. Fisch died of tuberculosis on March 29, 1934. He never returned to America and Hauptmann told Police he had believed his savings were lost forever. Until he discovered the shoebox. Hauptmann also claimed he had made the discovery of the money while cleaning the closet in which a leaky roof made the shoe box fall apart. He recovered more money - $14,600 - than what he was owed by Fisch. He took his findings to the garage since the bills were wet from the leaking closet. He began to dry the bills and hide them behind some wooden boards in his garage. He figured that since he was owed $7,000 it was okay for him to keep the money for his family.

Bruno Hauptman is involved in this crime. In the Source Video it states that,” the ladder used by the kidnaper when the Lindbergh Baby was taken from his home at Hopewell, N.J., and a piece of wood found in the attic of the home of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, alleged Lindbergh kidnaper, which were introduced by the State as evidence against Hauptmann's home are the same.” This shows that Bruno Hauptmann was part of the

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Research Paper On Charles Lindbergh