Show DECISION MADE I AfTER HEARING DRAGS El WEEKS CHICAGO Sept 10 10 Following Following isa I Is Isa a 0 chronology of ot the Franks murder case case May MIlY 21 21 Robert Franks year 14 I old student in a private school and andson andson andson son of Jacob Franks millionaire i iI j president of a watch company dis dis- appeared j diS I May 22 22 the body of the Franks I boy was found under a railroad culvert culvert culvert cul cul- culI I vert on the southern limits of ot Chicago Chi Chi- cago The body was nudo nude and bore marks of blows on the head and strangulation May 25 25 Nathan Leopold Jr son of a 1 wealthy paper box manufacturer manufacturer whose home was only a u few blocks from the Franks residence was questioned by the police because because be- be cause causo of ot his frequent trips t to the place there the body was found He explained that his interest in the locality was based upon its bird life Of which subject he was wan A n. expert and nd he was waR released released May 29 29 Leopold and Richard Loeb son of ot Albert lbert Loeb vice president president president dent of Sears Scars Roebuck Co were arrested a pair of spectacles found near the body of young Franks having having hav hav- ing been identified as Leopolds Leopold's May 31 Leopold and Loeb startled the country by confessing the crl crime ie in all Its details checking up and andI I correcting each others other's accounts June 6 the grand jury of Cook co county nty Indicted the two on charges of murder and for ransom ran- ran sOm both offenses being punishable by death in Illinois June 11 11 they appeared before John R R. Caverly chief Justice of the criminal court of Cook county pleaded not guilty and were held without bail ball for trial August 4 4 July 21 the pleas were changed to guilty and the court consented to hear evidence as to the nature of ot the crime from the state testimony mony in mitigation of ot offered b by the defense July 23 the formal hearing strat- strat ed before Judge Cavely Aug 28 28 Hearing concluded and end I case taken under advisement |