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Tri-Weekly Market Reports
COTTON [
NEW YORK, Aug. 25—The cot- I
ton market broke over a cent a ,
pound at the opening today under
heavy general selling inspited by the
weakness of Liverpool and the
bearish interpretation of Saturday's
government crop report. First j
prices were easy at a decline of 70 >
to 118 points with October deliveries I
soon selling off to 24.05 and Decem
ber to 23.75. making declines of 140
to 150 points under Saturday s clos
ing on active positions. Trade buy
ing was reported on a. scale down
and there was a good deal of cover
ing which caused rallies of about 15
to 20 points from the lowest but
liquidation continued and the early
market was weak and unsettled.
Covering later became a little more
active on apprehension that the gulf
stor mmight yet cause rain on open
cotton in the eastern bell. The
market rallied to 24.2 for October
and 24.05 for December or about
30 to 37 points from the lowest.
Prices held within a point or two of
these figures at midday when the
market was much quieter at net de
clines of 110 to 124 points.
The official eastern belt forecast
failed to reflect the tropical storm
threats and late forenoon ra'lies
were not fully maintained. Further
covering on the dips, however, held
the market fairly steady at 2 o’clock,
December ruling around 23.80 c, or
5 points up from the lowest and 135
points net lower.
NEW YORK COTTON
\ The following were the ruling prices In
the exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 26.45 c, quiet.
Last Pre’’.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Det. . 24.50 24.50 24.05 24.43 24.42 25.52
Dec. . 24.15 14.30 23.75 24.01 24.01 25.20
•lan. . 24.22 24.22 23.74 24.01 24.00 25.18
M«r. . 24.50 24.50 24.05 24.36 24.35 25.50
May . 24.50 24.50 24.23 24.53 24.53 25.60
10:45 a. m. bids, steady. October, 24.40;
December, 24.01: January, 23.05; March,
84.33; May, 24.88.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 25.—The
cotton market today had an excited
opening and first trades showed
losses of 95 to 105 points from Sat
urday’s closing levels. Liverpool
about sixty penny points lower than
due at the time American markets
opened. Prices continued to sag
after the opening call, October, De
cember and January dropping 121 to
125 points below Saturday’s close.
The decline was due to the bearish
interpretation of Saturday’s govern
ment condition report and crop fore
cast. Liverpool which enjoyed sev
eral hours of trading befor. the
opening here) was at one time more
than 80 penny poii.ts, equal to 160
American points, down. Trading
was very active.
The market quieted down after
lhe first rush of selling was over
rnd fluctuated somewhat aimlessly
during the entire morning. At one
rime prices rallied about 25 poirits
from the low mainly on the absence
»f important rainfall as shown by
lhe map, and increasing reports of
trop deterioration from Texas,
prices soon eased off again almost
to the early lows, but near midses
sion showed a disposition to rule
somewhat steadier around 23.55 for
October.
The market continued to rule quiet
tmtil well into the afternoon. Prices
filled steady around 23.55 for Octo
I.er and 23.60 for December or 10
to 15 points above the lows of the
fay. The market was sustained bv
lhe extremely high temperatures in
|he western belt. The official fore
casts indicated no immediate change
!'i the weather in either eastern or
(western portions of the belt except
that there may be rains on the At
lantic coast as a result of the storm.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in
«,be exchange today .
Tone, steady; middling. 21.10 c, steady.
Last Prnv.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
/u<
Oct. . 23.65 23.85 23.40 23.60 23.58 24.ba
Dec. . 23.85 23.85 23.50 23.68 23.67 14.75
Jin. . 23.75 23.1)0 23.55 23.74 23.74 24.40
Mar. . 24.05 24.05 23.84 23.11!) 23.95 25.(Kt
May . 24.05 24.06 23.86 23.92 23.92 25.08
11 a. ni. bids, steady. October, 23.57:
December, 23.65. January, 23.68; March,
23.97; May, 23.1)7.
SPOT COTTON
Atlanta, steady, 24.65 c.
i New York, steady, 26.45 c.
New Orleans, steady, 24.10 c.
Galveston, steadj. 25.70 c.
Mobile, steady, 23.60 c.
Savannah, steady, 24.34 c.
Wilmington, steady. 24.30 c.
Norfolk, steady, 24.'J3c.
Boston, nominal.
Dallas, steady, 25.20 c.
Montgomery, steady, 24.90 c.
Memphis, steady, 25.31k’.
Charleston, steady, 24.80 c.
St. Louis, steady, 25.30 c.
Little Rock, steady, 24.50 c.
Houston, sternly. 25.10 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 24.6.>c
Receipts NonP
Shipments
Stocks
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 25.—Cotton, spot, m
creased demand. Prices, easy. Stiict >
good middling. 17.64; good middling, .17.11:
strictly middling. 16.54; middling, 1<>.44,
strictly low middling, 14.84; low middling.
14.14; strictly good ordinary. 13.61; good
ordinary, 12.89. Sales, 19.000 bales. n
cluding 2.700 American. Receipts, 1,000
bales, including 200 American.
Futures closed quiet. 79 to 104 points .
down from previous close.
Pre’
Open. Close. Close
August 14..>9 14.49 I'-’J.
Septemberll.3l 14.23 15.2<
October 14.00 13.85 14.<S
Xoveniberl3.«'• 1.1.6? 14..j9|
Decemberl3.6s 13.59 14.50 j
January 13.75 13.62 11.51 j
February 13.1,2 1t..xl ,
MarchLAW 13.63 14.49 1
April >3 (’•■- 14.47
Mavl3.oo 13.112 14.4.*
June 13..*2 14.31 .
July j'ii’j s 14
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Opeu. Close.
August 12.5(><,* 13.75 12.50f«f 15.00
Septemberll.4sMll.4S 1’2.206/ I’2 ’2’2 :
(Wober 11.026/'11.05 11.206/11 .’Ji j
November 10. OO6z 10.05 10.1.167 10.3. • |
December •• •• . .0.756/' lo.o< 6/10.0(1 |
January 9.736/' 9.73 10.116/10.12
February 0.706/' 9.95 io.i<)6. 10.20
March * 9.526/ 9.51 10.2W10.30
Tone, firm: sab'*. 44.100,
FLAX QUOTATIONS
DHLVTH. Minn.. Aug. 25. Close: Flat.
September. $2.36: October. 52.26: Xoveniber.
C 2; De. ember. 52.23’.-; May. $2.30.
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
STOCKS: Lower: Colorado
Fu<’i breaks 2 points.
BONDS: Easy. Wilson issues
break on receivership suit.
FOKE 1G N EXCHANGES:
jfttcadv, sterling slightly higher.
~COTTON: Weak: bearish gov
<r’.tc-«n; yeno:t.
SUGAR: Lower, near month
liquidation.
COFFEE: Firmer: higher Bra-
Kilian markets.
WHEAT. Higher; heavy export
buying.
CORN: Steady: sympathy with
wheat.
CATTLE: Easy, trading lim
ited.
HOGS: Lover: packers doing
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
■| GRAIN
j CHICAGO ’(Monday). Aug’. 2.».
Trading was mixed in the wheat
I pit today, and prices hregu
larly with unsual rapidity, making
little headway in any direction up
to the last hour. The opening was
strong in response to more cheet
i ful foreign news. Heavy selling
I was encountered on the bulge anti
I pricees broke badly.
Late 1- the uncovering of a big ex
port trade here and ai Winnipeg
led to active s v ort covering and lhe
market bulged again. Support,
however, wavered on all bared
spots.
Sentiment in wheat trade was in
clined to undergo a change for the
better. Weather conditions in the
United Kingdom and France are
averse for harvesting the crop.
The Argentine again complained of
the need of more moisture.
Offsetting the foreign depart
ments was the ideal weather over
the American and Canadian spring
wheat territory for cutting and
harveesting. Local exporters claim
ed that since Saturday' there were
(>,000,000 bushels of domestic wheat
taken for export. The buying in
lhe pit by seaboard houses would
indicate that a large business was
consummated. Wheat and flour
on ocean passage for the week de
creased 3,216,000 bushels.
Wheat closed strorfg, rallying late
in the day on heavy export lines.
Prices were 7-8 to 1 l-4c higher.
.September, $1.24 to $1.24 1-8; De
cember, $1.29 1-8; May, $1.34 to
1.34 7-8; July, $1.25 1-2.
Liquidation in corn was renewed
at the outset and prices tumbled
sharply. Strong buying through
commission houses developed ou the
break and prices rallied with short
covering. The 'hard spots were dif
ficult to maintain as trade simmer
ed near the last. Crop reports from
the coin belt were more mixed than
recently despite the improved
weather outlook over the country.
Corn closed 1 l-2c lower to 1 l-4c
higher. September. $1.12 to $1,113-4;
December, $1.05 7-8 to $1.06; May,
$1.06 7-8 to $1.06. July. $1.07.
Oats were lower ’ early under lio
aidating pressure. A moderate re
covery took place later on in the
session. Cash oats met good de
mand at steady prices. The move
ment of this grain to primary
points is gradually showing some
increase.
Oats were 1-8 to 3-8 c higher. Sept
tember, 37 3-4 c; December, 51 to
50 7-Bc,; May, 54 3-4 c.
Liquidation carried lard sharply
lower. A house with eastern con
nections was the best seller of Jan
uary lard. Packers bought on the
dip. The weakness in corn early
was the depressing factor in pro
duce.
Lard. 2 l-2c higher to 2 l-2c low
er: ribs, 5c higher; clear bellies,
50 to 50c higher. Local cash sales
were 75,000 bushels of ■wheat, 70,000
bushels of corn, 150,000 bushels of
oats.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling price, in
the exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Cloee. Close
WHEAT—
Sept. ... 1.23% 1.24% 1.21% 1.24 1.22%
Dec. ... 1.28 1.29% 1.26% 1.29 1’27%
May ... 1.34% 1.35% 1.32% 1.34% 1.33%
CORN—
Sept. ... 1.13 1.13% 1.10 1.11% 1.13%
Dee. 1.05% 1.07% 1.02 1.05% J. 05%
May 1.06 I.OS J .03% 1.00% 1|06%
DATS—
Sept 47% 48% 46 47% 47%
Dec 50% 55% 49 50% 50%
May .... 54% 55% 52% 54% .54%
RYE—
SeptßG% .86% 83% 85% 85
Dec 91 91% 88% 91 87%
May ... 95 95
LARD
Sept. ... 12.97 13.05 12.75 13.02 13.07
Oct. ... 12.40 13.30 12.65 13.10 13.10
Jan. ... 12.70 13.02 12.60 13.10 13.15
SIDES—
Sept 11.70 11.50 11.65 11.60
Oct 11.80 11.67 11.80 11.75
BELLIES—
Sept 13.00 12.70
Oct 13.1,-, 12.65
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
'I oday
"’beat 494 cars
Cprn 34 cars
Oats i,-,8 ~a rs
Hogs 50,000 head
VISIBLE SUPPLY
The visible supply of American grain shows
the following changes In bushels;
Wheat, increased 7.,660,000.
Lorn, increased 283.000.
Oats, increased 2,560,000.
Rye, increased 361,000.
Barley, increased 177,000.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.—Wheat: No. 2 red,
$1,280)1.29: No. 2 hard. $1.2301.21’,.
t orn: No. 2 mixed. $1.13 % 01.14 %; No
2 yellow, $1.14%@1.17.
Oats: No. 2 white, 46048’jc; No. 3
white, 41%46%c.
R.*4’, No. 1. 85%c.
Barley, 75%80c.
Timothy seed. $6.000 7.75.
Clo verse ed. $11.500 21.50.
Lard, $13.20.
Ribs, $12.00.
Bellies, $13.12.
ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS
ST. I.or IS. Mo., Aug. 25. —Cash, wheat.
No. 2 red. $1.3701.39; No. 3, $1.3001.33.
Corn, No. 3 white, $1.09; No. 2 yel
low. $1.13.
Oats; No. 2 white, 47c; No. 3 white,
46 %c.
Futures, wheat, September. $1.22%; De
cember, $1.27%.
Corn, September, $1.10’.,; December
St.o4’.j.
Oats, September. 48%.
TOLEDO QUOTATIONS
TOLEDO. Aug. 25.- Clover seed, $12.60;
October, $13.60; December, $13.10.
Alsike. $lO.lO.
I Timothy seed, $3.60; September, $3.75
I asked; October, $3.65.
KANSAS CITY QUOTATIONS
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 25.—Wheat No. 2:
hard, $1.13%(<t 1.26; No. 2 red, $1.3001.31
■ corn No. 2 yellow. $1.05: No. 2 mixed. I
. $1.02’.2 0 1.03: oats No. 2 white, 47048,
GRAIN MARKET OPINIONS
1 ( I.EMENT. CCIITIS A- CO.: liberal nmve-
’ ment of new crop wheat is being absorbed
by export and milling interests.
HARRIS. t\ INTIIROP A Ct'.: After such
1 a severe break, we would advise extreme
I caution as export buying may cause a fair
I rail.* at any time.
; SI’EIN, AI.STRIN A- CO.: The entire mar
ket is entitled tn a substantial recovery.
I BARTLETT, FRAZIER A CO.: Advise
I caution on selling side of wheat.
I I.AMSON BROS.: On any further set
hack wheat and oats will probably meet
good buying.
Sugar Market
NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Raw sugar was
I unuhangvd early today at 5.53 c for Cuban.
| duty paid, without sales.
i With tomorrow first notice day for Scp
j tember raw sugar delivery, there was con
. <iderable liquidation in that position with
prices declining six points. Other months
j were off in sympathy, and at midday show
ed declines of 2 to -t points.
Refined suitar wa* firmer and unchanged
tn 5 point* higher, list quotations now
?anging from f» >.’» to 7 cents for fine gran
u lated.
Refined futures were nominal.
NEW YORK RAW SUGAR MARKET
Open. Close.
| Sept 3.72 5.63*53.C!
i 3-73
I Dec 3.74 3.68
I Msrch 3.31 3.31
May 3,40 3.39
RUBBER QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK. Aug. 25 K CHI
>H*bed spot, 23%*-.
I Government Estimates Cotton Crop
' At 12,956,800 Bales—Condition 64.9
\V AS J i INGTON, Aug. 23. —This year’s American cotton crop? the
'.size of which has been engaging the attention of (lie textile world
since it was planted because of the scarcity of raw cotton, responded
to better growing conditions in the first half of August resulting in
la forecast of 12,956,000 equivalent 500-pound bales, or 60,5,000
1 bales more than indicated a tortnight ago.
The deparment of agricult lire's summary of conditions follows:
“The forecast of 12,956,000 bales of cotton made for the date of
I August 16 on a condition of 60.5 per cent of normal represents an
improvement c fprospects over August 1 by 60a,000 bales. August
is.a critical month of the cotton crop and lhe first half of the month
has been met witti some degree of success.
“The boll weevil lias so far done no great, amount of damage to
I the crop as a whole, although destructive in some regions. It has
I not yet become important in North Carolina nor serious in South
| Carolina. Not much damage has been done by it in Georgia, except
iin the southern third of the state. In Florida, plants are still bloom
ling, hut there will be no crop froni these blooms on account of tile
weevil. In some sections of Alabama it has developed to damaging
'stages. It is not so numerous as it was last year in Louisiana and
; Texas, but increase of weevils is reported from Texas in many regions
where rain has fallen since August 1. Increased damage by insects
Ils reported in north and west. Texas? 801 l weevil damage is slight in
: Oklahoma and Arkansas and grasshoppers practically ceased. For
the cotton belt as a whole, the crop is late, the weevil is increasing
[and there is time for considerable damage by it to bolls flrat have not
' become safe.
’’Small abandonment of cotton acreage since June 25 is reported
from some of the states and considerable from others, and there is
some acreage that will produce a low yield. Conditions in Georgia
are samples of causes of abandonment. Extremely late cotton con
stitutes practically all of the abandonment in upper Georgia and in
the eastern part of the state, rains, with growth of grass, followed
by hot, dry weather, caused abandonment in certain low areas. A
considerable acreage has been lost in Texas since June 25 from ex
cessive heat, lack of moisture on the late-planted crop, grasshoppers,
weeds and grass, hail and sand storms. While much of the late cot
ton crop in this state and Oklahoma looks sorry, favorable weather
and a late frost may still save it.
’“The drought of the southwest has caused the bolls to open
rapidly, even before they are fully matured, and wherever this fact
exists the percentage of lint in the seed cotton will be lower than
usual. Recent rains have relieved this situation.
"Although the cotton crop of this year has struggled against
various unfavorable conditions and will continue to do so, the crop
is in considerably better condition than it was last year at this time.”
In a. summary of foreign cotton crops the department states that
in upper Egypt the outlook for a good yield is being fully maintained
with continued generally favorable conditions and ginning expected
to be general by the last, week in August, in lower Egypt conditions
are generally satisfactory although not so favorable as in upper
Egypt.
The first official estimate of the Indian cotton acreage shows
an increase of nearly 3 per cent over the estimate of last year, with
12.173,001) acres, against 12,373.000 last year at the same time. This
first estimate covers about 54 per cent of the total acreage, the final
estimate of last year having been 23,088,000 acres.
Indications are that Argentina’s crop will be two or three times as
large as last year but it is too early to give any definite estimate of
the acreage as sowing takes place from October to December. Pros
pects in Paraguay have been excellent and although no forecasts
of yield are yet available, production promises to be considerably
larger than last. year.
Growing conditions in Lower California. Mexico, are promising
and a record crop is exnected tnere, while the crop in Acapulco is
quite abundant.
A coton crop of 12,956,000 equivalent. 500-pound bales was fore
cast today by the department of agriculture.
Cotton of this year’s crop ginned prior to August 16 amounted to
1 48,645 running bales, counting round as half bales, the census
bureau announced in the joint report with the department of agri
culture.
The forecast was based on the condition of the crop on August 16
which was 64.9 per cent of a normal. A forecast of 12,351,000 bales
was issued August 8, on the condition of the crop as of August 1,
which was 67.4 per cent of a normal, indicating an acre yield of
146.3 pounds. Last years crop was 10,128,478 bales and the condi
tion of the crop on August 25 was 54.1 per cent.
The forecast of production by states follows:
Virginia, 38,000; North Carolina, 795,000; South Carolina, 803,-
000; Georgia, 1,185,000; Florida. 25,000; Alabama, 898,000;
Mississippi, 1,039,000; Louisiana, 360,000; Texas, 4,433,000; Arkan
sas, 1,112,000; Tennessee, 436,000; Missouri, 222,000; Oklahoma,
1,255,000; California, 71,000; Arizona, 106,000; New Mexico, 71,-
000; all other states, 16,000.
About 79,000 bales additional to California are being grown in
Lower California, Old Mexico.
Condition by states follows:
Aug. 15 Aug. 1 July 1 6 June 25 May 25 Aug. 25
19 2 4 19 24 19 24 1 9 2 4 1 9 2 4 .1 9 2 3
Virginia 62 51 54 61 62 93
North Carolina 59 58 56 73 71 71
South Carolina 59 60 159 69 68 57
Georgia 70 7 3 7 6 7 5 6 8 4 2
Florida 7 2 7 5 7 6 7 9 77 30
Alabama 70 70 70 70 70 52
Mississippi 65 67 70 74 69 48
Louisiana 50 58 66 78 70 53
Texas 6 1 6 6 6 9 7 0 6 6 5 5
Arkansas 71 71 7 0 6 8 5 8 5 7
Tennessee 7 2 6 9 6 8 6 7 5 4 6 4
Missouri 70 7 2 6 5 6 0 5 2 6 7
Oklahoma 75 76 72 72 58 46
California 90 9 1 90 90 91 gs
Arizona 85 92 94 92 ' 90 90
All other states 75 74 70 72 89 <BB
Total 64.9 67.4 68.5 71.2 65.6 54.1
GEORGIA CROP REPORT
An "old-time” cotton crop is fore
cast by the Georgia Co-operative
Crop Service in its semi-monthly re
port released today. From the pres
ent outlook the crop will be about
double that produced last year. The
difficulty in 1923 was in telling how
small the crop would be, say the
statisticians. This year the difficul
ty is in telling just how high Geor
gia figures will run.
A large proportion of the crop is
probably safe and picking has start
ed in the lower third of the state.
801 l weevils are becoming quite ac
tive in southern Georgia, but in that
section the crop is too far advanced
for them to do damage at all com
parable with that of past years.
Quite a number of counties failed
to receive rain during the past fort
night and the outlook has been re
duced on this account. This is par
ticularly true of scattered counties
in north Georgia.
Burke, Carroll .Sumter and Lau
rens counties promise to make a
close race for first place. Corre
spondents in each of these counties
have fixed their idea of the crop
around 25.000 bales. Until a week
ago the race seemed to be between
Sumter and Burke. Now the odds
seem to favor Carroll. In the next
group are. Madison, Franklin, Hall,
Dodge, Terrell and Emanuel, which
are expecting to make form 15,000
to 20,000 bales.
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One of the most remarkable sea
s tores of the report is that a great
many counties in south Georgia ex
pect to make from two to five times
as much cotton as they did last sea
: son. This is the area where the
’ crop was almost a failure last year.
i In north-central Georgia is a similar
situation is indicated in counties
such as Hancock, Morgan, Greene,
etc. Here the weevil practically put
i cotton growers out of business sev
eral years ago. The outlook is for
four or five times as much cotton
as has been produced in those sec
tions in the last year or two.
The forecast is based on a condi
tion of 70 per cent, and an indicated
■ yield of about 150 pounds of lint cot-
I ton per acre. It will vary from
that amount as conditions are better
or worse than average after that
date.
Mercury at 100,
Birmingham Swelters
> BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 23.—A
heat record which has stood for 22
years was equalled here today when
i the mercury in the official govern
ment thermometer touched 100 at
11:45 o'clock for the third successive
day. Not since August, 1902, has
i there been such a protracted heat
wave.
ALIENIST “PEDDLED PERJURY”
AGAINST FRANKS’ SLAYERS,
DARROW DECLARES IN PLEA
CHICAGO, Aug. 23.- (Uy tjie As 1
I sociated Pres.;.)- The .youthful sla.v
eis of Itoliert Pranks were admit-, 1
i ted by every alienist who examined
them to be without (motional reac
tion, a directing- force in the mind
of any normal person, with the ex
ception of one physician, "who.sells
his services for cash and peddles
perjury,” Clarence S. Darrow, bul
wark of counsel defending J Lie-hard
Loeb and Nathan I’’. Leopold, Jr.,
charged today in pleading mercy for
them before Judge John It. Caverly.
“Every one of the psychiatrists
on both sides of this case told the
court that emotion furnished the
urge and drive in life, that is. witti J
one exception. Dr. William C. KToh' l ,
who is not an alienist, but an ora-1
tor,” Mr. Darrow declared. ‘ Dr.
Krohn, testifying for the state, said
they did have it: that his short op
portunity for examining them was
•fine,’ although the others said it
was not.”
Mi - . Darrow closed a straight two
hour address with this parting shot.
At 20 minutes of 12. glancing at the
clock, Mr. Darrow swerved from his
resumed argument that the boys
were moved by no motive, but were
purposeless, senseless and childish
in killing Franks. For the final
quarter of an hour ho poured a ■
stream of critical, personal and sar
castic eloquence upon Dr. Krohn,
who has been described as the “ace”
l of the state’s corps of alienists. Mr.
Darrow said he will end his argil
ment Monday, “whether I am
through or not.”
Hohls Crowd Spellbound
The aged but vibrant leader of
half a thousand legal battles again
held a crowded courtroom tense un
der the spell of his thoughts and
words. He talked straight through
the half-holiday session, scarcely
pausing for breath. For the first
time since the hearing began five
weeks ago, no recess interrupted the
proceedings, but no one connected
with the court gave evidence of not
ing the omission.
Judge Caverly took his eyes off
the pleader only when a swinging
door groaned, a: newspaper writer’s
chair scraped the floor, or some oth
er untoward sound became audible
over the voice. Even when the [
jurist found his big. heavily up- •
bolstered chair uncomfortable in the ;
summer heat and moved to a light- |
er piece of furniture, his gaze re
mained focused on the attorney.
With equal attention, Loeb and
Leopold and their relatives followed
the argument. Loeb, In particular,
kept his eyes riveted on the slightly
stooped man in the baggy gray suit
whose brain and tongue were busy in
trying to save him from the gallows.
Leopold sat tense and motionless.
The boys showed no trace of emo
tionalism which on Friday sent
them tremulous and tearful from the
courtroom. But there was little in
today’s proceedings to arouse such
feelings in them.
Proceeding with his argument
that the crime was "so senseless as
to be the possible product of only a
diseased mind,” Mr. Darrow pointed
out to Judge Caverly that each de
tail of the killing, the disposition of
the body and the actions afterwards
took place under conditions that
showed lack of mental balance.
Emphasizes Lack of Logic
He emphasized particularly that
the kidnaping and killing occurred
in the ' very neighborhood of the
boys’ homes, where they were
known to most any one that might
pass. He also stressed the drive of
the death car about the busy south
side boulevards in broad daylight
and that they followed the main
arterise of travel to the section
where they disposed of the body.
"If every death vehicle went over
the same kind of route driven by
sane people I never heard of it, and
I fancy no one else ever has,” he
said, and rubbing his gray locks as
if to bring out an adequate explana
tion for such act, added:
“Why did they do it? Far noth
ing. The mad act of King Lear is
the only thing I know to compare
with it. Yet some of the doctors
here have declared it a sane act.”
The pleader mentioned that Loeb
had helped newspaper reporters who
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1 worked on the case, when it was
i still in the mystery stage.
"Was that criminal?” he asked,
I and answered by saying that it was
his experience that, criminals shun
nod reporters "even when there was
no chance of detection.”
'Touches Prejudice Again
Mr. Darrow also brought up again
today the effect upon lhe com
munity of newspaper accounts of
the crime and the wealth of the I.eo
pold and Loeb families. He reiterat
ed that these forced him into lhe
position of pleading for the lives of
his clients. He painted a. gruesome
picture of the boys upon (he scaf
fold, bound, hooded and “with some
■ one waiting to loose the spring.’
I He philosophized again and again
upon the barbarity of capital punish
! ment and pleaded with the judge to
decide the case by his own con
science, wisdom and courage, despite
the pressure of newspapers and oili
er directing forces of public clamor.
He pictured' too, the depth of in
famy tn which the boys would de
scend if forced to spend all their
remaining yeilrs within prison walls,
“checking off the days and hours
and minutes.”
“Would not that be a glorious sat
isfaction of justice,” lie exclaimed.
“Would it not be more so than
death by hanging? Where is there
a human heart that would ask for
more. Where is there a human heart
that would not be satisfied? Is a life
time for the young spent behind pris
on bars, not enough punishment for
this mad act?
’I sometimes wonder if I am
dreaming, if I am really living in
the first quarter of the twentieth
century and if there has come back
into the heart of man the lust for
blood which permeated the prime
tive man.”
Mr. Darrow hammered also on the
idea that a death sentence would be
against all precedent. He repeated
that 340 murderers had pleaded
guilty in this county within ten
years and that only one 40-year-old
man had been executed, he having
been sent to the hangman by Robert
E. Crowe, state’s attorney, when
the latter was chief justice of the
criminal court.
Death Demand Unusual
i He also declared that hundreds of
I offenders have received mitigation
lof punishment on the recommenda
ition of the state’s attorney’s office
•because of pleas of guilty, that
charges of felony have been reduced
in degree and that many culprits
have been paroled, “being told to go
and sin no more.”
“What, then, are the chief reasons
for this demand for hanging?” quer
ied Mr. Darrow. “They are, first,
because the families are wealthy,
and second, because of the weird and
uncanny murder.”
But it was on the expert testimony
of Dr. Krohn that Mr. Darrow train
ed his heaviest guns. He mentioned
at one time that “the state put on
three experts and Dr. Krohn,” then
immediately changed this to “three
alienists and Dr. Krohn.” He con
tinued to make this silly distinction
between “expert” and "alienist” at
every mention of the doctor. The
capabilities of the other doctors sum
moned by the state were extolled,
and he said frankly that if Mr.
Crowe had not hired two of them
first, he would have tried to get
their services for the defense.
Early in his address he thundered
that whereas the, boys had no ade
quately explainable motive for the
murder, Dr. Krohn had one for testi
fying that they were mentally sound.
Says Krohn Sold Out
“That motive was cash,” he said,
crashing out the last word in a voice
that penetrated the corridors.
Mr. Darrow depicted the activities
of a. “real physician” in striving ever
to save human life, proceeding care
fully and with the idea of relieving
human suffering despite personal
sacrifices.
Then he turned to the crowd.
“Dr. Krohn has not been a physi
cian, but for sixteen years he has
used his license in going up and
down the land, hanging victims, by
his testimony. He told the story of
the June Ist meeting between the
state alienists and these boys. That
was not an investigation, it was an
inquest.
“I cannot imagine any real phy
sician, dedicated to humanity and
the alleviation of human sufferings,
gloating over such testimony as did
Dr. Krohn.”
Mr. Darrow left this thought with
the judge, asking at this point that
court adjourn until Monday.
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The Georgia supreme court is on
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weddings in Georgia, even when
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son, with or withejjt a license, pro J
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attorney general.
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county, even though the ceremony/
wits parfprmed by a minister v.’.hoJ:
had been deposed and
cated by the Baptist conference,
held at Griffin in 1855.
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rent times, and citing decisions for
several pages in the published rec
ord, Judge Cabaniss concluded a- „
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contract; that if the contract is per
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valid marriage in the absence of al’,
municipal regulations to the con
trary; and that nothwithstanding
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