Evening star., 1924-08-21
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body would not have been found If it
| had been pushed further into the
| drain. 20
Leopold left the car less than 20
| minutes after he had placed the body
in that pipe and telephoned, your
honor, to his sweetheart, a highly re-
spected young woman of this commu-
nifty" said Mr.. Savage.
The burning of the clothes of Bobby
Franks was described.
ITO show you how cautious they
were in this plan," he added, they
removed from the clothing a class
pin and a buckle and set aside the
shoes because they knew these OBJ
jects would not burn"
Continued to Scheme.
"co-defendants continued to plan and
scheme in order that they might
carry out this dastardly crime"
He dwelt upon the telephone mes
sage to Mrs. Jacob Franks, the vic
TINS mother.
Can you picture the feelings of
that mother?" queried Mr.. Savage.
Can you imagine how any one could
call a mother and tell her that her
son was safe, when at that very mo-
ment he was lying cold in a water
filled drain pipe?"
The mailing of the ransom letter
and throwing away of the cold chiseI
were next described.
Further attempts to obtain the
$4,000 ransom from Bobby's father
were described
'They told Mr.. Franks in the let
ter that this is a strictly commercial
proposition, but they didn't even play
fair on that" he shouted. "They could
have had the money without taking
life. and the proof is that Mr.. Franks
went to a bank and got the money
and prepared it for delivery to these
fiends."
Pay Little Attention.
The defendants paid more attention
to their own attorneys than to Mr..
Savage, as the latter told of this
stage. They conversed with Mr.. Dar-
row and looked over Benjamin Bach
rach's shoulder as the latter made
notes.
Mr.. Franks sat impassively back of
the defendants across the three-foot
aisle from Leopold's father. The
latter held his customary position,
eyes cast down.
How close the defendants came to
collecting the ransom was emphasized
by Mr.. Savage, who pointed out that
been told his son had been identified,
he received telephone call to take a
cab to a drug store, where he was to
receive further instructions.
Mr.. Savage stressed that it was
Loeb who wished to go ahead with
the attempt to get the money, but
that Leopold dissuaded him. He also
asserted that if Mr. Franks had gone
to the drugstore he would have been
told to rush to a certain train bound
for Michigan City.
He Would have had just time to
catch that train, where he would have
found the letter of directions on how
to throw the money. left there by
Loeb he said. WAS this caution;
was this premeditation?"
"Yes. for if the plan had gone
through it would not have been pos
sible to apprehend them in 100000
years."
Were Covering Tracks.
Mr.. Savage emphasized with loud
slaps the ingenuity of the plotters
in removing keys from the type
writer on which the ransom letters
were written. throwing them from
one bridge over a park lagoon. and
the machine from another. They
were covering their tracks, was the
shouted comment.
More slaps accompanied Mr.. Saw
ages accusation that Leopold tried
to fasten this horrible crime on his
friend" George. Lewis, by turning
evidence Of the latter's use of she'll
trimmed spectacles in that direction.
Help of Opticians.
mo other case has ever been solved
on so slender a clue" he said, but
added that the efficiency of the opti-
cal company was responsible for def
mite light on the ownership Of Leo
pold's spectacles.
Leopold leaned toward his attor-
neys as Mr.. Savage related how at
the hotel he had told Mr.. Grove "the
most logical story any man, could
have told"
Mr.. Savage related how Loeb had
talked to professor at the University
of Chicago about the terrible nature
of the Franks murder. Leopold had
discussed the murder with fellow
students, he pointed out.