Lindbergh Kidnapping Research Paper
On a windy winter night in 1932, a kidnapper crept onto the estate of Charles A. Lindbergh, climbed a homemade ladder, placed a ransom note on the window, and left with the baby of the most famous man in the world. The ransom was paid, but the child was found months later, dead in the woods near the house. A two year hunt for the murderer ensued. Arrested and charged was 35-year-old Bronx carpenter Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The purpose of this paper is to research what really went down during the crime of the century. Was all the evidence looked at? Were all the leads followed? Was the question correctly answered? Did Bruno Hauptmann really kidnap little Charles Lindbergh Jr.? It was an event that author H.L. Mencken called “The greatest story
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Lindbergh. Tons and tons of evidence was just pilling on poor Hauptmann such evidence as handwriting evidence, including the ransom notes, the ransom money found in Hauptmann’s garage. The handmade ladder left at the crime scene and you should also note his ability as a carpenter to have made it. The most substantial evidence was in the form of witnesses who testified that they had seen Hauptmann in the following places near the Lindbergh home just prior to the night of the kidnapping. Also at the cemetery where he had supposedly taken the ransom money. The prosecution has eighty-seven witnesses testifying during the trial. Some testified about the events during the time of the kidnapping and the ransom payment while others testified about seeing Hauptmann near the scene of the crime. Key Evidence was the ransom notes seven handwriting experts testified that Hauptmann had written all fifteen of the ransom notes, including the first one found in the nursery. The states’s handwriting experts produced many examples of Hauptmann’s writing. The prosecution wanted to prove that Hauptmann had written the ransom notes. He was walking on thin ice and was backed up against a wall and had to where to go or hide it was Hauptmann against the world, any bit of evidence was thrown at
Lindbergh. Tons and tons of evidence was just pilling on poor Hauptmann such evidence as handwriting evidence, including the ransom notes, the ransom money found in Hauptmann’s garage. The handmade ladder left at the crime scene and you should also note his ability as a carpenter to have made it. The most substantial evidence was in the form of witnesses who testified that they had seen Hauptmann in the following places near the Lindbergh home just prior to the night of the kidnapping. Also at the cemetery where he had supposedly taken the ransom money. The prosecution has eighty-seven witnesses testifying during the trial. Some testified about the events during the time of the kidnapping and the ransom payment while others testified about seeing Hauptmann near the scene of the crime. Key Evidence was the ransom notes seven handwriting experts testified that Hauptmann had written all fifteen of the ransom notes, including the first one found in the nursery. The states’s handwriting experts produced many examples of Hauptmann’s writing. The prosecution wanted to prove that Hauptmann had written the ransom notes. He was walking on thin ice and was backed up against a wall and had to where to go or hide it was Hauptmann against the world, any bit of evidence was thrown at