The People v. Brothers

Leo V. Brothers, the defendant, was found guilty by a jury in the criminal court- of Cook county of the murder of Alfred J. Lingle and his punishment was fixed at fourteen years in the penitentiary. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled.

Lingle, a reporter on the Chicago Tribune, was killed on June 9, 1930, at about 1:3o P. M., in a tunnel used by foot passengers under Michigan boulevard, in Chicago, and connecting Randolph street with an Illinois Central railroad depot. He was shot in the back of the head with a revolver. He fell face down,, with both hands in his…