The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-31

The kidnapping was carried out in
every detail as planned, including
the victims death, Mr.. Grove said
Leopold and Loeb confessed. He said
Leopold admitted writing letter to
the father of the Franks boy, de-
mandinE $4,000 and that the auto
mobile used to spirit away their
victim was rented machine.
The finding Of the spectacles
near the boys body provided our
only tangible clue said Mr.. Grove.
1T was through them that the kid
naping and Staying were traced to
young Leopold. The typewriter, and
clothing stripped from young Franks
have not been recovered, said Mr..
Grove, but he expected to have
them this afternoon.
Killed by Blow
The little fellow was killed by q
blow on the head, and then strang-
led States Attorney Grove de-
clared. "A chisel wrapped with tape
was used to strike the blow"
The chisel was found by Herald
and Examiner reporter about four
blocks from the school which the
Franks boy attended. States Attor-
ney Grove added that ether was to
be used if the boy had not been
killed as he was. This, he said, was
all explained in the confession.
The killing, they admitted, Mr..
Grove said, occurred in an automo-
bile of the same make as owned by
Leopold
Fathers Wealthy
Ernest Loeb, brother Of Richard
Loeb, received the information given
out by the states attorney with in.
credulity.
1T cannot be Sc, he csserte0,
We know exactly where Dick VS.
every hour of this particular We'd
nesday.'
Loeb is the son of Albert H. LoeS,
vice-president Of Sears,
Roebuck and Company.
Lcopod's father is very wealthy
box manufacturer, said to be esrs-
cially known in lake shipping err.
cles
Leopold and Loeb each accused
one another Of striking the blow
with the chsel.
Entirely Caln
Leopold was entirely calm as he
made his confession, Mr.. Grove
said.
The discoloration on the boys lips
was caused by acid, States Attorney
Grove declared. Similar acid, he
asserted, was found in Leopold's
room. The acid, he declared, was
to disfigure the slain boy
in order to prevent Identification.
Leopold has admitted typing the
letter demanding the $4,000 ransom
of Jacob Franks, father Of the VIC
tim, Mr.. Grove said. Loeb, he add
ed, first telephoned to the Franks
home the night Of May 2l, after the
boy was dead, and told the lads
mother that Robert had been kid
naped but was safe.
Both prisoners have been study
ing law and told apparently frank
stories until confronted with dis
crepancies in their stories after SO
hours Of grilling. They finally
yielded and began making admis-
sions, but even after making the
confessions, Mr.. Grove declared, re-
mained composed. Leopold, he said,
was entirely nonchalant about it.
To Grand Jury
Mr.. Grove declared the case would
be presented to the new June Crane
jury, the first case to be placed in
the jurors hands.
The stenographic notes of the al
legged confessions, he said, were
locked up, and although he said thev
might be made public late today,
he was taking every precaution ta
make the case complete.
1t was Lcopold's spectacles-t
principal clue in the case--found or
the prairie near the culvert where
the Franks boys body was thrust
into railroad culvcrt, that led ia
the arrest of Leopold and Loeb, M.
Grove explained. In admitting ho~'
they killed the Franks boy the two
young men said, according to NJ.
Grove, that they struck him with a