Evening star., 1924-07-22
GROVE WILL MAkE
UTMOST EFFORTS
T0HANG SLAyERS
Prosecution to Present About
100 Witnesses Against
Loeb and Leopold.
MITIGATION EVIDENCE
ONLY ALLOWED DEFENSE
Darrow Says Parents Want Only
Life in Jail, Not Asylum,
for Youths.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 22.-Jacob Franks
father of the 1S-year- old victim of
Nathan Leopold, jr.. and Richa rd
Loeb, confessed slayers, will be the
first witness for the state when the
Presentation of evidence begins to.
morrow before Chief Justice John r
Caverly in the judicial hearing des-
tined to fix the punishment of the
youthful intellectuals
states Attorney Robert Z. Grove
VIII make a brief opening statement
setting forth the aims of the prose-
cution and suggesting the punish
Observation-Disclosures by the state
MI franks will take the stand after
the opening statement.
The hearing is purely in the nature
of an advisory conference in which
the opposing counsel will present ar
suments and evidence in support of
thelr respective pleas for punishment.
Having yesterday entered pleas of
guilty to the charges OF murder and
kidnapping. Leopold and Loeb face a
certain sentence, with the only uues-
ton centering about the degree Of
severity. After the statement of the
rather, the state plans to present
expert testimony from several noted
alienists designed to demonstrate the
mental responsibility of the defend
ants.
The proceedings, it was stated,
would require about three weeks.
Defense Limited.
Only evidence tending to mitigate
their punishment can be submitted
without jury at a judicial hearing
beginning tomorrow. The prosecu-
tion, which demands the gallows for
the two university students who said
they killed for experiment, plans to
examine a hundred witnesses. The
defense, hoping for a life sentence,
expects to submit testimony of alien
lists regarding the mental RESPONSE
bility of the youths.
Three Weeks Hearing Case.
More than three weeks are expect
ed to be consumed for the hearing
States Attorney Grove intends to
present every bit of evidence collect
ed by the State just as if a jury was
hearing the case. His opening state
ment is expected to occupy all day
tomorrow.
The parents of the two boys,
estimated to have resources OF more
than s1o,O00,oo0, do not wish them to
have their freedom, attorneys for the
defense say. Neither. it is SAID, DO
inP
be in an asylum, as might nave re-
suited had the insanity theory peen
pursued Consequently the corps OF
alienists who made minute examlna-
4ions and prepared voluminous re-
norts will make brief statements on
the stand in the effort to gain
leniency.
n. e. Alienist May Testify.
Drs James Whitney Hall and
xyilliam ]. Hickson of Chicago, Df.
William A. White of Washington, Dr.
p,r, Bowman of Boston and Dr.
Ra1nb Hamill are among the mental
.vne-ts who will probably take the
stand for the defense.
.J am confident that both Will be
sentenced to hang said MT. Grove
.It is the only just punishment ior
their crime.
"Tbe State is going to prove not
onlv that they are guilty. but tnat
-bev are absolutely sane ana shouio
be hanged ;.. Tho
.Now we need no alienists Inc
defense cannot introduce testimony
sanding TO show the boys lnsahe'
Tbey can, however. bring In Witnesses
,r experts who may testl1y oeai ine
m their responsibility.
III. defense was moved to cast
ia. tho insanity plea, defense at
torneys said. because II thes
adiudged insane their famiiles "ouiu
he injured by the reflection lot SUE
eeedine generations. deot 10 puo-
lie opinion, they said, also lmpeheo
discarding the theory.
wealth of Families.
Tho wealth Of their families was
r,,y responsible for the pleas OF
guilty. Mr. Darrow SAID.
IF these boys were poor ne Saiu'
ct am confident l could get Veroic'
of acuuityal. TnelT "eoi'h 10
mendous handicap.
I'VE have thrown ourselves upon
the mercy Of the court because
frmlv believe that nowhere In this
broad land could there be gotten TO-
eetber a fair-minded and impartial
Jury to try the case. Some "ouio
saw they had no opinions. but they
would have-most of them subcor-
eciously.
willing to Plead Guilty.
Young Leopold. whose study of
birds had made him an authority on
ornithology, was said by the attor-
ney to have been willing to plead
guilty in the hope of receiving a life
sentence when informed he could
have scientific apparatus and books
if he went to the penitentiary. Both
youths answered in the affirmative
when asked by Judge Cayerly IL they
realized their pleas might result in a
death sentence.
Afterward, when questioned by
newspaper men, the boys wondered
what amount of space would be given
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