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Grief-Stricken Jacob Franks, Insists: ''JUSTICE WAS NOT DONE" r ROY (1IIIDON8 Dec. 31.?An eye for1 A tooth (or a tooth! ran the Mosaic law of old fcls forefathers. So runa the ^ of Jacob Franks today. any weary months of anguish re added to his heartache since Franka. now but a ahadow of his 1 former self, and bent under hla t t?iedy, wept bealde the bier of Iris elain son. Robert, and watched him borne away to a premature *rave. ' ? ? "JP*st the age of unreasoning |ate, Franks, cheated out of t> kis eon by Loeb and Leopold, arch fc'fltnds. who cut the youngster off w from life "for a thrill-'?-bespeaks v his mind of what "real Justice" Is. p Seated at his desk, on which In exact row are three portraits, of the unfortunate Robbie. Franks, fa a voice and with eyea that . teemed to burn with an intense fire. repeated over and over: a ?*Tbey. should hare hanged. Tlu-y ? dhould have hanged." Ir'i' Never Vam Their Niiuwn That la the way h? N-fer* to K\0#>eb and Leopold, now serving | K Mfe sentences and ^9 year's im I ariaonment each at Joilet penlten fejSfcry for striking down the hoy?! ?y little Bobble"?for whom mke, the millionaire watch ?T. had planned so much. He never calls them by name Hf'felways "they" when Jie gs the slayer Into conversa-j . His manner la lmpertional. pronoun is impersonal. tfiut It reveals Franks' loathing l. tor the killers. He will not per ? ttU their names to defile his, l mu. me tw. 'Justice was not done in this .CttfM." he says. "They should have . lfcscged. There was no reason in . jkw or human kindness why thos? itMu fiends should not have been #one away with. V *'You ask me what justice is. [[^Matice is what the law requires. h I am fully aatisfied with the crlm --4?al law aa it is written. In some [ 'W? cases there are mitigating ?; 0rcumstancts. In this case there V tras none." '* Sweeping on In a surge of pent passion, Franks burst the ??wleates of his grief and with : ?yes fastened on the three mute ?tographs of the little boy upon desk he launched into a bitter ick upon many concerned in tke trial. Criticize* Cavrrly '-He la particularly enraged overi . (he conduct of Clarence Darrow. I ( . master pleader, who defended [.? Uoeb and Leopold, as his son's ,. fpnfeased murderers. "Darrow is an atheist," hissed k Ffanka. "He undertook this d? kMM (or t h? money there was in : ft- It said that ho made <1.000. 000 I or what ho did. "And then Judge Caverly?why did ho, a chief jUHtice. nil in the cane? i "It Ih an unusual proceduro far a chief jualire to sit in a trial like this. He uhould have aHfcign<'d the PHONE 114 Standard Pharmacy THEY WILL SEND IT MELICK WE CARRY THE POPI LA R STYLES OP LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS IN STOCK AND ARE PRE PARED TO FITRNI8H ANY SPECIAL SIZE OR STYLE ON SHORT NO TICE. HINDERS TRANSFERS LEIMaElt SHEETS MELICK case to Kotne other judge. "ilecause h?? didn't do no. make* me believe that hi* tnind was al ready made up before he heard th?? fact*. Likewise. Judge Caver ly. when he delivered sentence on them. slate?! that lie disregarded , the Insanity theories of the de fense. "Theivfore. according to many lawyers, his only course of aetlon legally to deliver the death sentence. "When Caverlv sentenced the lmy* he s:iid -1 h i? t 90 }>er eent of t h?* letters he k<>1 regarding the ease asked f;?r leniency. I believe I got mnrt' letters about it than the Judge, and 99 per eent of the correspondence I received asked for hanging. This woul.1 seem to indicate that Judge Caverly picked out the letters that agreed with I his viewpoint. "Hut th.it part of II Is a story i that may never be told." WATCH SKItVH'K TOXKaHT J AT t il HIST CIIIKCH' The usual watch service will he held tonlcht In Christ Church. Episcopal, beginning at 11:30; o'clock. "There Is no belter place for n man to lis when the New Year begins than in the house of God at prayer." says Ilev. 11. F. 11111.1 rector. "There are few services' of the Church more solemn, sweeter or more helpful than this Watch N'lght Service. You are Invited." You Know Me A1 My 33 years experience as a watch repairer makes it possible for me Ho give you? Service My location and small expense makes it possi ble for me to trive you? Prices 411 II urU fiircn /?-r sun til iitti-iition H. C. Bright 303 llinton Bid?. Upstairs AMBASSADOR MEETS FRENCH PKEMIEIt Carl?. D?ic. 31.?Premier ll?-r riot rvrclviil the Aiim iIcud am l>a?ad?ir. Myron T. Herrlclc Tue? ?lay night and had a long conver .ation cn the puhj?-ct of the re r. lit inventory of Franc*-'* flnan t'.al condition which wan iaaut'd by Financ?* Minister Ch'iivj rtt.il. CKill AT HKI<TFOltl? C. II. I'lll.h d?*liv?T<-d tli?- ad drew at the rerqulmans Lodge A. F. tc A. M . at their regular com munication at Hertford Tuenday ?night at 7:30 o'clock Ilitt ?ub ject wnn "My Obligation." William Webb left Monday for h la home at Salisbury, Marylaiul. after nin-nding tin- holiday? with lit h moth? r. Mrs. Maggie Webb on t'berry street. HPW'IAL FKATTRKM Three special feature? will ap pear in the next IsMue of The New York Sunday World: For the people interested in the puzzle fad. there will be a new and en larged eifght-puKe "fled Maui#." ?'dfted by lloudlni?for those in terested In mystery stories, there v.Ill appear in thl? isnue. a new Arthur Vomers Roche Serlea. three complete storlen?-and then, for our music lovers. 'Til Be Your Soldier." a popular son* hit from I he international success ".Mad ame l'ompadour." now playlnic at the Martin lice k Theater. N?w| York City. ?dv ro SERVICE? 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