The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
BOYS CONFESSION IS QUESTIONED
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EUH T dSC Oucs to look over the battered portable ma chine on which Leopold and Loeb typed their letter to Jacob Franks demanding $10,000 ransom after they had kid naped his son. The machine was found in the lagoon at-Jackson park, in the exact spot where Loeb, in his confession, said he had thrown it. A force of workmen who had been dragging the lake bottom found the typewriter Sat urday' afternoon, shortly after Grove had made the text of Loeb's confession public. Grove also had electrical ex- perts inspect the flashlight which Loeb and Leopold used the night they tucked Franks body into a culvert.
 Find Books
 Additional bits of evidence corrobor- ating the confessions were found Sun day by detectives. In the Morrison hotel the police found the book-laden suitcase abandoned by Loeb after he went there to establish a temporary residence and fictitious identity just before the Kidnapping. The books were |: Bancroft's History of the United States" Madison's- 'The Journal of Constitutional Conventions" "The In- fluence of Wealth in Imperial Rome" by Davis. and Franks Economic His tory of Rome"
 Two handwriting experts assisted photographers Sunday to take pictures "f every bit of handwriting of either Loeb or Leopold that Crowe's investi- gators have been able to find. Pictures were made of the identification cards the two youths signed when they rented the murder car, deposit slips made out at the Hyde Park State bank by Leo pold, the signature of Martin T. Bal lard, which Loeb wrote when registering at the Morrison hotl, tn printd ad- dress on the ansom letter and a num- Der of notes.
 During the day Grove conferred with Andrew Russo, an employe of the Pullman company in the railroad yards at the Morrison hotel, the printed ad- dress on the ransom letter and num- at Motthaven, N. Y. It was Russo who found the train letter addressed to Jacob Franks telling him how to throw the ransom money to the kidnapers.
 
 jury here Monday.
 Sherwin of Cleveland, and Miss Julia Lathrop of Chicago, president and vice president, respectively, of the National League of Women Voters. Miss Paul's followers opened headquarters in the lobby of the Cleveland hotel, under the familiar suffrage cOlors of purple, white and gold. Miss Sherwin's fol- lowers assembled at the Hollenden. Within. few minutes after the ar- rival of the woman's party leaders, a score of high priyates were stacking literature advocating the amendment and stringing their colors around the lobby. Miss Younger began routing sleepy leaders out of bed for a hear ing before the resolutions committee and Miss Paul started selecting speak CTS, for presentation of the proposal.
 The Sherwin group kept in close touch with the activities of the Paul followers and declared emphatically that it could be depended upon to fire an oratorial broadside in reply to the woman's party bOmbardment of the resolutions committee. Miss Sherwin went to her country home for the day | but her aides advised her of the ac- tN NltleS Ol luo WOIudu party.
 A scare was thrown into the two camps when a rumor was started that the proposal never would be permitted to come before the resolutions commit tee but this was generally discounted after inquiry. Confidence was ex- pressed tonight that the question would be threshed out before the full commit | tee.
 Summarized, friends of the amend ment say it's adoption is essential to ''re- moving women from the class of chil- dren and it's opponents declare that adoption of the amendment would mean the wreekage of so years of welfare work and greatly weaken the position of women particularly in industry"
 Whether the proposal is indorsed by the convention or not the fight will go on. Both sides today expressed their determination to carry the fight from here to the democratic convention and thence to the voters.