Richard Loeb killed in prison....
Item # 725980
January 29, 1936
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 29, 1936
* Richard Loeb killed in prison
* Bobby Franks murderer
* Leopold and Loeb fame
The front page has a one column heading: "CONVICT KILLS LOEB, FRANKS BOY SLAYER" with subheads. (see)
Complete with all 40 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. In great condition as such.
Background: This isn't just a newspaper; it is a visceral time capsule of the moment the "Crime of the Century" finally met its grisly conclusion. On January 29, 1936, the world stopped to witness the violent end of Richard Loeb, the brilliant, wealthy "thrill killer" who believed he was a Nietzschean Superman above the law, only to be butchered in a prison shower by a fellow inmate with a straight razor. This 40-page edition of The New York Times captures a haunting collision of eras: while the ghosts of the 1920s Jazz Age were being laid to rest in a pool of blood, the front pages were already screaming with the omens of World War II, the rise of Nazi Germany, and the high-stakes political civil war of FDR’s New Deal. Holding this paper is like holding a lightning rod of history—from the high-society wedding announcements and the golden age of Broadway to the grim reality of the Great Depression—offering a raw, unfiltered look at a world teetering between the decadence of the past and the impending chaos of the future.
* Richard Loeb killed in prison
* Bobby Franks murderer
* Leopold and Loeb fame
The front page has a one column heading: "CONVICT KILLS LOEB, FRANKS BOY SLAYER" with subheads. (see)
Complete with all 40 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. In great condition as such.
Background: This isn't just a newspaper; it is a visceral time capsule of the moment the "Crime of the Century" finally met its grisly conclusion. On January 29, 1936, the world stopped to witness the violent end of Richard Loeb, the brilliant, wealthy "thrill killer" who believed he was a Nietzschean Superman above the law, only to be butchered in a prison shower by a fellow inmate with a straight razor. This 40-page edition of The New York Times captures a haunting collision of eras: while the ghosts of the 1920s Jazz Age were being laid to rest in a pool of blood, the front pages were already screaming with the omens of World War II, the rise of Nazi Germany, and the high-stakes political civil war of FDR’s New Deal. Holding this paper is like holding a lightning rod of history—from the high-society wedding announcements and the golden age of Broadway to the grim reality of the Great Depression—offering a raw, unfiltered look at a world teetering between the decadence of the past and the impending chaos of the future.
Category: The 20th Century
