Show ALBERT H LOEB DIES at FATHER OF FRANK SLAYER PAS PASSES ES AWAY GRIEVING OVER WAYWARD SON murderer may be permitted to leave jollet joliet prison for few hours to join family at Fat fathers herts bier chicago Chicag 6 richard dickie loeb who with nathan leopold jr mur dered 14 year old bobby franks may be released from the illinois state penitentiary at joliet long enough to attend the funeral of his multimillionaire father albert H lo 10 loeb eb who died at his home here john L whitman warden of the penitentiary is known to favor the granting of permission to prisoners to attend funerals of near relatives and if application is made it is considered almost certain that dickie will leave the prison for a few hours at least richards father senior vice pres ident of sears roebuck co expired of heart failure after a prolonged illness members of the loeb family were emphatic in denying that death was brought about or even hastened by the confession court hearing and an sentencing of his third oldest son to the penitentiary for life loeb had been a virtual invalid for more than a year the heart attack eventually ending in death came on may 18 just two days before bobby franks was and murdered the last time the millionaire saw his son was on may 29 when dickie was taken into custody young richard went to his fathers room and laughingly told him that policemen had bad called to question him they want to ask me some ques dad dickie said ill be back in two or three hours so long iong dad three days later when richard and nathan leopold confessed the and murder loeb was too ill to be advised later illness prevented loeb from attending the prolonged court hearing bearing and he be was never officially interviewed members of his family said that he never commented at length upon his sons case except to express regret loeb was considered one of the foremost business organizers of trie ane west he was born at rockford ill on graduation from college loeb became a school teacher with a post in Chi cagos public evening schools he was admitted to the bar in 1899 and formed a partnership with sidney adler during his law a w career loeb secured the legal business ot of sears roebuck co later he acquired an interest in the firm and became its senior vice president loebs fortune has been estimated at close to |