File:Leopold and Loeb's ransom note for Bobby Franks.jpg

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Ransom note written by Leopold and Loeb. The text reads as follows:

Dear Sir:
         Proceed immediately to the back
platform of the train. Watch the east side
of the track. Have your package ready. Look
for the first LARGE, RED, BRICK factory sit-
uated immediately adjoining the tracks on the
east. On top of this factory is a large, black
watertower with the word CHAMPION written on
it. Wait until you have COMPLETELY passed the
south end of the factory - count five very rap-
idly and then IMMEDIATELY throw the package as
far east as you can.
         Remember that this is your only
chance to recover your son.
                  Yours truly,
GEORGE JOHNSON
Date
Source Chicago Daily News/Chicago Historical Society
Author Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr.and Richard A. Loeb
Public domain
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The note was first published in 1924 without a copyright notice. It was never renewed or registered with the U.S. copyright office. Therefore,the copyright is expired.

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