The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-02
Mothers
WORST BLOW
T0L0EB
Refuses 70 Believe Him Guilty
Of Crime Youth Broken BY
Disgrace to Family


Of that poem frqm the pen Of enc
Of the masters Of meter; :
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Mother . n'sne; 81, motksr o mims.
Perhaps he 10 still what police
call hiIn-a panpered and pettAd
boy. Perhaps he yearne again for
the soft, arms Of his mother about
his neck az he sits In his police
cell. and ponders over the future
that faces him-a future that en-
oompaaSas Q hard 4ight in Q court
room-a fight In which he and his
young companion, Nathan Leopold,
must attempt to escape death on
the gallows. although they stand
confessOEs Of one Of the most brutal
crimes h Chicago criminal history.
Doesn't Believe Him.
His mother doesn't bslleyo him
When he says he had q part in the
killing Of young Robert Franks.
Mr. Apaing ADDED only and more
verse to his poWexfal Nttie poam--
one that sums up I'll mother love.
II ssere ddmAa6 m AeAv 0nH soul.
Hethsr q NHtse; 81 Ms0tker o NptMe |:
e'sesu Sphose pr6Nsve pcoN1 SSak0 me
Mother o mins: sh. 1aethsr u mine.
They are smart aIenke, thoao two
young men in the 0pinion q 0octoV
w. o. KFohp, alienigt q the Uni,
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questioning that their superior ad.
vantaaes and the fact that they
haA been called intellectual, had
convinced them thay were smart
enough to commit an atTCclouO
cytHsa 80 cleveRly that they could
not be found out.
Leopold to-day was otill hlaae,
sneeEing, 0oclIy, Loeb was grave,
AFRAID, worried. The two attitudes
ara similar, however, experts said.
LQeb shows that he Il worried.
Leopold. agQistic. IL wasting a. he
passes the ceHneteTy. His courage
- being kept up by HE own
efforts.
Leopola VANS Gin.
While the broWn-eyed eliminate
Loeb eat trembling, Wracking his
tortured brain apparently for some
explanation even to himself Of how
ne bename enmNahod IN such q
horrible thing Leopold was bra.
zenly aaktrg. o policeman 70 60 to
an address ho save and set him
g pint Of sin or whisky. He openly
limited to several persons who came
near enough 20 hear that he would
like q shot"
Loeb, turned white inside from
his experiences. finally asked q
police captain II he thought Leopold
had used him as a tool.
Sure" the captain replied.
Thanks" said Loeb with q sigh
OF relief. This sure win be q
lesson to me. I hope ! can get
. few years In jail and then get
out. I'll work hard and come back.
I can do e."
but you have taken a: iifs." a
policeman told him. ''Soeiety de.
mands punishment. Decent it,"
said.
And that. according to DR.. Krohn.
indicates that these two youths
nave not YET lost the shine Of the
VN@SS VA &AtGH UGSa, xH0Y nave
yet to fully realize the enOrmity Of
the ordeal through which they are
passing. They still believe. he con.
tended. that there 10 a way out''
ana 1t Is hOlstering them.
Hate Each Other.
The two friends who plotted, nc.
cording to their own stories, for
nine nlonths to take the life OF q
little child, and who had apparently
been bosom friends, turned strange
enemies today. They glared openly
at each other when they met on
the way to q police office.
And that IL because each has &C.
cused the other Of striking the fatal
blow.
Leopold. the sneering,- blase ono
Of the pair. scornfully herated Loeb
when he heard his companion at,
tempted TO pass him the blame for
the killing.
why we are equally guilty. Tell
him that will not save him"
Leopold declared.
HE lies." said Loeb, when told
that Leopold accused him. ''i1e
lies, and he knows it."
And thus was the word passed
between these two erstwhile friends.
They probably win 90 inao thu
courtroom to fight for their lives,
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