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Mar 5, 2009 · LINDBERGH CASE: THE BRONX. March 5, 2009. guest post by DON GILLIGAN. On March 1, 1932, 77 years ago (in 2009), at about 9:00 PM, someone placed a homemade ladder against the wall of the Lindbergh home in Hopewell, NJ and set in motion a series of events that would culminate three years later in a trial that journalist H. L. Mencken would call ...
In New York City, concerned citizen Dr John Condon (Joseph Cotten) decides to write to the Bronx Home News newspaper to offer himself as an intermediary in the ransom exchange. Condon receives a reply from the kidnapper and telephones Lindbergh, giving him confirmation that the letter has the unique signature with three holes in the paper with a demand for $70,000.
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A self-styled civic advocate, Dr. Condon frequently penned letters to the editor of the local newspaper, the Bronx Home News. Deeply troubled by the plight of the Lindberghs, Dr. Condon wrote an open letter to the kidnappers in which he offered to act as an intermediary. His letter was published in the Bronx Home News on March 8, 1932.
John Condon's telephone number, along with his address, were discovered written on a closet wall in the house. A key piece of evidence, a section of wood, was discovered in the attic of the home. After being examined by an expert, it was determined to be an exact match to the wood used in the construction of the ladder found at the scene of the crime.
On March 9, 1932, John F. Condon, a 72-year-old retired teacher and coach from the Bronx, called the Lindberghs claiming that he had made contact with the kidnappers. Condon had written a letter ...
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Oct 30, 2023 · Charles Lindbergh. Charles Augustus Limbergh Jr. was taken from his crib at the family home in Hopewell, New Jersey, by a home invader at around 9 p.m. on March 1. Lindbergh and his wife, Anne ...
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Seven days after the abduction, Dr. John F. Condon, a retired grade school principal and chronic busybody in the Bronx, but unknown to both Lindbergh and the kidnapper, injected himself into the case. In a letter to the Bronx Home News, Condon offered to be the go-between, regarding the ransom payment and return of the baby.
