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Post by sue75 on Jun 22, 2010 3:21:25 GMT -5
Michael, Do you know if a Miss Ruth Gay was the "Hilda" in the Curtis Story? The U.S. Naval Academy has a letter from the New Jersey State House, dated May 18, 1932, that says Gay was Hilda. Here is a newspaper account that just mentions speculation that she was an accomplice of Curtis: news.google.com/newspapers?id=-aELAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2FQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4778,173428&dq=lindbergh+miss-*-gay&hl=en Sue
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Post by Michael on Jun 22, 2010 7:12:44 GMT -5
It's hard to say exactly Sue. The Curtis angle is one most people, who when they begin to explore it, find themselves deep in complexity. It's easy to say "the hell with it" because, after all, "he made the whole thing up" - right? I did it myself.....several times. But in the end, I think I know what's "fake" and what should be fake. But.... my head won't let me draw that conclusion so its open ended. After all, the Prosecution changed its position at the last moment - for a reason. It's that reason I continue to go through his material. .....on Saturday May 7th, Lindbergh coming with them. He 'phoned and asked me to come down to dinner and when I arrived at the Hotel I was escorted to Bruce's room and I was asked to wait there. Later Mr. Curtis came in with the lock' box with his notes in it and made some additional notes and asked me to 'phone him in this other room at 7:30PM from down stairs. I did, his conversation was, "I will meet you at the Penna. Station between 7:30PM and quarter of eight." Up until then I thought everything was all right.' (Gay 5-18-32) =============== A: Miss Gay called me.
Q: Than that is two occasions when you used her as Hilda? A: Yes, that is right.
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Q: Who called you? A: She called me, I don't know of anyone else calling because there is no Hilda, as that is fictitious. (Curtis "confession" 5-17-32)
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Post by sue75 on Jun 22, 2010 15:17:10 GMT -5
Well, a few accounts say that Miss Gay was Curtis's stenographer.
Sgt. Warren T. Moffat from the Newark Police Department and Cpl. Wm F. Horn from the N.J. State Police sent a letter, dated May 18, 1932, to Captain Kenneth Whiting in the United States Navy in Norfolk, Virginia.
The letter sounds serious.
Dear Captain:
We are writing you to advise that we are questioning a Miss Ruth Ann Gay of 890 Park Av., New York City, who was an accomplice of John H. Curtis in his transactions in connection with the Lindbergh case. For your information this woman is the person from whom you received a phone message on April 25, 1932, requesting that you tell Captain John to be careful, and is the (Hilda) mentioned throughout this investigation.
The reason given by Curtis for having sent this message is that he wanted to rouse the suspicions of the Norfolk Police that his children at home would be in danger of being kidnapped or harmed.
No doubt you have already read the newspaper accounts of Curtis' confession and it would be superfluous for us to repeat them here.
Again thanking you for all past courtesies and with best regards for our friend, Lieutenant Richard, we beg to remain
Yours very truly,
[Signed]
Sgt. Warren T. Moffat Cpl. Wm. F. Horn
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Post by sue75 on Jun 22, 2010 16:46:48 GMT -5
Special thanks to Dorethea V. Abbott, Special Collections Librarian from the Department of the Navy's Nimitz Library in Annapolis, Maryland for the copy of the letter from Moffat and Horn.
She also sent me a copy of a message sent from the U. S. Bureau of Navigation to Captain Kenneth Whiting, dated June 25, 1932:
Following telegram received quote Flemington NJ: Captain Kenneth Whiting would like you to be here at Flemington NJ Tuesday morning to testify in the Hugh Curtis case will give you necessary supoena upon your arrival wire answer A M Hsuok (sp?) prosecutor of Hunterdon couny NJ unquote Authorized to appear as requested if you desire but at no expense to government and provided it does not interfere with your reporting at Newport thirty June
Bureau of Navigation
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