The ‘Crime of the Century,’ 100 years later
On May 21, 1924, Bobby Franks hesitated when a car pulled alongside him and he was offered him a ride home from school.
He was a 14-year-old student at the Harvard School for Boys at 4731 S. Ellis Ave., in the posh Kenwood neighborhood. Franks lived at 5052 S. Ellis.
“He said, no, he would just as soon walk, so I told him I would like to talk to him about a tennis racket, so he got in the car,” Richard Loeb said in his subsequent confession.
Franks had reason to believe it was OK to accept the offer.
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