Rocco De Stefano, distinguished Italian criminal lawyer, with offices at 160 N. La Salle St., was the winner of a $500 prize offered by the Chicago Tribune to the lawyer who would develop a theme, in appropriate form and giving the best solution on the reason for the mysterious crimes and criminals who are infesting the city of Chicago, and whom this great newspaper has attacked with much zeal, especially emphasizing the Italian criminal element.

The theme was treated by De Stefano with judicial competence and in such a way it placed him first among the competitors. He was awarded the prize.