LINDBERGH BABY
(Press. Assn.-
MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR HAMPERING SEARCH
— By Telegraph — Copyright).
NEW YORK, Tuesday. A report from Fleming (New Jersey), states that John Hughes Curtis, who has been convicted of hindering the capture of the Lindbergh kidnappers, was sentenced to-day to one year's imprisonment qnd 1000 dollars' fine. Curtis who claimed to be assisting in the search for the Lindbergh baby, started a number of fictitious stories by which the police were induced to follow false clues. Curtis was formerly a millionaire, but has fallen upon evil days and he had endeavoured to explqit the kidnapping incident for his monetary advantage.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 273, 13 July 1932, Page 5
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