Before the trial, key evidence went missing from the Cook County courthouse, including the signed confessions of Cicotte and Jackson, who subsequently recanted their confessions.
在大審之前，伊利诺伊州庫克郡地方法院遺失了一些關鍵證據，包括Cicotte與Jackson簽名的自白書，隨後他們也馬上翻供。