Hauptmann Look Guilty: The Murder Of John Knoll

In 1936, Charles Lindbergh Jr, the most famous baby of the era, was kidnapped. After a two year search, the police arrested a German immigrant, by the name of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, for committing the crime of the century. However, this man was innocent, for he did not commit this aghasting crime. Instead, John Knoll, Isidor Fisch, James Warburg, and Violet Sharpe are guilty. To prove this point, police tampered with some of the evidence to make Hauptmann look guilty. According to the article “Reasons for Hauptmann’s innocence,” the ladder used for the kidnapping was reconstructed with a floorboard from Hauptmann’s attic. This act was done by the police to make Hauptmann look guilty, so the police could easily convict him. This proves that

One of the definite people who committed the crime was John Knoll. To justify this claim, John Knoll has many striking similarities to Cemetery John, the person who collected the ransom for Charles Lindbergh Jr. According to the NOVA Lindbergh Biography, John Knoll, just like Cemetery John, had deformed thumbs, which is a rare deformity. Also, the police created a sketch of Cemetery John according to a detective’s description, and it deeply resembled John Knoll. These similarities are too rare to be some minor coincidence. It proves that John Knoll is guilty because there is a high chance that he was Cemetery John. Also, John Knoll’s spending-spree after the kidnapping brings forth doubt to the common man. Since John Knoll was a poor deli clerk, he didn’t have a lot of money. In fact, he was regarded as poor, because he barely made money. However, after the ransom was paid, John Knoll was known for going on an expensive cruise, which he would not have been able to go on if he did not receive the ransom. This shows that John Knoll is guilty, because he received the ransom money, and because of his resemblance to Cemetery