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ally extending their search to other
cities.
After a weeks hunt n Brooklyn
firm was found which said 1t made
the spectacles and It's Chicago agen-
cies Were then canvassed. Thousands
of records were carefully scrutinized
until one was. found which tailed
exactly with .hat of the glasses in
question.
Such a record was found by an
optican Wednesday night. and the
trail led direct to the Leopold home,
a few blocks from that of Franks.
Leopold and Loeb, his bosom friend.
were arrested at once.
Told Straight Story.
Then came the surprise. Leopold
readily admitted ownership of the
spectacles, explaining that he is an
orinthologist and in his study of
birds had often visited the swamp
where the body was found and prob
ably lost his glasses on one of the
trips. The boys told a straightfor-
ward story of their activities on the
day Robert Franks disappeared. de-
claring they spent the day riding
about in Leopold's car and after a
day and most of a night of question
ing, their story remained unshaken
in any detail The authorities were
about ready to admit that their state
InentS were correct.
Meanwhile, in an outer room of the
states attorneys office, a man had
been awaiting patiently for four
hours to have some notice taken of
him. He was the Leopold family
chauffeur and had been called in
along with a dozen others to sub
stantiate details Of the boys state
ments.
Finally the chauffeur was asked
few perfunctory questions He
chanced to remark that the Leopold
car was in the garage throughout
the day of May 21. Questioners
rushed to the two boys with this in
formation, and a few minutes later,
as dawn streaked through the win
dows of the states attorneys office,
the youths admitted the Staying.
Seek to CorrobOrnte Tale.
Tonight authorities were working
TfeverishIy to corroborate the most
minute details of the boys story.
The lagoon where the youths said
they threw the typewriter was being
dragged and the boys were taken to
a lonely prairie where they pointed
out the. spot where they tried to
burn asblood-smeared robe that they
. said they placed over their victims
body. A search was being made for
the Franks boys shoes and belt, and
the proprietors of the garage from
which they rented the car In which
Robert was kidnapped had already
identified them Late today the boys,
under heavy guard, were taken over
The route they said they pursued and
10 the place where the body was
found to re-enact details of their
confession.
Leopold tonight still appeared nom
chalant, although he showed effects
of the great strain under which he
had been placed for more than
collapsed when a druggist at whose
store he called the Franks home In
connection with the ransom demand,
positively identified him.
Quick Court Action Planned.
Meanwhile plans were completed
for quick action in the courts. The
inquest Indefinitely postponed the
reopened Monday morning, and 1t was
announced that the case Will be the
first to be submitted to the June
grand jury. States Attorney Grove
said kidnapping for ransom was a
rapital offense in this state and that
it was possible to try the slayers
of the boy for two crimes, each pun
ishable by death-murder and kid
naping for ransom-in case ihdict-
ments are returned.
said, indicated that their victim was
dead five minutes after he entered
their automobile.
Mr., Grove said that his questioning
revealed that the staying was q part
of the plan, and that the youths had
no intention OF returning the boy
to his parents after payment or the
ransom After the crime was COM
1nftted and the evidences of 1t were
destroyed, Mr.. Grove said the boys
engaged in card game until they
went to bed.
Their confession also revealed an
elaborate plan for collecting the ran
som money without exposing them
selves to detectives. the states attor-,
ney said.
Crime Long Planned.
Tho boys, the police found. went
About preparations for their feat
months ago by registering a. hotels
under fictitious names, establishing
bank accounts under assumed names
in small banks In nearby cities. and
rehearsing the actual details or their
julius RosenwaId went to the
states attorneys ONCE during the
day when informed the boys had told
of a plan to kidnap q relative of his.
He said he doubted even IL they had
considered such step. that ransom
could be their motive.
Rewards totaling $4,000 were Of |
ferea for Information leading to the
Identity Of the slayefs. The police |
ofioials from the states attorneys
once and newspaper reporters who
found clues ~ were wondering to-