Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-25
CRUESOME EXHIBITS OFFERED
AS STATE HASTENS HEARING
MURDERERS LOEB And LEOPOLD

Chicago, July o4.-(By A. P.)-
Prosaic objects-trousers, boots. a
rectangular robe, and a bundle OF
boards-were added today to the
evidence with which the state seeks
to obtain the death sentence for the
confessed murderers of Robert
Franks.
Commonplace in themselves. the
articles. with many others offered as
peoples exhibits today by States
Attorney Robert +. Grove, were
viewed by the prosecutors as tight
ening the web of uncontroverted de-
tail which they expect will send
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard
Loeb to the gallows.
The cold chisel with which young
Franks was stunned, the rope with
which he was bound, the acid bottle
from which was poured the fluid
that marred his features, and the
wrecked and water-soaked type
writer on which was written the
tclioOlAi nSIiS " viz IVY 1tilli
er also figured in the days pro-
ceedings.
Stains of human blood were
found on the clothing, the chisel
automobile robe. floorboards of the
automobile. expert chemists told
Judge John r. Caverly.
One pair of trousers, 1t was
! claimed. by the state, was worn by
Loeb, the other pair of trousers. a
coat and the hip boots worn by
| Leopold on the night of May u
when young Franks was slain and
his body deposited in water-filled
culvert near the southern limits OF
| the city.
Also introduced today were the es-
pecially designed tortoise shell
+ spectacles found near the body, and
discovered as the first tangible clue
connecting Leopold with the crime
Presentation of this evidence was
! planned for the last half of the af-
! ternoon session but it was disposed
of so rapidly, as the defense admit
ted the outstanding points and de-
clined to cross-eXamine, that even an
| extra recess did not serve to pro-
long the proceedings to the usual
| adjournment time.
one to Judge Calverly whose big task
is to determine the punishment that
will fit the crime to which Leopold
and Loeb have pleaded guilty. He
| looked carefully at each and made
notes of the location of the telI-tale
stains.
The testimony brought out that
blood spattered on the carpet in the
tonneau of the automobile, soaked
through to the floor boards. A clot
% inches long was found running
down the back of the front seat, and
along those boards. There were
| splotches on the clothes of the muir
derers and on the left rear door OF
the car.
DR.. w. A. Mentally, veteran of TO-
600 postmortems, carefully pointed
out the Identification marks he and
MI Webster had placed on each ar
ticle.
Besides testifying to the blood
DIR. McNally related his postmorten
examination of young Franks body
ana his conclusion that death was
due to suffocation.
Inc day was one of great progress
~ witnesses contributing what they
knew of the story of the movements
of the defendants during the day i'm
mediately preceding the crime. anC
on the day which saw the execution
of the carefully laid plans, vaguely
designed to defy detection.
! AS result Mr.. Grove said tonight
it appeared that the prosecutors
case would be concluded. he hoped
Saturday or surely on Monday. OF
! less than a hundred witnesses on the
states list Al had been examined al
the conclusion Of the second days
| hearing.