Show chicago YOUTHS CONFESS KILLING SONS OF MULTI millionaires COMMIT MURDER TO furl THER SCIENCE CHARGE cold blooded attitude of the pair Is Amal amazing ng two become bitter enemies As web Ti ahtens chicago Ay anything is justifiable justi fl in the interests of science said nathan leopold jr one of the murderers of robert franks in discussing the crime he committed it is no crime to use a human being in the interests of scientific research it I 1 is no moye more than impaling a beetle upon a pin ill admit were in dutch said gaid richard loeb who helped slay the tha boy it may be ill get a couple of years for this but it will be the making of me there is the attitude of the two living principles in the most astounding murder in the history of chicago and chicago has been the scene of many weird and gruesome crimes young leopold 19 and a ph D at 18 is the son of nathan leopold owner of the manitou steamship line and other enterprises including a great box factory his wealth is conservatively estimated at richard loeb fellow student and fellow murderer of leopold is the son of albert albeit II if leob vice vibe president of sears roebuck and co whose estate is readily worth loeb also is a nephew of jacob loeb former president of the chicago school board and for a long time the ac stormy petrel of that institution all members of the loeb family aro are very wealthy jacab franks father of the murdered boy is a retired broker who could command Oo easily perhaps very much more the cold blooded attitude of the young murderers amazes all with whom they have come in contact sunday they went in automobiles under guard of a squad of detectives and re enacted the entire crime they drove to the point where the boy was picked up from the street struck over the head with a padded chisel smothered in it a robe and a I 1 cloth thrust into big hi mouth they indicated at the point where the discovery was made that the boy was dead five minutes after they kidnapped him then they drove around for a time and finally took a straight course to the swamp during this ride the murdered boy was disrobed dis robed and his clothing lucked into a bundle in the rear of the car at the swamp the young murderers showed showe d how leob had bad remained in the hired car while leopold carried the nude of the boy to a large culvert and thrust him film into it had he pushed the body a foot further into the culvert it is doubtful if the mystery would ever had been solved as they had poured hydrochloric acid over the boys face to destroy his features and the action of the swamp water soon would have eroded the flesh from bones it would have been almost impossible to identify the tha sl skeleton eleton assuming that it ever would have been found the cunning of the murderers and the careful plans which they had made for the crime which was conceived last november were shown in the fact that leopold had bad provided himself with rubber boots to be usei use in carrying the body into the swamp muddy shoes might have afforded a clue but the boots washed after he be emerged from the swamp and this wiped out that chance of discovery I 1 fter after the kidnapping and murder the youthful mouthful criminals drove leisurely mackto the city stopping at a remote point to burn the bloody blanket in which the boy had been smothered |