Show X WEALTHY X A X X YOUTHS YO Tl-S Tl M KILL I L MERELY OS y FOR O R RM M THRILL 1 I V 0 I I Crowd Battered Georges MOTIVE fOR WEIRD mm ci CRIME I UNBELIEVABLE ABLE I Three Millionaire Families Involved In Brutal Murder Case DETAILS ARE GIVEN Boy Killed Few Minutes i After He Is Dragged In Car I I GO OriC GO May Jay SI 31 I IN INS N NS S S Due Due to the tIle fact thAt S I-S neither nthan Leopold nor Richard Ln Loch b I M-I M Mould lall talk to toI states state's 8 a og I repliers were pre present nt It I not i lo for fur a of thc thc-lr alleged confessions confession to be ghen to the I prea s Attaches and attorneys ho eer goe cn c tho the In iho Iba le 1 re-I re I stories lie Ito was Oil dead drad five rive after Dick Did got cot him Into the I tar U Ito Ho recognized Dick andS and S sinned darted to I t couple of blow l 4 a on the tho lionel lie w itis tue tho chisel him and then theis ho he was Vas choked We c e undressed 1 him hint in uk the car and thou then elro elroe c e four hours before we ste hid hM the I body l c cli we e ts e just l Ulc I him himI c e C lIed planned for a long I time to kidnap tome some rich be boa kill him huh and demand a ran ran- ran ransom SOIlS SOIl from hi Ills his father It to be the tiling thing that ouM gise gha one a thrill Wo o 0 ii rc going to dUO detroy de his features v l add o o he ho couldn't be but hut we so didn't do cIo tIa that The ThC typewriter on which Babe Leopold wrote the tho let let- lettes let letter ter tes was Mas tossed to oft the bridge Into the Jackson ou Port Park lagoon He Pc got gol ot the typewriters typewriter's t tiPe pc oft orf It and threw that Hint Into the Va at another r ll place cc V c e choked the bD boy with a agag gag gug g g Ho lie seemed corned 6 tort wirt of weak ek It didn t take lihn blu long to T Ue ihie CHICAGO May Youthful 31 eons of two ChIcago millIonaires today confessed the lh and sl slaying ten day days ago aro of o Robert 13 old hear old ear son con of J ob another millionaire IlC- IlC ac cording to Robert E 1 r Cro Crowe e estate's states state's attorney Tho The boys who bo confessed are Na Na- Nathan Nathan than Leopold I Jr and Richard Leeb Loth university students and I both Joth residing within n a few blocks o Ol the Franks home horn In t a fashion fashion- f fashionable fashionable bl able residential dish let They the boy as n ho he home homo from school stran- stran Strangled tied stran-tied tied him In their automobile uton con con- concealed con concealed coaled hi his body and an demanded a ransom from front the parents prents according to Mr Crowe A pair of spectacles led to their arrest and the chance chanc remark of ofa ofa ofa a chauffeur resulted In their breakdown nand anti and confession when hen a the tho authorities after hours bours of I wera con con- con convinced vinced the th youth had established I aibl and were ero wr considering re- re rc-l rc them MOTIVE D A PUZZLE Thou Theli motive was vaa a puzzle State e Attorney Crowe declarIng tb that t they wanted v anted excitement and the 10 ransom friends asserted they could not need the money d doubted d the tho th truth of the c confession Both youths have havo da Is ls s brilliant students one the th youngest oter er e r graduated from th literary college colles- colles of o I a kading university and the othe othen doing dolne special work at atIL ata IL II university university ty hers here is 15 t i son iron of Nathan Leopold wealthy paper piper box boxI tr A and Loeb T fth la is lx the theon I on on of o A Albert crt Loeb vice vie president o ot a ChI nal nalo a o d r h sO I ef tI tito o according to Mr Ar Ir consid- consid s sr r os caid ald they d ln a relative of Julius lre head I of this Oil mall mail order firm l GETS LI The boys boy's cones confession lon the th states state's state I attorney bell e clearS clear up ono one on of the mot moot mysterious crimes In Chicago s history Robert Franks disappeared ard the h afternoon of May AllOY 21 as Ba he h was going from a privat sate vat te chool chol to his hi home a few blocks block distant That night a mail posing po art a as Geors George John Johnton on tole- tole tele telephoned phoned the tho boy s a mother that herson her herson son on w was wa held for tor ransom and the tho th Continued d On Page pac Two T a T s ff- ff ONE FRANKS FRANKS- SLAYER CALM CALMI I BUT PARTNER COLLAPSES Keep Youths Under Heavy Guard Fearing Suicide Wonder Who Will Get O Re Reward ard Offered 11 i S Continued rom Paco ago One r next day th the f father i ce ed a lot lot- 11 br cr demanding for or the bO s 's release and him 01 ders would 1 follow IQ 1 t the tho afternoon came camo a telephone Ji all to Franks from John on In- In him to take the tho mone which If Be ho had hod ready reach to a drug the Ilia address of o a Inch dId did not und understand rLand rbt A f fe few lutes al rwal d the nude hod bod body of ofa oa a boy found Into culvert i In a ft south side swamp amp wa was B i t f ed cd as OS his sonI son 1 According to the tho state s I ney Leopold and Loeb Loch said eald they thoy ed tho the plan to kidnap somo omo and hold them for a a of la last t November Io They Thoy jone picked the Franks ranks boy whom the they new InC ne as ao a victim on the spur of the u-the the moment when hen they can saw him home homo from school BOY noY IS KILLED I Inviting In him Into a n rented au- au au I 11 tc f mobile In which they were rid- rid riding ing ns they said according according- to Mr CIOC 2 Clone that they struck h him over oer tho head with a ft 1 when he her T i and then strangled hm him The thC chisel tossed from froni their ali au- was as found later latar and la 18 laI part o ot of tile the evidence against I them t hc in I themI ft VOT hours houra they dro drove 0 about aboul about the with Ith their huddled Inthe in I th the of the tho car and coy coy- cov II l bv a robe That night the said according to Mr Cro Crowe Crose e they thoy theyS disrobed their victim applied acid S to the tho face faco In an nn effort rort to make and 1 identification Impossible dio c 0 e to the s swamp samp amp hel 0 concealed tho the body In the tho culvert the at i then men LUlled mu Lol bs b's home according to their mole disposing of ot the shoes Jand 1 and belt on a prairie and rode the tho city tor for a time finall finally 4 home l Loob T IAK noti t t f ed the l ranks family that Rob Itoh- Itoh ulas crt ul was as held fo foi ransom v hll T Ti prepared i r the IIA lansom let let- lettel l t Leopold A LeopOld tel Then they thic thc the tIme type on which l the lansom let let- letter letter let letter ter WIS WI'S pr prepared parel In a lagoon and to collect mAn Inn J shen when hn theIr plans orl d because 1 I rank not understand theli thelt Sons tons ons Loeb 11 to assist aist the tho police In finding the drug store from which he ho made one of o the to Franks I The rho only clue on which the tho au had to 01 Oik k was as a J pali pairS l ef spectacles with lIh Ith e shell shelly ms 1 hns and of peculiar make Iden- Iden of ot the 01 o nei lie O ot of the therb fies rb I 18 es In a cit o of three millIOn the of o look look- Ing ing looking fOI 01 n IL needle In a hn hay stack staCi buL u ul th the thi poh police e realizing that thaI their t tu S onlY hope of ot soiling sol the iho m Jt in IA finding the 0 owner oner ner of o tho the set to 10 work ork cam very vorY optician optical supply and house houe In Chicago extending their search 10 o oth other r cities clUes 4 t After AHer a week s s 8 hunt a Brook Brool- nil Brook i h hn n fh flim m nas as found which said j rl h made the spectacles and Its Chi Chi- Chingo Chi Chicago cago ngo agencies eie 1 el e then can can- can thousands 1 housand ot 01 records ere care carefully Cully scrutinized ed until Olle wo was found which tallied exact exact- exactly exact exact- exactly exactly ly y ith Ith the tho of o the tho u III In question Such a record was found bv by an v night and the trail led direct to hO Leopold a few blocks from that ot of Leopold and Loeb Loob his bosom bosoni were wre arrested at once j It COME COr SURPRISE Then came the tho surprise Leo Leo- loul 1 re admitted 0 ot o the tho spectacles explaining e that hG he Isn Is n in and In his hI udy of ot LII buds ds had visited the where herc herc tho the body was sae found times and probably lost his s oh on one ot of the trips The 10 told Il a s straight d story stor nt ni their activities on tho the tiny lay Rob Rob- Robt t rt 1 1 I ranks disappeared declaring they spent the day about n fl Leopolds Leopold's car Clr and after atler a It day Ja I I BI Li d most of a 0 night of question question- 1 theli remained c In any Imy detail The fhe tics tle wel e to admit that their were ere cor- cor cor correct Meanwhile Mean hUe In an all outer room of the States State's attorneys attorney's office a aman man had boon been waiting patiently for four hours to have some ome no notice no- no tice taken ot of o him lie He was the family chauffeur and had lio been n called In along Ith a dozen ethers to substantiate details of the boys boy's statements l Finally the thc chauffeur was as Rs call call- called call called ed Cd in and asked a 0 a few tOlY Questions He Ito chanced to that thal the Leopold carns car ear ns aS aSIr Ir 11 the garage throughout the tho day or of May 21 31 Questioners Questioner rubbed to the two bos bo s with this thle In Information Information forma tion hon and a few tow minutes minute later M as a adawn dawn a an n streaked through tho the Win Win- win of the tho stat state s attorneys attorney's rico o-rico of of- of the youths admitted the sla sIa- sIa ini I Inco In ing L GOOlo i IS DRAGGED Tonight authorities were sero ere work work- working working ork- ork ing feverishly to corroborate the tho most minute details of the boys stor story The lagoon whore Vi horo the tho outha sold said they threw throw the t type typewriter po- po writer was as being dragged the thebo bo bos s were ero ero taken to a lonelY where here they pointed out the spot where tho they tried to burn burnla burna la a smeared blood-smeared robe that they said they placed over thou theli sic sic- Ic- Ic tim c-tim tim s a body n a search was being made for tor the tIme Franks anks boys boy's shoes I and belt and the proprietors tors of the tho garage garnge from fron which they rent rent- rented rented rented ed tho the car In which RobN t 1 M had lad already ready identified them Late Lale today trio tile bos bo sunder s under y heasy guard w wee we o talen taken ovel the route they the said theS pursued and to the place where shero hero the body was found to re enact lIs of their confession Leopold tonight still appeal cd ci nonchalant he ed effects of o time the groat great strain which ho had been placed laced foi fot more than 24 2 hour houi hou- hou Loeb how how- hoover however over ever collapsed when a druggist at whoso hoo store he called the tho th Franks homo In connection with will the time ransom demand positivelY identified him QUICK COURT COVET ACTION I an plans sero ero com corn completed completed foi tot quick notion action in the tho I courts Limo rhe inquest indefInitely postponed the day after the tho body as found will be re opened re Monday and It was as an- an an nn announced flounced that tha tho case will nill III bo be the tho first to 10 be tio submitted to the tho June grand jury States Attorney Crowe said tIme Iho foi tOl fo ransom was a 0 capital offense ottense In this state and it was ns as to try the tho sl erb of the boy tor for two crimes ench punishable by mur douth death mur murder der dor and for tor ransom ransom- ransom In iii case caso Indictments are aro returned The story of the tho boys Mr Cro Crone e sa said III Indicated that their leUm was wag dead five minutes after ho he their automobile Mr Cro Crose 0 said that his questioning revealed that the slaying was wu apart a apart apart part of the tho plan arid and that the tho euth had no intention of ot Ing the tho boy to his parents after atte p pa payment ment of ot tho the ransom After Arter the thi clime was as committed and the oi- oi oti dences of it were ed Mr Cro Crose Croo o said Eald the boys engaged In Ina tt a card game ame until they went ont ent to t b tob bd d Their confession also reo re- an alt elaborate plan lan for cot cot- col collecting tho the ransom money 1 with Ith Ith- Ith detection out exposing themselves to detec- detec tion the stat states e attorney said In Incao lr case caM Franks had gone to the drug drut drugstore drugStore store dolie as they directed him to do he lie was to be bo co colled lied at the diug d ug store by tele telephone hone and Instructed to look lookin in a II nearby refuse boc bo bo whet whole e ho would ho have base 0 found In- In Instructions in instructions to board a train and ani watch foi fot a sla-n sla boa I I after parsing pa a certain stop At a sig- sig minI nal he was to haic hao tossed the money from th tIme thi i window accord accord- Ing tag to their plans S 'S PL NS The fhe bo bOss th tho police olloe found went ent about preparations fOI toi the tho teat feat months ago nga by registering tl at al hotels under fictitious names es- es establishing establishing bank accounts under assumed nam names In small In nearby cities and rehearsing the tho th actual details ot of theli plan At a t hol hotel 1 where hero n ft youth euth believed to 10 tc v hl havo I bOon been Loch Loab registered all an assumed name a 11 few tew week eek ago the tho police found a II book left letl b bhim 0 him on the subject of ot the In- In In Of or wealth Haith In Homo Rome Julius aid went to 10 the thc th My office during the tho day when hon Informed the tho boys had told of ot a a plan to kidnap i t rein rela- th tie tho e of hi his lie He saId laid ho doubted even If they had considered such euch eucha a 0 step that ransom could be their moth motive e Re rde totaling 16 were I off offered red for tor Information on leading to te the tho identity of o the slayers The police pOllet officials front from the states attorney attorneys s office and i reporters who found clues CiUC all Were tonight who ho would share oharo In them The Tho hoe bos bo tat rather father her offered each of ot two nOI ne newspapers offered tor for e o as a to the Identity of ot the and Chief of ot police Colllns Collins offered 1000 SUICIDE IS PEAKED Leopold and Loeb were ere ero quartered tonight In an Ing hotel esob ech ch occupying rooms roomi and each cach under police gual d Time The Th e police said mild they feared that the tho a might attempt suicide and an would keep them under survell- survell lance lanco at all Units times States Statu Attorney Crowe had bad only a brief briet statement to make maleo tonight when whon he ho wound up almost 48 18 hours o ot of continuous ln In ln I 1 have a hangIng case caNO ca e and I would be willing to submIt It to a l II I jury tomorrow he said sl I shall present the facts acts Including the th Confessions ion to tho the grand shallI jury Juri I early iy in the tho week weak Ho He added that the separate con con- of o the boys agreed In 0 ery detail except that each ac- ac accused accused ac accused the other ot of striking young Franks 0 Oer o er the head 1 with Ith the tho th chisel and each claimed to 10 hae ha na driven the Ho lie said aaS he had hl found part of ot the tho bos bo's bo s shoe and the ashes and frag- frag fragments monts ments of ot the robe which the slay slay- slayers ors ers used to cover the body of ol their victim and that only the th type typewriter used is 1 needed to corn corn- comi i the chain o f evidence cco n I |