Crime In The 1920s

The Crime of the Century
The 1920s was a time of celebration and challenges. Things people celebrated were the passing of the 19th amendment and having more money than ever before. Women during the 1920s were ecstatic that they finally got to vote. People had more money to spend, so there was really no problems during this time. Everything was booming into better and bigger things. However, there was one thing that brought the mood of the 1920s down. The amount of crime in the 1920s was increasing. Ku Klux Klan was getting stronger with new members joining; however, the crime of the century was yet to happen. The crime would start a chain reaction throughout the whole nation.
Perhaps, the worst crime in the 1900s occur with Lindbergh family.The

Shortly after, he married his wife, Anne Morrow. Anne Morrow was not average women either. She was the daughter of the ambassador in Mexico (Charles Augustus Lindbergh). Even though most people would love to be famous, it is possible that with the Lindberghs being so well known to the public was the reason for the tragedy that occur in their lives. The whole nation knew the Lindberghs had tons and tons of money and this was eventually used against the Lindbergh family. The tragedy would began shortly after they had Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. in 1930. Anne and Charles both know from the beginning that their son would be well known to the public. They probably did not how well known he was going to be. Little Charles was going to be the baby of the century, but not the way the Lindberghs

Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the son of Charles Augustus Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, had his last night with his family. Little Charles was the son of the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (Gerdes 231). Perhaps, Charles’s famous father had major effect on his kidnapping. On Tuesday evening, Anne Lindbergh and Betty Gow, a nursemaid, put little Charles to bed in his crib at 7:30. His room was closed, but one window was left open (Mosley 159). Anne and Betty both left the room shortly after they both Charles in the crib. Charles Lindbergh arrived home at 8:20 and at approximately 9:10 heard a sound like something crashing. Little did he know then that sound could have been his little son’s head hitting the window. At about 10 p.m., Betty turned on a heater and checked the crib. Little Charles was not in his crib. She immediately checked to see if Anne or Charles had the baby. The parents did not have the baby. Charles went upstairs himself to check the crib and found a note on the window sill. He did not open the note because he was hoping there were fingerprints. In that moment, Charles Lindbergh knew his baby had been kidnapped. Anne and Charles both knew this was a very bad tragedy that happen to them, but did not know how bad it was going to get (Mosley 161). The Lindbergh’s nightmare would not end until they found their son. They received many ransom notes and find out many people will