The Washington times., 1924-06-02
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Millionaire Parents Employ
Best Legal Talent to Save
Youths From Death
By LARRY SHIFTS,
International NARn Service.

International News Service.
CHICAGO, June 2.-Wheels Of
the mill of justice through which
the states attorneys office ex-
poets to grind out death sentences
for two millionaires' sons started
whirEing today.
While the corOner's jury met 10
Determine the manner Ia which
thirteen year-old Robert Franks
met his death. the State mar
shalIed the array of avid1nca al
which It win ask murder and kid
nsping, indictments against Ma
than q. Leopold, jr., and Richard
A. Loeb, his confessed slayers.
10 Go to Grand Jury.
States Attorney Grove announced
today that grand jury investigation
of the murder will be started to-
morrow. Each crime carries q
death penalty with 1t in Illinois.
It was learned today that steio-
graphic transcripts have been made
OF the detailed confessions, but they
will not be made public until the
trial..
Holds Youths Sane.
Anticipating a move to plead in.
sanity, States Attorney Grove
called in four alienists for exannina-
ton Of Loeb and Leopold. Doctors
William o. Krohn. 'Hugh!T. Patrick,
Archibald Church :. and Ludwig
Hecktoen., the latter OF the Uni
versity of Chicago, where. both the
accused youths were students. ].
The legal sanity OF the pair can
easily be proved, was the state.
ment off DR.. Krohn after cues
tioning them.
Strong exception was, taken to
this move by the, defense attorneys.
Chief Justice CaverIy today or.
dered. Leopold and /, Loeb taken
away from States Attorney Grove
and Chief OF Detectives Hughes and
placed in the custody of the aheriff.
who was. ordered to take them to
the Franks Inquest and return them
to the county Jail without bail.
This order has. the effect Of. i'm.
prisoning the confessed slayers BY
due process of law and Of per.
uniting them to be seen by attor.
neys retained by their families.
Further hearing Of petitions FOR
writs OF habeas corpus was set Cor
Thursday. 44
Killers for Thrill. /.
KILLERS for a thrill,' the youthh
termed themselves in their, own
admissions. They confessed that
the kidnapping and staying Of the
Franks boy were. conceived f"in 4
spirit OF adventure"
How the $25,000.000 represented
by Jack" Franks, father Of the
slain boy, and the families Of the
two brilliant University Of Chicago
students held for the staying, viii
make the approaching legal battle,
one in which no expense is spared.
was indicated by the retention for
the defense Of Clarence barrow and
Ben Bachrach, nationally known
criminal attorneys. G
On the other side Of the legal
scales which viii weigh two lives
against a brutal killing win be
thrown all the brilliance the states
attorneys office can muster, to.
gether with what aid the bereaved
millionaire father may lend.
That it was Loeb, himself a
second cousin OF the slain boy, who
welded the chisel wrapped with
surgical tape by which Robert
Franks was struck down. was the
charge hurled by Leopold in an
amplified confession.
He admitted that he himself wrote
the meticulously phrased letter by
which 1t was hoped to extort
$4,000 from Jacob Franks, even
after his sons death.
1T was all Loeb's idea," he en-.
claimed bitterly. II realize that
am equally guilty and that we both
face the same penalty. 1t gets me
nothing then, to accuse him.
Admits Writing Letter.
Nevertheless. he planned the kid.
naping and helped carry 1t out
by writing the extortion letter. Yes,
wrote it-every word of 4.
1T was Loeb though who enticsd