Results Maine Election
Pleasing To Republicans
Itrpreseiil* lli^ Loss as Compared Willi l?ut as
| Compared With 1922 Indicates Tide lla* Turned
?llul Kl in Issue OemocraPr Alilii
i\T DA VIII liAWHKVCi:
(C?B?rt?ttu 1*24. Br Thi ilflMtl
Washington, Sept. !). ? As goes Maine so i;?s the Nation
is an old battle cry of the Republican party and ihe IVnio
c ? .its have been loath to use it except when the election ap
peared to l>e turning their way.
? H: ? ia no ? sec ret that tin*
Democrats confidently ex
pected either to win the gov
ernorship in Maine or cut
down materially the Republi
can majority.
-?-Oa-uu, Um.ot.tUc latest, re
turns. they harp lost th.. election
and llio ?uratlon of how much
they have cust down |||6 llepubll
" V ''"l'l nila altoKi th. r
'*?'-? ">? 1922 Is taken
?' ?' basis or reckoning
In III. 102U ..lection the pov. r
nor?hlp a* well ,,s ,hl. Presidency
?a" won by ,l?. Itcp,,bllcan? li,
September and November, r .'
Rlieefv.Iy. by approximately 66,
" Today (he Hepub
?lown "" '"d """ niujoiiiy , ,,,
'?"? to ?hni ex.
? ?i-l!1-'' that 1020 niiiy be
taken JunrTOir f.T-Tvrnnrnntrtmr
' ?r 'l.elloi, alui ?)a|
Milli e I '??!. li as wan Cox is
subject to sharp dispute by the
mathematics ol the case.
y Compared wiili 1922 wliieh
".TnV calcuUi
? V. liepiiblicanii have mall..
K"ln- They won then by
24.000 and It was remarked at
? hat Mm. that the cut from 102IJ
y J'"" "led considerable loss to
I?l'Ub!ican parly. The Maine
re?iil s were considered significant
and they Were indeed borne out
by the Congressional elections:
for. applying the samp ratio' of
loss to the Hi. publicans In other
States, the mathematicians did
figure -out about tho loss of scat*
in Congress which they did nuf
fer. So Mai in' pointed in 192"
the way tho Nation went.
What then does a gain from
24 ,000 iu 19 22 to 35,000 In 192"
really represent? It meana that
the Republicans not only have
hold th?'lr own but have made n
j:ain of about 1 1,000 voIph though
tho difference between n govern
orship nnd a Presidential vote 1m
,'ilwayn a few thousand any way.
# * to all intents and purpose* t li.
v.tuation has not materially
changed from 1922. Had there
been cffrtirnitKttde In prosper! for
th. Presidential race, the barom
etor In Maine should have regis
tered Ht least a CO. 000 or 60 000
majority. This dispatch Is writ
ten on the hatdti of early returns
nnd It may be that later figures
may show a 50,000 majority. In
which ca?" the Ilepubllcans will
have Just catmc for Jubilation an
to the meaning of the Maine elec
tion.
Entirely apart from the effort ,
which the figures will have on the
workera of both parties ? for they
^rlll Interpret it as they please?
JPfaine may have an Importance In
Another flold of controversy,
namely the Ku Klut Klan. The
defeats of the Klan in Texas and
. Oklahoma bad made some of the
supprtrrrr* or-the K inn lit polUie.
somewhat timid. The Coolldge
political manners were advised
that a Htroug Klan vote would be
cast for the Republican candidate
for governor In Maine because of
the denunciation of the Klan by
Mr. Pattongall. the Democratle
nominee. A victory with Klan
support always goads the antl
Klan elements into action. Per
hnpi thi* most provocative head
- ? lino which the Democrats could
wish In that wTiTcTi today was used
by one of the Republican news
papers here " firewater elected
governor In Maine with Klan
Had the Klan been beaten In
Maine, It might have had the op
- por.ite effect politically for the
people who are not actively con
cerned with the Klan Issue are
mnr? dimerous than those who
/>1 th* mnolves aggrieved by it.
l/bro ;i re many who feci so deep
lfr bgalnst the Klan that they will
make mi Issue of it in all elec
lions The Eastern states unques
tlonablv have much of that senti
ment nnd that's why the Repub
licans will And the Maine reaull
Hunr In Ihelr face* in the Eastern
ureas very much as the Oeoriiln
primary nave McAitno a Klan
taint which be himself did not
ronrt or parllcularly relish.
Miss Amber Hollomao of Ell*
,?belh Clly Is a nismber of the
faculty In the schools at Wash
InLtnn, N. C., this year.
SPICK AND SPAN
FOR SCHOOL TIME
Riiiltlivi!;* (ilrannl and
Ground* in llcltcr rendi
tion That! Bffoir,
K<*adv fof Next IMouduy.
The Klihxla tli* City school*, will
open next Monday wlih 1 ti?- larg
<?81 enrohm nt in (heir history,
says Superintendent S. I.. Sheep.
There are T?2 teachers. which
means ilii* addition of one teach
er, Miss Clala It* II Stiles cif John
son City, instructor in public
'school music. This is (lie first
yea i* the M'hoyls hen* have had
such an instructor and the -sup
erintendent hopes It will be a per
manent l? ntnre. M Ins Stiles Is a
gradual? of (lie cincTiinatf I on- '
servatory of Music.
During vacation the school
buildings have been thoroughly
cleaned and the school grounds
? have he??n greatly Improved. The
r Wgh-BehmH nw> 'rfftnimnr School
grounds now have curbing and re
tainint: walls and have been filled
in, levelled and sown in peas with
a view in pelting the soil in con
dition for the development of
, lawns.
| The superintendent suggests
thai parents, show their apprecia
te^ of this Improvement by
tearhing their hoys and girls i>
take pride In Ihe school grounds
and endeavor to help ke? p them
clean and attractive.
The playgrounds in the rear of
?the Crammar School have been
? nlarged and improvement of the
added grounds has been begun.
I When completed this playground
will be large euough for baseball,
football, tennis, and the various
athletic activities of the school.
MOT II KRS ? l i lt Wil l.
MKKT ON WHllNKHIhW
An important meeting of th >
Mothers Club will be held at the
Community House on Flecfwoou
street Wednesday afternoon ??.
3:30 o'clock. Miss' Mania Al
berlson will bo there and demon
strain pickled tomatoes and theraj
arc Hp( rial business matters to be
brought up before the club. A
full attendance of the members i-> '
very touch desired.
rOl'l.THY DISK ASKS TO
flK HTI IIIKh THIS YKAl:
The Home Demonstration
County Council met Saturday in
the office of the Home Demon
stration Agent to arrange the
program for club meetings dur
ing the year. 1'oultry diseases
are to be made a topic of special
study this year, and there Is con
siderable- Interest In poultry
throughoui tho County.
A MMK) HIT PRB1
' Wight May Have Its Sadness,"
a song hit Ifom the Chariot Ho
vue. now playing nt the Tlmea
Square Theater, New York City,
will appear in noxt Sunday's issue
of The New York World Magazine
Section, by special permission
from Harms, Inc. This popuK r
piece, with words and music com
plete. will he in much demand,
and It Is advisable that you order
your copy of The New York Sun
day World In advance. Articles
of Interest to every member of
ihe family, every week. In The
New York Sunday World Maga
azinc. adv
KOI ill AUK DKAl) IN
FIGHT AT THK POLLS
Opelousne. La.. Sept. 10 ? Four
are dead and two arc dying an the
result of a fight at the polls In
the primary yesterday.
BANK ANNOUNCES
AMOUNT KMBKZZI.KD
Putnam. Conn., fept. 10, ? The
Klraf National hank of Putnam
which closed after its cashier. O.
Harold Klrkpatrlck. tried to com
mit suicide, yesterday announced
a 1700.000 deficit as tho result o
his embtultment.
TWO CHILDREN .
ARE BADLY HURT
School Truck Overturned
?ill llonirwurd Trip to
Shuwlxtro fruin Curri
tuck Monday Aficfiionnr
Shuwboro. Sept. 9? Two school
children, Jack Rell, 8ix yearn old.
frun of Clerk of t'ouri Ruxter
Hell of Sliuwboro. antl Helou Wil
liams. eight, daughter of L>uvi<i
W illiams, ul. so of Shuwboro, wer??
severely injured Monday aftei
noon when the school truck, driv
en by Titug Kile. 1G. of Indian
town. was struck by a Ford se
dan, driven by u Mr. Jones of
Elizabeth City, and turned ove<
in a ditch The accident occurred
between Sllgo and Dr. CowcU'?
honn us the truck was bringing
the children home from school.
Jack Rell suffered a severe cut
on his forehead, while Helen Wil
liams .received bruises about.- her
mouth and body, and possibly in- j
ternal injuries. .She is still in
lied.
Reports current here place the
blame for. the accident on the
Elizabeth City. mun. who. it is
said, struck the truck after h*
had, by failure to give any of tl.*?
road, crowded the truck to the
very edge of the ditch. Twenty
children' were In the truck at iht
time of the accidunt and mun.\
of them received bruises or wer ?
In danger of drowning in the wa
ter when the bus went Into the
jllLch -
JUDGE CAYEKLY
IS UNDEK GUAM)
-Chicago; HeH. -poiiff
men and scoreu of plain clothes
men will be on di^ty outside and
inside the corridors of the Crim
inal Courts Ruilding here Wed
nesday to insure orderly sentenc
ing to death or life Imprisonment
of I^eopold and Loeb.
The courtroom will be closed to
spectators. Only relatives of the
defendants, attorneys. bailiffs,
and newspaper men will be pres
ent because of the many threats
received by Judge Caverly. Spe
cial precautions for safeguarding
him will be taken.
FIREMAN KILLED
TRAIN IN DITCH
Tnchon, Arizonu, Sept. 9. ?
Fireman George Ward was killed
when the Sunset Limited No. 102
the Southern Pacific's crack east
bound passenger train, went Into
the ditch neat here last night
Other members of the crew and
all the passengers escaped un
hurt.
The accident was the resutm:
a plot to wreck the train, said an
announcement at the railroad ;
office here today.
FLIEKS FORCED TO
I.AM) AT ABEKDEEN
in? Tti? AiKKtutd rr?M ?
Washington, Sept. 9. ? A forced
landing at Aberdeen. Maryland,)
70 miles north of Washington In
terrupted the New York-Washing
ton lap of the world flight to
day.
Fog over the bay and maral
roglon about Aberdeen compelled
the filer* who with their escort
had battled against the head winds
all the way from New York to
come to ground for refuelling.
President Coolidge. his cab!
net. Mrs. Coolidge and the cabl- j
net ladles were at Rolling Field
early to greet the air heroes. 1
When word enme that thoy
had been 'delayed the President |
decided to stick It out. He ha',
already waited for hours at the
field despite the rain and mint.
JUDGE SUSTAINS
FALL'S OBJECTION
Washington, Sept. 9. ? Albert
Fall's objection to the presence o*.
n stenographer in the room of
the grand Jury Investigating the
naval oil lca?es was today sus
tained by Judg* Slddons of tltA
IMstrict of Columbia Supreme
Court but hid attorney's pleas to
stop the proceedings were denied
l>KATH OF INFANT
Charles Meeklns McMullan, In
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. T. t?.
McMullan, Jr., died Tuesday morn
ing about 6:4ft o'clock. The fun
eral will be conducted at the homo
Wednesday by Dr. fl. H. Temple
man and Interment made at Hol
lywood Cemetery.
BOKKOWED FOR
THE LEAN PERIOD
Richmond. Stpt. 9. ? Appr^i!
wnu ly Jx'iO.uoO has been' t>or- !
rownl by (?ov<-fii?r Trfnkie with* ;
In the last *>0 days to meet cur- !
rent expenses of the state, accord
ing to n Mory j? rint?-<| In the Rlch? <
mond Nowh Leader .\iondsy.
ditor Moore as Maying t liat It hud !
1 been iicc?*8?ary to borrow the I
mon?y because of the pressing ]
needs during the "lean period."
(ilHUS PKKPAIUXO M)lt
ANXtAI. D1STRHT < -OXTIiST
Home Demonstration Club girls
an* preparing for the annual dis
trict try-out at Hertford on Octo- 1
her 4 Ht which time the most huc- |
cessful inaki'r of bread and Jelly |
will he named to go to the State .
Pair to i nter the State wide con- ,
test in the making of these good
things to eat. The winner at Ra
leigh will go to the National con- I
test In Chicago.
Miss Marciu Alhertson. Pasquo- ;
tank Home Demonstration Agent, 1
risks that glrtff~WTlte or iTliohe h?T"
if they will enter the County con- 1
test here on September 20. ThlB,
contest will be an all-day affair ,
at the. Chamber of Commerce;
rooms. The two winning girls In 1
the County contest will attend the!
district try-out at Hertford in Oc
tober.
Ml ItliKKKIt TO PACK
TICIAL IMMKDIATKLY
Kdenton, Sept. 9 ?Judge O. H. '
Allen will preside over more crltn
laUll rlnuir^rli ^OUn*'r' Cer* 1
have been heard for a year or
two.
David Jones, who It In charged,
killed Sam Small on Saturday.
August 30. with his companion.
George Russell, will be brought 1
"trrrm the swijt -pe*m eTrtTafy" 'To'
face both a hearing and trial. Tills i
will probably be the Quickest trial
of its kind that has been held In
North Carolina for some time.
Another murder trial Is that of
Clinton Hond. for the murder of!
a man by the game name.
ItKTt JtXh FROM HOSPITAL
Friends In the city will be glad
to hear that L. S. Zlegler of Bd
enton returned Sunday nlglu
trom Sarah Lcifli Hospital at
Norfolk, where he has been for
treatment for a broken limb fo:
several months. Mr. Ziegler cai.
now be up and around walking or.
crutches and feels that he is well
on the road to recovery, it will
I be remembered that Mr. Zlogler
was hero during tbe winter and
was quite 111 when carried to Nor
folk. II" wlshos to thank many
, of his frlt-nds who havo remem
bered him during his long Ill
ness.
Kid 1 IT MILKS OF < 'Hi A HS
The Vltagraph studio statisti
cian has figured out by a series of
intricate mathematical calcula
I tlon* that the cigars smoked by
Dustln Famuni in "My Man. '
j which Is playing at the Alkrama
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 frrvna them
! wur.lil nil the gas chambers of
two ordinary Zeppelins. The nsh
! from their combustion would
. make a film of gray large enough
I to cover a field twelve acres la
extent. The energy used In smok
l ing would raise a weight of Hvi.
tons to a height of 18 feet and
nine Inchca in twenty-two mln
, utes. The cost of them In tier
! man marks would take up to .
much space here to put In figures
HEAVY RAIN HALTS
CHINESE FIGHTING
Shanghai. Sept. 9. ? The Che
klang forces defending Rhanghsl
against the Kisngsn troops havr
regained all the ground they had
lost In the Lluho sector, It was
announced here today.
Heavy rain stopped tbo fight-,
ing this evening In accordance
with the military tradition that
fighting can only be done In good
weather.
COTTON MAHKKT
New York. *?pt. 10. ? Cotton
futures opened today st the fol
lowing levels Oct. 23.60, Dec.
23. 06. Jan. 23.00. March 23. 2-.
May 23. B0.
New York. Sept 9 .? ?pot cot
ton closed quite. Middling 24 6 ).
a decline of 10 points.
Cotton futures closed at the
following levels: Oct. 23.80. I>??
23.06. Jan. 22 04, March 23 30.
May 23.66.
New York. Sept. t. ? Cotton fu
tares opened today as follows.
October 23.72, December W.3I,.
January 23.16. March 2S.lt, Ma.
23.66.
MISS ALBF.RTSON
BACK TO WORK
Fiild Secrrlury Stale Par*
f?l-Ti*arherH* A?Mociuliiui
W'uvrs for at
Halifax mihI HuTrigfT
I ;
Miss Catherine Alberlson. fiel.L
sedr.tary u I the -North Caroiin.i
Parent-Teachers Association. re
tanned to her work this wwH ni
ter spending two wucki vacation
at |ut home her.' following S'.'<-iul
work nr. Culumuiu Culver^liy t hi-*
summer.
Alts* Albertson's headquarter*
ar? at the North Carolina Sti*:*.'
College for Women which lu*
yegr took over the State l'urent
Teachers Association as a'part .?
its extension work.
8he went from Kllzabi th City to
Halifax, however, rrr organize r?
Patent-Teachers "County Counclr
in 'co-operation with Miss Annn
Chtrry. county supervisor of. mr.il
schools. and the various civic or
ganizations of the town and C;>u..
ty.l
From Halifax Miss AlherlHoi)
goo* to Raleigh where she x|>eaks
at ^ county-wide meeting Satui
da* on the work of tin- Parent
Teaclier* Association, co-operating
thwe with Miss Anne lioldford,
countv supervisor. She will tin i
reuprt to headquarters at the N.
C.j'. W. in Greensboro.
m October Miss Albert son ex
pe&s to be In thro section of tn?
Stai<- again organizing Paivni
IJertie couutles.
TlflKK SBRVK I S NOW
IN ROT1VAL AT 1IKRKA
Three ?ervlcoa will be iieid
<r^TTy,""TTT<ipnnffij? rfnnuTir. ? "sif p.rr1
rea Baptist church, one at 11 i.
m.. the second at 2:30 p. nr. niri
the last at 7:30 p. in.. In (he re
vival conducted by the well known
brothers. Judge J. Warreu Dav
is and Dr. Q. C. Davis.
Interest has been no great in
these services thai tho night ser
vice was added In order to enable
those, to attend who could not d i
so In the morning and afternoon.
Many are going from Rllzahe'...
City, for it is only a short dun.
on the .Ncwland road to Ilcrea.
itKM.-itm<;iiT
A quiet marriage of more thac
ordinary interest was solemnized
at the Flfst Methodist parsonage
on East Church street Tuesday
afternoon at half pa?t I o'clock
when Ml*s Sallle Jlright. nltrac
live daughter of II. C. Bright. f?0 1
South Road street, became the
bride of Willoughby IJ. Hell, son.
of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Hell, who
livo on tho Blades farm oil th.^
Weeksvllle l.rclk road near the
Albemarle District Fairground.
Following the ceremony lb ?
bride and groom left by motor car
for Norfolk where they were ? x
nertlng to take the boat for llal
tiraore and Washington. Tln-v
w err accompanied as far a? Nor
folk by Miss Kvelyn Bright. sla
ter of the bride, and by Charlu
Bell and Miss Lorena Koontz.
KI-AN CANDIDA I B
LEADS IN MAINE
Portland. Me.. Sept. 0 Ralph
Hrewster. Republican. has an up
parently safe lead for governor
over the Democratic candidal".
' WlWun Tlr ~l*jrttnrrrrrrTl, tn ttt*
Maine elections Monday. Hrewi -
tor was the Klan candidate.
GOVERNOR TRINKLE
RREAkS LEFT ARM
Richmond. Sept. 9. -Governor
Trlnkle was rushed to a hospital
here today suffering from a brok
en left arm sustained last nleht
when he was thrown from a chair
aboard tile Virginia Flsli and
Game Department boat Commo
dore Maury, while en route to the
mouth of the St. Mary's River for
a confcrcuce with <:ov*rnor
Ritchie of Maryland over the fifh
and oyster laws of the two stales.
His arm was broken near the
elbow and the cHlef executive was
In much pain on his arrival here
from Jrvlngfon where the boat
put In so he could be given first
aid treatment by a physician and
rushed here by train.
DIHTRHT (X)VKRItKM'R
MKKTH \T KtCWlltGlU N
The Blixaheth City District
Methodist Missionary Conference
will mee? at Xewb?gun Method 1st
Church In this County Thursday
with an all-day session from 1<>
a m. to 4 p. m and dinner si rred
on the ground. Mrs. George
Hawkins. District 8-vretafy. of
Hertford, will have charge of th*
program and delegate* are expect
ed to be here from all over this
district.
Judge Caverly Decides
To Give Life Sentence
BABY DROWNS
IN PAIL WATER
Shlloh. Sept. 10.- Drowned
in a p.iil of water whs tin* fate
Tuesday morning of .'little Mary
l.ouise Drown, -months'
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Ceorge Drown of t h Im coiii
mutilly.
? It was wash-day at the
Drown home, and the mother
was busy with the clothes
while lli?- father had gone to
take tin' oldfr children to
school. I'll observed by the
mother, the baby pulled l?**r
m lT up 1 ?? thi- side of a lar^e
"\V(Mideii pail, about the size of
a lard Hand, filled with water
[ and iopph d In. head first. Un
able to make any 'outcry. "tftto ?
was drowned before the moth
er knew what had huppctied.
Funeral services were held
at the home Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock by Rev. S. F.
Hudson of Shiloh. pastor of
Shtlch ItaptiHt Church.
, The entire community is
saddened by the unfortunate
I aceident which brought be
reavement and tragedy into
the Drown home.
VI'MltK
Tltl.%1* KDKNION \K4ilU)K.'
Kdenton. Sept. 10. ? A Special
venire was ordered drawn by nooi.
today for the trlul of David Jonc?
? and (fcoige Itus <ell . ncgiu< ?
kllih'U?,,r wRh lh* MliM-V oT^Tf."
Small, in superior court hero.
Th ? c^te ift Clinton Bond for
murder of James Bond* was iu
progress here this morning.
Cases disposed of yesterday
ware:
J. J. Dunch for fishing in pr;>
hlblii'd territory. Judgment sus
pended.
li. L. Dlake. chargcd with on
tlcinK laborers, not guilty.
William McClcnny, violation of
automobile laws, assscssed coats.
PENNSYLVANIA GETS
SHENANDOAH CAVES
Harrisonburg. Sept. 9. ? The
grottoes of the Shenandoah,
famed for a 'century or* one of the
underground wonders of th?* val
ley of Virginia, have been sold to
the Pennsylvania Railroad. .1. M.
and J. S. I'lrkey, owners of the
cav? rns. aiiuouuced today.
The railroads. It was added,
plans extensive development of
the resort after It gets possession
January I.
BLEASE IS WINNKK
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
" i.luml.lii, H. C.. Hi-l't. 10. ?
With practically complete returns
on the state's second primary,
i Solemn ti L. Hiease, former gover
nor. was nominated ss United
States Senator yesterday over
James K. llyrnes. Congressman
for 14 years, by a majority of 2.
200 votes.
t ot ZK\H Itl'.N'H HKCOM) ,
Detroit. Sept. 10. -Senator i
Couiens is running second for re
TtrrmtmrHmr a* Senator In the prl- J
mary of yesterday.
MLKKINS SCORES
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Raleigh. Sept. 10. Denouncing
the Corporation Commission. A.
D Watts, and the Democrats in
general I M. Meeklns last night
delivered a speech hare In his
candidacy for governor on the He
I"il.:iraii ticket.
itrrncn fkkiiy hkhvick
Kdenton, Sept. 10. ? The in
lu-lKwn
and Mackeys has caused the Kd
enton-Mackeys Kerry Company to
arrange for a double schedule
with an extra ferry boat to carry
16 cars, thus allowing a simul
taneous starting from Kdenton
and Mackeys and doubling the
service.
This new brat will probably be
put Into service the latter part of
this w< ek .
It Is interesting to note In this
connection that with the sdvent
of these ferries, the Kdenton
Mackeys. Coastal Highway, be
tween Kmperor and Edenhouse,
and the Salmon Creek Line, be
tween Kdenton and Avoca. the
nasseng'r traffic In and out of
Kdenton has been built up tre
mendously. so that It Is now not
an unusual thing for G? cars to
pass over on these ferries la the
i course of the day.
ctiirnyi). Sent. 10.? Life imprisonment was t)u- punish
ment fixed today by Judtfe John U. C'averly upon Hainan
Leopold, Jr. and Richard Loeb, confessed kidnapers and
murderers of 14-year-old Robert Franks.
lhis was a complete vic
tory for the defense.
Robert Franks. 14-yeur old sou
of Jacob Franks. retired presi
dent of a watch case manufactur
I ing company and a former pawn
! broker, wait kidnaped while en
route to the family home at &U;'?2
Kills Avenue, Chicago, from thj
, nearby playground of the Har
vard preparation school, late in
. the afternoon of May 21. 1924.
|__WJhlle the family was search
ing frantically "for the boy. a lele
: phono message Informed Mri.
| Franks that Robert had been kid
. naprd. that he was safe, and tha*
1 the family would be udvised fur
ther as to how to recover him.
Karly the next morning Mr.
Franks received n neatly typed
special delivery letter bearing the
' signature "George Johnson" with
J the dictation marks "G. K. II." In
I forming hint that Robert was held
; for f 10. OOP ransom, that tho la?i
" was saTg.~'gmt? l?y <??'
further Instructions as to how to
i pay the ransom and recover the
. boy.
At dawn the next morning a
?workman traversing the I'enneyl
|ranTa "railroad Tracks af llStli
jstriet, a wild, uninhabited sectiou
Just Inside the southern corporate
limits of Chicago, saw the feat
* oT a nude body protruding from
a culvert between two small lake*
J The body was taken to an undtr
, taker's establishment where it
rested unidentified until lute In
the afternoon, when a brother of
Mrs. Frankj 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-rlmmiii
ipMtBClN MN affixed on t li
face. The glasses were found
, near the culvert and the under
taker thought they belonged to
the boy.
Then hegan one of the greatest
man hunts In the history of Chic
ago. because of the evident brutal
ity of the murderers and the prom
inence of tho Franks family. More
than a score of persons, including
two instructors at the Harvard
schco), were arrested, hirt re
leaped ^hen they were able to
disprove connection with the k.d
naplng and murder.
Columns of newspaper spare
were devoted to the case but th*
headlines were diminishing in
slie as hope of apprehending the
murderers dwindled when unex
peri fully Robert B. Crowe, slate's
attorney, announced on May
that Richard I<oeb, ton of Alber*
H. Loeb. 6017 -Kills Avenue, vlc?*
president of Hears Roebuck k Co..
1 and Nathan F. Leopold. Jr.. son
of a wealthy paper box manufa<
turer and shipping man. 47f#l
Greenwood Avenue, had confessed
j to the kidnaping and murder.
It developed that all clues with
the single exception of the sper
, tades found near the body
been exhausted. By tracing thou
sands of prescriptions for spec
tacles. the state's attorney' fore:,
finally eliminated all hut four
j which called for spectacle* th ?
same as those found alongside tho
body. Of the quartette, the offi
cers seized upon Leopold. He pre
viously had been quf'Rtloned by
the police because of his know.i
frequent trips to the place where
the Frank's boy's body was found,
j hut was released when he ??*.
plained that his Interest In that
. locality ws based solely upon hi*
study of ornithology, the science
of bird life, the region abounding
In' unusual specimens
Loeb and I<*opold related what
at flrat appeared to be unlmpeac.i
able alibi. I<eopold finally ad
mitted possible ownership of th
spectacles but hsd shout con
vlnced the authorities that he had
lost them while on a legitimate
trip to the region.
Their story of their where
'ihouta on t'i? d:iy -in I earning
of the kidnapping was broken
when Seven Knglund. 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 l*opotd garage at Ihe
time specified. Ix>*b. uoon
learning that exclaimed "My
God. can that be t rae; give me %
glass of water," and within a fen
-minutes was relating a complete
confession of hl< participation
with Lupoid in the kl<l tiuppliiK
and murder. Leopold. told that
Loeb was confessing. als.? ni.ido
a detailed confession. The two
statements jibbed In all details
except I he ?ni?- as to which
actually had wield d the lethal
Instrument Leopold and l*oeb
both inulntuined that Ihoy had
been driving tin- uuiomublU lnt<?__
which the Franks ii >y wax en
ticed and killed ;m<l that Itii V
other had struck the death deal
ing blows. ...... ^ *
The confession* wet out tint---4'
the two were Intent on commit
ting the "perfect crime." In de
tail they ran:
The crime had hern planned
for acvoral month 4. No particu
lar victim had been .-elected. Th >
afternoon on which the Franks
boy whs chosen had been spent
in reconnolterlug the Harvard
school district for a poHalbl?
subject . John LeyinHou, 9 year
old grandson t?f Juliua Ruben
wald. noted philauthropiat ani
preaid< .it of the Sean lloehuck &
Co.. wu4 singled out. lie e leaned
i>o wever. in the tf.Ti'e ral ? fTRTT ? '
home at the end of the baseball
1 Kama in which the boys were
participating, und partly because
of the presence of an instructor.
' - Loeb and Leopold wrre driving
slowly down the street, having
abandoned hope for the day,
when suddenly they rspled iloba.
Franks enroute hn^>.' l?ocb
addresaed him, Inviting him Into
the automobile. Bobby demurred.
He said he had only a short dis
lance to go home preferred to
walk. Loeb, who had played
tennis frequently with the lad,
Insisted that he wanted to tal.t
with him about a n-*w tennis
racquet, whereupon Hobby en
tered the automobile.
Seated, he was struck upon the
head with a taped cold chile I ,
and rag* stuffed into his mouih.
The kidnappers, not realizing that
the boy was dead, drove about
for a timo Intending lo kill the
child when they r -ached t h? -
place they had selected for de
posing of the body. They finals
reached the rendezvous, stripped
'the boy iif his clothes .m. I poured
an acid on his face with the In
tentlon of disfiguring it beyond
recognition. Leopold donnud
wudlng boots, strode Into the wa
ter and thrust the body face dawn
ward into the culvert. It stuc?v
and he forced It further with hla
foot, but In the haHt. in the dark
n?s? left tho murdered boy's feet
protruding. Also m H e hurry o i
leaving the scene. Loeb picked up
Leopold's coat bottom up and
lost the I'dl-tal" Hjoctaclea from
the breast pocket. They also left
one of Hobby's own brown sport
Htockinga and his tap.
Loeb and Leopold then pro
ceeded to dispose nf various nr* *?
tides of Hobby's clothing, the au
tomobile rob" In which the bod>
had been wrapped and the other *
things uned In the murder. Home
were burned, some wero burled In
.widely rfcpuruUd *potn and the
cold chisel was hurled from th'
1 automobile not far from the
scene of the kidnapping.
The automobile used was ob
tained from a reut-u-car agents
<nd wan of the same type as Leo
pold's personal car. To obtain It
tho youths uned assumed names,
registered at "Two hotels and es
tablished two hank accounts.
The ransom letter was prepared
well in advnAee of the kidnapping,
seated and tha envelope left tin
addressed, that feature to depend
upon the child choaen for death.
The typewriter wui a portable
stolen fram the houae of the fra
ternity of which Loeb was a mem
ber before he was graduated frim
the t'niveralty of Michigan Th?\
letter written, the typewriter win
damaged badly and thrown Into
a lagoon iu Jackson Park
The morning of the finding oi
the Franks boy'a body, but bafore
It had been Identified. .Loeb anu
L< opold again telephoned tho
Franks home but Mr. Franks
again waa rfhm-nt Later they
telephoned again Inatrurtlng Mr.
Franks to ride In a taxi cab lo a
certain dtu| store where he wouid
receive other telephonic inatrut ? *
tlons as to how to pnv over tlx
ransom. Mr Franks knew br
then that his mn wan dead and
refused to enter the taxlctb. Th*
eoutha Intended to Instruct Mi.
Franka to board a fast train for ?
I C'ontlnned tn pase 3