The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-25

hand was uniniured.
swering the phone several times
on May %, and hearing a voice ask
If Jacob Franks is in the store"
1t was to this store that Leopold
had directed Franks to repair and
await instructions as to how TO re.
cover his son. The boy was then
dead.
James c. Kemp, a negro porter
at the store, gave similar testimony.
There were numerous telephone
calls to the store to ascertain IL
Franks had followed the instruc-
lions Of the kidnapers and muir.
derers of his boy. The father had
not gone to the store because
meanwhile he had learned his SON
was dead.
Instructor Testifies
The consumate cunning with
which Leopold sought to cover his
tracks after the murder Of the boy
was related to the court by George
Lewis, a acknowledgements Of or1ii-
thology and q frequent companion
of Leopold's in the study of bird
lore.
Lewis testified that Leopold called
him on May %, the day after the
Franks murder, and asked HIM to
take out q class in bird study,
which he did, the class going to
the vicinity OF the culvert. 1
Again on the following Sunday,
Lewis said, Leopold called him and
said that he, had been Intercepted
by the police concerning the Franks
case.
He asked me-" said Lewis,
whether had lost my glasses. /
felt in my pocket and said / hadn't,
whereupon he said he understood q
pair Of spectacles had been picked
up near where Franks body was
found and he thought probably
would be questioned too. He also
asked me IL had two pair Of
glasses. told him had not. He
said all Of us who had been in the
habit Of going to that vicinity to
study birds might be questioned by
the police"
None Of these witnesses were sub.
jected to any cross examination
whatsoever. Darrow simply waved
them aside with mo cross examina-
ton"
Police Captain Heard.
Captain Thomas G. Wolfe. q police
officer, who first questioned young
Leopold then took the stand. He
told OF getting on the boys trail
through learning that a student OF
his name and description" had
frequently been seen In the neigh
borhood doing what the residents
called Birding"
Grove then read into the record
Leopold's original signed statement
to the police May 26. in which ne
endeayored to explain his frequent
trips to the locality where FRANKS
body was disposed Of.
LeoDold denied in this statement
that he had been in the vicinity OF
the culvert s4nce May IL.
Howard Mayer, reporter Tor the
Chicago American, was then SUM
moned and told a remarkable story
az how Loeb had attempted to AID
him in unravelling the mystery.
Mayer said he met Loeb on the
campus of the University Of Chi
cage few days after the murder
and they talked Of the Franks
case.
Gave Suggestions.
''He suggested to me-" said
Mayer, that / make q round Of
the drug stores around Sixty-third
street and ascertain IL there had
not been some word left for Mr..
Franks about the $4,000"
subsequently, Mayer said, the
suggestion was carried out, and
Loeb accompanied several reporters
on a round Of the drug stores,
finally coming into the one az 1406
East Sixty-third street, where, sure
enough, the clerk said:
Yes. somebody has been calling
Mr.. Franks here"
Loeb turned to me-" continued
Mayer, land said, See. 1 told you
50. Now you have scoop. That's
what comes Of my reading detective
Both Loeb and Leopold laughed
out loud at the reporters dcscrip-
ton Of this episode. They enjoyed
II greatly.
Mayer waa succeeded On TIE