The ladder outside Charles Lindbergh’s baby’s window
In 1932, someone took Charles Lindbergh’s baby from his New Jersey home. A ladder and a piece of wood became part of the investigation.
The ladder at the window
Someone took Charles Lindbergh’s baby from his New Jersey home in 1932. Whoever took the child left a ladder outside the window of the house. That ladder gave investigators something to examine as they looked into what had happened.
The wood from the attic
Investigators examined the boards of the ladder. They traced one piece of wood to lumber from Bruno Hauptmann’s attic. It was a finding tied to the ladder left outside the window of the home where the child had been taken.
The ransom money and verdict
Police also found ransom money linked to the kidnapping in Hauptmann’s possession. That gave them another clue. Hauptmann denied involvement, but a jury convicted him of murder. He was executed in 1936.
