Evening star., 1924-07-23
Boy Slayers Calm as State
Demand They Die on Gallons

the murder hearing but asks a con-
tinuance on the separate hearing"
said Mr.. Grove
object" said Mr.. Bachrach. This
is not a real trial and there should
be no separation of the two cases"
III this is not trial what is it,"
commented Grove.
A wrangle finally brought an agree
ment to proceed with the murder in
dictment while keeping the other
charge ION call from day to day"
Mr Grove then started his opening
statement He dwelt upon the iden-
tity and upbringing of the defendants.
Mania for Gambling.
They behaved in accord with
standards Of their social sets, except
that they developed mania for
gambling for high stakes" said Mr..
The evidence will show that from
this they retrograded to the point
where they could commit a cold
blooded murder"
Mr.. Grove said that the crime was
say they threw a compact bundle of
newspapers from train to learn
where it would land so they might in
struct the father of their victim how
to throw ransom money to them. Mr.
Grove told of Loeb's registering at
the Morrison Hotel under tn assumed
name and how the suit case left in
the room contained books from the
CnlHersity of Chicago library issued
to Richard Loeb.
He then described how the bows
rented the automobile in which the
crime was committed. Leopold an
piled for the car under the name
Morton d. Ballard" the same as
that used by Loeb when he registered
at the hotel.
Selection of Victim.
Mr.. Grove said Leopold and Loeb
had discussed the feasibility of kid
naping different boys, among them
William Deutsch, grandson of the
head of Sears. Roebuck & Co. and the
son of a prominent Chicago attorney"
He read "a model letter" which
he said was drafted by Leopold and
Loeb in their study of means and
methods. 1t was practically iden-
Jacob Franks the day after his son
was killed. A follow-up letter was
read, designed to instruct the recipi-
ent on how to throw ransom money
from a train.
After you pass a large red brick
factory, count five as rapidly as
possible and then throw the package
east as far as you cam. said the
letter.
Mr.. Grove said that the evidepce
would show that Leopold and Loeb
decided to murder their victim first
and demand ransom afterward.
He said they got ether from Leo
pold's ornithological equipment,
gag, some tape, ropes, chisel and
acid to dishgure their victim.
Selection of Victim.
Mr.. Grove told how these instru-
ments of death" were transferred
from their own car to the rented ma
chine.
"Then they went to the Harvard
School," he said, talked with some
of the boys and instructors and de-
cided to do away with Johnny Levin
son."
He said that fortunately for Levin
son, he went home by an unexpected
route.
But there was another boy there.
a boy who only the day before had
ter's yard" Mr.. Grove said.
Come in. Bobby, we'll ride you
home said Loeb. mo, / prefer to
walk said Bobby.
"'Come on, I want to talk about
your tennis racquet said Loeb, and
Bobby went to his death.
Murder of Franka.
They turned the corner and at
once the poor little innocent boy was
struck on the head and while still
gasping for breath, Leopold reached
over from the back seat, seized him
by the throat and squeezed the last
life from his fragile body.
Mr.. Grove then described the trip
the murderers removed shoes, stock
ings and trousers from their victim,
completing the undressing after they
reached the culvert.
Leopold took the body and forced
it's face downward into the drain,"
he said. adding that efforts to erase
the features with acid failed because
Of water in the culvert.
Destroying Of Evidence.
The methods by which Loeb and
Leopold tried to DESTROY all traces OF
the crime were described. He said
that the belt bucket. tie clasp and
Of the clothing. The cloth garments
were burned in the Loeb home
furnace. A blood-stained robe was
reserved lest its odor saturate the
buried, the robe saturated with gaso-
line and taken to a lonely spot on the
lake shore, where it was set FIRE.
'The next day they tried to wash
blood from the hired car, said Mr..
Grove. Your honor Will be shown
stains He told how the ransom let
ter was mailed and the hrst tele-
phone message sent to Mrs. Jacob
Franks, reassuring her: Your son
has been kidnapped. He Is safe; don't
worry. Details later"
Letter to Franks.
Mr.. Crowe said Loeb started the
second letter to Mr.. Franks, and the
latter was then told by telephone to