CHICAGO MURDER
SENSATIONAL TRIAL. l_(Jmwxi Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. J CHICAGO, April 4. Leo Brothers, a notorious St. Louis gunman, lias been sentenced to fourteen years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary for the murder of Allred Llingle, a reporter of the “Chicago Tribune” who was shot dead nearly a year ago “because lie knew too much. The- jury took twenty-seven hours to reach their verdict.
This is probably one of the few murder trials recorded in which a verdict was sought without some sort of direct evidence leading to a motive tor killing. The case pivoted wholly on identification.
The defence will receive hearing of an application for a new trial on April
On hearing the sentence, Brother’s only comment was made to his guard. It was: “Let's duck.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1931, Page 6
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129CHICAGO MURDER Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1931, Page 6
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