MAKES HANDING UNFAIR.
ESCAPE OF I.OEB AND LEOPOLD. CHICAGO, Sept. 11. Four limousines, containing dozens ol lieaviiv-nrmed detectives, transferred Nathan Leopold and Richard l.oeh. the youths sentence.l t > life imprisonment for the liuinlei* of tin* sf-liu:)! .n\. I> !| - hert Franks, to the Joliet I’eiimleniary. Bv dispatching a series ol “lake motors, the officials so coni used tile hostile crowd outside the gaol that, there was no demonstration. Tbe “Chicago Tribune” says: ‘ft (be punishment of Leopold and l.oeh meets with the approval ol the people of this Stale, that indicates that t!i( retention of punishment by death m any ease in Illinois is wrong, " e no not see how tile conscience ol the State would permit any person to be senteiieed to the gallows hereafter, it tho public approves of tho measure of punishllieilt ill ammmam
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1924, Page 3
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136MAKES HANDING UNFAIR. Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1924, Page 3
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