New Britain herald., 1924-06-02

nlufuer. N nllc the maximum ppr'sh- ment for ei'h-" offciio.- IS death. inc minimum penalty for Kidnapping for ransom is five years Imprisonment and tho minimum for murder is II years in prison.
 Attorney Bachrach said he had not talked with the boys sufficiently to know whether they would repudiate their alleged confessions. Asked if he thought third degree methods had been used 10 obtain the confessions, tho lawyer said
 No physical violence was used, but continued questioning and duress are just ss important as physical force.
 Nothing to say" was all tho boys would say as they started for the in- quest.
 First Skir,rish
 The first skirmish in what is eX- pected to be one of the hardest fought battles in the history of Illinois iuris- prudence was set for today when at- torneys for Nathan Leopold Jr., and Richard Loeb. scions Of millionaire Chicago families and confessed kid napers and slayers of IA year old Robert Franks, also millionaire's son, demanded their release on writs of habeas corpus.
 The defense attorneys contend that ! the youths have not been permitted to 1 discuss their predicament with cour- i sel chosen by the Leopold and Loeb 1 families. and that the state has had 1 ulienists examine the boys in an effort l to forestall possible plea Of insanity. i
 Inquest Today Also
 The inquest into the death Of the Franks lad, also was set for today, Through confessions made public by Robert F. Grove, states attorney, and | newspapers, it has been established i that the child was enticad into an 1 occupied by Leopold and ! .oeb on the afternoon Of Wednesday [ May 2i, struck on the head with tape. wrapped cold chisel. rolled into heavy blanket with a gag rammod down his throat and left to die. His body some five hours later, according to confessions by Leopold and Loeb, was stripped and damned into cnl- vert in a wild, isolated spot on the far south side, where if accidentally V as found the next morning by a passing laborcr.
 Gct New Experience
 The youthful kidnapers-sisyers. y ho claimed they killed che fad through a spirit of adventure. as well as for the sio.o0o ransom they de- nanded Of Jacob NJ. Franks, the father. gained q new sensation last ,irht--that of being reiegated alone io police precinct cells. with special guards to keep them from commit ting suicide. '1
 Accompanied by detectives and newspaper men. Mir. Grove yesterday took the boys over tho route they had raverscd with the body of young Franks in their rented automobile and a.er as they disposed of tell tale , ,lofhine. iaprohe. rnid chisel and inc vpprritpr on which Leopold admitted ,e composed the ransom letter.
 Enio, Publicity.
 Etrryphere crords gathered quick v. undeterrcd by the gazing curious, he youths aided in piecirE together he subsisutiaiiug etidnnra which ,ih fhnir confession. Mir. rrops re- ; ,ards as sufficient to gain the hang mans moose.
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 Lo'h son r' tine tice president of c srars. Eo~hurk z Co., is lr=s surs. U sH hopeful
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