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Fri 28 Nov, 2003 08:22 pm
Letty
Letty, he was a horny little fly boy wasn't he? Nothing suprises me anymore except the number of children he father outside of his marriage; Five in his marriage and five outside of it. I think he was torn between his love of America and of Germany all of his life.
BBB
Hey,bbb.
. I agree, and eventually he fell out of favor with the onset of the Great War. Hmmmm. perhaps he had more than the Spirit of St. Louis.
Re: Lucky Lindy?
Letty wrote:
Still wonder if Bruno did it.
After Bruno Richard Hauptmann was sentenced to death, the district attorney offered him a deal, if he confessed to the crime the D.A. would commute the sentence to life imprisonment. Bruno said he would rather die than admit to something he hadn't done.Seems like the DA wasn't convinced of his guilt.
You have to wonder at why the authorities didn't take a closer look at Isador Fisch. Or was it simply that in 1932 america someone had to die for kidnapping and killing the son of america's greatest hero? Did it really matter what his name was?
Hey, Kev. Hindsight is an exact science, isn't it? There has been a lot of speculation about the Lindberg baby. It seems to me that someone espoused the idea that a person in the household had something to do with the death of the child. If you ever get the chance, watch the movie, The Life of David Gale. It's all about capitol punishment. Had Hauptmann not been executed, who knows what things would have come to light.
I don't consider Yahoo the most reliable news in the world, but I guess anything is possible. I was a kid when the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped and I can assure you that it was a big deal at the time. The whole nation was out for blood, and I think that hurried up Bruno's fate. Personally, I never did think he did it. But at this late date I don't think we will ever know for sure.
Yahoo News is a digest - collecting news from a number of sources.
A quick newsGoogle of Lindbergh + paternity gives you
GoogleNews gives 150+ hits on this when you do Lindbergh + children. A surprising amount of interest for what is really an old story.
Shoe, we're only here to speculate, and just what do you feel is a reliable source? The "Little Lindberg Law" had far reaching effects in the lives of many folks.
Beth, you delightful Canajun. Even tonight, Peter Jennings ended his news report with memories of the Titanic. Nothing ever really dies, you know.
A little parody:
Oh, they built the ship titanic and they built it strong and true,
And they said it was a ship that the water would never come through,
But the Lord's almighty hand said that ship would never stand,
It was sad when that great ship went down.(hit the bottom)
It was sad, mighty sad,
It was sad when that great ship went down,
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives,
It was sad when that great ship went down.
p.s. Beth. We are all taken with anything that is a part of our past. Once again, we must decide who we are in the scope of things, and thereby hangs a tale...but you don't want to hear it..
Well ya know, Letty ... why was I drawn to this question ... therein lies a tale of my past. I have little or no interest in Charles Lindbergh, but I enjoy the writings of Anne Morrow Lindbergh. I 'discovered' her when I first beginning my academic studies in the environmental sciences.
Quote:Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Quote:Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 'Gift From the Sea'
The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
and a whole blinkin' page more at
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/annemorrow125403.html
Yes, Beth. The woman behind the man.
and the man in the foreground. My dear child, as far as we have come, primogeniture lurks. Hey, I don't mind it.
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