New Britain herald., 1924-07-23
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made ths court repeat lhe clerks ilFA warning ia "hnd seats.
 Judge CaNsrlg annuuned that pFoR, er legal faTmalilg had nOi been Comr pied with Monday Nhen the hoYs changed their pleas Co guilty" He summoned them io lhe haT and m .lang, legal PhFassslogY asked them again if they realized the eonse- qusRees of their action
 nI do, your honor," sad Leopold, and Loeb replied in like manner.
 The hogs listened ia the judges reading inieRily and answered ln q eleaF hTm voice,
 ''fhe state is ready 10 proceed with The murder hearing hut asks e0nz tinnanee on the kidnapping ease" said AIr Grove,
 "nhieet," said nr, Rashraeh, This Is not a real trial and there should he no separation of The ,Re eases"
 If this IS nol a tFisl, what is it :" ( commented Grove,
 Other Charge stands
 4 NTangls fnalis brought an agree ment 10 proceed with the murder inr dieimeni while keeping the atheT chsrgs Ion call from ia, io day
 Mr Grove then started his opening statement, He dealt nnon the iden- tity and urbringing of the defendants,
 'fThey behaved in accord with stan dards of their social sets, except that they developed a msnia for gambling tor high stakes" said Mir. Grove,
 "The evidence will show that from this they retrogradsd to the point where they could commit cold hloodsd murder"
 Mir. Grove said that the crime was planned and sehemed for months, He said they threw a compact bundle of newspapers from train "a learn where it would land So they might instruct the father Of their victim how to throw ransom money 10 them. Mir, Grove told of Loeb's registering ot the Morrison hotel under an as- stunned name and how the suitcase he left in the room contained books from the University of Chicago library is- sued to Richard Loeb.
 Rented Auto
 He then described how the boys, rented the automobile in which the crime was committed, Leopold ap- piled for the car under the name Morton D. Ballard" the same as that used by Loeb when he registered at the hotel.
 They also referred to Lewis Ma son." at a telephone number of a 1elicatessen store where Loeb. accord | Ing to Mir. Grove. waited to receive | inquiries and endorse "Ballard's" credit.
 They took the car first on May 2 and then on May eI. Their plans 1 again hired the car.
 Mir. Grove said Leopold and Loeb | had discussed the feasibility of kid tapping different boys, "among them | William Deutsch. grandson of the president of Scars. Roebuck and Com ,any. and the son of prominent -hicago attorney"
 He read model letter" which he aid was drafted by Leopold and Loeb n their study of means and methods. { was practically identical with the nisriYe which. reached Jacob Franks
 
 follow up" letter also was read. de- igned to instruct the recipient of how 0 throw ransom money from train.
 After you pass a large red brick actory, count five as rapidly as pos ible and then throw the package east g far as you can." said the letter.
 Mir. Grove said that the evidence 'ould show that Leopold and Loeb ecided to murder their victim first nd demand ransom afterwards
 He said they got ether from Leo od's pathological equipment, gag, ome tape. ropes, chise and acid to isfigure their victim. The methods by which Loeb and leopold tried to destroy all traces of he. crime were described. He said hat the belt buckle, tie clasp and he clothing. The cloth garments -ere burned in the Loeb home's fur ace. A blood stained robe was re- erved, lest it's odor saturate the ouse. The metal objects were buried, ne robe saturated with gasoline and ,ken to lonely spot on the lake hore where it was set afire.
 Tried to Wash on Blood. "rhe next day they tried to wash lood from the hired car" said MT. rowe. Your honor will be shown nat car and the partially erased aims He told how the ransom letter was nailed and the first telephone mes age sent to Mrs Jacob Franks, re- ssuring her: Your son has been kid apped He is safe. Don't worry etails later.' Mr. Grove said Loeb started the ,cond letter to Mir. Franks, that the Lttcr then was told by phone to enter taxicab and drive to a certain drug ore and await instructions. But" said Mir. Grove, "Mr. Franks ad just learned of the finding of his oy's body and he did not go. Head nes in newspapers informed also lese criminal conspirators of that fact nd they abandoned their plan to col ct the slO.o0O ransom" The police efforts to solve the mys- ny were detailed. He said that Leopold had given an ,nion. based on his visits 10 the vi- : nifty of the culvert on bird trips. that , one could find the culyert in the ,rk even by accident.
 Chauffeur ENpnses Lie. The states attorney told how Sven nglund, Lcopold'9 family cha uffeur, the aibi by revealing that le automobile supposed to have zen used on the joy ride" was in