Throop (branch of Harrison Tech. H. S.) English Evening principal, Ollie Winter. for foreigners, choruses, motion pictures. Southwest Side-Davis, 3014 West 39th place. corner Sacramento avenue. Principal, Helen C. Maine; playgrounds with apparatus and expert direction; assembly hall, seating 724. Holden, 3055 South Loomis street. corner 31st street. Principal. Lincoln P. Goodhue: playgrounds: assembly hall and gymnasium combined, with stage, seating 500. Seward, 4600 South Hermitage avenue, corner 46th street. Principal, David N. Davidson; playgrounds; penny lunchroom: assembly hall and gymnasium combined. with stage, seating 956. South Side-Jones Continuation, branch school. Harrison street and Plymouth court. Evening principal, G. Charles Griffiths: business courses only. Columbian House-Wells street and South Illinois Exchange-192 Lake street, corner CHICAGO EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. [From Robert Fergus' Directory for 1839.] CITY REGISTER. Mayor-Benjamin W. Raymond. Aldermen-First ward, James A. Smith and Oliver H. Thompson; 2d ward, Eli S. Prescott and Clemens S. Stose; 3d ward, William H. Snow and Ira Miltimore: 4th ward, John Murphy and Asahel Pierce; 5th ward, Henry L. Rucker and John C. Wilson; 6th ward, John H. Kinzie and Buckner S. Morris. Corporation Newspaper-Daily American. High Constable-Samuel J. Lowe. Alvin Calhoun; 2d ward. Assessors-First ward. Thomas Brock; 3d ward, Thomas C. ward. James: 4th ward, John Gray; 5th James Duffy; 6th ward, Jacob Raynor. Chief Engineer-Alvin Calhoun: assistant engineers, Charles T. Stanton and George City Clerk-William W. Brackett Street Commissioner-Charles M. Gray. CHURCHES. Baptist-LaSalle street, near street. Catholic-Lake and State streets. and Lake House-Rush and North Water streets. Western Hotel-West Randolph and Canal streets. MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND PLACES. Circuit Clerk's Office-Northeast corner Public S. Lighthouse-River (at Rush street bridge). U. S. Land Office Receiver-Eli S. Prescott. 177 Lake street. U. S. Land Office Register-Over 37 Clark Chicago Theater-8 and 10 Dearborn street. Chicago Lyceum-Saloon buildings. corner Egan Row-Dearborn street south of Tremont First Unitarian-Saloon buildings. Clark and Methodist-Washington and Clark streets. street. St. James' Episcopal-Cass and Illinois streets. tween LaSalle and Wells streets. Dutch Settlement-North of Chicago avenue and east of Clark street. 926 THE FRANKS MURDER CASE. Both entered pleas of "not On Nathan Leopold, Jr., aged 19, and Richard | fore Chief Justice John R. Caverly of the Loeb, aged 18. students in the law department Criminal court. of guilty." The trial was set for Aug. 4. of the University of Chicago and sons old-time families living July 21 they appeared before Judge Caverl wealthy, reputable, On that date in an exclusive residence district of Chicago, and changed their plea to "guilty" and th case was then set for July 23. the trial began and it ended on Aug. were sentenced Sept. 10, 1924, to the penitentiary for life for the murder of Robert The defendants were represented Franks, aged 14, a school boy and son of after all the testimony and arguments had ty another wealthy and reputable family in the been heard. was conducted The crime had certain features by Clarence S. Darrow and Benjamin BachThe prosecution same district. which made it unique and which caused the rach. The trial of the young slayers to be followed State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe in person and his assistants. the chief of whom were with interest in all parts of the world. Thomas Marshall and Joseph Savage. main effort of the defense was to prove that the defendants were entitled to the mercy of the of their youth and account court on as shown by alienmental abnormality The prosecution maintained that both the young men were of sufficiently sound mentality as shown by other alienists to make them responsible for their long premeditated. cold-blooded and peculiarly atrocious and that they fully merited the punishment provided by law for murder and kidnaping for ransom-death by hanging. Young Franks disappeared about 5 p. m. on May 21 while he was on his way from the Harvard preparatory school to his home At 9 o'clock in the at 5052 Ellis avenue. evening his father, Jacob Franks, received a telephone call that Robert had been kidnapedists. On the following but that he was "safe." morning Mr. Franks received a letter written in excellent English demanding $10,000 "in old bills" as ransom for the kidnaped youth. About 8 a. m.. on the same day, May 22, Tony Minke of Roby, Ind., accidentally discovered the nude body of a boy in a railway In the afternoon culvert at 118th street. the body was identified as that of the missing Not far from the culvert a Robert Franks. pair of spectacles was found. active On May 23 the police began search for the owner of the spectacles and the for the typewriter on which the ransom letter The instructors at had been written. were questioned Harvard school and others of young to their knowledge closely as On May 25 the police Franks' disappearance. as to the questioned Nathan Leopold, Jr., ownership of the spectacles, as it was known that in his capacity as an expert student of He found. ornithology he had often frequented the locality where the glasses denied that they belonged to him and he was permitted to go. were an crime Judge Caverly took the case under advise ment and on Sept. 10 pronounced the verdict, the substance of which is given in the first paragraph of this summary of the case. Before pronouncing the sentence the judge read a brief statement in the course of which he said: "The testimony in this case reveals a crime rendered of singular atrocity. It is, in a sense, inexplicable: but it is not thereby less inhuman or repulsive. It was deliberately planned and prepared for during a consider It was executed with and cruelty. able period of time. feature of callousness "Under the plea of guilty the duty of determining the punishment devolves upon the court and the law indicates no rule or policy In reachfor the guidance of his discretion. every On May 26 a blood-stained chisel wrapped in tape was found near the Harvard school.ing his decision the court would have welA funeral wreath with a card signed "George comed the counsel and support of others. In some states the legislature in its wisdom has Johnson" was received at the Franks home It was supposed to have provided for a bench of three judges to deter on the same day. been sent by a person who had telephoned mine the penalty in cases such as this. NeverRobert theless, the court is willing to meet his reof May that 21 It would have been the path on the evening sponsibilities. On May 29 after two of of least resistance to impose the extreme penFranks was "safe." In choosing imprisonment days of record searching the ownership alty of the law. instead of death the court is moved chiefly the spectacles found near the dead body was traced to Nathan Leopold, Jr., and he and They by the consideration of the age of the dIt 15 Richard Loeb, his chum, were arrested. an alibi by declaring fendants, boys of 18 and 19 years. not for the court to say that he will not attempted to establish that on the day of the killing they had been Willys-Knight in any case enforce capital punishment as an in a maroon driving about alternative, but the court believes that it is This attempt failed when Sven within his province to decline to impose the automobile. Englund, chauffeur for Nathan Leopold, testisentence of death on persons who are not of fied that the car in question had not been Confronted full age. This determination appears to be in ac out of the garage on May 21. with this testimony, both Loeb and Leopold cordance with the progress of criminal law early on the morning of May 31 confessed More than that. it that they killed Robert Franks almost im- all over the world and with the dictates of to enlightened humanity. mediately after they had induced him seems to be in accordance with the prece enter a car which they had hired for the ocdents hitherto observed in this state. The rec casion. They hit him over the head with a cold chisel, gagged him and took his body ords of Illinois show only two cases of minors who were put to death by legal process-to to the lonely spot where it was found. Later in the day in company with State's Attorney which number the court does not feel inclined Robert E. Crowe they went over the entire to make an addition. route they had followed on the evening of the murder and told him everything they had The story they done from start to finish. told was confirmed to the minutest detail. Even the typewriter on which the letter was written was found June 7 in the park lagoon into which they had thrown it. On June 6 Leopold and Loeb were indicted for murder and kidnaping for ransom. both crimes punishable by death under the laws of Illinois. On June 11 they were arraigned be ransom "The court feels it proper to add a final word concerning the effect of the parole law upon the punishment of these defendants. In the case of such atrocious crimes it is entirely within the discretion of the department of To such policy the court public welfare never to admit these defend ants to parole. urges them strictly to adhere." In sentencing the young men Judge Caverly used these words: "In No. 33623. indictment for murder. the In re: TITLE INSURANCE The policies of the CHICAGO CHICAGO TITLE & 69 West Washington Street Assets Over $21,000,000 No Demand Liabilities sentence of the court is that you, Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., be confined in the penitentiary at Joliet for the term of your natural life. The court finds that your age is 19. In No. 33623, indictment for murder, the sentence of the court is that you, Richard Loeb, be confined in the penitentiary at Joliet for the term of your natural life. The court finds your age is 18. "In 33624, kidnaping for ransom, it is the sentence of the court that you, Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., be confined in the penitentiary Acacia Park-Irving Phillips avenue. All Saints-River road, near Des Plaines. at Joliet for the term of ninety-nine years. The court finds your age is 19. "In 33624. kidnaping for ransom, the sentence of the court is that you. Richard Loeb, be confined in the penitentiary at Joliet for the term of ninety-nine years. Loeb and Leopold were taken to Joliet by automobile under strong guard on the evening of Sept. 11 and were delivered to the warden of the penitentiary with the customary formalities. CEMETERIES IN CHICAGO AND VICINITY. Arlington-West thirteen miles, near Elmhurst. B'nai Abraham-South of Waldheim. B'rith Abraham-Des Plaines avenue and 14th sixteen miles. near South Eden-Irving Park-blvd., near Franklin Park, Elm Lawn-West thirteen miles on Lake street, near Elmhurst. Elmwood-Grand and Beach avenues. Evergreen-South Kedzie avenue and 87th-st. Fairmount-Willow Springs. Fair Oaks Park-Matteson, south. Forest Home-West ten miles on Roosevelt-rd. Free Sons of Israel-Waldheim. German Lutheran-North Clark street and Glen Oak-West Roosevelt road and 5th-av. Holy Sepulchre-Southwest on 111th street be- Lincoln-Kedzie avenue and 123d. Mount Maariv-Narragansett avenue, near Irving Park boulevard. Mount Olive-Northwest nine miles, on Narragansett avenue. Mount Olivet-South sixteen miles. near Morgan Park. Mount Zion-South of Forest Home. Norwood Park-Sanford-av. and Higgins-rd. Ohavo Amuno-South of Forest Home. St. Adalbert-Norwood Park. St. Boniface-North Clark-st. and Lawrence-av. St. Lukas-5232 North Crawford avenue TERMS OF ILLINOIS, COOK COUNTY AND CHICAGO ELECTIVE OFFICIALS. County officers throughout the state are elected for four years. Judges Superior court.... 6 THE BLATCHFORD "NO. 1" STEREOTYPE METAL-AUTOPLATE METAL MACHINES MANUFACTURERS OF THE BLATCHFORD PLATE MOUNTING SYSTEM THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS. Chicago, November 10, 1924. Messrs. E. W. Blatchford Company, 230 North Clinton St., City. 92 Gentlemen: We have used the Blatchford metals-stereotype, linotype and autoplate-continuously for many years, and with uniform satisfaction. We believe them to be unsurpassed in quality. |