Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-28

The remarks of the court camq
out of a clear sky and startled the
crowded court room into a shocked
silence.
Mr.. Groves jaw dropped and hd
blanched visibly under the judicial
broadside.
"Your honor, had a-a-a-,n
he began, but the judge interruptedI
him.
1.-THE states attorney knew fun
we'll that his remarks would be here
aided far and wide." said the court
He knew too the court would have
no opportunity to reply or defend
himself from criticisms except BY
the action he has TAKEN"
The judge then read a prepared
statement and at its conclusion an
nounced he would give his decision
September 10, at $3.50 A. M, "un-
less illness prevents"
Only the defendants, the attor-
neys for both sides. court attaches
and newspaper me nwill be admits
ted TO the final sceue in the famous
case. a.
The stenographic report Of tAl
concluding scene awas as f0f16Ws
"Mr. Crowe: The state rests.n
| The court: Before the state
rests In the other case the court VIII
order stricken from the record the
closing remarks of the states attors
ney as being a cowardly and das-
tardly assault upon the integrity OF
this court"
Mr.. Grove: "It was not 80 In.
tended, your honor"
The court: "And 1t could not bo
used for any other purpose except
to incite mob and TO try and intim-
idate this court. 1t will be stricken
from the record"
The court announced he would
give his decision on September 10
at $3.50 A. M.
None will be admitted to court
that day, the court ruled, save de-
PENDANTS, attorneys, court attaches
and newspapermen.
Judge Caverly stopped protest by
the states attorney and said the
prosecutor had tried to intimidate
the court, knowing well that what
he had said would be broadcast
| throughout the land.
Court has no other recourse than
to do as 1t has done," he said. THE
states attorney knew that he would
have no chance to reply"
The court then started to read
| prepared statement.
The court this morning took up
brief formal hearing on the pleas OF
guilty to kidnapping for ransom, q.
crime which also Is punishable by
death in Illinois.
| Jacob Franks, father of Robert,
and Captain William Schoemaken
were sworn In as state witnesses on
the kidnapping count. They testified
| at the bench, the questions and ans
swers being inaudible over the hum
| of the room.
Stimulated by the prospect OF
hearing the climax of the states ap-
peal, throngs swarmed into the vicin1
| ity of the county court building and
| through its corridors in numbers
| which threatened early to outdo tho
record Of the more than six weekly
, hearing. Only a few more than the
| capacity of the courtroom gained
entrance to the building.
Clarence Darrow, chief defensd
| counsel and master pleader for the
lives of the two brilliant college boys,
was in court earlier than usual. He
| read kilograms and mail addressed
| to him By distant followers of ths
proceedings and chatted pleasantly
with the newspapermen.
SOdib eiLhoEAtSs III iHS uIlutr tHU
strain of the long trial and the pers
sistent crowding of spectators mani~
Tested happier humor generally az
they began what they believed to be
their last day of intensive ushering.
Mr.. Groves assistants We're In
court a few minutes before the ses-
| sion began but the prosecutor did
not enter until few seconds before
the bailif lifted his gave; to start
the day.
Judge Caverly appeared for the
first time in many days In his black
robe.
Leopold and Loeb We're brought
into the court room and Loeb began
conversation with his guard. He
smiled and then broke into a mo-
ment of laughter.
Leopold indicated sustained in
terest in the argument of the prose-
cutor.
Mr.. Grove began with statement
to the judge that two Chicago boys.
sixteen and nineteen years of age,
had confessed ito the states attor-
ney last night thar they had mur-
dered a woman for sixty dollars.
He then resumed mis- discussion
of the banking transactions OF young
Loeb as revealed from the statement
from two of his banks covering some
eighteen months before the crime.
He alluded early In his address r.
"crimes A B c and d." and sugees
! ted that the larger deposits revealed
In the bank statements may be ex
planned by "a B c and D."
He turned then to his theory oS #
"money motive citing again
quotation from the first ransom
(contInued on RzEsA