OF “the greatest criminal case in all human history,” probably ten million words have been written and ten thousand photographs published throughout the civilized world. In this case, three figures stand out above all others. They are : Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon, and Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The first will probably never tell his story, the third cannot tell his, while as to the second-for almost four years he steadfastly refused to do so, except for his trial testimony, even in the face of misrepresentation, vituperation, and vile slander.
Why did Jafsie refuse to reveal the inner motive that impelled him to enter the case and refuse to answer his slanderers directly?
Only those who have had the privilege of knowing this remarkable man personally, have been in a position to understand. His following words show one of the strong influences that guided him : “My one desire, my only thought from the first has been to place that baby’s arms again around its mother’s neck.”
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