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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1924
Page
1
In Chicago the Loeb and Leopold trial centers on defending two famed families and the two youths. Clarence Darrow argues mitigating youth and mental strain, while prosecutor Crowe presses for a death verdict amid sensational public scrutiny.
In a Michigan summer home the Loeb and Leopold families face the stakes of capital punishment. The courtroom tension centers on family honor and the judges' handling of the case as defense and prosecution unfold. The Leopolds’ fatherly shame and the threat of death linger as the trial tests loyalty to lineage and justice.
Advertisement offering immediate access to painters and paperhangers via the Painters and Paperhangers' 24 reetor Ring Crockett S01. Call or visit WW Main Avenue for service.
Hidalgo county investigators pursue a red haired woman linked to a fatal shooting near a cactus plant 20 miles from rail access. A diary shows a second traveler and a Denver location noted. detectives weigh robbery and female involvement while tracking footprints and vehicle clues.
Dr. White testifies Leopold and Loeb’s mental state. court debates moral wrongness of murder as defense seeks insanity. Leopold writes letters from jail about death and philosophy. Friedlander connection emerges as poetry interest links inmates. Major James J. Loving reports for duty with Engineers at Fort Trem Houston.
Government agents vow to curb beer tricks as Prohibition takes a harsher stance. The piece notes bootlegging damages the stick up industry in Chicago and other cities. It cites a Chicago bootleg king who bought a $160 000 home, claiming bootlegging is far safer and more profitable than street robbery as thieves turn to highway holdups and hijacking bootleggers.
Lieutenant Eric Nelson and Lieutenant Harding, air service reservists, endured a fog bound voyage to Iceland. Nelson, famed for athletic feats at Kelly Field in 1917 and as a pole vaulter, earned military honors after a perilous coast landing. Both men arrived exhausted but healthy, though ultimately they were dead tired from the strain.
The county selects a full set of delegates and alternates for state, congressional, and senatorial Republican conventions. Names include Dr. F. J. Thomson, Mrs. J. C. Griswold, Dr. Frederick Terrell, and many others, with 26 delegates allotted to the county for each convention. Delegates to the senatorial, congressional conventions listed with numerous local figures and party officers.
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