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According to the NY Times (March 28, 1977) the following "long suppressed 5,000-word letter" from Richard Hauptmann to his mother was finally made public after having been secretly hidden by the prison warden under whose charge Hauptmann was electrocuted in 1936. Mrs. Hauptmann, a resident of Kamenz, Germany never knew of her son's letter.

Trenton State Prison Warden, Col. Mark O. Kimberling never allowed it to be sent, according to the Times, because he feared an "unfavorable reaction."

The translation (from German into English) was made by Kimberling's prison staff and Kimberling kept this in HIS personal files until he died in 1964. His wife kept it until she died 13 years later.

Thanks to Frank Pizzichillo and Steve Romeo for this 14-page document.

Why Did You Kill Me? by Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Liberty Magazine May 2, 1936

Fingerprints from NJ State Police

Charles Lindbergh Anne Lindbergh

(submitted by Frank Pizzichillo and Steve Romeo)

Baby Charlie Lindbergh Richard Hauptmann (pdf)

DNA TEST The recent battle over saliva DNA testing

Detective Ellis Parker interviews Steinweg about Fisch money

From Hoffman Files at W Trenton Archive (Adobe PDF)

THE SQUIBB REPORT

FORENSIC TESTS IN MAY 1932 (PDF)

The Huddleson Report

A psychiatric report ordered by James Fawcett, Hauptmann's first defense attorney at 32 Court St, Brooklyn.

Dr. James H. Huddleson did this study at the Bronx DA's office in October 1934.

(thanks to Jim Fisher and Steve Romeo)

pages 1 2 3 4 5 6

Pediatrician - Dr. Van Ingen - letter to the baby's grandmother

8 days before corpse was discovered to Elizabeth Morrow - May 4,1932

American Journal of Human Biology 1991 (Adobe PDF)

Forensic analysis of bone fragments from corpse

by William M. Bass Anthropology Dept. University of Tennessee

Forensic Evidence Removed By American Lindbergh Family

Notes from NJ Police Conference May 1932

Stockburger & Smith Reports - Flemington Jail Oct '34 - Feb '35

Lt. Smith Oct. 20, 1934 Lt. Smith Oct. 22, 1934
Lt. Smith Oct. 22, 1934
Fawcett Conversation Oct. 20, 1934 Trper Stockburger Oct. 24, 1934

Captain Sisk's Report on Jafsie Oct 27, 1934 PDF

Jafsie meets Hauptmann - in Bronx Jail

The Stockburger Report PDF

N J STATE POLICE PHONE RECORDS

EVENING OF MARCH 2, 1932

Statements to Police

Thanks to Siglinde Rach and Mark Falzini for the following documents.

Charles Lindbergh Statement to Police

Hauptmann Doctor Statement to Police

Isidor Fisch's Doctor Statement to Police

Septimus Banks Statement

Initial Crime Report by Corporal Joseph Wolf (PDF)

Robert Thayer's Statement to Police

Betty Gow's Statement to Police

Mickey Rosner's Statement

Woodlawn Watchman (Robert Riehl) (PDF)

Oliver Whateley Statement (PDF)

Elsie Whateley Statement (PDF)

Chauffeur Charles Ellerson Statement (PDF)

Sgt. Det. John Wallace Arrest Report Sep. 20, 1934 (PDF)

[Vintage Sources](#vintage resources)

What Was Wrong With the Lindbergh Case?

Chapters 1 - 6 (pdf) Liberty Magazine 1936

by New Jersey (R) Gov. Harold G Hoffman

CONNIE MORROW KIDNAPPING HOAX April 1929

Chapter One "Blackmail Flights" from The Snatch Racket

by Edward Dean Sullivan 1932 (PDF)

Vintage Story - Detective Mag - May 1935

Who Helped Hauptmann? by Edward Dean Sullivan

Vintage Story - Yankee Mag - 1982

The Night the Lindbergh Baby Disappeared by Seth Moseley

Kate Ancrum Burr Johnson Papers 1954 (PDF)

discovered & submitted by Sue Campbell

East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J V Joyner Library East Carolina University, Greenville North Carolina

Ms. Burr Johnson was Superintendent of the NJ State Home for Girls during the 30s and 40s.

These are 7 pages of her comments about the Lindbergh Case and they were made after Gov Hoffman's death in 1954.

They include William Allen who eventually came to work for her and J P Morgan bankers threatening to cancel loans if the FBI agents were not removed from the case. She also discusses the situation of Lindbergh refusing to allow the Police to interview Betty Gow.

The Tax Dodgers (PDF)

by U S Treasury Agent Elmer Irey 1948

Chapter Three pp. 66-87 "Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Case"

ALAN HYND (PDF)

" The Intelligence Unit Encounters Murder"

from THE GIANT KILLERS

INTRO & CHAPTER ONE by DR DUDLEY SHOENFELD(PDF)

THE CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL : A Psychiatric Study of the Lindbergh Case 1936

Inside The Medium's Cabinet PDF

by Joseph Dunninger 1935

Chapter Fourteen pp. 165 - 179

(Contributed by Sam Bornstein with help from Steve Romeo)

World famous debunker of paranormal claims examined the involvement of

Peter Birratella and Mary Cerrita

Their Spiritualist Church was located just across the street from Isidor Fisch's apartment bldg.

New York Evening Journal March 2, 1932

"MOTHER FEARS FOR LINDY BABY, 'ILL' WHEN STOLEN"

Account given by Deputy Police Chief Williamson

(submitted by Sue Campbell)

Report on Ladder Nails by Stanley R Keith

Iron Age Magazine 1935 (PDF)

(submitted by Michael Melsky)

Technique Used in Tracing the Lindbergh Kidnaping Ladder

by Arthur Koehler

Police Science 1937 Editor: Fred Inbau

The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh by Harlan "Bud" Gurney PDF

SOUVENIR REPRINT 1967 - with updated intro for Air Line Pilot Magazine AUGUST 1977

(contributed by Sue Campbell)

Will Lindbergh Save Hauptmann? by Ed Reilly

Liberty Magazine October 1935 (PDF)

(submitted by Steve Romeo)

DR. ERASTUS MEAD HUDSON

Fingerprint Identification in Lindbergh Case (PDF)

Fingerprint and Identification Magazine Sept 1935

contributed by Harold Olson

Dr Hudson's Letter to Police Regarding the Ladder

submitted by Michael Melsky

The Judging of Hauptmann by Stanley Walker (PDF Adobe)

Fannie Hurst & Walter Winchell in the Courthouse

from "Mrs. Astor's Horse" 1935

Amelia Earhart's Plea to Governor Hoffman

April 1, 1936 - 2 days before Hauptmann's execution

WHAT HAPPENED IN HAUPTMANN'S ATTIC? PDF

FULTON OURSLER - Behold This Dreamer

Oursler is the ONLY published eyewitness to the attic fiasco

Alexis Carrel's "Man The Unknown"

complete book online!

Freedom of Information Act - 1368 pages of Lindbergh FILES

AP THE STORY OF NEWS BY OLIVER GRAMLING 1940

IS TOMORROW HITLER'S?

200 Questions On the Battle of Mankind

By H. R. KNICKERBOCKER

Reynal & Hitchcock, New York 1941

Chapter 7

FIFTH COLUMNISTS

Journal Articles

ANTHONY SCADUTO (PDF)

" Bruno Hauptmann Was Innocent"

New York Magazine Nov 22, 1976

(submitted by Sue Campbell)

FBI Political Surveillance & the Charles Lindbergh Investigation, 1939-1944

Was Charles Lindbergh a Nazi spy? (PDF)

Douglas M Charles with John P Rossi The Historian

Col. Raymond Fredette: In Pursuit of Charles Lindbergh

A 12-page review of A. Scott Berg's "Lindbergh" (PDF)

from Air Power History Summer 1999

Col. Raymond Fredette: The making of a hero:

What really happened seventy-five years ago, after

Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget?

12 pages Air Power History Summer 2002

The Kidnapping of the Lindbergh Baby

by Carol Wallace

HISTORY IN DISPUTE by ELI C. BORTMAN (submitted by Sue Campbell)

Was Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of kidnapping and killing Charles A. Lindbergh's son?

Viewpoint: Yes Hauptmann received a fair trial and was guilty of the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.

Viewpoint: No Hauptmann was convicted on the basis of fabricated evidence and without proper defense counsel; the trial was a mockery of justice in an atmosphere of public outrage.

Journal of Social History -

Review of Paula Fass' book "Kidnapped"

"Wire Tapping" (excerpts) by Meyer Berger 1938 (pdf)

Katherine Beebe Harris, 1930s Journalist - Interview Part 1

Harris Interview Part 2 Washington Press Club

Yale Alumni Magazine

The Lindbergh Archive at Yale University

Sourland

Newsletter - Published by Nancy Attardo - the Lindbergh Kidnapping Network

Pages 1 2 3 4

The Lindberghs and the Jews by Hal Derner - Jewish Frontier2001

SCOTS NANNY WHO SHARED LINDBERGHS' TRAGIC LOSS