The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
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 were the words ascribed to the defend ant.
 That the possible consequences of his crime was upon Leopold's mind was further indicated by B. W. Puttkamer, a professor of criminal law at the Uni versity of Chicago, and by Max Wester, graduate student and tutor.
 Professor Puttkammer said Leopold under the guise of seeking instructions preliminary to an examination used the Franks killing as a basis for an academic discussion of criminal ln- tent. The professor said he was asked I by Leopold what the status would be if a kidnaper accidentally killed his victim, did it with imalice a fore thought or abducted him only for the purpose of taking liberties" with the victim.
 A Death Felony
 The professor answered these queries by pointing out that Kidnapping like ,nurder was a death penalty felony in | Illinois.
 Wester testified that Leopold had inquired whether kinapers who killed their victim would be guilty of mIr7 der. and that he had assured him | they would be so guilty. These ques- lions were asked, the testimony in- dicated, before the finger of suspicion had been pointed definitely at Leopold and Loeb. ...s35i
 F The boys sat through this line of I testimony with little outward mani festation of concern. Loeb glanced only occasionally at Leopold as the lat l ter's remarks were put into the record l He sat for the most part in his ia 1 miliar posture of class room interest, leaning slightly forward and with limp hands that now and then stroked his jaw.
 Leopold, with shoulder blades rest. ing at the top back bar of his chair, kept his elbows on the arms Of the furniture and his hands clasFed i'll front of the chest.
 When Sergeant Cortland quoted the remark about the friendly judge, both showed smiles that quickly were stifled into tightly compressed lips.
 An eyes went to tlle bench at this iuncture where Justice Caverly pulled M corner of his lower lip between his teeth, then turned calm glance about I started to treat the incident as hu- morous held their smiles at the half way mark as the judicial glance passed them Some hands went to features to hide the stifled smiles.
 Almost Flippant
 The tenseness of the moment passed quickly and when court adjourned a few minutes later to the jail yard. 1 where Judge Caverly inspected the au- tomobile in which Franks was killed, both youthful defendants were almost flippant in their mood. Leopold pulled with gusto on a cigarette and with Leob posed obligingly for newspaper photo graphers and smiled blithely without being told to Took pleasant please" ,"
 Clarence s. Darrow, chief attorney | for the defense, was jocular when the session ended a few minutes after the return from the jail yard. He had just informed the court that he and his associate attorneys wished to con fer before cross examining Sergeant | Cortland and court had adjourned until tomorrow morning. ..
 q hope I have better luck here after than I had today" he remarked to reporters. Look at all the pretty | girls here this afternoon ana then re- fleet upon the fact that this was the first day my wife was in court"
 Preceding the testimony of the DO. lice officers there was considerable testimony concerning Leopolds Ornitho- logical trips to the area in the vicinity of the railroad culvert where young Franks body was hidden.
 Tie state also brought in evidence on the recovery of the typewriter on which the ransom letters were writ ten, a professional diver telling how he found it in the muddy bottom of a park lagoon.
 The search for other relics, the shoes, belt buckle and the clasp pin of young Franks, the bloodstained automobile robe which yielded only pPrtly to flames fed by gasoline and the missing spectacles of Leopold was also de- scribed.
 The state presented IS witnesses to- day making their total for three days Ci5 and leaving 15 or less for the final stages of the story. Robert E. Grove, states attorney, expected tonight to use some of these. in q two-hour ses- sion tomorrow and to wind yp next Monday his task of informing Judge Cayerly of the details of the crime.