Imperial Valley press., 1924-06-03
TAXICAB DRIVER
IDENTIFIES TWO
AS ATTACKERS
Police Checking Every
Unexplained Crime in
! Chicago

lIll1AbO, June o.--NulIldH l1cO-
pold and Richard Loeb, who have
finally passed over the "bridge of
sighso are held securely in the coun-
tv jail for the first time on charges
Of numbering Robert Franks, ID
year OLD school boy, may be con-
nected with another murder, brutal
gland operation, and possibly other
crimes, it was indicated today at
the office Of States Attorney Rob
ert T.. Grove.
Charles Ream, taxicab driver,
who six months ago was attacked
and mutilated, identified Leopold
and Loeb as the two youths who
made him prisoner and gagged him
with an ether soaked rag. Ream
said he was positive of their iden
tity and promised to make formal
charges against the youths.
Aides of Grove, meanwhile, are in
vcstigating possible connection of
the two "super intellectuals' with
the murder Of Freeman Tracy, an
other University of Chicago student.
Tracy's murder on the evening of
November %, 1928, was never ex-
planned.
"Leopold and Loeb knew them
first when ! saw their pictures in
the papers, Ream said. "Loeb
drove the car on the night / was at
tackled. 1t was Leopold who held
that ether bandage over my face. -
With Ream's Identification of
I L.. -. .l,
authorities announced they would
investigate every recent unexplain-
ed crime on Chicago police records
in the belief that the millionaire col
lego students may have been con-
nected with them. Several murder
mysteries and gland operations will
be investigated.
"There is no telling where our in
vestigations will lead u.s. Grove
said. "Thesei boys, if they were
capable of kidnapping an innocent
scool boy and numbering him, may
be guilty of many other crimes. y
Grove indicated that the two
"briliant college students" possess
ed with the belief that they were
"too smart to be found Out,' may
have started ON prolonged adven-
tnre in crime to satisfy their ego.
He said it was entirely possible
that they may have started in min
or offenses, going step by step to
greater crimes, climaxing in the
murder of Robert Franks, which
finally led to their downfall.
Boys Break Down
Young Leopold and Loeb We're
taken last night through the long,
gloomy tunnel that leads from the
criminal court to the county Jail.
To their attorneys, who are max
ing desperate efforts to save them
from the gallows, it was a victorious
march which led the boys away from
their inquisitors to the confines OF
the jail where they would be per-
mitted to consult with lawyers and
advisers. To the boys is was a sor-
rowful procession, a march that end
ed behind strong iron bars in cell
much like other cells where murder
ers, thieves and lesser other Grim
inals we've lodged.
one Dy one tnree HUH uoolS Nci'
closed behind the two boys. When
the last one swung heavily on its
hinges and the steel bolt was slip
ped quietly into its place, Leopold
broke down. The spirit that had
been debonair and naughty crum-
pied under the weight of those doors
"Theer doors-three steel doors, -
he whispered softly to the deputy
sheriff. "Ye God, / never thought
it would come, to this
Loeb, more broken, weaker by far
than his comrade, uttered not a
word. He walked slowly, his hands
deeply buried in his pockets.
The "$15, 100000 defense" led by
Clarence Darrow and financed by
the millions of their fathers, was
hard at work today, devising some
plan by which it was hoped to save
the boys from execution. Insanity
probably will be the defense.
The county grand jury was to con
vene today and States Attorney
Grove was prepared to ask immedi-
ate indictments against Leopold and
Loeb on counts of first degree muir