The Omaha morning bee., 1924-09-11
Attempt to
Lynch Boys
Leopold and Loeb, Now sLife
Termers," to Be Taken to
Joliet in Steel Gagged
Car.
Police to Clear Road

Chicago, Sept. jonathan
Leopold and Richard Loeb
are going to the penitentiary
to spend their lives.
That was the sentence pro
nounced by Judge John r.
Caverly today.
The law has put a double
lock on them.
It is a sentence Of life imprison.
ment for murder and another sen
tence of 80 years in prison for kid.
naping. Added to this is a recon.
mendation Of Judge Caverly that thee
never be pardoned or paroled.
The slayers of little Robert Franks
tonight were spending their last hours
in the Cook county Jail. The CON-
mitment papers were being drawn
papers that will order the prison
warden to commit them to the grim
walls of Joliet penitentiary for The
rest OF their natural lives.
The start for the penitentiary will
H1 lb4lpilOn lAAfA6 a.
Peter Hoffman, sheriff of Cook
county, announced that the trip
would be made by automobile.
Rumors of Lynching.
Rumors have come to the sheriff
that an attempt would be made TO
capture and lynch the slayers. To
guard against an attack Of this char.
acter 100 or more guards viii escort
the prison car. No chances viii be
taken. A squad Of motorcycle police
will clear the road. then VIII come
cars with armed guards. Then The
steel-cag ged prison car. followed b.
more automobile loads OF armed
guards.
The final courtroom scene this
morning was brief. II was gripping.
II Leopold and Loeb wanted a thrill
they got II when Judge Caveriy began
rendering his decision al $40. There
we're times when his words indicated
the death penalty would be his yer
dict In solemn tones the venerable
jurist summed UP his finding.
The court is satisfied" he went
on. that neither the act itself nor
in its motive or lack of motive. nor
in the antece1ents Of the offenders
can he find any mitigating eircum
stances
No Hint of Verdict Until End.
The slsyers drooDed. their faces
took en- hopeless. half-terrog
stricken expression
In measured tones Judce caverls
announced the defense had not estab
iished deranged mentality and thai
by pleading guilty they have ad
mitted legal responsibility for their
act"
The plea OF suilty-it could noi
save them from the extreme penalty
On this point he said:
The state was in possession not
only OF the essential substaniiatin-
facts, but also Of voluntary eonfes-
sions on the part Of the defendants
The plea Of guilty therefore. does
not make a special case in favor q
the defendants"
And so on. the conclusions Of the
court gave no consolation TO the sisys
ers until he came 10 this passage.
Under the plea Of guilty the duty
Of determining the punishment de.
wolves upon the court and the Law
indicates no rule OF policy for the
guidance of his discretion. In reach
ing his decision the court would
have welcomed the counsel and SUP
port Of others Nevertheless. the
court IS willing 70 meet his respenSiz
hilities.
Age Saves Them.
II would have teen the path q
least resistance to impose the exs
IRENE penalty Of the law. In cAoos-
ing imprisonment instead OF death
the court Is moved chiefly by consid.
Grafton Of the ages Of the defendants.
boys Of Is and ~ years. II is not
Tor this court to say that he win not
in any case enforce capital punish
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