Police detective James J. Finn collection : papers, 1918-1950.

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Police detective James J. Finn collection : papers, 1918-1950.

Papers relating to the kidnapping cases of Charles A. Lindberg, III and Lt. John J. O'Connell, Jr., the murder of Norman Redwood and Detective Finn's work on the police force of New York City. Included are correspondence, depositions, personal documents, articles relating to detective work, newspaper clippings and photographs including the "aerial" or "airplane" burglars, Finn with the "alien squad" and Richard Hauptman, and Charles Lindbergh with his "Spirit of St. Louis."

1 box (.45 cu.ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7350550

St. John's University Libraries

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St. John's University (New York, N.Y.). Archives.

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Airplane burglars.

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Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932

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Finn, James J., 1882-

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O'Connell, John J., Jr.

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Alien squad.

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Harris, Jacob, 1994-

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Pullin, Isidore.

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Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899-1936

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Aerial burglars.

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Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)

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Greenberg, Morris, Dr.

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Redwood, Norman.

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