Crime--Illinois--Chicago
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Leopold and Loeb Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS85
Abstract
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (November 19, 1904-August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (June 11, 1905-January 28, 1936), often referred to as "Leopold and Loeb", were privileged and wealthy teenage University of Chicago students who murdered 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks in 1924 in a desire to commit the "perfect crime," and were sentenced to prison for 99 years plus a life term. Through correspondence, newspaper clippings, court documents, miscellanea, photographs, publications,...
Dates:
1894 - 1990; Other: Majority of material found within 1952 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1963