New Britain herald., 1924-07-22
IA YEARS ID DEATH
 IS PENALTY FACED
Leopold and Loeb Cannot Possibly
 Escape Punishment

thltasn' iuiN s2s-Dealh, life i'm
 nrisonmeni or a peniientiary sentence
 Of not less than fourteen years. are
 faced by Nathan Leopold Jr,, and
 Richard Loeb, millonaire's sons.
 whose plea of guilty ta kidnapping
 and killing Robert Franks have swept
 aside carefully prepared insanity de,
 lenses and thrown Them on the mercy
 Of Judge R, caverly,
 Only evidence tending 10 mitigate + lhelr punishment can be submitted
 without a jury at judicial hearing
 beginning tomorrow, The proseeu.
 lion, which demands the salloRs for
 the two university students, who said they Killed for experiment. plans 10 examine hundred witnesses. The deiense, hoping for life sentence, sx-
 poets 10 submit testimony Of Rlienists
 regarding the mental responsibility of the youths,
 More than three weeks are eNp.ctad 10 he consumed for the henring. states Attorney Grove intends to nre. sent every blt Of evidence collected by the state just as if a Jury was hearing the case, His opening statement IS expected to occupy all day tomorrow.
 Parents Favor Prison
 The parents Of the two boys. estl- mated to have resources Of more than si0, ,o0o do not wish them 10 have their freedom. attorneys for the de- Tense say. Neither. it is said. do they ! desire that their incarceration he in an asylum as might have resulted had i the insanity theory been pursued. | Consequently the corps Of alienists | who made minute examinations and | prepared voluminous reports will | make only brief statements on the | stand in the effort to gain lcniency. i Doctors James Whitney Hall and !. William ]. Hickson Of Chicago. Dr. | William A. White Of Washington. Dr. Karl Bowman of Boston, and Dr. ! Ralph Hamill are among the mental ! experts who will probably take the stand for the defense.
 "l am confident that both will be sentenced to hang" said Mir. Grove. Tt is the only just punishment for their crime.
 state Demands Hanging
 'rhe state is going 10 prove not only that they are guilty, but that they are absolutely sane and should be hanged.
 Now we need no alienists. The de- fense cannot introduce testimony tend ing to show the boys insane. They can however, bring witnesses or ex- perts who may testify bearing on their responsibility"
 The defense was moved to cast aside the insanity plea. defense attor- neys said. but if they were adjudged insane their families would he injured by the reflection for succeeding gen. erations. A debt to public opinion, W they said also impel!ed discardng the theory.
 Wealth a Handicap {
 The wealth of their family was ] partly responsible for the pleas Of | guilty. Mir. Darrow said. $
 If these boys were poor" he said. T am confident I could get verdict e of acquittal. Their wealth is tre- mendous handicap. c
 we have thrown ourselves upon the mercy of the court because firm n y believe that nowhere in this broad A and could there be gotten together a j. lair minded and impartial jury to t.. tc he case. Some would say they had b. 10 opinions. but they would have, most of them subconsciously' S Young Leopold, whose study of birds had made him an authority on T., ,rnithology, was said by the attorney ,, o have heen willing to plead guilty in T., |, ,ope Of receiving life sentence when 7, informed he could have scientific ap- e. ,aratus and books if he went to the ,- Both youths answered N n the affirmative when asked by ", udge Caverly if they realized their ., eas might result in a death sentence. .,
 Enjoy Publicity r, r, Afterward. when questioned by -, ewspaper men, the boys wondered '' hat amount of space would he given - , the newspapers regarding their ap- earance in court. Loeb guessed ghtly that we're all over the front age" while Leopold counselled eau on in talking about the case.
 Back to their cells in the county il the prisoners were in contract, oeb expressing concern at the prob ,le optcome, Leopold, maintaining e nonchalent air he has preserved ost of the time since their arrest. Do you think the judge will let
 off with life?" Loeb questioned lard. They don't often hang fel- WIS who plead guilty do they?" Leopold was quoted as having of- red 10 lay wager with jail guard
 the probable sentence.
 Hopes They Pay
 Jacob Franks. father of the slain ", expressed the hope that the plea
 guilty did not mean the slayers ,uld escape actual criminal prosecu- m. He did not attend the hearing t later visited the states attorneys ice after he heard first reports Of