The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

feared that the youths might attempt suicide and would keep them under surveillance at all times. States At torney Grove had only a brief state ment to make tonight when he wound up almost AS hours of continuous in- vestigation.
 Il have a hanging case and I would be willing to submit it to jury to- morrow" he said. T shall present the facts, including the confessions, to the grand jury early in the week"
 He added that the separate confes- sions of the boys agreed in every de- tail except that each accused the other of striking young Franks over the head with the chisel and each claimed to have driven the automobile. He said he had found part of the boys shoes and the ashes and fragments of the robe which the slayers used to cover the body of their victim, and that only the typewriter used is needed to com plete the evidence.
 The resources of three Chicago mil ionaires will be involved in the fight to free Leopold and Loeb.
 "A Lie''
 Nathan Leopold. Sr., termed the confession of the boys "A lie'
 When informed of the confessions he said That boy cannot be guilty. I am not ready to discuss the case at this time but l am sure the boys neve. harmed the Franks child. It cannot be true.'
 Leopold immediately retained coun- SC; to help his son. Just as vehement were the denials by members of the Loeb family that young Loeb could have participated in the staying. Ernest Loeb. his brother. said, they were able to account for his move ments every hour of the day of the staying.
 Jacob Franks, father of the slain youth said, the law should take its course"
 If they can be proved insane" he said, then let them be sent to an asylum. if not the law should take its course
 Would Spend Fortune
 Previously he had announced his in tention of spending his entire fortune, if necessary. to bring the slayers of his son to justice.
 Authorities tonight still were loath to believe that a desire for money, of which they apparently had plenty, was the commanding motive for the boys alleged crime.
 "The boys wanted to have a lot of fun and the ransom was not the chief object in the crime" one investigator who had talked to them for hours, said.
 "They indicated that they expected to have a lot of excitement in sending letters to the home of the Franks fami- Iy giving tips and then watching them dash away to follow the clues"
 Leopold and Loeb have been careful ly reared in surroundings as near the ideal as money and intelligence can produce. Money never has been consideration in their nineteen years of life.
 Both are Chicagoans, born and bred, both live in mansions in one of the city's most exclusive sections and both lads as well as their alleged victim at tended the same private school Tn their childhood.
 The boys appeared inseparable com panions but had few other boon com panions and mixed very little with the campus crowds, those who knew them said, The police said tonight that the confessions have removed all sus- picions from more than a dozen sus- poets, including Mott K. Mitchell and Walter Wilson, teachers at the private school the Franks boy atteNded.
 Attorneys representing the Leopold and Loeb interests refused to make any statement tonight after visit to the states attorneys office.
 What is there to make statement about?" Benjamin Bachrach, retained by Leopold, ST., asked newspapermen who surrounded him as he left the states attorneys office. But the boys have confessed?" reporters ventured. Confessed to what?" he retorted and walked out,