Joe Nocera
👤 Speaker
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Appearances Over Time
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48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh
The first time he came illegally, he got caught and sent back.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh
The second time, he managed to sneak through.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh
They rented a house in the Bronx, needless to say.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh
Yeah, that was... Why did he very quickly become the sole suspect?
48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh
Well, because he had ransom money on him.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh
There was a certain kind of money called gold certificates that was about to go out of circulation.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh
The Treasury Department knew this, and so they insisted that a whole bunch of the ransom money be made in gold certificates, knowing that if somebody tried to pass it off... It would be a tell.
48 Hours
Post Mortem | Lindbergh
Hauptman goes to a gas station, gives the gas station attendant a bill and a gold certificate.