Leopold And L
Results Maine Election
Pleasing To Republicans
Hr [lrt'srnls I tiij; I.us> as Compared W illi l')2ll, liu! as
4) C.oiiiparrd W'ilh 1922 Indicates Tide il.is I mi m il
? Km kl in Issue (iivcs Democrat* Alilii
Itr daviu i.awhkmt:
(tmrtlkl. I?l. 8 , Ttia IMNtl
Washington, Sept. i). ? As jtoes Maine so Koes the Nation
i:i an old battle cry of the Republican party mid the Demo
cats have been loath to use it e::eept when the election ap
peared t.> lie turning .their way.
It is no secret that the
Democrats confidently ex
pected either to win the jjov
^_triiorship in Maine 01" cut
do\Vn materially the TTepubli
cflii majority.
On the faro of the latest re
turns. llicy have lout the flection
an?l tin* question of how much
they have cust down the Republi
can majority depends altogether
on wlit ther 1920 or 1922 Is taken
us a busis of reckoning.
In Hi.' 11)20 election the gov? r
norship a.s well us the Presidency
. was wen by the Republicans in
September and November, re
spectively. by approximately 05.
O0i? majority. Today the Repub
licans have hud that majority cut
_ down uiiuont half. To that ?-\
lent the idea that 1020 may TiT
taken us u basis of computation
'for the 1921 election ami that Du
vls will be beat* n as was Cox Ih
subject to sharp dispute by the
mathematics oJ the case.
? Compared with 1922 which
? seem* a lairer basis tor calcula
t ion. the Republicans have mad?
a small gain. They won then by
24 000 and It wan remarked at
thai time that the cut from 192U
r'i vsented considerable loss to
rV- ll? publican party. The Maine
results "were considered significant
and they were indeed borne out
by the Congressional elections;
for. applying the name ratio of
loss to the Republicans In other
states, the mathematicians did
figure out about the loss of scats
in Congress which they did suf
fer. So Maine pointed in 1922
the way the Nation went.
What then does a gain from
24 000 111 1922 to 'J5.000 In 1921
really represent? It means that
the Republicans not only have
held their own but have made 11
gain of about 11.000 votes though
the difference between n govern
orship and a Presidential vote Ih
always a few thousand any way.
A -> to all Inti nts and purposes the
C- .auatioii has not materially
changed from 1922. Had there
been any landslide in prospect for
I he Presidential race, the barom
eter in Maine should have regis
tered at lvast a 50.000 or fiO.OOO
majority. This dispatch is writ
ten on the basis of esrly returns
and it may be that later figures
may show a 50.000 majority. In
which cas" the Republicans will
have just cause for jubilation as
to the meaning of the Maine elec
Entlrely apart from the effect
which the figures havo ni, '^
worker* of both j?tl? ? for th?>
-III Interpret It aa they Pl*??-?
tftalno may have an Importance In
Another field of
namely th- Ku Klu* Kloo. The
-defeats of Ihe Klan In Texas and
Oklahoma h?'l made mmr "' the
supporter* of the Klan In Po 'M
somewhat timid. The
political inannuera were advlaed
that a at ron K Klan vote would be
cast for the Republican candidate
for xovernor In Mains becauac of
the denunciation of the Klan by
Mr I'attongall. the Democratic
nominee. A victory with Klan
.upport always Koads the anil
Klan elementa Into action. I er
Mi>a the rndat provocative head
line which the Democrats could
wish Is that which today was used
hy one of the Republican news
papers here "firewater elected
uo\Ternor Itr Maine with Klan
b*HI.!dl<the Klan bifn beaten In
Maine. It mllcht have had the op
in,1 lie effect politically 'or the
neople who are not actively eon
J.,,r?ed with the Klan lasue are
more numerous than those who
r VI IheBiaelvea aKgrlevea by if
lA re are many who feel ao decp
IV analnJf the Klan that they will
make an laaue of It In ull elec
tions Tli" Kaatern atatea unques
tionably have much of that aentl
mrn, ?,,.| that'a why the Repub
licans will And Ihe Maine result
Untie In Ihclr face? In Ihe Eastern
areas verv much as the Georgia
primary na*e MeAdoo ;
taint which lie himself did nol
court or particularly relish
Mlaa Amber Holloman of t'l I ;
abetll City la a member of Ihe
.faculty In the schools at Wash- 1
lotion, N. C? thla year.
SPICK AND SPAN
FOR SCHOOL TIME
and
un4i
lion Than Ever Before,
Keady for Next IMomluy.
The Kliazheth City schools, will
open next Monday with I he larg
est ? i>i'Oli!i? ii( hi their history,
says* Superintendent S. I,. Sheep.
There an* f?2 teachers. which
means the addition of one teach
er. M iss Clara Ih-11 Stiles of John
son City. InHiniclnr in public
'school in unit. This i;? Cla?* first
j-fui* tin- ' Krhoii|H lien* have had
such un Instructor and tlic j?up
.erlntyinl? m hopes It will be a per
manent I* at tire. .Miss-- Stiles is a
graduate of tin- Cincinnati Con
servatory of Music.
During vacation the school
buildings have bion thoroughly
-cleaned and tin* school grounds,
have been greatly Improved. The
?WiKb Hehooi itmi tiffmrnnr h*Ihmi|
, grounds now have curbing and re
talnint; wall* and have been filled
In, levelled and sown in peas with
a view In getting the soil in con
d it ion for the development of
lawns.
i The supcrTli(< nderit suggests
that par. uts show their apprecia
tion of tlita improvement by
teaching their hoys and glria i,
take pride in the school grounds
and endeavor to help keep them
clean and attractive.
The pln.VKrouml* in the rear of
the (irammar School have been
? nlarged and Improvement of tin
added grounds has been begun.
I When completed this playground
will he large enough for baseball,
football, tennis, and the various
athletic activities of the bchool.
MOTIIKRS ru n Wil l,
MKKT ON WKDNKSD.U
An important meding of th>
Mothers Club will be held at the
Community IIourg on Fleet woou
? street Wednesday afternoon .??
3:30 o'clock. Miss Man-la Al- i
hertson will be there and demon
strale pie kid tomatoes and th?ru|
are special business matters to In
brought up before the club. A
full attendance of the members i? 1
very much desired.
I-Ol l/TIIY IMSKASKS TO
UK HTI I?IKI? Tills YKAl:
The Home Demonstration
, Cqpiily Council nu t Saturday in
the office of the Home Demon
ntratlon Agent to arrange the'
program for club meetings dur
ing the year. I'onltrv diseases
are to he made a topic of special
eiudy thi* yfciiir. and then; is con
siderable Interest In poultry
throughout the County.
A SON<4 HIT FIlKK
"Wight May Have Its Sadness.*
, a song hit trom the ( harlot Re
vue. now playing at the Time*
Square Theater. New York City,
will appear In next Sunday's lasu*
of The New York World Magazine
Section, by special permission
from Harms, Inc. This popular
piece. with words nnd must? cntr.
plete. will he In much demand,
and It Is advisable that you order
your copy of The New York Sun-,
day World in-advance. Artlclci.
I of interest to every member of
the family, every week. In The
New York Sunday World Maga
a zinc. adv
FOUR A KM DEAD IN
FIGHT AT THE POI.I.S
Ooelnusnc. I,a . Sept. 10 Four
are dead and two are dying as the
result of a fluht at the polls In ?
the prlmar) yesterday.
It \NK ANNOUNCES
AMOUNT FIMSKZZI.ED
I'ntnnni, Conn . Sept. io. ? The
Flr?t National Hank of I'utnam
which closed after Its cashier. O.
Harold Klrkpatrlck. tried to com
mit sulelde, yesterday announced I
i a 970ft. 000 dsflell aa the result oi,
hit om battlement.
Riiil<lirm<? (leaned
? llriiiimL m i
TWO CHILDREN
ARE BADLY HURT
School Truck Overturned
on Homewurtl Trip to
lurk Monday Afternoon.
Siiawboro, Sept. 9 ? Two school
< h ild roil . Jack Bell. six years old,
son of Clerk of Court Uaxter
Bell of Showboro, anil Helcu Wil
liHius. eight, daughter of L>uv?ri
Williams, also of Shawboro. wer?
severely injured Monduy aftei
noon when the school truck, driv
en by Titus Rite, 16. of Indian
town, was struck by a Ford so
dan. driven by u Mr. Jones of
t?ll*abrth City, and turned ovei
in a ditch The accident occurred
between Sligo and Dr. Co well's
ho nil as the truck was bringing
the children homo from school.
Jack .Bell suffered a severe cut
9JL .!>[j fofehead. while Helen Wll
iKinis received brulnes ubOlit fi'fl'r
month and body, and possibly In
tcrifJl Injuries. She is still in
bed .
Reports current here place the
illume for l ae accident on the
Kli/aheth City man, who, it Is
said, struck ihe truck after h-?
had. by failure to give any of lh?
road, crowded the truck to the
very edge of the ditch. Twenty
children' were in the truck at ih
tinjie of the accident and muti.%
of them received bruises or wer ?
in danger of drowning in the wa
?ier vthiji ihq hiltf wept into thr
ditch. .
JUDGE CAVERLY
IS UNDER GUARD
? - Hr frt. -9.^-^4 My -pAlic*
men and scores of plain elothes
men will be on di^ty outside and
inside the corridors of the Crim
inal Courts Building here Wed
nesday to insure orderly sentenc
ing to d?*ath or life Imprisonment
of l^eopold nnd Loeb.
Tlie courtroom will be closed to
spectators. Only relatives of the
defendants. attorneys, bailiffs,
and newspaper m? u will be pres
cut because of the many threats
received by Judge Caverly. Spe
cial precautions for safeguarding
him will be taken.
FIREMAN KILLED
TRAIN IN DITCH
Tuclion, Arizona, Sept. 9. ?
Fireman George Ward was killed
when the Sunset Limited No. 102
the Southern Purine's crack east
bound passenger train, went Into
the ditch neu? here last nigh:
Other members Of the crew and
all the passengers escaped un
hurt.
The accident was the result o.
a plot to wreck the train, Raid an
announcement at the railroad :
office here today.
FLIERS FORCED TO
LAISD AT ABERDEEN
<l*r Tti? Aiimtiifd Pw* '
Washington. Sept. 8. ?A forced
landing at Aberdeen, Maryland,
70 riilleR norfh of Washington In
terrupted the New York-Washlng
ton lap of the world flight to
day.
Fog over the bay and mars!'
region about Aberdeen compelled
ih> fliers who with their eicort
had battled ngalnst the head winds
all the way from New York to
come to ground for refuelling.
President Coolldge, his cahl
net. Mrs. Coolldge and the cabi
net ladles were at Rolling Field
early to greet the air heroes.
When word csnne that the*
had been delayed the President
decided to stick it out. He hue.
already waited for hours at the
field despite the rain and mint.
JUDGE SUSTAINS
FALL'S OBJECTION
Washington. Sept. t. ? Albert
Fall's objection to the presence o'
a stenographer In the room of
Ihe grand Jury Investigating th
naval oil leases was today run
talned by Judge Slddons of th<>
District of Columbia Supreme
Court but his attorney's pleas to
stop the proceedings were denied
DKATH OK IX FA NT
Charles Meeklna McMullan. In
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. T. ?.
McMullan. Jr.. died Tuesday morr.
ing about 6:46 o'clock. The fun
eral will bs conducted at the homo
Wednesday by Dr. fl. H Temple
man and Interment made at Hol
lywood Cemetery.
BOKKOWED FOR
THE LEAN PERIOD
?-?, Richmond,- dept. 9. ? Apprjxi
tun 1 fly fHr.O ?O0 lins h.-tn bor
rowed by Governor Trlnkle with
in -the lasi liu dayH to meet cur
rent expenses of the slate, accord
ing to a utory printed in the Rich'
mond Npwh Leader Mouday.
The story quoted State An
dltor Moon* as buying that it had
' been necessary to borrow the
">on?y becaim.- of the _presslnj:
needs during the "Wan' period."
GIRLS PREPARING FOR
AXNI AL RISTRRT COJfTGNT
Home I)? nionstratlon Club girls
are preparing for the annual dis
trict try-out at Hertford on Octo
ber 4 at which time the most suc
cessful maker of bread and Jelly
will lie named to ?o to the State
Pair to enter the State wide con
tent in the making of then* good
thing* to eat. The winner at Ra
leigh will go to ike-Natlonal con
tent in Oh Icq go.
Miss Murcin Albertson. Pasquo
; tank -Home hmnonstration Agent,
jcsks that glrln writ.- oi "phone her
: If they will enter the County con
tent here on September 20. Thin
contest will be an all-day afTalr
at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms. The two winning girls In
the County contest will attend the
district try-out at Hertford in Oc
tober.
MtRREREIt TO PACK
TltlAL IMMEDIATELY
Edenton, Sept. 9.? Judge O. H.
Allen will preside over more crlm
Jnal cases In Chowan County, cer
tainly of a serious character, than
liave been heard for a year or
two.
i David Jones, who it Is charged,
| killed Sam Small on Saturday,
August 30. with his companion,
George Russell, will be brought
-fTrrm the StSlo ifeWTfehTTary" to
face both a faring and trial. This
will probably be the quickest trial
)of Ha kind that has been held in
North Carolina for some time.
Another murder trial In that of
Clinton Rond, for the murder of
a man by the same name.
RKTIKNM FROM HOSPITAL
Friends In the city will be glad
to hear that L. S. Zlegler of Ed
enton returned Sunday night
from Sarah Leigh Hospital at
'Norfolk, where ho has been to.
1 treatment for a broken limb fo.
several months.- Mr. Zlegler cat.
now be up and around walking or.
crutches and feela that he is well
on the road to recovery. Ij^ wll'
be remembered that Mr. Zlegle:
was hero during the winter and
I wns quite ill when carried to Nor
folk. He wishes to thank many
of hi* friends who have remem
her?d him during his long Ill
ness.
EIGHT MILES OF CIGARS
The Vltagraph studio statisti
cian has figured out by a series of
intricate mathematical calcula
I tlonn that the cigars smoked by
Duatlu Farnum In "My Man. '
I which is playing at the Alkratna
; theater on Tuesday and Wednes
day. if unrolled and each leaf laid
end to end. would make a line
?eight and three-tenths miles long.
| The smoke emitted from them
?~wtrold fill the gas chambern of
two ordinary Zeppelins. The ash
from their combustion wouM
make a film of gray large enough
to cover a field twelve acres In
extent. The energy used In smok
ing would raise a weight or flv<
tons to a height of 18 feet and
nine inches In twenty-two min
utes. The cost of them in Oer
man marks would take up to.
.much space here to put In figures
HEAVY MAIN HALTS
CHINESE FIGHTING
Shanghai. Sept. 9. ? The Ch<
klang forces defending Shanghai
against the Klangsu troops hav<
regained all the ground they had
lost In th* LI n ho sector, It wsn
announced here today.
Heavy rain stopped the fight
ing this evening In accordant
with the military tradition that
fighting can only be done In good
weather.
COTTON MARKET
New York, S^pt. 10. ? Cotton
futures opened today at the fol
lowing levels Oct. 23.60, Dec.
23. 06, Jan 2.1.00, March 2.1. li.
May 23.60.
New York. Sept. 9 ? Gpot rot
ton closed quite. Middling 24.6/.
a decline of 10 points.
Cotton futures closed at the
following levels: Oct. 23.60, I)e. .
2.1.06. Jan. 22 04, March 23.30,
May 23 66.
New York. Sept. I. ? Cotton fu
tares opened today as follows.
October 23.73, December n HI,
January 23.16, March 2.1 37, Mar
,33.16.
MISS AI.BERTSO.N
BACK TO WOW
? ? . "
Fitlri Serrrlury Si air l\i
c^Jl-1 rarlu'rs' A*?o<*iati<i
ir
iiftii
Ct-avi's for Mt'clin^ isl
| Halifax and Kalci^h.
| 1 N
Mi?s Catherine Albert son. fiel..
; F'ivl a ry ul the North C'uroiiu.i
Parent -Truth e ra Association. re
turned to her work this week ni
ter spend i 111; two weeks vacation
! at her home her*' following fivriul
work ai Columbia University ti.i
suiinier.
? kits* Albertson's houtlqunrhrA
ar? at the North Carolina 8ta:?
| College for Women which la*
, year took over the State Parent
| Teirlter* Association as a pari .?
Its extension work.
She went from Kli/.aieth City to
? Halifax-.? however,--- tt? organize a
Parent-Teachers County Counci.
1 In '.co-operation with Mi?* Anni?
| Cherry, county auprrvl.or of iiumI
; schools, and the various civic or
gapizuiions of t lie town and cau..
uy.l
from Halifax k Miss Albertson
rom to llaleigh where she speaas
| at > county-wide meeting Satui
! dajr on the work of the Parent
Teacher* Association, co-operating
i thete with Miss Anne lloldford.
| county supervisor. She will the 1
reriprt to headquarters at the N. 1
C.^'. W. in Greensboro.
I n October Miss Albert sou ex
I peAs to be in this section of tie
Stale again organizing Paivn;
T Te4r h crx ? A"5Boc1attnm ? In tint r -
and Bertie counties.
TlfiKK SKHVIt T.S NOW
IN REVIVAL AT HKRK.l
Three services will be held
1 <twty .*Tw?WTmnfi r - rmiTrrrr. - -rtr rm ??
1 rea Baptist church, one at 11 u
m.. the second at 2:30 p. m.. mil
the last at 7:30 p. in.. In the ie
vival conducted by the well known
1 brother*. Judge J. Warren Dav
Is and Dr. Q. C. Davis.
Interest lias been :.o grout in
these services that Iha night ser
vice was added In order to enable
those to attend who could not ci ?
so in the morning and afteriiacn.
Many are going from Ellzahet<.
City, for it is only a short dim
on the Newland road to Ilcrea.
BEIX-ltUIGIIT
A quiet marriage of more thai,
ordinary interest was solemnized
at the Flfst Methodist parsonage
on East Church street Tuesday
afternoon at half past 1 o'clock
when Miss Sallle Bright, attrar
five daughter of II. c. Bright, f#0|
South Road strf'et. became the.
bride of Wllloufthhy B. Bell, son
of Mr. and Mrs K C. Bell. win.
live on the Blades farm on the
Weeksvllle hrclk road near the
Albemarle District Falrgro n 1
Following the ceremony th ?
bride and groom left by motor on ;?
for Norfolk where they were ?a
nectlng to take the boat for Bal
timore and Washington. Thev
wer ? accompanied as far as Nor
folk by Miss Evelyn Bright, sis
ter of the bride, and by Charlu,
llell and Miss I.orena Koontz.
KLAN CANDIDATE
LEADS IN MAINE
Portland. Me. Sept. f? -Ralph
Brewster. Republican, has an ap
parently safe lead for governor
ovar. thu D? mocratic candidate.
William R. Pattunuall. In the
Maine elections Monday. Ilr? w.
ter was the Klan candidate.
GOVERNOR THINKte
BREAKS I.EFT AKM
Richmond. Sept. ft. ? Governor
Trlnkle was rushed to a hospital
here today suffering from a brok
en left arm sustained last night
when he was thrown from r chair
aboard the Virginia Fish and
Came Department boat Commo
dore Maury, while en route to the
mouth of the St. Mary's River for
a conference with OoVrhnoi
Rltchle of Maryland over the fifth
and oyster laws of th" two state*
Ills arm was broken near the
elbow and the chief executive was
in much pain on hts arrival here
from Irvlngton where the boot
put In so he could be given first
aid treatment by a physician and
rushed here by train.
DISTRMT < OM I.BK.M K
MKKTM AT NEWIIEGI N
The Elizabeth ' City District
Methodist Missionary Confer* me
will mee? at Newbtgnn Methodist
Church In this County Thursday
with an all-day se^ion from I ?>
a m. to 4 p. m and dinner served
on the ground. Mrs. George
Hawkins. District S-vrefnry, of
Hertford, will have charge of th"
program and delegate* ar? expert
?d to he here from all over Ihlfl
district. i
Judge Caver ly Decides
To Give Life Sentence
RAIN DROWNS
IN HAIL WATER
Slilloh. Sept. 10.- Druvni'd
In a p.til of water wax the fate
Tuesday mornini; of 1 It f I?> Mary
Louise Drown. eb;ht months'
old daughter of Mr. and Mm
Ceorge ISrown of tlilH com
munity.
It wax wash-day at the
ltrown home, and tin* mother
was busy with tlio clothes
while I In- father had gmie to
take the older children to
KChonl. I'nobaerved by the
mother. tho baby pulled her
Hi if'iif t*?. tlie wide of- a lar?te
wooden pall, about the size of <
a lard stand, filled with water
able to niak- any outcry, Hh
wan drowned before the moth
er knew what had happened.
Funeral services were held
at the homo Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock by Rev. S. F.
Hudson of Sliiloh, pastor of
Shili h baptist Church.
The entire community is
saddened by the unfortunate
accident which brought be
n-ay onion t and tragedy Into
the ISrown home.
Mi*i:rt\i. vr.viitK pou
Till. \ I, KIIKMON .\'K(iltOK.'>
. Kdcnton. Sept. 10. ? A special
venire was ordered drawn by nooi.
today for the trial of David Jonc?
and Ueoigo Russell, nr&iocf
1 Tii ii'F i /? rr w n h 1 "i h * Wh r ' r -arrant:
Small, In superior court hero.
Thr* ca*o of Clluton Bond for
murder of James ilond. was in
progress here this morning.
Cases disposed of yesterday
were:
J. J. Hunch fur fishing In pr.>
hibited territory, Judgment sus
pended.
K. L. lllnke, chargcd with on
t icing laborers, not guilty.
William McCknny. violation of
aiitomoblls laws, assscssed costs.
PENNSYLVANIA (iKTS
SHENANDOAH CAVES
Harrisonburg, Sept. fl. ? The
grottoca of the Shcnandouh,
famed for a 'century on' one of the
underground wonders of the val
ley of Virginia, have been sold to
the Pennsylvania Railroad, J. M.
and J. S. I'irkey. owners of the
cav? rns, announced today.
The railroads, it was added,
plans extensive development of
the resort after it gets possession
January I.
Bl .EASE IS WINNER
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
(yOllljnblft, S. (V. Sept. 10.
With practically complete returns
on tie state's second pilmary.
Solemn u I. Illeasc, former gover
nor. was nominated as Culled
States Senator yesterday over
James F Hyrnss. Congressman |
(m 1 i years, by a nia jority of 2 .
200 votes.
">' ZK\H It I NN HKCO.VI)
D troll. Sept. io. Senator
CotiiiuDLM.ia runnliig Hucoiid Jor re
nomination an Senator In the pri
mary of yesterday.
MKKkllV* SCORES
DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
Raleigh, Sept. 10. Denouncing
the Corporation Commission. A
I) Watts, and the Democrats In
general | ,\f. Meeklns last night
delivered a speech here in his
candidacy for governor on l he Re
publican ticket.
IIFTTKIt I F.lt It V HKKVICK
I'denton, Sept . 10. The in
rre.vd business ~f>ef ween Edenfon
and Mnckeys has caused the Ed
enton Mnck? ys Ferry Company to
arrange for a double schedule
with nn exlra ferry boat to carry
16 curs, thus sllowinK ft simul
taneous martins from Fdenton
and Mackeys and doubling the
service.
This new bent will probably be
put Into service the latter part of
this week.
It Is interesting to note In this
connection that with the advent
of these ferries, the Kdenton
Mackeys, Coastal Highway, be
t Ween Lmperor snd Kdenhotise,
anil the Salmon Creek Line, be
tween Rdcnton and Avoca, the
passenger traffic In and out of
Kdentoil has been built up tre
mendously. so that It Is now not
an unusual thing for f?0 cars to
pass over on these ferries lo the
course of the day.
I Chicago, Sjept. 10. ? Life imprisonment was the punish
ment fixed today by Judge John It. Caverly upon Nathan
Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb. confessed kidnapers and
murderers of 14-year-old Robert Krnnkn.
This was a complete vic
tory for the defense.
Robert Franks. 14-year old son
of Jacob Franks, retired presi
dent of h watch cane manufuctur
I ing company and a former pawn*
1 broker, wan kidnaped while en
route to the family home at 5062
Kills Avenue, Chicago, from tlw
j nearby playground pf the Har
vard preparation school, late In
j t It r noon o f May 21. 1924
ing frantically for the hoy. a tele
phono message Informed Mr.*.
Franks that Robert had been kid
j naprd. that he was safe, and tha>
the family would be advised fur
; ther an to how to recover him.
Early the next morning Mr.
Frank* received n neatly typed
special delivery letter bearing the
signature " George Johnson" with
the dictation marks "0. K. II." In
forming him that Robert was held
for $10,000 ransom, that the la?t
was safe, and to stand by for
further Instructions as to how to
pay the random and recover the
j boy.
At dawn the next morning a
workman traversing the Pennsyl
vania ""railroad (racks at llKtli
jstriet, a wild, uninhabited sectiou
Just Inside tbe southern corporate
, limits cf Chicago, saw the feet
j of a nude body protruding from
a culvert between two small iakev
The body was taken to an under*
, taker's establishment where U
rested unidentified until late in
the afternoon, when a brother of
Mrs. Frank j went to the morgue
on a chance that the body might
be that of Robert.
He Identified it positively al
though a. pair of horn-rlmme<:
spectacles were affixed on th*
lace. The glasses were found
, near the culvert and the under
taker thought they belonged to
the boy.
Then began one of the greatest
man hunts In the history of Chic
ago. because of tho evident brutal
ity of the murderers ami the prom
inence of the Fianks family. More
than a score of person*, Including
two Instructors at the Harvard
schcol, were arrested, but re
leased *hen they were able to
disprove connection with the k.d
naping and murder.
Columns of newspaper apace
were devoted to the case but th *
headlines were diminishing in
size as hope of apprehending the
murderers dwindled when unex
petied ly Robert B. Crowe, state's
attorney, announced on May 2'J
that Richard Ixjeb, son of Alber*
If. I/oeb, G017 Kills Avenue, vice
president of Sears Roebuck 4c Co..
and Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., son
of a wealthy paper box manufat
turcr and shipping man. 47T.V
Orennwood Avenue, had confessed
i to the kldnapln* and murder.
It developed that all clues with
the allUtle. exception of the spec
tjicles found near th? body had
been exhausted. By tracing thou
sands of prescriptions for spec
tacles, the state's attorney' forco
finally eliminated all hut four
which called for spectacles th %
same as those found alongside the
body. Of the quartette, the offl
cer* seised upon Leopold. He pre
viously had been questioned by
the police because of hi* know.t
frequent trips to the plnce where
the Frank's boy's bmtywn* fmimt,
hut was released when he ex
nlained that his Interest In that
locality ws based solely upon hM
atudv-of ornithology. Lhf acJenut.
of bird life, the region abounding
In unusual specimens
Loeb and Leopold related what
at first appeared to be unlmpeaca
able alibi. I<eopohl finally ad
mitted possible ownership of th
spectacles hut hsd shout con
vlnced the authorities that he had
lost them while on a legitimate
trip to the region.
Their story of their where
ihoutS on t'i? d.-.y in I fining
of the kidnapping was broken
when Seven Rnglund. the Leo
pold chauffeur, asserted that the
red Willis Knight automobile Iti
which the boys declared they
had been riding, had not been
out of the lj*opold garage at the
time specified. I/Orb. uoou
learning that sxclalmed "My
Ood. can that be true; give me *?
glass of water," and within a fea
> minutes was relating a complete
confession of III participation
with Leopold in the k III nupptii
and murder. Uopold, told i h it
Loeb was confessing. uIk.i made
a detailed cunfeimlon. The two
statements Jibbed In all details
except the one am to which
actually had wield d the lethal
Instrument. I pold uiul l?oeo
both niii i lit a i ii ? .1 that they had
hccTi itrtvniK' the uiiiiimi?hiif into
wKlch the Friink.i h.?y wan en
ticed and killed and that th>
other hud atruck ,Uie d'-ath, pal
ing blows.
The confonflioiiH set out that
the tw? were Intent on commit
ting the "perfect crlnie." In de
tail they ran:
The crime hatl hern planned
for several months. No particu
lar victim had been relected. Th >
afternoon on which the Franks
hoy wan chosen had been spent
in reronnoiterlng the Harvard
achool district for a possible
subject. John Ijevlnsou, !i year
old grandson of Julius llobcn*
wuld. noted phllanthi oplst an!
president of the 3cur*J tot -buck &
Co.. wuh Mingled out. lie c^uped
however. In the general rush
jhame ut the end of Hi* baseball
gainu in which the boy* were
participating, and partly because
(of the presence of an Instructor.
' Lots and Leopold w-'re driving
slowly down the siren. having
abandoned hope for the day,
when suddenly they espied Hob'o.v
Franks en route ho^." I*oeb
addrossed him. Inviting him Into
the automobile. Hobby demurred.
He said he had only a short dis
tance to go home preferred to
walk. Isoeh, who had played
tennis frequently with the lad.
Insisted that he wanted to tal.r
with him ubout a n'w tenuis
racquet, whereupon Hobby en
tered the nutomohilo.
Heated, he was struck upon the
head with a taped cold chisel,
anil rags stuffed Into I. is mou.Ti
The kidnappers, not realising that
the boy wuh dead. drftve about
for a time Intending to kill the
child when they i ached th*
place I hey had selected for de
posing of the body. They final;,
reached the reud-xvoits. stripped
the boy of his i lottim an. I poured
an acid on hi* face with Hip in
tentlon of disfiguring it beyond
recognition. Leopold donned
wading hoota, strode into the wa
ler and thrust the body face down
ward into the Culvert. It stut*
and h? forced It further with his
foot, hut in the haste in the dark
insa left the murdered boy'a feet
protruding. Also m the hurry o i
leaving the scene. Lne?? picked up
Leopold's coat bottom up and
lost tile te||-tHle ' ]i> etude* from
the breast pocket. They also left
one of Hobby's own hruwn sport
stockings mid bis rap.
Loeb auii Ia'WwIJ... tln.? pro
ceeded to dl-j,..-. ??r various ar
ticles of (lobby's clothing, the au
tomobile rob in which the bod>
had been wrapped and the other
things used In the murder. Home
widely separated (.pots and the
cold chisel was hurled from th*
? automobile not far from the
"sfcene of tin kidnapping.
The automobile used was ob
tained f ri/n? u rcnt-u-rnr ageuc/
<nd was of the tmrne type as Leo
pold's personal ear. To obtain U
tho youths used assumed names,
registered at two hotels and es
tablished two hank accounts.
Tho nnmm Ittt.r urvjl*r?4_.
well in advance of th. kidnapping,
sealed and the envelope k'ft un
addressed, that feature to depend
upon the child chosen for deatn.
. Th* lyp..w+4>?r wbt-b pot laid ?
stolen frr.m the hous* of the fra
ternity of which Loeb was a mem
ber before he was graduated from
the rniverslty of MleMgan II, \
letter written, the typewriter wa i
damag d badly and thrown Into
a lagoon in Jackson Park
The morning of, the finding o?
the Frank* boy's body, but before
It had been Identified. Loeb anu
L? opold again telephoned thj
franks home but Mr. Franks
again was rfhm-nt Later Hiey
telephoned again Instructing Mi'.
Franks to ride in a taxi cab to u
certain dtug store where he wouid
receive other telephonic instriu ?
tions as to how to piy over th ?
ransom. Mr. Franks knew bv
Ihen that his r-?n w an d sd and
refused to enter the tsxictb The
rouths Intended to Instruct Mi.
Franks to board a fast train for
Contfnned en page 2