Evening star., 1924-07-25

Franks case and offered to get Mayer
and his car for the trip to the drug
store.
"Dick and Howard went into the
store" said Mulroy. ALVIN and /
were arguing over some theory in the
case and Loeb came running out, say
telephone the office, Loeb said: Don't
use my name On the way back !
asked Loeb whether Franks was the
kind of a boy who would struggle
against kidnapers and scare them into
killing him."
Mulroy repeated the remark quoted
by Goldstein without hesitancy.
Loeb. Leopold and their attorneys
conferred with heads punched for
several minutes at this stage Of the
proceedings.
They whispered earnestly for some
time, then Leopolds father Joined
them.
Mulroy was excused and Goldstein
recalled to tell of a conversation with
Loeb the night of the day the body
was found.
Goldstein said he told Loeb about
the condition of the body and the
defendant said:
whoever committed that crime
should be strung up"
Sidney Stein, Leopold's "birding''
companion, said they had been to the
vicinity of the culvert 10 times a
year years. on their trips. He cor
roborated the story of the May II trip.
A recess followed.
On his return to the bench Judge
Caverly said:
Nothing is to be taken from this
room without my consent. Yester-
day some one took big pitcher and
heavy water glass into the bull pen,
where the prisoners are. That might
cause us a lot of trouble"
Charles Elos, a police officer, was
n cold
chsel, used to kill Franks. He testi-
fed he had received it from Bernard
Hunt. the night watchman who yes
terday told of picking it up after 1T
was thrown from an automobile at
1870 am, May %.
Photographer Are Warned.
Judge Caverly interrupted to warn
some photographers back from po-
sition in front of the bench.
Keep on abusing your privileges
and you will lose them sure" he said.
Frank A. Millikin. another police
man, corroborated Elos briefly. Hugh
Byrne, plain clothesman" from the
police department, told of finding
near the culvert the stocking which
Mrs. Franks identified as Roberts. 1t
was found ten feet from the culvert,
he said.
The fourth successive police wit
ness was Edward F. Anderson, part
ner' of Byrne. He further identified
the stocking by darn on the heel,
which he had marked.
Joseph Barousky, sergeant in the
city detective bureau, was questioned
as to finding near Gary, Ind, the
shoes. belt, buckle and classpin be-
longing to young Franks. He said
he and Sergts. r. st. Germain and
NJ. Hackett worked together in
searching the lake shore at Seventy
third street.
Leopold, States Attorney Grove,
Chief Hughes and Capt. Shoemaker
also were present he said.
II heard Leopold say: There is
the blanket" said Barousky. "He
pointed out a partly burned object
which helped wrap up in paper"
Identifies Bloody Robe.
Barousky identified the automobile
robe on which coroners chemists
found human blood. He said the next
stop on the search was at Hessville,
Ind. where Leopold pointed to places
where the belt and shoes had been
thrown on either side of the road.
Barousky said that after search
ST German found the tan-colored
shoes under leaves on prairie.
Those are the shoes" said Barousky
when shown the exhibit
Then the officers searched vainly for
the belt until dark, he said.
The next day, Sunday, June 2, Loeb
and Leopold both were taken on a
searching trip. They stopped at Jack
son Park. where Loeb indicated about
where the typewriter had been thrown
At Hessville Loeb learned where the
shoes had been found, went across the
road and uncovered the belt, Barousky
said.
Within radius of 90 feet we dug
from the sand a class pin. St. Germain
found it," the witness added
He identified the pin.
Tells of Finds.
Shortly afterward ST. Germain
found belt clasp in the sand" he
continued. Then l found belt
buckle"
This is the buckle" said Barousky,
when shown States exhibit 81.
Richard st. Germain. rather slender
for a police officer. blinked his keen
eyes when he testified in corrobora-
tion of Barousky.
Please look at this belt" said Mr..
Grove. Il did not see the belt at
ALL" said ST. Germain.
oh, yes, that is the one thing you
did not find said the States at
torney.
St. Germain readily recognized the
other objects.
This exhausted the States morning
and court suspended until pm
Everybody out" admonished the
bailiffs.
Evidence Soon to BE In.
Prospects of completing by Monday
the Introduction of evidence against t
Leopold and Loeb loomed today as
more witnesses added their stories
to those already told.
Thirty witnesses were scheduled to
take the stand today. Tomorrow, if
| there is no delay. the confessions of
the two millionaires' sons and uni
versity students who said they killed
for an experiment, will be read. Mon
ney Robert E. Grove close his case
and the defense begin it's testimony,
designed to mitigate the punishment.
| After that, the decision rests with
Chief Justice John r. Caverly, upon
whose mercy the defendants threw
Bit by bit the state has pieced to-
gether the evidence on which it hopes
to send the youthful slayers TO the
gallows. Scene by scene, through the
mouths of it's witnesses and by grue-
some exhibits. it has re-enacted the
gan last November and ended with
the confessions of'the youths.
TechnicnIities Swept Aside.
Technicalities of presenting evil
dence have been swept aside and the
usual obstacles and objections inter-
posed by the opposition have been
lacking during the proceedings,
which are merely to inform Judge
Cayerly of the full details of the
crime. Forty-seven of the less than
a hundred State witnesses had been
examined at the conclusion OF the
| second days hearing yesterday.
The chief exhibits yesterday were
| boots, trousers, a coat, laprobe, car
pet, chisel and automobile moor
| boards, all stained with the blood of
! the victim. and Leopold's glasses,
found near the body. the first tangi-