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Jacob Franks, Chicago Millionaire, Dies at 72

April 22, 1928
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(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

Jacob Franks, father of Bobbie Franks, for whose death Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb are serving life sentences in Joliet Penitentiary, died yesterday in his suite at the Drake Hotel. He was seventy two years old.

The funeral was held today. Interment was at Rosehill Cemetery.

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