Evening star., 1924-06-02

through a spirit of adventure. as well
as for the $4,000 ransom they de-
manded of Jacob NJ. Franks, the
1ight-that of being relegated alone
to police precinct cells. with special
guards to keep them from committing
suicide.
Accompanied by detectives and
newspapermen, Mr.. Grove yesterday
had traversed with the body of young
Franks in their rented automobile
and later as they disposed of telltale
clothing. laprobe, cold chisel and the
typewriter on which Leopold admitted
he composed the ransom letter.
Crowds Watch Pair.
Everywhere crowds gathered quick
ly. Cndeterred by the gazing curious.
the youths aided In piecing together
the substantiating evidence, which,
with their confessions, Mr.. Grove re-
CARDS as sufficient to gain the hang
mans moose.
Young Leojold. whose father is
manufacturer and lake shipping mag
nate, is sure, according to Mr.. Grove
and newspaper men, who heard the
conversation, that money can do any
thing, and through use of 1t he hopes
to avoid the gallows
You know" he said, 1--WE have got
lot of dough. 1 don't know how
many millions. How about fixing this
thing up by getting to few Jurors
Mr.. Grove merely smiled in reply.
Loeb, son of the vice president of
Sears, Roebuck and Company is less
sure, but hopeful. ~.
The prisoners were permitted to
telephone their parents last night.
Loeb. talking with his mother, as
sured her repeatedly that he had COM
miffed the murder
Young Leopold assumed business
like conversation. His father is Ill.
His mother is dead.
Send me a change of clothes. and
attorney for me-" he was reported
as saying. Yes, I did It. We have
got to face it and make the best
of it,"
Mrs. Franks Seriously Ill.
Mrs. Franks mother Of the slain
boy, is reported in serious condl-
ton. The lad was a cousin once re-
moved of Loeb. and Mrs. FRANKS SUI
fered a relapse when she was inform
ed who had killed her boy. She had
not recovered from the blow of Rob-
ert's death.
A young coed at the University of
Chicago, where Leopold was a post
graduate law student and Loeb
Postgraduate student in history, has
revealed that on several occasions
since the Staying Leopold had joked
with her about the matter. once, she
said, she had told Leopold that it
would be good joke for him 70 con-
the $4,000 rewards offered. He
agreed it would be a huge joke, she
said.
DESPAIR, on,, 30 mo- he
asserted once during a ride with de-
tectiyes and reporters. I'll spend
Few years in jail and I'll be released.
ri come out to a new life. I'll go to
work and I'll work nara ana III
amount to something.
Leopold Cynical.
I,eopold only laughs cynieally-he
asks for change of clothing and
vnnders why an attorney has not
coWy Were equally guilty" he says, and
then. in reference to Loeb: Ihat
weakling" .hat
,;s n,nfher would not believe him
when he told her over the telephone
thai he was guilty. But at talk or
punishment Loeb cr1nges. Inc pest
you can expect in iiessn Ire is an 1nsaHs nnsb's
asyd. ssyiHmff, f,utser sera His hope fed for the
moment. He does not entirely relish
the idea that Leopold, the stronger
mind. dominated him. ,.,.
S' perhaps he did dominate % me; but
he killed the boy" Loeb declared. ~.
I'VE did it for excitement te1n asna and dds the e
money. They say SOCIETY, aH,dn:1 Gemahos do a. =
p easin I,eopold told me he had lost
asaini s.ss the night of the murder:
ha nus aid lathe they could not be traced and
that n t" the crime never would be dis
covered o,, 1iked bv pirls
ra 1u vas a laughing, brown-eyed lad
,7n+,, fbis tragedy. But Leopold. al
.uh un.ra sn h;s ability as a conversation
aIist made him fascinating, was not
so successful.
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