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Elliot, Robert G., 370
Ellis, William J., 365
Ervin, Charles W., 389
Evening News of Newark, 167, 361, 420
Events of the case. See also Hauptmann, Bruno Richard
body of child, discovery of, 188–96
Cemetery John, 138–43, 162–63, 171–74, 177–82, 208–09, 217–25
Condon, involvement of, 112–22, 134–43, 146–48, 149–51, 153–56, 160, 161–66, 206–08, 224, 237–40. See also Condon, John F. (“Jafsie”)
conspiracy scenarios, 411–19, 422–24
Curtis, involvement of, 177–87, 206–07
execution of Hauptmann, 370
exoneration statement by Lindbergh, 102
extortionists, bait for, 100, 125
fingerprints, 131–32, 167, 306–07, 319
gangsters, involvement of, 94–95, 97–102, 104–08, 111, 120, 133–34, 143–46, 184
go-betweens, use of, 87, 101, 104–08, 110–11, 112–22, 125–26, 133–37, 181–87. See also Condon, John F. (“Jafsie”)
handwriting analyses, 208–09, 218, 230, 232, 244, 319–20
Hauptmann’s arrest, 225–34. See also Hauptmann, Bruno Richard.
Hoffman’s efforts for Hauptmann. See Hoffman, Harold G.
investigations of site, 31–32, 33–38
law-enforcement competition, 204–05, 218–19, 223
manhunt, size of, 87–88
Means, money to, 110–11, 146 messages to “kidnappers,” 70, 90–91, 104, 107, 120–22, 148, 149–51, 154, 156, 159–60, 166
Nelly (boat), search for, 164–66
Nosovitsky as extortionist. See Nosovitsky, Jacob J. (“Doc”)
official version of disappearance, 57–62
payment of ransom, 150, 156–58, 161–65, 167, 169
Pelletreau’s black box, 13–20
personal (published) accounts of, 432–33
phone call of “kidnapper” to Condon, 134–35
ransom bills, reappearance of, 169, 202–03, 205, 215–18, 221–25
ransom messages, 16–17, 18, 20–22, 34–36, 37–38, 84, 100, 103–04, 106–07, 112–13, 133–34, 135–37, 150–51, 154–56, 161–62, 208–11, 319, 320, 413–14, 423–24
reporting of crime, 30–34
reward recipients, 426–27
seance, 106
serial numbers of ransom bills, 156–57, 167, 169, 200, 202–03, 205
Sharpe’s suicide, 212–14
sleeping suit sent, 147–48
Sorrel Hill, long weekend at, 57–62
thumb guard, discovery of, 157
Trenton coordinating conferences, 128–29, 143, 205
two-different-party theory, 208–09, 353, 374
Wendel’s kidnapping and confession, 364–65, 368–70, 427–28
Fairbanks, Douglas, 258
Faulkner, J. J., 16–17, 18, 21, 218, 272, 320, 331–34, 336, 338, 351, 393–95. See also Nosovitsky, Jacob J. (“Doc”)
Faulkner, Jane Emily, 218
Faulkner, William, 218
Fawcett, James M., 15–16, 241, 243, 248, 250–52, 253–55, 264, 310, 319, 320.
FBI, 63, 85, 96, 102, 109, 129, 158–60, 162, 164, 165–66, 185, 186, 204–05, 248, 354, 416, 428. See also Hoover, J. Edgar
in search for Cemetery John, 217–30
Ferber, Edna, 261
Finn, Jimmy, 130, 156, 200, 202–03, 205–06, 216, 220–30, 244, 432
Fisch, Isador, 15, 233, 236, 242, 248, 275, 277, 279, 280, 283, 308–09, 322–23, 334, 336, 358
Fisher, C. Lloyd, 211, 264, 270, 272, 275, 277–78, 283, 317, 325, 339, 340, 343, 344, 358, 360, 363, 364, 367, 369, 430, 432
Fitzpatrick, Frank, 242
Fogarty, John, 87, 102, 105, 107
Foley, Samuel J., 243
Fonck, Paul-René, 42
Ford, Henry, 47, 440
Foster, George, 320
Fredericksen, Christian and Katie, 251
Furcht, Joseph P., 252–55
Gaglio, P. Milton, 114, 116, 136, 137, 207
Gale, Linn A. E., 380
Galvin, William E., 87, 99, 102, 103, 105, 107
Gandhi, Mahatma, 52
Garbo, Greta, 94
Garner, John Nance, 215
Gebhart, Paul T. (“Pop”), 89–90
Geissler, Carl Oswin, 218
Gift from the Sea, A (AML), 441
Goorly, John, 344
Gordon, Waxy, 97, 99
Goring, Hermann, 434, 435–36
Gould, Jay, 186
Gow, Betty, 32, 33, 54, 55, 58–62, 86, 89, 131, 132, 142, 157, 175, 189–90, 191, 194–95, 196, 212, 269, 270, 273, 325, 359, 413, 415, 417, 419, 422, 423
Grady, Pat, 326
Graham, Arthur, 392
Great Depression, 39–40, 47–48, 51, 92, 156, 360
Great Lindbergh Hullabaloo, The (Vitray), 167
Green, Harry 22, 321, 374, 396, 404–05, 408, 409–14, 422, 424–25, 445
Guggenheim, Daniel J., 416
Guggenheim, M. Robert, 107
Hacker, Ralph, 166, 341
Hague, Frank, 80, 81, 295, 301, 367, 432
Hall-Mills murders, 72, 78, 83, 220, 273, 279, 297
Hammer, Earnest E. L., 252–53
Harding, Lou, 279
Harding, Warren G., 74
Hart, Moss, 258
Haskell, William E., Jr., 184
Hauck, Anthony M., 206, 211, 246, 348, 349, 356, 368, 430
Hauptmann, Anna (wife of BRH), 15, 228, 230, 231, 233, 243, 249, 251, 265, 305, 320, 341, 360, 362–63
with Governor Hoffman, 347–48
lawsuits brought by, 429
Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 14–20, 21, 26
acquittal motion at trial, 277
alibis of, 15, 16, 227–28, 230–32, 233–34, 236–37, 242–43, 249–52, 277–78
appeals of, 302, 314, 328
arraignment of, 243
arrest of, 225–28
beatings of, 232, 309–10
and Condon, 237–40, 271–72, 285, 305–06, 310–11, 328–29
criminal record of, 241, 250
employment records of, 252–56
evidence leading to, 14–15, 224–25
execution of, 19, 370
extortion indictment, 240–41
extradition by New Jersey, 14–16, 245, 246–55
felony-murder law applied to, 246–47, 277
and Fisch, 323. See also Fisch, Isador
habeas corpus, application for writ of, 343, 344
and Governor Hoffman, 291–92, 302–16. See also Hoffman, Harold G.
hucksterism and media circus around trial of, 258–65, 284, 285–87, 288
interrogation of, 227–28, 230–34, 236–37,
last days of, 367–70
Leibowitz’s “representation” of, 362–64
Lindbergh’s identification of, 243, 246–47, 268
manipulation of evidence regarding, 242, 244, 255–56
and pardons court petitions, 330, 334–35, 339–40, 369
and the press, 236–37, 242, 245, 253–55, 257, 260–65, 284, 285–87, 288
reprieve for, 19, 348–49
stay of execution for, 314
telephone number in closet, 242, 282, 311
trial proceedings, 266–88
verdict against, 287–88
Whited’s identification of, 246, 248
Wilentz-Hoffman effort for, 346–48
on witness stand, 279–84
Hauptmann, Manfried (son of BRH), 229, 265, 305
Hauptmann, Pauline (mother of BRH), 341
Hearst, William Randolph, 66, 94, 261, 294, 376–77, 388, 389, 390, 392
Heatter, Gabriel, 261
Heflin, Thomas J., 377
Heier, Benjamin, 279
Hess, Leon, 432
Hibben, John Grier, 78
Hicks, Robert W., 320, 322, 323–24, 335, 358–59, 362, 364, 365, 367
Hidalgo, Cuthberto, 389
Hill, John Warren, 386
Hitler, Adolf, 52, 216, 280, 366, 434–38, 439
Hitner, Arthur L., 187
Ho-age, Leon, 320
Hobbs, Zoe, 358–59, 360, 366
Hochmuth, Amandus, 275, 278, 311–12, 366, 426
Hoff, Bobo, 99
Hoffman, Ada (daughter of HGH), 444–45
Hoffman, Harold G., 17–19, 22, 129, 256, 291–92, 295–96, 300, 407, 430, 432
with Anna Hauptmann, 347–48
background of, 293–96
chauffeur’s tale to, 410
death of, 444
embezzlement by, 443–45
GOP’s rejection of, 360–61
impeachment, demands for, 342–43, 353–54
interview with Hauptmann, 303–12
investigations of case by task force, 317–25, 331–39, 341–42, 344–48, 350–52, 357–60, 364–68, 370, 428–29
J. J. Faulkner letter to, 332–33, 336, 394
Leibowitz proposal to, 363
Nosovitsky, search for, 337–38, 350–52, 355–58, 359, 360, 367
opposition and threats to, 326–30, 342–44, 353–57, 360–61, 367
papers of, 428–29
political downfall of, 360–61, 442–44
and the press, 325–27, 330, 336–37, 340, 343–44, 350–52, 357, 359, 361, 366–68
reasons for involvement in Hauptmann case, 291–92, 302–03, 314–16, 374, 375
revelations from, 325–29
and reward recipients, 427
and Schwarzkopf, 317, 334, 339, 354–55, 356, 366–67, 368, 430, 443–44
true killer, knowledge of, 410–11, 413, 414, 425
Washington, call from, 315
and Wendel kidnapping, 369, 427
and Wilentz, 291, 295–96, 301, 337, 341–42, 345–49, 354–55, 432
Hoffman, Hope (daughter of HGH), 432
Hoffman, Lillie May Moss (wife of HGH), 294
Holmes, Frank, 370
Hoover, Herbert, 39–40, 47–49, 52, 53, 74, 78, 129, 204, 216, 314
Hoover, J. Edgar, 77, 85, 128–29, 158, 165, 183, 185, 204–05, 218, 230, 237, 248, 347, 351, 356, 369
and Nosovitsky, 379–80, 382–86, 389, 392, 395
Hopstatter, Russell, 242
Horn, William F., 35, 220, 222, 227, 429
Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead (AML), 405–06, 408, 433
Hudson, Erastus Mead, 17, 18, 19, 131–32, 167, 278, 307, 319, 331–32, 358–59
Humphrey, Winslow P., 321
Hurley, W. L., 379, 382
Hurney, J. Francis, 110
Hurst, Fannie, 261
Irey, Elmer, 129, 130, 156, 164, 165, 171, 172, 200, 202–05
Jafsie Tells All (Condon), 432–33
Jamieson, Crawford, 344
Jamieson, Francis, 190–91
Jeffers, Henry W., 361
Jefferson, Thomas, 73
Jersey City Journal, 81,
Johnsen, Henry (“Red”), 56, 59, 60, 81, 86, 131, 142, 175, 179, 180, 270, 413, 417
Journalists. See Press
Kassens, Gus, 253, 255
Keaten, Arthur T. (“Buster”), 35, 86, 189, 206, 213, 219–20, 227, 229, 235, 244, 245, 252
Kelly, Frank A., 35, 131, 189, 271, 278
Kennedy, Ludovic, 20, 75, 242
Kennedy, William, 95
Keyes, Harold C., 320, 358, 360
Kidnap (Waller), 20
Kidnapping, penalties for, 95–97
Kilgallan, Dorothy, 261
Kimberling, Mark O., 302, 304, 312, 318, 319, 326–27, 334, 348, 354–55, 363, 367, 369, 370, 430
King, Maude, 109
Kirkham, James, 368
Kiss, Louis, 278
Kloppenburg, Hans, 231, 242
Knapp, Edward, 252
Knapp, Howard, 255
Koehler, Arthur, 247, 271, 275–76, 427
Ku Klux Klan, 77
Lackey, BI Agent, 160, 161, 164
La Follette, Robert M., Jr., 377
Lagay, R. William, 321, 344
La Guardia, Fiorello, 294, 356
Lamb, John J., 71, 128, 189, 206, 207, 221, 223, 246, 252
Lamont, Thomas W., 56, 397, 399
Land, Emory S., 108, 111
Lanphier, Thomas, 159–60
Larsen, George Olaf (“Dynamite”), 178–81, 186
Laval, Pierre, 52
Leffingwell, Russell, 398
Lefkowitz, Louis L., 310
Lehman, Herbert, 215, 241, 248
Leibowitz, Samuel S., 261, 362–64, 430
Levatino, Mr., 223
Levine, Hymie (“Loud Mouth”), 46
Lewis, Sinclair, 438
Lewis, William, 321, 370
Liberty magazine, 336, 414, 432–33, 442
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (wife of CAL), 32, 36, 49–51, 54, 63–64, 67, 70, 104, 130, 131, 190, 199, 268, 329
birth of second child, 214
and Condon, 116–17
and conspiracy scenarios, 405–08, 411, 413, 416–17, 418–19
courtship and marriage to CAL, 403
days before crime, 57–62
diet for baby, publication of, 70
Elisabeth (sister), relationship with, 399, 402–03, 404–08
flights with CAL, 51, 55
at Hauptmann’s trial, 258, 266–67
life after crime, 434–39, 440–42
meeting CAL, 400–02
and Morrow family, 396–407
and Sharpe’s suicide, 214
silence of, 86–87
weekends at Sorrel Hill, 57–58
writings of, 56, 405–08, 433, 441
Lindbergh, Anne Spencer (daughter of AML and CAL), 433
Lindbergh, Charles, Jr. (baby), 13, 16, 17, 21, 23, 433
birth of, 53
body of child, discovery of, 188–96
days up to disappearance of, 57–61
diet, publication of, 70
disappearance of. See Events of the case
Elisabeth Morrow and, 404–05, 409–11
epilepsy rumor, 367
at Little School, 56–57, 404–05
photographs passed out by CAL, 66
weekends at Sorrel Hill, 57–58
Lindbergh, Charles A. 15–18, 22, 23, 316, 367, 373, 401–02
with Condon and ransom/rescue, 161–65
in conspiracy scenarios, 411–20, 423–34
control of investigations, 84–91, 125–28, 129–33, 156–57, 158–59, 200–01, 202
courtship and marriage to AML, 49–50, 403–04
with Curtis, 177–87
days up to crime, 57–62
death of, 442
deception (supposed) by, 22, 26–38, 411–20, 423–24
to England, 292, 329, 434–36
as environmentalist, 441
estate of, 31
exoneration statement by, 102
fame of, 26–27, 31, 40, 43–47, 49–51, 53, 92–93
and FDR, 433–34, 437–40
gangsters, use of, 94, 97–102, 104–08, 111, 120, 133–34, 143–46
as Germanophile, 434–37, 440
at go-between trials, 211–12
Hauptmann, identification of, 242–43, 246–47, 268
and Hoffman, 291
identification of body, 193–95
isolationist views of, 437–40
life after crime, 433–42
on marking ransom bills, 130–31, 156, 199, 202–03
mellowing of, 441
Mexico, flight to, 376–77, 396, 400
and Morrow family, 396–97, 400–02, 403–05
with Nazis, 434–37
and NYU alumni dinner, 57, 63, 74, 83, 415–19
and payment of ransom, 150, 156–57, 158, 161–65, 167
political ambitions of, 434, 440
practical joking of, 54, 61
and the press, 28, 41–42, 50–51, 53, 65–68, 70–71, 73, 133, 165, 193, 260, 343, 419
public’s dislike for, 437–39
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p; racial ideas of, 396, 435, 438
routine of, 56–57
secrecy, maintenance of, 68–69, 84–85, 158–59, 202, 433–34
at Sharpe’s interrogation, 212
Sorrel Hill house, 31–32, 54, 56
Spirit of St. Louis, The, flight of, 40–46,
threats to, 54
trans-Arctic flight with Anne, 55
transcontinental speed record, 51
at trial of Hauptmann, 258, 260, 268–69, 280
weekends at Sorrel Hill, 57–59
in World War II, 440
Lindbergh, Evangeline (mother of CAL), 68, 401–02, 419, 437, 441
Lindbergh, Jon (son of AML and CAL), 214, 329, 434
Lindbergh, Land (son of AML and CAL), 433
Lindbergh, Reeve (daughter of AML and CAL), 433
Lindbergh, Scott (son of AML and CAL), 433
Lindy Hop, 46
Lippmann, Walter, 400
Locked Rooms and Open Doors (AML), 433
Lockwood, Gus, 300, 318–20, 337, 339, 352, 357, 365, 368
London Daily Mail, 40
London Daily Telegraph, 213
Loney, Arch W., 359
Loss of Eden (Milton), 415
Lupica, Benjamin, 248
Lyle, Walter, 225, 240, 242, 275, 309, 426
Lyons, Joe, 370
Lyons, John, 229, 235, 237–40, 252, 275
Lyons, John (gas station employee), 242
MacDonald, James Ramsay, 52
Macrea, Harry O., 254
Madden, Arthur B., 156, 159, 202
Madden, Owen (“Owney”), 75, 95, 97, 98, 99, 101–02, 105, 107, 133, 145
Maloney, Jimmy, 44
Margerum, J. Fred, 347
Marsh, Henry W., 379, 380–82, 388
Marshall, Erwin E., 193–94
Martin, Francis, 253
Mary B. Moss (boat), 184, 186
Mathis, John, 344
McCarthy, Joseph, 441
McGill, Mary, 321, 331, 357, 359
McLaughlin, Elizabeth J., 320
McLean, Edward Beale, 108
McLean, Evalyn Walsh, 108, 110–11, 126, 146, 166, 182–83, 185, 186–87, 211, 315–16, 320, 358, 362–63, 365, 387, 432
McLean, Vinson, 108
Mead, Leo F., 321, 367, 370
Means, Gaston B., 107–11, 126, 146, 166, 177, 182–83, 186, 208, 315, 316, 356, 387, 391
arrest of, 185–86
confession of, 367
trial of, 211
Media. See Press
Meyner, Robert B., 443–44
Miller, John, 21
Milton, Joyce, 415, 433
Mitchell, Charles H., 191–93, 194–95, 247, 274
Mitchell, William D., 77–78, 144
Moffat, Warren, 189, 206
Monahan, Martin, 237
Monier, Stephen, 423–24
Moore, A. Harry, 71, 85, 143, 190–92, 210, 241, 248, 257, 295, 298
Morgan, Aubrey Neil, 256, 329, 341, 408, 430
Morgan, J. P., 18, 49, 77, 377, 380, 396, 399, 403