The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-25

describing Bobby. Loeb and Leopold
listened to the testimony with in
tense interest.
Goldstein was recalled to the stand
and asked whether he had any other
conversation with young Loeb.
Goldstein said on one occasion
when he was at the Franks home
he met Loeb in the front yard. Sew
eral other people were standing
around, Goldstein said.
I'VE were talking in a general
way about the Franks case, descrIb-
ing several theories" the reporter
testified. Young Loeb shook his
head vigorously, and this is what he
said:
Fellows. this is certainly a hor-
rible crime. II they ever catch the
fellows that did the killing they
certainly ought to be strung up"
Court convened at 1901 a. m.
A moment later Leopold and Loeb
were brought in. Both were in ex-
cellent humor and smiled their greet
ings TO their attorneys.
Diver Testifies
Frank Blair. tall, rangy young
man, a professional diver. was the
first witness. He described how he
searched the depths of a lagoon in
Jackson Park for the portable type
writer on which the boys wrote
their $4,000 letter to their victim s
father.
Blair made his successful search
after several other divers had failed.
He was about to give up when he
saw the typewriter half-buried in
the mud. fourteen feet from the
surface. For his find Blair received
1000. the stipulation having been
he would receive that sum If he sue
ceeded. and nothing If he failed
Percy Van de Bogart, clerk, and
James Kemp, negro porter at a
South Side drug store, testified to
having received telephone calls on
the afternoon of May %. The calls
were from young man they said,
and he asked for Mr.. Franks.
1t was to this drug store that the
ransom letter directed Jacob Franks
for further instructions. Franks,
however, did not go to the drug
store, for in his excitement he forgot
the address.
Leopold and Loeb laughed silently
when George Lewis, Chicago Univer-
sity student, told how Leopold took
several shots at a rare bird and
missed. This incident occurred the
Sunday preceding the murder. when
Lewis and Leopold were pursuing
their ornithology studies near the
spot where body of Robert was
crammed into the railroad culvert.
Lewis described Leopold as a close
and successful student of ornithol-
ogy. Leopold took his class of stu
dents, including little boys and girls,
to the scene of the finding Of the
body on many occasions. the witness
testified. Lewis said that Leopold
was scheduled to take a class to the
same spot the day after the murder.
but asked Lewis to take charge.
Sergt. Hugh Byrnes testified to
finding of Roberts stockings about
500 feet from the culvert where the
body was found. States Attorney
Grove held out one of the stockings
and dangled it where Jacob Franks
and the two defendants could see it.
Jacob Franks. taking one look,
dropped his eyes. The defendants
maintained their usual calm inter
est in the proceedings.
Sergt. Edward Anderson went over
the ground covered by Byrnes.
Sergt. Joe Berounsky told Of the
finding of the shoes, belt, belt clasp
and class pin worn by Robert
Franks. Berounsky also told how
Loeb and Leopold assisted the po-
lice in finding some Of the articles.
After the confessions by the defend
ants the police asked them to check
over the various details, During a
ride of several hours Leopold and
Loeb pointed out where the type
writer was thrown into the water,
showed where the kidnapping and as
sault occurred, where the body was
found. Loeb, he said, found the
belt. On this trip Loeb tainted and
was taken to a hospital.
Exhibits Shown
Again the exhibits were paraded
before the court.
The charred automobile robe. be-
longing to Leopold, one of the ex-
hibits was found by it's owner, the
witness testified.
AS they drove several miles the
other side of the Illinois-Indiana
line near Hessville Leopold said that
Roberts shoes would be found on
one side of the road or the other.
A short search revealed the shoes.
The shoes were placed in the wit
nesses' hands and he identified