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Embezzlement in the Evening Star, 1880 & 1900

Prison For "Jekyll-Hyde"

Item

Title
Prison For "Jekyll-Hyde"
Source
Evening Star (DC)
Date
1920-06-10
page
2
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1920-06-10/ed-1/?sp=2&q=theft&r=-0.071,1.064,0.45,0.163,0
Crime
Theft
Subject
theft; lawyer; securities
Gender of alleged offender
male alleged offender
Law enforcement involved
police
Stage of the Legal System
sentencing
Location
Out-of-state; NY
Length of story
84
Description
PRISON FOR 'JEKYLL-HYDE'. N. Y. Lawyer Sentenced to Hard Labor in Securities Theft Case. NEW YORK. June 10 - Frank de R. Storey, a lawyer, convicted Monday of criminally receiving several thousand dollars’ worth of stolen securities, today was sentenced to Sing Sing prison for two and one-half to five years at hard labor. Storey, described by the prosecution as a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who associated with honest men by day and crooks by night, automatically is barred from practicing his profession.