The Washington times., 1924-05-31
CHAUFFEUR
SPI)NS
ALIBT
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ether clues had been followed up
and discarded, time and again tina
detectives returned to those glasses
as the one thing that would solve
the case. Every oculist in the city
was enlisted and they and the
officers delved into records, seeking
the one prescription that would fit
the spectacles, the one card that
would reveal to whom they had
been sold. When it turned up at
last It bore the name Of Nathan
Leopold, Jr.
Almost alphabetically. he was
taken into custody, and because
young Loeb, his chum, was with
him. he, too, was taken along for
questioning.
Leopold did most Of the talking.
He admitted the glasses were his
lost, l1es thought, during one Of
many bird-studying expeditions into
the woods in the vicinity of where
the Franks boys body had been
found. He admitted a study of sex
perversion and sex perversion had
seemed to enter into the kidnapping
and murder Of young Franks. He
talked freely and when prosecutors,
detectives and newspaper men ran
out Of questions he continued to
supply information.
But all the way through he denied
that he or Loeb knew anything
about the revolving crime about
which they were being questioned.
He didn't know Robert Franks, he
said, although the boy was friendly
with Loeb, Leopold's chum, and
often played tennis upon Loeb's
courts.
Loeb, It was learned, is the young
est student ever to graduate from
the University Of Michigan with q
bachelor OF arts degree. He was
eighteen when he received his di-
ploma q year ago.
Wanted to Enter Harvard.
Leopold was to have taken an
examination today at the University
Of Chicago for entrance to the Har.
ward law school. He complained
yesterday that he feared he would
be unable to take the examination
and wondered II police would permit
him to take it in his cell.
The police had been confident
that desire for ransom had been
back OF the KIDNAPPING, that murder
had followed accidentally. Leopold
laughed off the idea that he or
Loeb, sons Of very rich men, would
be in such need Of money that they
could have resorted to crime to OBJ
tain It.
AS for wednesday. a week ago,
when young Franks was seized and
carried off while returning home
rom school, Leopold had an alibi
Tor both himself and Loeb. They
tN0AthAvs HOn Awp4,a
birds In Lincoln Park, miles from
the scene Of the murder, until late
In the afternoon. They had driven
to q south side restaurant for
dinner, had q few drinks Of gin,
then driven to Leopold's home and
remained there until late at night
when Leopold had driven Loeb
home.
Loeb told the same story. told
!e IN such exactly alike detail, that
the authorities suspected q pre-
determined alibi by both. But they
Were unable to shake that alibi-
until as q mere matter Of check
ing up their stories, they cues.
toned Sven England, the Leopold
chauffeur.
Gives Lie to Master.
Unconsciously he gave the lie to
ms young master. Nathan's maroon
colored car, the car in, which Leo
pold and Loeb had said they were
driving around all afternoon on that
hatehul wednesday, had not been out
OF the family garage all day, he
The authorities returned to their
questioning OF the two young sus-
-.
was the weaker w1lled Of the two.
They concentrated upon him. piled
MIN with questions, gave him no
peace until he cried out desperately
that he wanted to talk to States
Attorney Grove.
Grove rushed down to his office
nom home. He took young Loeb
into an inner room. An hour later
the prosecutor emerged. There was
Q smile on his face.
This murder mystery Is solved"
he announced. "The men who did 1t
are In the custody of my office.
There are only two who are held.
Leopold and Loeb. They are the
murderers. The motive was ransom. I"
Then he issued a formal state
ment:
Complete Confession.
Richard Loeb and Nathan Leo.
pold have given a complete and vol
untary confession to the murder of
Robert Franks"
Informally he added to that state
ment.
The thing was planned. many
months ago, out of q spirit Of ad-
venture. Young Franks was not
originally intended as the victim.
He just happened along at the time
that the trap was set to carry off
any likely victim. He was killed by
being stunned with the blunt end Of
q chisel, wrapped in tape.
The boys had brought ether and
hydrochloric acid, the latter to de-
stroy their victims features and de-
lay II not prevent Identification. For
some reason 1t was not used.
Loeb Hysterical.
Loeb was on the verge Of hys-
terics as he made his confession.
$ Leopold, told that the game was
I'D, coolly and calmly added his
story Of the atrocious affair. The
car In which the youths lay in wait
for q victim was one rented from
an agency. Through all the hunt
for it, It had stood in the garage,
its grim part In the crime unsus.
pected. 1t was seized by the police