Joseph 'Frank' Lepitre

1881 Chicago, Illinois – 1960 Chicago, Illinois

 

 

Continuation of tree (3rd child of Zephirin Xavier Lepitre/Nellie Downey); all known surname descendants:

                    8          Joseph 'Frank' Lepitre  b: 13 March 1881  Chicago, Cook, IL; d: 11 May 1960  Chicago, Cook, IL

                                    +Anna Josephine Schwartz (Bourne, Lepitre)  b: 25 January 1890  Illinois; m: 14 February 1922  Chicago, Cook, IL; d: 1 January 1970  Chicago, Cook, IL

 

 

Notes for Joseph 'Frank' Lepitre:

Census

- 1900

 

- 1910 Baker, Walla Walla, Washington:  Frank Le Petrie 24 cook    [WA State Penitentiary]

 

- 1920 Chicago, Cook, Illinois:  Frank J. Lepitre 38 clerk/U.S. mail, wife Anna 29, Lillian 4 years 4 months.  [3041 Union Ave.]
 

- 1930 Chicago, Cook, IL:  Frank J. Le Pitre 50 chauffeur/windowshade, wife Anna J. 40, Lillian J. 14; stepson John J. Bourne 20 stock clerk/railroad; Fred W. Schmidt 59 watchman/post office, wife Nellie 68.  [2622 Armitage Avenue]

- 1940 Chicago, Cook, IL:  Frank LePitre 59 chauffeur/drapery firm, wife Anna 50, Lillian 24 filing/state employment.  [2622 Armitage Avenue]

- 1950 Chicago, Cook, IL:  Frank J. Le Pitre 69, wife Anna 60 sandwich girl/cafeteria, son-in-law David W. Van Zandt 33 sub contractor roofing etc./contractor, wife Lillian J. 34, Howard W. 1.

WWI Registration Records:  Frank Joseph Le Pitre; res. 3041 S. Union, Chicago, IL; b. 14 Mar 1880; wife Mrs. Anna Le Pitre; mail handler/Penn. RR; medium build, medium height; grey eyes, black hair; 12 Sep 1918 Chicago, IL.

WWII Records:  Frank Joseph Lepitre, res. 2622 Armitage, Cook Co., IL; b. 13 Mar 1881 Chicago; contact Mrs. Anna Lepitre (same address); unemployed; 5' 6", 135 lbs., grey eyes & black hair; 1942 Chicago, IL.

 

MISC:  Chicago Tribune (ILL), Saturday, 22 August 1896:  Aged mother resorts to threats - She tells Desk Sergeant Scully she will kill herself if her boy is sent to jail - An aged woman dressed in black called at the Maxwell Street Police Station and asked permission to see Frank Lapete, her son, who, with James Callahan, was arrested last night for burglary by Officers King and Duffy.  After the interview Mrs. Lapete told Desk Sergeant Scully that if her only child was sent to jail she would kill herself.  The boys are charged with breaking into the saloon at No. 21 Margaret street, conducted by J.F. Bradley, and stealing $49 worth of cigars and liquors.

- Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), Friday, 24 May 1901:  A miniature photograph of his mother, which was carried by Frank LaPetre on the lapel of his coat, furnished Capt. Wheeler's detectives a clew which resulted in LaPetre's arrest on a charge of burglary.  Burglars forced an entrance into the hardware store of R. Wetz, 306 Blue Island avenue recently and goods to the value of $400 were stolen.  Detectives Voss and Long were detailed to investigate the case and found the button photograph near the store door.  The officers showed the picture to many women in the neighborhood and one recognized the picture as that of Mrs. LaPetre.  The detectives went to her home in West 15th street and she said the picture had been worn by her son Frank.  His arrest followed.  LaPetre broke down and, it is said, confessed to the burglary.  His statement resulted in the police recovering considerable of the stolen property.

- WA State Corrections and Jail Records:  (mugshot included) Frank LePitre; alias X. Chicago Work House; burglary; age 21; 5'5 1/4", dark hair & gray eyes; b. IL; plumber; Cut scar across back left hand.  Cut scar base 1st left finger.  Cut scar on left chest above nipple. Received from Yakima Co.; sentence 18 months; 4 May 1907; Discharged 3 August 1908

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- Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, WA), Monday, 23 November 1908:  Frank LePitre, arrested twice before on the same charge, was arrested again this morning on the charge of burglary.  The place of the operation mentioned is the Rinehart candy store on East Main street.  LePitre was arrested the first time on the charge of burglarizing the Pantatorium on East Main, on this charge he was convicted.  On the charge of burglarizing the room of one of the habitués of the Idle Hour, he was acquitted.  He was arraigned this morning in superior court and pleaded not guilty.  He will appeal the other case. 

- Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, WA), Wednesday, 2 December 1908:  Charging Frank LePitre with being an habitual criminal a complaint was filed against him this afternoon by the prosecuting attorney’s office.  LePitre has been convicted of one burglary here, was acquitted of one to which there were eye witnesses, and is now under arrest for another.  Besides these local cases, it seems LePitre has had his troubles elsewhere.  The complaint recites that on April 20, 1907, he was convicted of burglary in North Yakima; in Chicago he was convicted twice, once under his own name, on August 24, 1904; and the other time under the alias of Eddie Burns, on August 8, 1898.  Both were for burglary.  Under the habitual criminal act a man is sentenced for life and the officers believe they have a clean case against LePitre.  The case will probably be heard next week. 

- Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, WA), Saturday, 12 December 1908:  Frank LePitre, brought before Judge Brents this afternoon for sentence, convicted of two burglaries and also of being an habitual criminal under the cumulative sentence act, was sentenced to the state penitentiary for life imprisonment.  Convicted of two burglaries in this term of court and narrowly missing a third conviction, Frank LaPitre was found guilty yesterday afternoon of being an habitual criminal and prison for the rest of his life is now3 staring him in the face.  LaPitre was convicted of several felonies in Chicago and other places in Illinois and Indiana.  He had a long and varied prison record in the middle west and when the evidence was submitted to the jury they shortly found him guilty under the cumulative sentence act.

- WA State Corrections and Jail Records:  (mugshot included) Frank LePetri; alias T. N. Frank Le Pitre; burg. & hab. criminal; age 22; 5'5 1/2", black hair & gray eyes, b. IL; cook; cross with wreath on arms of cross inside 1 forearm, 3 vac. scars 1 arm; scratch s k j 1st 1 finger.  Long scratch s base 1 finger.  Pit s 1 abdomen. Vac r arm. Cs base 4th r finger inside. Received from Walla Wall; sentence Life; 17 Dec 1908

- Oregon Daily Journal (OR), Wednesday, 14 July 1909:  Olympia, Wash., July 14 - The supreme court this morning sustained the habitual criminal act of 1903, under which a person previously convicted once or twice may be sentenced to prison for life.  The decision was in the Walla Walla case of Frank Lepetrie, convicted of burglary.

 

Obituary:  Chicago Daily News (Chicago, IL), Thursday, 12 May 1960:  Le Pitre - Frank J. Le Pitre, beloved husband of Anna (nee Schwartz), father of the late Lillian Van Zandt, fond brother of Pearl Sherwood (Buffalo, N.Y.) and the late Walter, father-in-law of David Van Zandt, grandfather of Howard.  Funeral Saturday at 9:30 a.m. from funeral home, to St. Sylvester's Church.  Interment Calvary.  Please omit flowers.

 

Notes for Anna Josephine Schwartz:

- It would appear that Anna may have been married to a Bourne c1909  She then married Frank's brother Walter Joseph Lepitre in 1910, but he died in 1916 after they had Lillian (1915).

 

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