The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06

CHICAGO June 5.-(By Associated Prgss4k-A plan by two rich youths. Rgth brilliant students. to kill for ex- eiramant and to kidnap for a ransom, w1IrIh they dfd not need. was revealed tonight i'm tine detailed confession of Nathan LsopoId, Jr.. who. with his Baam companion Richard Loeb, was named today m true bills charging mUrGRr and Kidnapping for ransom in esuneeriOm with the staying of 13-year- aBB Robert Franks. The confession wif6ch was presented to the grand jury uadAy- was made public tonight by Robert E. CrUwe., state s attorney.
 We planned as long ago as last No vemBer. l guess the confession said -'TEie process of getting thu money was tiR most difficUIr problem We had seTeraI different plans. and all were good for one reason or another. Fi- mallE we hit Gm the one. throw the mBneF from a moving train after we have the given point marked
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 '-'Tlfe next problem was the system of ngr1fran1an- We had a plan that in elmiAd number of relays. The thing was to tell the man that his son was Kidnapped and being held for ransom.
 He was to secure S10,OO0 in de nominations as follows: SS.000 in $50 hills and S2.000 in S29 bills. We were to get 0Id bills so the numbers would mt be sequenee. The money was to be putt i'm a cigar box and wrapped with whl1e pnPer and taped. and the ends were tO be sealed with scaling wax. Tikz F-uueuEr pns~ Lo impression that 1t WAS to be delivered personally to a messenger of a certain GxRcUnnve Gf the pIans. He was then te retsTve q phone call instructing him u@ gU to a refuse box and there he was to gsti a note instructing him to proceed to drug stone and wait near the phone Ra8dh-
 Tine store WAS to be near the IlIi- nous CentrIl traekS. and he was to be gwen only time to rush cut to the de- EaT and board through train. and not have u1ne tV notify detectives or the FDirce where he was going. In the rrIim ha WAS to proceed bp the rear of u1iR Cmr- where the telegraph blanks were Rapt and there he was to be in sIrDcnEd tU gs to the back platform and TReR eHst until he came to q large brick fagt0rF uhHt had q water tower on if. wHnh the white inscription. champion. .
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 He was tO count two or three and ufRm throw the box as far east as he coUdh The next problem was to Cp; uftR within and we were undecided uc- uia that day Then we decided to ta A, TtiEs most GkeIE looking subject whr, GHmR cur waE. It just happened ;n Robert Franks. Richard was ar- quaiMhed with him. and h. called him @Eer and introduced him to me ana, thRm he asAed Robert to go for a ride 60 ' The Franks boy demurred, LeODOld- s confession Said. and Loeb told him h. Wanusd n0 show him q tennis raeauet UB"m wiilGh Robert got i'll the car.
 Fl gut m the car them the comics sBFm eun6inuRd- and stepped on the FRS and we proceeded. is we turned HHUImd the corner Richard DVt one ltsEnd over his mouth and beat him on tine hand He did not succumb as read nlT as WE expected and Richard pulled hmm to tine back seat and forced a club co gHg into his mouth. I guess he was HIstanrIF suffOcatet-' '
 Aftsr telling over tlFe route they druEg. uhs confession said:
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 The body was covered with an. an uSuI0ilIlR rWbe whieh we brought alon;. for rifa purpose We drove around uD Hud dsWn eu the read and then Drn- eaettaf om uhe path toward Hegeswisch. We had previously removed the shoes, stockings and trousers. We left the shoes au the side of the road in tie grEss- When we reached our destina- uIBm WE put the body down on the grass and removed the rest of the clothes and poured arid on the face of the boy to mHHR Identification more diffict:ir We put the body in the drain pipe and puIslisd It i'm as far as we could. We gHrhered up the clothes and placed uIiam i'm uiie robe and apparently at aFhis Bnint the glasses fell from my Vg',&Ht-
 We carried the robe with the GlsC1lss rO the automobile. which was gBn1u 38@ varJfs ,,istant. and the sock 1H1Et hIve dr"ppsI from the buldIt co
 Afrer describing the route they took t1n the city. he said
 II eaIIa,f the Franks home. told !. Mrs Thanks that was George John sgn amt that her son had been kid