CRMJ 375 Lecture 2: Chapter 2
10 Feb 2017
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Discuss the lindbergh baby kidnapping investigation: identify the critical evidence in the case - 5 reasons. Wooden ladder found 100 yards from the lindbergh"s residence matched the wood missing from haptmann"s attic. Handwriting on the ransom notes matched hauptmann"s handwriting. Witnesses reported seeing hauptmann near the lindbergh"s residence prior to the night of the kidnapping. John f. condon identi ed hauptmann as the john he met in the cemeteries: explain how the perpetrator was eventually identi ed - paid a bill for sh. 98 worth of gas. Gas attendant wrote down the license plate money. Discuss the role of informers, thief-takers, and thief-makers in england in the 1700s and 1800s: role of informers - rewards offered by the government to citizens who brought in criminals or provided information about criminals. Problem - the people were unsupportive of the legal system and informers.
