Evening star., 1924-07-24
HEAVY CH|SEL USED
T0MURDER FRANKS
PRODUCED IN COURT
Finder Describes SEEING
TAPPED instrument Thrown
From Passing Auto.
CLERK TELLSO OF SELLING
WEAPON TO SLAYERS
Druggist Testifies to Selling Leo
pold Acid of Unusual
Potency.
By the Associated Press.

taped chisel with which the life of
young Robert Franks was beaten out
was introduced in evidence today in
the advisory hearing before Chief
Justice John r. Caverly. which is to
fix the penalty of Nathan Leopold, jr.,
and his companion. Richard Loeb.
Bernard Hunt. neighborhood night
watchman. told of seeing the chisel
tossed from a passing automobile
a bout 80 am. May %. few hours
after the staying.
There was fresh blood on the
chisel when ] picked it up" said
Hunt. The relic was given to the
court.
Tells of Selling ChiseI.
The Chisel also was inspected by AL
bert Hubbinger. hardware store clerk.
who said that the States exhibit re-
sembled a chisel he sold to Leopold
and Loeb. Hubbinger also told of
e 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 introduced in
evidence
Aaron Adler told of having sold
pint of chemically pure hydro
chloric acid to Nathan Leopold. He
had sold no acid OF that strength for
some, three years. the witness said.
Il was the strongest grade obtain
able. he add d. The ";ate offe' ed the
bottle in which the acid was sold.
sIrntifies Typewriter.
Elizabeth Sattler. maid in the home
Of Nathan Leopold. sr.. today identi-
fed on the witness stand an Under
wood porta hle typewriter which she
said ''resembieJ" a machine she had
seen in the room of her ernr4vspr'yf
son.
She added she had seen Nathan. jr..
use such machine many times" 1t
was on this wind of machine the ran
som letters were typed.
Miss Sattler was called by the state
today in the hearing which is to de-
termine the penalty of Nathan Leo
poId, Jr.. and Richard Loeb for the
kidnapping and murder or Ii-year-old
Robert Franks.
Questioned on Car Robes.
She was questioned also about the
storing place of the automobile robes
In the Leopold home. fuzzy. green
tsh and badly charred robe, said by
the State to have been the remnants
OF the blood-stained robe which the
two boys attempted to destroy by /
eoak1ng it in gasoline and burning it
on the lake front, was offered in evil
dence. The witness said she had seen
Gsimilar robe in the Leopold home.
Case Speeded Up.
She was oss-examined briefly
There was noticeable speeding up |
of proceedings today. Robert T. |
Grove, with the assent of the de- /
Tense. asked leading questions of his |
witnesses and dismissed the fourth |
student with this query: Your ,
testimony is substantially the same |
as that OF the other studentso"
Yes, sir" was the reply.
Open court proceedings were de-
1ayed in starting by session in
chambers in which Mr. Grove gave
Judge John r. CaverIy some in
formation which. in his opening state
''.Nht' ht Hdu lnC1CdtG0 "nnf fit |
for public knowledge"
Clarence 5. Darrow and BENJAMIN
bachrach, defense attorneys were the
only persons beside the judge who |
were given this material.
-Four University of Chicago stu- |
dents. classmates of LeopoId in tho
law school, were called to tell what |
they knew of the typewriters. The
best they could do was to saw tho |
machines they saw at the Leopold !
EeTc were "portables"
The portable Underwood offered in |
evidence by the state was the one
grappled from the bottom of a 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 ont In
its opening statement yesterday, Loeb
mad Jerked the letters from the ma
chine with a pair of pliers and strewn
them in scattered sections of the la
COON. The bulk of the machine and its
cover was tossed into another part
of the lagoon
Enthusiasm Dampened
Rain outdoors and the prospect of
less dramatic developments in the
hearing which is to determine the
degree of punishment of Nathan Leo
pold, jr, and Richard Loeb for the
kidnapping and murder of Robert
Franks combined today to dampen
enthusiasm Of court fans"
Police guards, which kept the Curl |
Gus on the sidewalks, and the knowl-
edge that only few could gain ad-
mission to Judge John r. Caverly's
court contributed to this result.
Only a knot of curious stood about
the building entrance this morning
and they were mostly young men.
Spectators with passes admitting
them to the trial came to court early, |
however, and picked their seats |
quickly They feasted their early |
curiosity in the doings Of the news
uaper writer's and photographers.
Robert z. Grove. States attorney.
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