Evening star., 1924-06-07
ISLAYERS FACE TWO
l. BATTLES FOR LIVES
I Franks kidnapping to Be Pressed
Es,. Unless Murder Brings
i@ Death Penalty.
INSANITY PLEA FORECAST
Fathers Unwilling That Loeb, Leo
=. pold Defeat Justice"
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
CHICAGO, June Should Nathan
T.. Leopold, jr., and Richard Loeb. mil
lionaires' sons, indicted for the kid
naping and murder Of Robert Franks,
schoolboy son of another millionaire,
escape capital punishment in their
trial for murder, they Immediately
would be tried again on the kidnap-
ing indictment, according to Robert
(. Grove, states attorney. Plans are
going forward for two distinct and
complete prosecutions.
The defense OF the young university
postgraduate students will be only
that to which every human being is
entitled. according to the first state
ment from their fathers, Nathan F.
Leopold, sr., box manufacturer. and
Albert II. Loeb, vice president of Sears,
Roebuck & Co.
The fathers have not the slightest
inclination nor intention to use their
means to stage an unsightly legal
battle with an elaborate array of
legal counsel and an army of high
priced alieniStS in an attempt to de-
feat justice" the statement said.
Insanity Plea Expected.
The statement was interpreted in
the criminal court building as mean
ing tndt the ue1eTSe WOulQ set up
plea of insanity.
Assuming that the facts in the
case are substantially as published
then the only proceeding they favor
is simple, solemn investigation
under the law, touching the mental
responsibility of their accused sons,
said the statement. IF the accused
boys are found by a jury to be not
mentally responsible, their families
in accordance with their conscious
duty toward the community, agree
" that the public must be fully pro-
tected from any further menace by
the boys
In no event will the families of the
accused boys use money in any at
tempt to defeat Justice" the state
staff of two attorneys already re-
tained would not be increased by in
ternationally known legal experts
and that possibly one other Chicago
attorney would be retained. 1t was
stated that fees paid medical experts
would be only such as usually COM
manded by such work, and that q
committee composed of the officers
of the Chicago Bar Association would
nS the fees to be paid the attorneys.
Indictments Carefully Drawn.
Two indictments were returned by
the grand jury yesterday, making
separate charges of kidnaping for
ransom and murder-each a capital
ohense. Drawn with the utmost care
and calculated to defeat every pos
slble technical objection, the indict-
nIents contain twenty-seven counts
eleven of which were for murder.
The youths will be arraigned next
wednesday and the state will ask
mat the trial date be set for july
10, the earliest possible date
continuance. 1T was reported, but
without confirmation, or a change of
venue from Cook County (Chicago)
20 another county on the grounds
that public sentiment has been
aroused to such an extent that the
defendants could not obtain fair
trial here
Petitions for writs of habeas corpus
Tor the release of the youths were
dismissed with the returning OF the
indictments. and hearing on the peti-
ton, scheduled for yesterday, was not
held.
Backed by Cameru.
States attorneys are following a
novel procedure in preparation for
the prosecution by photographing
every witness at the exact spot where
his connection with the case occurred
In addition to the sworn testimony
, OF the witnesses before the grand
Jury, the camera corroboration is ex-
.pected to allow jurors to visualize
the scene through pictures and pro-
: tect the state against the death or
disappearance of any witnesses be-
fore the trial.
Relatives of the boys visited them
yesterday, the first weekly visitors
day at the county Jail since their
Incarceration. The brothers of each
boy called. Young Leob's childhood
nurse spent some time with him after
ffainting when she saw him.
4 letter purporting to have been
written by Curt Geissler, Milwaukee,
> Wis, Offering to substitute on the
8 Eallows for Leopold and Loeb, il his
heirs were given S1.000,000, was re-
ceived by Chief of Police Morgan
Collins today.