21 May

A £300 reward for information is advertised in the London papers.

Great Gold Robbery of 1855 Convicted

In May 1855 four men emptied the bullion safes on the London-to-Folkestone night train and refilled them with lead shot. Nobody noticed until Paris.

Leopold and Loeb pick up Bobby Franks on his way home from school and kill him; that night his mother receives a kidnapping call.

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.