The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-03
STATE HAS
Bull Up
PERFECT
CASE
District Attorney Claims He
Has Enough Evidence to
Hang Youths
BY LARRY SHIFTS,
International News Service.

luBcEubIAOu1A MOVIE CcFNtCSs
CHICAGO, June 3.-Two crimes
for which the penalty is death
wer to be outlined to the grand
jury today with the stern inten-
ton of securing indictments
charging both kidnapping and
murder against two petted sons
of wealth.
This was the realization con-
fronting Nathan E. Leopold, IT,,
and Richard A. Loeb, confessed
slayers, each heir to millions, as
they awoke in the cells at the
Cook county Jail to which their
search for a different adventure"
had led them.
First Night In Jail.
1t was the first night in jail for
the brilliant university students
who confessed they schened with
Machiavellian cunning for nine
months to make a victim Of ons
Of several boys of the ultra-ex-
elusive Kenwood section, then chose
little Robert Franks, Loeb's cousin,
and kidnapped and killed him ''for
the thrill"
Since their arrest late Thursday,
Leopold and Loeb have slept in
hotels, carefully guarded by tdetec.
tives; they have been questioned
late Into the night at the States
attorneys office; they have been
held at precinct stations for a few
hours while their stories were
checked. But they had not, until
last night. spent night in jail.
From the cells to which they
were remanded when their habeas
corpus hearing was set for Friday
they could look down the corridor
toward the horrible exclusiveness
of Murderers' Row. Past the row
swung the little door leading to
that part of the Jail where the
gallows platform stands-alwayB
waiting.
Case Now Complete.
Two Of the three crimes for which
| this gallows was provided were in
State Attorney Groves outline for
presentation to the grand jury.
Murder and kidnapping for ransom
are punishable by hanging in I'LL
nois. The third capital offense 10
a statutory crime of violence.
"S,he case is now complete-per~
feet evidence for hanging verdicts''
was Groves announcement whsn
the two cultured youths, who de-
lighted to flaunt their erudition be.
fore detectives and newspaper re-
porters, were led away to the cells
where they will be held until after
their trial.
Presentation of evidence before
the grand jury will start today, and
go confident is the prosecutor that
he has announced he will hold moth.
ing back. 1t will be Thursday, &c.
cording to Grove, before the States
attorneys office will ask the in.
dictments.
1.-THE confessions end all the cor.
roborating details will be freely pre-
sented," Grove stated. This task
may run into the third day. There
can be no question Of the voting
of the indictments on the evidence
we hold"
Confer with Attorneys.
The youths first opportunity to
confer with their counsel came be-
fore they were locked up in their
cells for the night. They had
long conference with their attor.
neys, Clarence barrow and Benja-
min Bachrach, in the chambers
Of Chief Justice Caverly, of the
criminal court, who had ruled for
defense attorneys in ordering that
Leopold and Loeb should be released
from the custody Of the police and
turned over to the sheriff.
The attorneys questions at this
conference were concerned with the
confessions the youths made.
Though the prisoners denied that
physical violence, duress or hope
of reward had influenced their
statements to police, they claimed
they had been kept sleepless from
Thursday evening until early Sat!
urday morning when the comics
sions were made.
Confession AS Evidence.
The prosecution had announced
that it's principal weapon will be
hth9 confession backed by evidence
gequently discovered and the
u attorneys office maintains
lie not the slightest doubt OF
instability Of both as evi.
significance was to be At.
to the partial Identification
pold and Loeb by Charles