Kidnapping was a booming business. The Daily News Almanac and Yearbook 1933 records that between 1929 and 1932 "Illinois led all states in crimes of this character, with forty-nine."
It seemed that the time was coming when every successful businessman would have to spend time sequestered by a professional syndicate of kidnappers. With public opinion demanding a solution to the kidnapping epidemic, local law enforcement was busy trying to pin an assortment of crimes on suspects they had in custody.
Frances was sent to Saint Mary's Academy in South Bend, Indiana to complete her high school studies, while her brother George was kept at home in Blue Island. George had a living space done up for him in the basement of the family house on Greenwood Avenue.
It seemed that the time was coming when every successful businessman would have to spend time sequestered by a professional syndicate of kidnappers. With public opinion demanding a solution to the kidnapping epidemic, local law enforcement was busy trying to pin an assortment of crimes on suspects they had in custody.
Frances was sent to Saint Mary's Academy in South Bend, Indiana to complete her high school studies, while her brother George was kept at home in Blue Island. George had a living space done up for him in the basement of the family house on Greenwood Avenue.
