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YOUTHFUL SLAYERS
IMD ?.S PLEA
OF UH IS MADE
Possibility of Death Sentence
Fails to Break Nerve of Leo
pold and Loeb
BOTH GLAD DAY IS OVER’
Back in Cells Both Scorn Sug
gestion Either Had Been Ner
vous At Hearing
4 • _
CHICAGI, July 22.—The jios
pect of a death sentence without
possibility of appeal, did not notice
ably fease Nathan Leopold, Jr. and
Richard Loeb. Even after the ad
mitted murderers of Robert Franks,
Jr. had been warned by Judge John
R. Caverly of the effect of such a
plea, the youthful slayers went back
to their ceils laughing and talking
eagerly and speculating about the
size of the headlines their sudden
change of front would inspire. But
scorned a suggestion that they had
been nervous at the hearing, but ad
mitted they were' glad ‘the first day
was over.”' ’
‘Was Attorney Darrow’s move to
plea guilty a surprise to you?” they
were asked*, v
“We’re not allowed to say,” said
Leopold quickly. “Ask us about
anything else but ourselves.”
They manifested great interest in
what the newspapers would print
and pressed? their guards for “a-’l
editions.”
'The proclamation of an armistice
got a six-inclt* headline,” said Loeb
laughing hetfrlily.
‘Ask us about anything but our
selves.” Loeb haid later in reply t 9
. queries.
Then the,.pair, turned upon tho
reporters with an avalanche of ques
tions about, the details of their sto
ries.
‘How many people were outside
the building?” the pair asked.
111 bet we’re all over the front
page.” Loeb said. Then ho added
impatiently: 't
’I wish they’d bring the papers
up ;’’ ■ ’(
I hey did mpr e questioning than
the They were curious
about the arri&gements of the court
room and astetd how large a crowd
waited outside the building. Any
information that fed their ego they
listened to
I 11 bet we’re all over the front
Page” commented Loeb.
‘There certainly was a commotion
D f r ° W mOVeJ to P !ea(l
guilty,” he addled.
thof» tter no .stalk any more about
Le o nol/t Ut^ ed the co "^vativ 3
Uopold. Let’s-talk about something
But Loeb presisted. “What is it
the judge says when it is all over?’’
he asked. "The court finds you ”
Several timesf before th e interview
was ended Loeb had been abruptly
commanded by his companion to
shut up”
l
Later this afternoon, Jacob Frank
Wealthy father of the boy victim,
called for a personal audience with
State’s Attorney Crowe. He hoped
the day’s proceedings would resmi
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Here are the parents, younger
brother and baby sister of Fran
cis >M;-Donnell, boy,
assaulted and murdered in the
woods at Port Richmond, Staten
Island, N. Y. This picture was
taken immediately [after the
finding of the body. In the group
are the mother, the father, A
bert McDonnell, a New York
City policeman, and Catherine,
and Albert, Jr. A maniac, now
held at Kearney, N. J., has con
fessed, according to detectives,
attacked the boy, but denies he
killed hi in.
IK. P. C. KELLEY
dies 11 num
Mother of Mrs. Harvey Mathis
Succumbs Following Opera
tion at Sanitarium There
Mrs. P. C. Kelley dide late Mon
day at the Davis-Fischer Sani
tarium in Atlanta, death following
an operation performed the sarqe
day. News of her death was con
tained in a telegram received by
Americus relatives, and announce
ment of her demise will be receiv
ed with widespread regret here.
Mrs. Kelley was the mother of
Mrs. Harvey Mathis, of Americus,
her daughter having been summon
ed to attend her bedside. Mrs.
Mathis was accompanied from'
Americus by Mr. Mathig, but Mrs.
Kelley passed away before their
arrival., Surviving her besides
Mrs. Mathis are her husband, and
several other children, all of whom
have the sympathy of many friends
in their bereavement.
Funeral services over thh re
mains will be held this afternoon
at McDonough, with intetnieftt in
the cemetery there, whore' the
Kelley family resides.
Nothing makes a defeated candi
date madder than going back to
work.
in an insanity trial by a commission
or jury, he told newspaper men.
The only purpose of lis visit, he
told inquirers, was to ascertain
“what the day’s proceedings reaby
meant.” ,
■BOYS HOLD W
FOLLOWING PLEA
(Continued From Page One)
careful inspection will be made of
till their food to see that it is not
poisoned.” ,
■•• The degree of punishment, which
may vary from en indeterminaic
prison sentence, through life sen
tence in the penitentiary, incarcera
tion in an asylum, or death, will gj
determined after a hearing which is
to start at 10 a. m, Wednesday.
In presenting the plea of the two
defendants admitting their guilt
Clarence Darrow, their cnief counsel
started his address to the court in a
low voice which scarcely carried
twenty feet.
At the ouset he told the court
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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
that he and tits’asSsbfefote, Benjamin
Bachrach, had spent many sleepless
nights and busy days on the case
and that they had taken fully into
account not only their duties t<
their clients - but also the feelings
lof ihe tbr< > families involved in the
|‘wi :rd. any . ::ci terrible crime,”
j and '>u> wide public interest in it.
Ik r!i cki.oca any intention to
j. f. , i ('■■ ;'oge of venue, pointed
• it .hat a iv.g time would be con
nwad in ; -ieeting a jury and said
•h; “• lawyers of many years ex
r,.> ' hite they recognized that little
might be accomplished by making!
the dilatory motions usual in such I
cases.” , ,
IL- then asked permission of the
court to offer evidence as to mental
capacity of Leopold and Loeb and
the degree of their responsibility,
adding: * ' ,
“With that presented, we thro"'
ourselves upon the mercy of this
court.” . ,
The youthful defendants were at.
once called .to the bar of the court
to affirm their plea.
“Lpt the record shotv both de
fendants affirmed the pl< a,of guilty
tp kidnaping and murder after be
ing warned by the court of the con
•e** nces." iaid. Judge Caverly.
Attorney Bachrach then suggest
ed that the proceedings ,woiild bn
shortened if State’s Attorney Crowe
instead of summoning witnesses,
would make a statement of the facts
relied upon by the prosecution. *
“I can assure hi fll thir - would be
no dispute of those facts by th e de
fense-.” said- Mr. Bachrach, but tho
state declined- to. agree.
Mr. Bachrach then suggested that
a joint conference be Weld between’
the abenists cf the state and de
lense.
“Are thbse ’ boys pleading guilty
as sane or insane persons?” inter
rupted the state’s, attorney. ‘lf the
later, the state will ask for a jury
a.j it can demonstrate that they are
sane and knew exactly what they
were doing.”
Mr. Bachrach said that the ob
ject of the conference would.be io
iron out the differences which “in
varibly accompany presentation of
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expert testimony as to insanity it.
criminal cases.” He urged that the
result would be a conerent s.ata
ment for the court’s consideration
|‘instead of wide publication of atro
■ cious details in newspapers anr
J their consequent effect upon poorly
[balanced minds generally.”
I Judge Caverly said that the court
had no power to force such a pio
’ cedure upon the state and left the
proposal to the state’s attorney who
■ again stated that,the prosecution
■ could prove that' the”defehddnts
- wepo thoroughly sane.
A discussion of time of hearing
followed. Both side were ready to
Igo ahead at once but Judge Caverly
said Wednesday was the carjiesi
date at which he could hear test -
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* TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 22, 1924
mony.. ,
That date was agreed upon with the
understanding that witnesses v.ho
might have been summoned for the
expected opening of the trial August
4 and who could not be present
Wednesday would be excused until
next week.
‘You have unloaded a big respon
sibility on me,” said Judge Caverly
to Mr. Darrow after cc-urt adjourned.
‘lt was totally unexpected.”
The defendants returned to th2
cells in the county jail laughing and
.talking right heartily, but apparent
ly carefully refraining from all dis
cussion of the case.
They made light of the suggestion
they had been nervous during the;
proceedings, but admitted they w- re
■glad tiie first day was ever.”
State Attorney Crowe declared.in
a statement issued after the pro
ceedings that he would ‘insist on the
extreme penaltv’ v or both defend
ants.
The statement of State’s Attorney
Crowe follows:
‘There was nothing left for Loeb
and Loepold *to do but plead guilty.
The proof was so overwhelming that
no jury could return any verdict ex
cept one of guilty.
‘The crime ’was s >ld-blooded,
premeditated and atr-.eious that no
jury could fix any other punishment
except death. Ther e is only one
proper punishment. That is death
and I shall insist on the extreme
penalty as to both of them.”