During this time, John F. Condon – a well-known Bronx personality and retired school teacher – offered $1,000 if the kidnapper would turn the child over to a Catholic priest. Condon received a letter reportedly written by the kidnappers; it authorized Condon to be their intermediary with Lindbergh. [ 21 ]

At the time of the Lindbergh abduction, Dr. John Francis Condon was a 72 year-old semi-retired educator and resident of the Bronx – a New York City borough he dubbed “the most beautiful . . . in the world.”

John Condon (5 October 1897 – 24 May 1915) was an Irish soldier born in Waterford. He was mistakenly believed to have been the youngest Allied soldier killed during the First World War, at the age of 14 years; he lied about his age and he claimed to be 18 years old when he signed up to join the army in 1913.

Boys lied about their age to join the army, and the story of Private John Condon is one of the most poignant tales of all. There is some dispute as to his real age, but the tombstone of the boy from Waterford, Ireland says he died at the age of 14 at the Second Battle of the Ypres in 1915.

John or Jack Condon may refer to: John Condon (boxer) (1889–1919), British bantamweight professional boxer; John Condon (British Army soldier) (1896–1915), previously thought to be the youngest British soldier killed in the First World War; John F. Condon (Lindbergh kidnapping), hired by Charles Lindbergh in 1932

The eccentric John Condon was outraged by the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby and wrote a letter to the Bronx Home News offering $1,000 of his own money in addition to the $50,000 Lindbergh was to pay.

Feb 12, 2022 · One of these was a man in his 70s by the name of Dr. John Condon. He placed an ad in the newspaper offering $1,000 of his own money to the kidnapper to act as a go-between for them and the Lindberghs.

Oct 20, 2012 · John F Condon, a retired Bronx schoolteacher known as 'Jafsie', emerged as the Lindbergh's intermediary with the kidnappers (it was universally assumed a gang was responsible).

Seven days after the abduction, Dr. John F. Condon, a retired grade school principal and chronic busybody in the Bronx, but unknown to both Lindbergh and the kidnapper, injected himself into the case.

On March 9, 1932, John F. Condon, a 72-year-old retired teacher and coach from the Bronx, called the Lindberghs claiming that he had made contact with the kidnappers. Condon had written a...