Every Day He Asks Five Persons, Picked at Random, a Question.
Source: Chicago Daily Tribune, 5 August 1924, pg. 17.
The Question.
Would you like to be the judge in the Leopold-Loeb trial?
Where Asked.
Criminal Court building.
The Answers.
Miss Winne Meske, 2016 Howe street, bookkeeper. — Yes I would, in a way. I wouldn't like the passing sentence part of it, especially if it became clear that they should be hanged; at the same time I would like to see that justice is done to them so that thinkgs like that may never happen again.
Henry Weil, 4520 Drexel boulevard, real estate. — I wouldn't want to be the judge in this case. No matter what verdict is rendered the judge will be criticized. Seems to me the judge who has to decide the fate of these two boys holds the most difficult position in the world.
Miss Mary Blackwell, 7518 Emerald avenue, clerk. — Can't say I'd like to be the judge, but I believe society realizes its debt of responsibility to the Franks boy; that his taking away was not by insane minds, but by responsible youths who should be made to pay for their crime.
Fred L. Seaberg, 1918 Belle Plaine avenue, newspaper man. — I say no. Bert Williams' famous song voices my sentiment, "It's a good job for somebody else, not me." There's so much sentiment and so much publicity attached to it, that one is likely to be swayed by the one and criticized by the other, whichever way you pass sentence.
Miss Gertrude Anderson, 2710 West 24th street, clerk. — To tell the truth, I wouldn't like to be the judge—not in this case. It is too serious a matter to have on one's mind throughout life. I sure have a high regard for the judge who has shouldered this responsiblity.
