The People v. Costello

Raymond Costello was convicted in the criminal court of murder and sentenced to death, and a writ of error has been allowed to review the judgment.

On the morning of July 10, 1925, at about 6:45 o’clock, Frank Giddis, a milkman, found the dead body of Madeline White, a sixteen-year-old girl, nude from the waist to the knees, under the front porch at 5931 South LaSalle street, in the city of Chicago. He telephoned to the Englewood police station and stayed by the body until the police came. Dr. Joseph Springer, who was a coroner’s physician and deputy coroner, arrived soon. The body was removed…