Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-31 | Page 14 | Loeb Murder Plot Charged

LOEB MURDER 1 PLOT CHARGED t. t 1 JOLIET III Jan cr 31 States UP Attorney Will R. R McCabe of ot Will Vm county county today said he believed belle Richard Rich RIch- r 1 and ard Loeb was deliberately mur mur- 4 d dered red S The prosecutor made this asser asser- assertion tint tion as ho launched at the state p prison lson where the 1924 thrill slayer slayer slay slay- er er was killed last Tuesday his own investigation of the slaying iRe Hc began questioning fellow convicts convicts con con- of James Fames ames Day 23 Chicago convict and said he planned later to quiz Day himself Day Is ls held on a charge of ot mur mur- der A coroners coroner's jury recommended recommend recommend- ed a homicide charge Flatly rejecting the story tory given by Day that Day that he slashed Loeb to heath death with a razor in self defense I the tho the prosecutor said he was determined determined determined deter deter- mined to di dig out the real story of how v th the 1924 thrill slayer was killed McCabe's theory was that Day Dayd I and aid d others possibly je jealous lous over Loebs Loeb's alleged preferential treatment treatment treat treat- ment by prison officials planned to to murder him and give his slayIng slay- slay Ing the appearance of ot a spontaneous fight I