SECRET DEPARTURE.
LINDBERGHS GO TO ENGLAND. NORMAL LIFE FOR SON SOUGHT. NEW YORK, December 23. Colons! Charles Lindbergh, his ivife and their three-year-old son John secretly left by an American cargo- boat for a stay of undetermined length in England. There are conflicting rumours about the cause of the move, one suggested reason being the impending execution of Bernard Hauptmann on a charge of murdering the Lindberghs’ first hahv. Another rumour is that many threats have been made recently to kidnap or kill John. . - , . A story that Colonel Lindbergh intends to abandon his American citizenship is denied. ft is gui d that the tranquillity oi British life is A’Ory attractive to the Lindberghs, aalio are troubled hv their inability to assure their son of, a normal, care-free upbringing in America. Their departure has caused a sensation and is Avidely featured by neAVspa-pers.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 63, 26 December 1935, Page 5
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