The Washington times., 1924-07-23
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men entered into conspiracy to kid
nap the son Of some wealthy man as
means Of securing money to meet
these obligations.
Attorney Grove continued to trace
the process Of the alleged conspiracy
from its inception to the hiring 81
the automobile used In the crime
and the arrangements made for es
dence the George johnson" kid
naping letter sent to the father eoi
the Franks boy.
Bought Strange Stationery.
Mr.. Grove said he would show
that the letter was written by Leo
p0ld and that, an an example Of ex
trene caution and cunning with
which the crime had been perpe
trated. Leopold some days previously
had bought some writing paper n
an cut.of-the way store on which
to write the letters in order TO avoid
D possible tracing Of the stationery
Attorney Grove then proceeded
TO the day OF the crime. He
charged that by this time, the de.
PENDANTS had determined to murder
their victim Immediately instead Of
carrying out kidnapping plan
formerly agreed upon.
he traced their steps on that day,
their buying Of the hydrochoric aclc
which Attorney Grove charged was
~ have been used IN destroying
their victims features. He told
how they had bought rope to ne
their victim and how they had OBJ
tanned the chisel with which they
later beat out the life OF their
little victim.
Visit to School
Prosecutor Grove told OF their
visit to the Harvard School, where
he charged Loeb went to look over
the pupils. all sons Of wealthy
parents, with a view to determining
the one whose father best could
pay the $4,000 on the following
day.
They had virtually determined on
Johnny Levinson, son OF a prOmi-
nent Chicago attorney, Grove said,
and retired to Leopold's house to
obtain field glasses through which,
from a safe distance, the defend
ants Nwatched the movements OF
their intended victim.
Only the fact that Levinson
failed to leave the school in the
way the defendants had expected
he would saved him from death,
Grove declared. The defendants
then, he said, turned their attention
to other possible victims and finally
settled on Franks. who happened
to be the last student to leave the
school.
"They enticed their victim into
the car" Grove continued, turned
their machine into a side street
where the boys cries would not be
beard and beat him four times
over the head with the chisel.
Then he was dragged back from
the front seat, gag showed down
his throat and q hand held over
his mouth and nose until life left
the body.
''Then. fearful that their car
would be stopped while the body
still was in it, they secured two re.
vOlvers, determined to shoot any
citizen or police officer who might
attempt to halt them. And only
because no one did attempt to stop
them Is the reason we do not have
another murder charge against
them today"
Disposed Of Body.
The attorney then traced The die.
posal OF the body, the losing Of the
glasses and the pouring of the
hydro-chloric acid over young
Franks features, which he said was
done by Loeb. Water in the drain
into which the body was placed, the
attorney said, washed away most
Of this acid and prevented the burn.
ing which it had been expected
would be accomplished.
Groves recital Of the crime DIFF.
1ered In no particular from that
contained In the defendants con,
fessions, although some points were
elaborated upon. The prosecutor
dwelt at length upon the finding
Of the glasses and their identified,
ton by the States Attorneys Office
as the property Of Leopold-the first
real clue WHICH linked the million.
ARE sIayers with the crime.
Mr.. Grove told OF the questioning
Of Leopold. Of his story that he
had been at school in the morning
had spent the afternoon at Lincoln
Park and had taken some girls out
In his machine in the evening,
ordering them out when they re.
fused to comply with proposals OF
himself and Loeb who, he said.
was with him.
Predetermined AIibi.
This statement, Grove said, was
m alibi determined upon by Loeb
and Leopold in case suspicion should
fall upon them.
Grove also told Of later question.