Post by Michael on Mar 26, 2006 11:31:22 GMT -5
[Originally Posted on Thu, Feb 20 2003]
"Early on it became apparent that the rumrunners were encrypting their communications to thwart the Coast Guard's mission, and by 1927, the use of codes and ciphers among rumrunning vessels were commonplace" (A New Kind of Detective Work www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00009.cfm)
***So I thought to myself....Could the Ransom Notes also contain a code to perhaps an "insider" who dare not contact the "kidnappers" and/or "extortionists" directly? Or, could there be a code indicating something else? I remembered I had stumbled onto some who definitely thought along those lines...
There were a couple of people who were of this opinion. Dr. Green, William Bryant, etc....I found some handwritten documentation which could have come from either of them - or neither for that matter, but I am inclined to believe it was Bryant's work. I will combine what I found with some of my own observations...
Let's recap some things:
Ad #1 - Was phoned from the Princeton residence of Joseph B. Raycroft head of the Department of Physical Education of Princeton University by Mr. Morris Rosner to Edward Aronow. This was the night of Monday March 7th, 1932. To meet the technical requirement of the newspaper, Mr. Aronow "improvised" the signature "Father", otherwise the advertisement was inserted as dictated over the phone by Rosner. As printed in the N.Y. American on March 8th and 9th it read as follows.:
***Please call your attention to Father, and please hurray on account of mother. Also the word "address" is used three times.
4th Ransom Note - Mailed to Mr. Dr. John Condon, on March 9th, 12:00 Mid. from Substation "T", N.Y., N.Y.. This note directed Condon to insert an ad in the N.Y. American: "Money is ready".
***My research provides me with information that the Morrow New York home was very near this Substation. Maybe its just a coincidence but I felt compelled to mention it.
Ad #2 - In N.Y. American. March 11th to Wed. March 16th inserted by Miss Ruth Littauer.
14th Ransom Note - Handed to Condon at St. Raymond's Cemetery during ransom exchange on April 2nd. It read:
***Again, maybe this is a coincidence but the Morrows had a home at Vineyard Haven, and quite familiar with Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard near Gay Head...In fact, Dwight Morrow Jr. was married there....
What's even more important to note that in Jafsie Tells All, Condon recalls Lindbergh saying they were double crossed, yet, (as indicated in the handwritten documentation I mentioned), Lindbergh secretly seeks his child near Gay Head, on the very next day.
10th Ransom Note (in part):
***As the handwritten document indicates, are we to believe that the kidnappers would leave a 28 foot boat manned by two innocent women?
So where's the Secret Code?
To quote the document:
The letter "o" is closed here in the words "Boad Nelly" -- a most unusual thing in all the ransom notes. The use of capitals and the spacing of the letters in this word "B o ad" (used four times in this short message for emphasis) confirm the idea that while it read or appeared like Boad - in reality it stood for a secret code. It would read 30 ad. (3oad) - some reference to a 30 St. ad.
***Is there such an ad? Yes.
Secret Code Ad - March 11th, N.Y. American which read:
***As the author points out, this could be a direct answer to AD #1 as to where the child was, or it could be an indicator to the "inside connection". Either way it is directing someone to 236 E. 30th St.
This wasn't the first time I saw this address. On a copy of a Liberty Article I found in the Hoffman Collection, I saw a handwritten note in the margin which said:
Did they discover the address 236 E 30 St in the word signature on the original note?
And this is answered by another scrawling from someone else: See my comments on crib note.
"Early on it became apparent that the rumrunners were encrypting their communications to thwart the Coast Guard's mission, and by 1927, the use of codes and ciphers among rumrunning vessels were commonplace" (A New Kind of Detective Work www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00009.cfm)
***So I thought to myself....Could the Ransom Notes also contain a code to perhaps an "insider" who dare not contact the "kidnappers" and/or "extortionists" directly? Or, could there be a code indicating something else? I remembered I had stumbled onto some who definitely thought along those lines...
There were a couple of people who were of this opinion. Dr. Green, William Bryant, etc....I found some handwritten documentation which could have come from either of them - or neither for that matter, but I am inclined to believe it was Bryant's work. I will combine what I found with some of my own observations...
Let's recap some things:
Ad #1 - Was phoned from the Princeton residence of Joseph B. Raycroft head of the Department of Physical Education of Princeton University by Mr. Morris Rosner to Edward Aronow. This was the night of Monday March 7th, 1932. To meet the technical requirement of the newspaper, Mr. Aronow "improvised" the signature "Father", otherwise the advertisement was inserted as dictated over the phone by Rosner. As printed in the N.Y. American on March 8th and 9th it read as follows.:
Letter received at new address. Will follow your instructions. I also received letter mailed to me March 4, and was ready since then. Please hurray on account of mother. Address me to the address you mention in your letter. Father.
***Please call your attention to Father, and please hurray on account of mother. Also the word "address" is used three times.
4th Ransom Note - Mailed to Mr. Dr. John Condon, on March 9th, 12:00 Mid. from Substation "T", N.Y., N.Y.. This note directed Condon to insert an ad in the N.Y. American: "Money is ready".
***My research provides me with information that the Morrow New York home was very near this Substation. Maybe its just a coincidence but I felt compelled to mention it.
Ad #2 - In N.Y. American. March 11th to Wed. March 16th inserted by Miss Ruth Littauer.
Money is ready. Jafsie.
14th Ransom Note - Handed to Condon at St. Raymond's Cemetery during ransom exchange on April 2nd. It read:
The boy is on B o ad Nelly
it is a small B oad 28 feet
long.. two person are on the
B oad. The are innosent.
you will find the Boad between
Horseneck Beach and gay Head
near Elizabeth Island.
it is a small B oad 28 feet
long.. two person are on the
B oad. The are innosent.
you will find the Boad between
Horseneck Beach and gay Head
near Elizabeth Island.
***Again, maybe this is a coincidence but the Morrows had a home at Vineyard Haven, and quite familiar with Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard near Gay Head...In fact, Dwight Morrow Jr. was married there....
What's even more important to note that in Jafsie Tells All, Condon recalls Lindbergh saying they were double crossed, yet, (as indicated in the handwritten documentation I mentioned), Lindbergh secretly seeks his child near Gay Head, on the very next day.
10th Ransom Note (in part):
After 8 houers you gett the adr. from the boy. on the plase you find two ladies. they are innocence
***As the handwritten document indicates, are we to believe that the kidnappers would leave a 28 foot boat manned by two innocent women?
So where's the Secret Code?
To quote the document:
The letter "o" is closed here in the words "Boad Nelly" -- a most unusual thing in all the ransom notes. The use of capitals and the spacing of the letters in this word "B o ad" (used four times in this short message for emphasis) confirm the idea that while it read or appeared like Boad - in reality it stood for a secret code. It would read 30 ad. (3oad) - some reference to a 30 St. ad.
***Is there such an ad? Yes.
Secret Code Ad - March 11th, N.Y. American which read:
GALWAY & HEANEY call 236 E. 30th
st. for my address. Mother.
st. for my address. Mother.
***As the author points out, this could be a direct answer to AD #1 as to where the child was, or it could be an indicator to the "inside connection". Either way it is directing someone to 236 E. 30th St.
This wasn't the first time I saw this address. On a copy of a Liberty Article I found in the Hoffman Collection, I saw a handwritten note in the margin which said:
Did they discover the address 236 E 30 St in the word signature on the original note?
And this is answered by another scrawling from someone else: See my comments on crib note.