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Post by Michael on Apr 10, 2023 12:36:08 GMT -5
No, you seem to think of everything. The only other thing I can think of is that the kidnappers didn't want anyone to find it in the crib so that it would remain free of any fingerprints just like the room. However, that idea seems to work better for your position of a staged kidnapping than a real kidnapping. I thought about this a lot last night and woke up with the possibility that might fit this theory... That they didn't want Gow to see the secret symbol. Because no one could memorize the distance of the holes in the note, I don't believe this was the case but I figured I'd share and not let all of that unconscious work go to waste. Did the investigators really think Curtis's story was credible? Were they fully aware of what was going on with this angle and allowed to check up on any of the contacts Curtis was claiming to be having with the kidnappers. This just seems so crazy. The police formulated this theory before Curtis entered the picture. I brought it up because it demonstrates that Lindbergh believed a door could have been used. We all sit here and say to ourselves "there's no way" but here's a guy who was in the house that night jumping at that information. So the tendency of those who think this was a Lone-Wolf job is to simply shrug it off. For me, it's a clear indication that there was something other than a one-man job going on.
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Post by A Guest on Apr 10, 2023 20:48:49 GMT -5
No, you seem to think of everything. The only other thing I can think of is that the kidnappers didn't want anyone to find it in the crib so that it would remain free of any fingerprints just like the room. However, that idea seems to work better for your position of a staged kidnapping than a real kidnapping. I thought about this a lot last night and woke up with the possibility that might fit this theory... That they didn't want Gow to see the secret symbol. Because no one could memorize the distance of the holes in the note, I don't believe this was the case but I figured I'd share and not let all of that unconscious work go to waste. That is a plausible idea also. Maybe a combination of both things. No prints and no one else touching or opening the ransom note and seeing that symbol. It would be Lindbergh's call how the note would be handled and by whom.Did the investigators really think Curtis's story was credible? Were they fully aware of what was going on with this angle and allowed to check up on any of the contacts Curtis was claiming to be having with the kidnappers. This just seems so crazy. The police formulated this theory before Curtis entered the picture. I brought it up because it demonstrates that Lindbergh believed a door could have been used. We all sit here and say to ourselves "there's no way" but here's a guy who was in the house that night jumping at that information. So the tendency of those who think this was a Lone-Wolf job is to simply shrug it off. For me, it's a clear indication that there was something other than a one-man job going on. I am not really inclined that this is a single abductor either.
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Post by Sherlock on Apr 15, 2023 15:58:31 GMT -5
By surveilling the house Hauptmann supposedly identifies the child's nursery, his bedtime, the 8-10 "do not disturb" period etc. But in spite of being a carpenter, used to working on buildings and gauging distances / measurements he brings a three element ladder to the job when only two elements are needed to reach the nursery window. Also, "his" ladder is not a true extension ladder. it is capable of only two configurations: a six foot length or a twelve foot length. It would have been easy to drill more holes for dowels in the side rails allowing precise choice of operational length and by using multiple dowels reduce the risk of flexing/breaking in service. In view of the anticipated difficult manoeuvre from ladder to window sill this accurate placement of the ladder would be an advantage over the simple end-to-end configuration. This suggests that the ladder, whether made by Hauptmann or someone else, was not tailor-made for the kidnap but was made for another purpose. It strongly resembles a roofing- or "cat" ladder used by tilers and roofers who crawl up and down it rather than climb it. Because it does not bear the weight of the user when in service, it is of a more flimsy construction than a conventional load-bearing ladder.
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