Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can explore the topic of the "Lindbergh baby kidnapping" further using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
baby, Hauptmann, kidnapping, Lindbergh, murder, ransom
Use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between March 1932 to May 1932.
Read this Headlines & Heroes blog post related to this topic with links to more articles in Chronicling America.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Photographs of the Lindbergh Baby and Family"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), May 12, 1932, EXTRA, Image 4.
"LINDY OFFERS TO PAY RANSOM"
The Indianapolis Times (Indianapolis, IN), March 2, 1932, Home Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Pays $50,000 for Stolen Baby But Gets No Results"
The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), April 11, 1932, Page 7, Image 7, col. 5.
"Toss $50,000 Over Cemetery Wall in Payment of Ransom"
The Indianapolis Times (Indianapolis, IN), April 12, 1932, Home Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"LINK KILLERS TO RANSOM FRAUD"
The Indianapolis Times (Indianapolis, IN), May 13, 1932, Home Edition, Page 1, Image 1.
"U.S. AGENT WITH LINDBERGH IN VAIN SEARCH FOR BABY STORY OF FLIGHT REVEALS"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), April 17, 1932, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2-3.
"POLICE INTERVIEW KIDNAP SUSPECT"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), October 24, 1933, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Serial Numbers Led to Lindbergh Kidnapping Arrest"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), September 21, 1934, Page A-15 Image 15, col. 4.
"Arrest Suspect In Lindbergh Kidnapping"
The Times-News (Hendersonville, NC), September 20, 1934, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"DETECTIVE TEARING OPEN THE UPHOLSTERY IN HAUPTMANN'S CAR IN QUEST OF RANSOM MONEY"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), September 21, 1934, Page A-7, Image 7, col. 1.
"Lindbergh Suspect Indicted "
The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), September 26, 1934, Page 1, Image 1, col. 8.
"Hautmann Indicted For Kidnap-Murder of Baby Lindbergh"
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC), October 12, 1934, Page 3, Image 3, col. 6.
"Hauptmann Ponders 'Surprise' Testimony"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), January 9, 1935, Page A-4, Image 4, col. 3.
"Hauptmann Gets Death Penalty; Prepares Appeal in High Court"
The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), February 14, 1935, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"HAUPTMANN'S EXECUTION CLIMAXES CASE"
The Times-News (Hendersonville, NC), April 4, 1936, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.

Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America