Chapter 39 Section 14

However, these two "young geniuses" have neglected a very important detail here: when do these seven days start to be counted?In his account to the police, Nathan said he counted from May 22, Thursday at 3:30 pm, when they called the pharmacy and found that Mr. Fanks was not there, and decided to give up.So when he was taken to the La Salle Hotel by two detectives at 2:30 p.m.And Richard's algorithm is from just after 5 pm on Wednesday, May 21, the moment Bobby Fanks was taken into the car.It had been more than eight days since the police took him away from his home on Thursday night, May 29.

Later, some reporters commented that although the two criminals made full use of their own advantages in intelligence and knowledge in the process of committing the crime, with careful planning and precise operations, but because of the weakness of intellectuals, they had to compare pennies and shirk each other, which was not as good as Members of gangsters and other criminal gangs who don't have much ink in their stomachs come and go.This is one of the reasons why their whole program was aborted. At 6 a.m., Attorney General Robert Corow walked out of his office.He looked exhausted—tie askew, wrinkled shirt, dark circles under his eyes—but his excitement and joy were palpable.The chief prosecutor glanced at the crowd of journalists, most of whom were disheveled like him.He knew that many of them had already spent the night here, including James Mulloy, Alvin Gerstein, and Hauer Meyer.He knew that there were many more people waiting, the editors, typesetters, and printers of the 12 newspapers in Chicago, the families of the victims and suspects, and of course, thousands of Chicago citizens.

"We have successfully solved the murder of Bobby Fanks," announced Attorney General Corot. "The murderer is in custody. Nathan Leop and Richard Lowe have voluntarily given a full account to the police." . "This kidnapping and murder case was planned for a long time, but Bobby Fanks was not the target set by the two criminals in advance..." Immediately, reporters flocked to the phone booth.A few minutes later, the extra pages of the newspapers were sent to the printing factory.According to the statistics of the "Chicago Herald" newspaper, within the first 10 minutes of its listing, 100,000 copies were sold.

As the media expected, Chicago was once again sensational, or rather, shaken.Although people in this metropolis are used to murder, robbery, kidnapping, and gang crimes, how could two millionaires who are so pampered, knowledgeable, and have a bright future come together for a mere one? It is unheard of to kidnap and tear up tickets for tens of thousands of dollars like grass bandits on the rivers and lakes.What is even more unimaginable is the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of the two criminals in the process of planning and implementation. Their selection and killing of hostages was like "tearing a leaf from a tree and crushing it casually."

Jonny Levinson's father said in response to questions from reporters: "My wife and I went to a dinner at the Lowys not long ago, and Richard was there, and he was warm, funny, and thoughtful. , was very gentlemanly in every gesture and gesture. I always thought he was the best kid I've ever seen. I have only one comment on his confession: unbelievable." Erwin Hartmann's grandfather also felt the same way: "How could these two children do such an outrageous thing when they have so much money at their disposal? It is absolutely impossible!" Leo Pu and Luo Yi's family couldn't accept such a cruel reality.Richard later said of this: "The one who really made me feel bad was my mother. No matter how much I tried to explain to her that it was all true, she refused so stubbornly and wishfully. believe her son broke the law."

It is said that Richard's mother, Mrs. Louie, Anna, visited Flora, Mrs. Fankers, to express her grief, sympathy and regret.After all, both of them lost their sons in this tragedy.After being rejected twice, Anna broke into Mrs. Fankers' room regardless of the people's obstruction, and found Flora sitting on an armchair like a piece of wood, casting her loose eyes out of the window dreamily.As soon as Anna apologized to the victim's mother, Flora interrupted her: "Bobby will be back soon, I believe." Bobby's father, Jacob Finks, said: "Nathan Leoppe claims to be an atheist, so how should he explain the glasses that left a clue for the police?" Nathan's mother, Flo Mrs. Lance Leop gave birth to her youngest son and fell ill, and died 17 years later.In grief and anger, Nathan never went to church again.

On the evening of the same day, Richard's uncle, Jake Lowe, Director of the Chicago City Department of Education, accompanied by lawyer Benjamin Bachlage, personally visited Dr. Claren Darrow, a well-known criminal lawyer in the United States, and implored him to appear in court to make his case. Sen and Richard defended.Richard's father, Albert Lowe, was already old and weak. After his son committed a crime, it was even worse.Because the people in Chicago at that time were already outraged, and the outrage was hard to appease, and people demanded the death penalty for the second criminal.Zeko reportedly told Krazhin: "Our only hope is to sentence them to life in prison, not to death. We are willing to pay anything and everything. Just, for God's sake, don't hang them." them."

The 67-year-old Kraren Daro is not good-looking, but wise and foolish.Years later, in his autobiography, Nathan Leop described his first impression of Kraren this way: "It was a warm day, and Kraren wore a light woolen coat. The coat was a nice one, but it looked as though he Sleeping in it. Shirt is wrinkled too. Also, he must have had eggs for breakfast that day, I can see the marks on the clothes, or just never changed. Tie is messed up and crooked It hangs around the neck. The most unkempt thing is that Kraren doesn't wear a hat, and he has never done his hair well, so the front lock always falls down and hangs over the right eye. At this time, the old man will be very upset. Patiently fingering them up. Whoever saw him like that would have thought he was a real redneck, a redneck who would get lost in Chicago. I thought to myself, does he know the law? ?”