Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-26
EVIDENCE Piles Up
AGAINST SLAYERS
OF YOUNG FRANKS
Leopold and Loeb Giggle in
Court as Death Drama
UnfoIds
s GEMS A COPY,
81 A YEAR.

CHICAGO, July 24.--(By the Assoc
ciated Press. )-Continuin the pill.
ing up Of evidence designed to send
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard
Loeb to the gallows for kidnapping
and murder of Robert Franks, States &
Attorney Robert E. Grove today pro.
duced in court for formal identifica-
ton the tapped cold-chisel used in
! beating the boy to death; the charred
remains of the bloodstained automo-
bile robe rescued from the ashes OF
a bonfire on the lake front; a port.
able typewriter similar to that on
which was written the ransom letter
received by Franks fathers and pa.
per and envelopes identified as of the
, same texture as that sold to Leopold
shortly before the disappearance OF
their victim.
introduced also by the state was q
pint bottle identified by drug clerk
as the one in which he had sold n.y.
drochloric acid to Leopold on the
date of the murder.
Throughout the morning session,
in which more than fifteen witnesses
were called by the state, the two
young college students sat composed
| ly behind their attorneys, listening
| intentIy to the testimony Snd occa-
sionally whispering with their at
| torneys.
Blood on Chisel
| Bernard Hunt, a neighborhood
night Waterman, told of seeing the
| Chisel tossed from a passing auto
mobile about 1870 a. m. May %, a
| J,0 e., xyix,
There was fresh blood on the
chisel when I picked it up" said
Hunt. The article was given to the
| court.
The chisel also was inspected by
Albert Hubbinger, hardware store
clerk, who said the states exhibit
resembled a chisel he sold to Leopold
and Loeb. Hubbinger also told of
having sold rope to the young men.
The rope, claimed by the state to
have been that with which the
young victim was tied, was intro-
duced in evidence.
Aaron Adler told of having sold a
pint of Chemically pure" hydro
chloric acid to Nathan Leopold. He
had sold no acid of that strength in
some years, the witnes. said. 1t was I
the strongest grade obtainable. he
added. The state offered the bottle
in which the acid was sold.
Open court proceedings were de-
layed in starting by a session in
chambers in which Mr.. Grove gave
Judge John r. Caverly some infor-
nation which, in his opening state
ment, he had-indicated was mot fit
for public knowledge"
Clarence S. barrow and Benjamin
Bachrach, defense attorneys, were
the only persons besides the Judge
who were given this information.
A maid in the Leopold home and
four of Leopold's law school class
mates testified that a portable type
writer they had seen him use was
similar to the one grappled from
the bottom of park lagoon by the
Investigators after the confession of
the two youths.
AS a part of their plans to cover
their crime, the state pointed out in
it's opening statement yesterday,
Loeb had jerked the letters from the
machine with a plier and strewn
them in scattered sections of the
lagoon. The bulk Of the machine
and its cover was tossed into anOth-
er part Of the lagoon.
| Details Of preparation made by the
two youths were recited by states
witnesses this morning.
Early witnesses told of finding the
note the boys left In the rack of
Pullman car, instructing Jacob
Franks, father Of the slain boy,
where to throw $1,000 in ransom"
money; Of the contents of letters
| received by the youths under the
name of Morton D. Ballard" at To-
cal hotels and of prescription Civ.
en- Leopold for eyeglasses similar
to those found near young Franks
body.
Fewer Seek Admittance
Rain outdoors and the prospect OF
less dramatic developments in the
hearing combined today to dampen
the enthusiasm of court fans" Pc.
! lice guards which kept the curious
on the sidewalks, and the knowledge
that only few could gain admission
to Judge John r. Caverly's court
contributed to this result.
Only knot Of curious stood about
the building entrance this morning
and they were mostly young men Of
| the cap-Wearing, upturned-coat-collar
type.
I Court was called TO OfQer at IU.lU
| A. M. after a brief preliminary con-
ference in chambers between coua-
| sci.
Spectators with passes admitting
! them to the hearing came to court
| early, however, picked their seats
| quickly and feasted their early curl
osity in the doing Of the newspaper
writer's and photographers.
States Attorney Grove, upon his
arrival, regrouped his assistants and
alienists, bringing DR.. William
Krone to the front and facing him
so he could watch every fleeing
expression of the defendants.
The steel cabinet full of exhibits
was bumped into the room by three
! husky bailiffs.
! Nathan Leopold, ST., accompanied
| by the defendants elder brother, and
Jacob Loeb, uncle Of Dickie, arrived
| d few minutes before court was due
| to open. Judge Caverly delayed his
appearance from his chambers and
| it was ten minutes after the SEIZED
| uled hour before the clerks gavel
| fell.
Finder OF Note Called
Andrew Russo, of New York, was
called as the first witnesses, Mr..
| Grove explaining that he wished to
| return east.
Russo, an electrician, formerly en-
ployed in railroad yards there, told
Of finding in telegraph blank rack
on Pullman car, last May 81, a