Nathan R. Leopold collection, 1926-1991 (inclusive).

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Nathan R. Leopold collection, 1926-1991 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52248278

Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and books. Papers document Long's involvement with Leopold and his case.

.25 linear ft.

University of Chicago Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7650798

University of Chicago Library

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Long, John P.

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Nathan R. Leopold was sentenced to life imprisonment after he and Richard Loeb were found guilty of murdering Bobby Franks in 1924. John P. Long was a classmate of Leopold's at the University of Chicago. From the description of Nathan R. Leopold collection, 1926-1991 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248278 ...

Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904 or 5-1971

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Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (1904-1971) is notorious for his partnership with Richard Loeb in the murder of a 14-year-old neighborhood boy, Bobby Franks, on May 24, 1924. Both from prominent Kenwood families and students at the University of Chicago (Leopold 1920-1924 and Loeb 1919-1924), they planned an intellectual exercise, "the perfect murder." They were discovered eight days later. With Clarence Darrow working for the defense, they were sentenced to life imprisonment. Paroled in 1958, N...