NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS OF NATHAN LEOPOLD, JR. AND RICHARD LOEB MURDER TRIAL, 1924-

1936

Storage: Box Lot (1 11 x 14 in. box)

Accession number: G1987.440

Description of the Collection

Includes newspaper photographs relating to the trial of Nathan Leopold, Jr.

and Richard Loeb for the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the Chicago boy

Robert Franks. Includes courtroom scenes and photographs of items that were

used as evidence in court. Includes photographs of the judge, police,

lawyers, family, acquaintances of the defendants and the victim, witnesses,

and a prison cell at Stateville Penitentiary in Joliet (Ill.).

Container List

Box 1

1 Nathan Leopold, Jr.

2 Richard Loeb

3 Leopold and Loeb together

4 Relatives of Leopold and Loeb

5 Clarence Darrow with Leopold and Loeb

6 State's Attorneys and Judge Caverly

7 Robert Franks (murdered boy)

8 Relatives and acquaintances of Robert Franks

9 Alienists

10 Group portraits

11 Miscellaneous individuals (identified)

12 Objects and scenes

M. Callahan

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