people tried to find out who the kidnappers were but the only thing the police could find was a note now demanding $70,000 for the return of Charles. The kidnappers said that Lindbergh’s share of money would not be accepted and they wanted the money from someone else. There was another note delivered by Joseph taxi driver stating that the kidnapper’s name was ‘John’, the person who gave him the note he did not know. The eighth note stated that that kidnappers knew they were going to do this to that baby for a year. The ninth note was now demanding $100,000, and the tenth note was saying that Dr. Codon better have the money for him that night, Codon managed to have the demand reduced to $50,000. The eleventh and twelfth note gave Dr. Codon directions where the baby could be found. ‘John’ said that the last place he saw that baby was on the ‘Nellie’ a ship in Massachusetts. Dr. Codon and colleagues followed ‘John’ to this part of Martha's Vineyard. No trace of the baby was found but, id Codon saw ‘John’ again he…show more content… Mrs. Dwight Lindbergh’s mother was under watch because the police had something to do with the killing, she committed suicide because she could not take the stress of people thinking it was her but, it was not her. ‘Nellie’ the boat on which the kidnappers said the baby was said to be on was investigated and there was no sign of a baby being on board. The killer of the baby was Bruno Richard Hauptmann of New York, the description that was given before for the description of ‘John.’ Hauptmann admitted purchasing items with the ransom money like a pair of shoes and other things. This would not be hauptmann’s first run in with the law, he had been arrested before and spent time in prison due to committing robbery. The trial for the kidnapping went on five weeks, eventually Hauptmann was electrocuted on “April 3, 1936, at 8:47 p.m.” (Lindbergh Kidnapping
