What man is so cold-hearted to murder a baby just to try to acquire some money? Charles Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped in attempts to get some ransom money from his wealthy father, the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh. The murder of the child almost seemed to be an accident and that it was a slip up in the plan to kidnap the child. The man that all evidence points to and that was convicted was Richard Hauptmann, but a man named John Knoll might have been the mastermind behind the kidnapping and murder
Throughout the history of America, there has always been a influx of Jews from Europe. Even though Emma Lazarus wrote her poem after the massive immigration of German Jews to America, her poem can be used to describe the Jewish Immigrants. Many German Jews arrived in New York " tired ... poor... [and] yearning to breathe free." While New York City was still a hub for German Jewish immigrants, some had also moved to Atlanta and more Western states. Several of the German Jewish families who immigrated
night of the ransom exchange the police wanted to trail the person that received the ransom, Lindbergh did want them to and ordered the police to stay away from the cemetery where the ransom was taking place. The person getting the ransom was Isidor Fisch and Lindbergh was keeping the police away from the cemetery so the kidnapping hoax would not be discovered. Lindbergh also did not open any of the ransom notes till the police arrived almost an half an hour after the kidnapping had been discovered
suddenly seemed to have a lot of money after the kidnapping. He also mysteriously left the U.S. on the day Hauptmann was sentenced of killing the baby. And of course, Violet Sharpe and Isidor Fisch are helpers of the scheme. Violet Sharpe seemed to be very anxious, and it was apparent that she was hiding something. Isidor Fisch had lots of evidence that was passed to Bruno Hauptmann, and applying for a passport on the day the baby was found proved he was involved. These four suspects can be blamed for acting