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Post by Michael on Nov 21, 2015 14:24:57 GMT -5
Reward request made to Gov. Hoffman from his Lawyer Louis Levine:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2015 0:56:34 GMT -5
Interesting letter, Michael. William Allen was certainly deserving of reward money and did receive $5,000 which, I believe was the second largest amount paid out to a single person. The handwritten note in the upper left hand corner grabbed my attention. It looks like it says "Lindbergh hold" or "Lindbergh told".
So now I am wondering if Lindbergh might have been contacted about William Allen's request for reward money. I know that the Lindberghs would not meet with William Allen at all. They never thanked or acknowledged him. Did Gov. Hoffman have to secure Lindbergh's approval in order to give William Allen reward money? Did someone send a letter or place a long distance call to CAL in England before Allen's name could be added to the reward list?
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Post by Michael on Nov 22, 2015 8:06:58 GMT -5
So now I am wondering if Lindbergh might have been contacted about William Allen's request for reward money. I know that the Lindberghs would not meet with William Allen at all. They never thanked or acknowledged him. Did Gov. Hoffman have to secure Lindbergh's approval in order to give William Allen reward money? Did someone send a letter or place a long distance call to CAL in England before Allen's name could be added to the reward list? It's definitely " Lindbergh hold" which was written there by either Lutz or Conklin. The Governor got so much mail during this time that they would make these notations as a way to sort them out. " Lindbergh" obviously due to it being associated with the case, and " hold" meant to ensure the Governor read it, in essence, hold for the Governor. I've done this so long that I figured just about all of it out. The one thing I haven't, I am embarrassed to admit, is the notation " NBF" - I have never deciphered that one and it's used often.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2015 20:21:24 GMT -5
Since you brought up the topic of the reward money, I was wondering if you might be able to comment on how many people applied to receive the entire amount of $25,000. Gardner mentions two people. Were there more who thought they deserved it all?
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Post by Michael on Nov 22, 2015 20:54:10 GMT -5
Since you brought up the topic of the reward money, I was wondering if you might be able to comment on how many people applied to receive the entire amount of $25,000. Gardner mentions two people. Were there more who thought they deserved it all? That's hard to say Amy. Most people asked for a "share" but there were many asking for the whole amount. I think Lloyd mentions Lyle and Wendel, which is correct, but you had others like "R. J. Hill" who claimed he gave Captain Lamb several tips which led to Hauptmann's arrest. And there was "Walter Zelch" who claimed he invented a method of trapping the Kidnapper which he shared with Gov. Moore. Next, "Mrs. David Willis" who claimed she was an eyewitness to the Kidnapping, and then there was "Maurice Baxter" who claimed to be the first person to suggest to President Hoover, in 1932, to withdraw gold certificates from circulation. I could go on but I think you get the picture.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2015 22:23:46 GMT -5
I could go on but I think you get the picture. Yes I do, Michael and thanks for mentioning those other people. Since the reward was based on information that would lead to the apprehension and conviction of the person/persons responsible for the crime, then technically, William Allen wasn't really eligible to receive reward money. The finding of the baby did not lead to Hauptmann's apprehension or conviction. Yet Hoffman chose to include William Allen, generously, when he distributed the money. I came across this newspaper article about William Allen. In it he claims that Gov. Hoffman had promised him months in advance that he would take care of him. It seems William Allen was concerned that he was the "forgotten" man and felt it necessary to seek legal representation. bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52623262/?terms=William%2BAllen
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