25 August

Darrow concludes his closing plea against the death penalty.

Leopold and Loeb Convicted

Two rich Chicago students killed Bobby Franks, 14, in 1924 to prove they could commit a perfect crime. A pair of glasses gave them away.

Crater fails to appear for the opening of the court term.

Judge Crater Unsolved

On 6 August 1930 a New York judge left a Midtown chophouse and was never seen again. The 'missingest man in America' and the Tammany scandal around him.