Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              PITTSTON TAXES UP TOVo—TO WNSHIP DROPS 4 MILLS
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 1,1924
The   Only    Sunday    New.ipaper Covering   ths   Wyoming   Valley
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ILLERS OF KIDNAPPED BOY TELL SORDID STORY; SHOP BROWN FOUND GUILTY OF HERESY CHARGE; TRIKE IS  SETTLED AT WEST SIDE COLLIERIES
Retired Chtirchman Says He
Will Carry His Case To The
People Themselves «	
STANDS BY WRITINGS
Sut Brown Affirms Faith And Defends Right To In¬ terpret His Own Religion
SOLEMN PROCEEDING
Cleveliin/i:   Ohio,    May    St.—"I    will nock  at  every  door  In   tho   land  to tt justice.    I am not through.    This Iill   1)0  the  last   heresy  trial." lil.shop William Montgomery Brown Cialion,   Ohio,   tonlRht   hurled   thla Bflance through  clenched teeth. ' The retired bishop ot Arkansas was tund  guilty  or heresy by  a tribunal his peers In Trinity Cathedral hero. tTho  case  %vent  to  the   tribunal   at ;S0   and   the   verdict   camo   shortly ^er three p. m.
I'ho    high    celllnged    spacious    old
Camber   of    Trinity    Cathedral    waa
ronged by a gaping   crowd   as   the
i»hops in tholr black and white robes
Ml in to give their verdict.
riio verdict waa road In solemn into-
;tion.s   by    rrcsiding    Bi.shop    John
ij-dner Murray, Bultimorc, and found
own   "guilty   of    teaching    publicly
privately doctrines contrary to the
otestant Episcopal Church."
Thon   it   was   that   Brown   said,   "I
111 knock at every door  In the l.ind
I Kot ju.sllcc.    7 am not through. Tills
Ite   the   la.st   heresy   trial. "I am gnititifl'l with what has been |Bcomplishod.   making   tho   public   see ! real Issues Involved In all heresy," .iddod. "I   want tho church  freed  from the andicap of an uncertain literalism, so It it may shod its blessings In every , according to tho best thought of age,"  he said.
Will  Appeal Derision f Brown   saiil   tonight   he   would   ap- le.'d tho verdict to the board of review, hich is schcdqicd to meet here next elobcr.
|Meanwliilo tho venerable old bishop
lanil.s   si ripped   of    hi.s   acclcslastical
|»bo.s although  Hontcnce will  not for-
ally l>e  pronounced  upon  him  untU
'tor tho board of review passes upno
appeal. [ThOKC   penalties  aro  po.ssible:     The phop may be admonished hy the tri- innl.    He   may    bo   suspended   def- Btely,   or   he   may   Ikj   ejected   from
position In tho church. The last two punishments would ftean that lilshop Brown loses his tight lo consecrate, ordain, cast his pto In tho House of Bishops, wear Jils liscopol robes and use the title of fehop.
The charges again.st Brown grew out a book,   "Communism    and-  Chris- mlty." ho wrote In 1920. In the Ijook Brown denied the exls- enco of a personal God and Indicated hat   the   Virgin   birth,   birth   ot   Eve om  .-Vdam's  rib  and   other   Biblical feachlngs were myths. Taking the  stand  yesterday  In  his defense, however, Brown dram.it- Jly  atnrmod   his  faith   In  God  and creeds of the church but .said his ellef was symt>olioal ami not literal.
Kiglit of Interpretation \Va claimed that it was within a Shop's province to Interpret tho Bible nlwlically rince "Christ has been at b« mercy ot trauslators, all along the Ine."
j Bishop Brown went on the stand ain this morning for a brief cross amination. [Charles Dibble, church advm'ate and Osecutor, asked Brown If his pro- slon of faith on the stand Friday lias a  retraction   of iiis  book,  "Com-
linlsm and Chrl.stlanity."
\la   a   voice    vibrant    with    feeling,
own almost shouted. "No, sir.    Not
Be world of my book do I retract."
Tho p' isecutlon thon rested an<I tho
|lng I     ylments  to tho Jury   followed.
en    Vced u|)on  Brown. "W     davo the case    of   a    Christian 1.'   Dlbblo   said. .Ills  is   no    controversy    between Bnilamentasiism  and  niodemlsmi" "Brown's    lostlfleil      attiro>ation     of JLh  in  tho  rrocds onfircly evacuates he entire mcunin;; ot tacU.
Boys Of Twelve Pass Bad Checks
Two boys, each twelve years old, were arrested late yesterday by Kingston police on a charge of paasing worthless chocks. Despite their youth, thoy found West Side merch.ints easy prey and had cashed eight checks without diffi¬ culty before Ihey drew tho atten¬ tion of tho authorities. Chief Lewis Roe.so announced that tho de¬ fendants are members of promi¬ nent families, who havo agreed to .settle with the victims of the victims of tho scheme. Because the ca;se will ho settled out of court tho police withheld the names of the boys.
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BIG REDUCTION MADE IN SCHOOL EXPENSES WITH SLASH OF TAX
FLYERS DEPART ON ANOTHER LAP
American Aviators Leave Base In Japan And Arrive At New Station In Storm
TAKE BRIEF REST
Tokio, June 1.—America's attempt to circle the earth by air was re¬ sumed at 2:10 a. m. today when the three Douglas air cruisers hopped oft from Kasumigua flying flold, 40 miles north of here, and winged their way toward Nagasaki, 40 miles to the southwest.
Led Ly the plane flown by Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, who assumed com¬ mand when MbJ. Krf'derick Martin abandoned the flight because of re¬ peated accidents, the three pIane.^ swooped over Tokio In V-formation, roaring toward the China Sea.
The planes landed at Kasumlgaura a week ago, after a dangerous flight across the North I'aclflc from Attu inland via tho Kurllcs and north Japan. K.irb yesterday repair work and the business ot overhauling was pronounced completed.
At the flrst favorable moment, the little flwt  took the air.
O.saka, June 1.—Tho three United St;ites planes which loft Kasumlgaura near Tokyo eiirly today, landed safely at Kushimolo. In the province of Wakayama, 100 miles south of hero, acconling to a dispatch received here today.
Kushlmoto is about half wny to Nagasaki, tho fliers' next ovor night stop. 'i'ho throe planes landed at Kushimolo at 10:32 a. ni. today (Sun¬ day)  during a heavy storm.
The flight was made wiihout ind- donl and the lliers expected to leave In two hours for Kagoshlma.
CAR KNOCKS OVER
A TELEPHONE POLE
At a special mooting of the school directors of Wilkes-Barre Township held yesterday at the High School building Ihe budget for the coming .school term was udopUnl and the levy fixed at 15 milLs, which Is a reduolio:i of 4 mills from the lovy of 19 mills in force last year. The budget calls for an expenditure of $104,000 in tho oper¬ ation of the schools of the town.shlp tor the  coming year.
The three directors affiliated wllh tho Grohowskl-Kachulm faction voted solidly against adoption of tho budget, but the reform dirotfors undor the leadership nf John Kerrlp^an had tho support of four dir-octors and were .'ihlo to put throush the program the tax¬ payers of the township have Ijeen so earnestly demanding the pa.st few years.
President McHugh occupied the chair, the other directors In attendanco being Koriigan, Ka^itrava, Brogan, Wanl, Gcfford and Jones. Secretary Kerrigan presented the budirot calling for tho expenditures for tho coming .school year and recommentled a tax levy of l.'i mills.
On roll call tho budget and levy were adopted, tlie directors supitoi-ting
it being Kerrigan, McHugh, Kiustrava and Brogjin. The directors who op¬ posed It wel* Ward, Jones and Gefford.
When the directors assembled John Brogan, a repent appointeo to the boanl, demanded that his name be called on tho roll. His request was granted and It wius his vote th.it m.ide it po.ssible to reduce the levy four mills and put through the reform budget.
Under the new budget, despite tho reduction in levy, the directions will be able to pay out jr..300 a month in teachor.s' salaries as against (lie monthly outlay of J4,S10 undor tho old buiiget. To make pcssible the in¬ crease tor teachers many extrava¬ gances   were  cut  out.
The budget as presented by Mr. Kerrigan and adoploil was as follows:
General control, $10,255; instruction and supplies, $60,600; auxiliary agencies and sundry aclivitio.s, $2,610; operation of school plant, $20,100; ro- palis, $2,300; Insurance nnd rcliro- mont fund, $3,CO0; bond.s, interest and unpalil bills, $28,500; capital out¬ lay, $1,800; total budget, $I3n.36:>; total crodit.s. $2»i,300; amount to bo levied, $101,065.
LEVY OF 341/2 MILLS IS NEW HIGH RECORD FOR 3rd CLASS CITY
Two automobiles wero damaged at 1 o'clock this morning when they CHLshed at Ihe corner of North Wash¬ ington and ISa.st Juck.son streets. One of the ni.achlnes \\as driven by Wil¬ liam S. Devanney of 203 Elm stroet, I'arsons. The other was operated by Krank Harrison, a. traction employe, living al S57 Anthracite avenue, Kingston.
According to the police report, Do- vannoy's machine was traveling south on Washington streot. Beside thn owner It was occupied by William Bioojts and Walter McCole, both of I'lains.
Harrison's car was traveling over Jackson street. When tho machines met, Devuney's car was pushed across tho street. It landed against a tele¬ phone pole with suflicient force to break tho pole oft at Ihe bottom, leav¬ ing the jioio susjionded only by the overhead wiro.s. Harrison's machine was able to leave tlie scene under its own power but Uevaney's car was towed away. Nobody was hurt,  ®	
150 CHICKENS BURN
IN INCUBATOR FIRE
An incubator in a crficken coop in the rear of the home of William K. Gllroy, roal estate agent on Pine street, Pittston, yesterday afternoon set fire lo tho coop and cremated 150 little  chicks.
At 8 oclock la.st night there was a slight flre In the rear of the Carr block nt Luzerne and Wyoming avonue. West I'itt.ston. The rear en¬ trance of the Garden Theater fureil Ihe Hre hut there was no commotion whon the persons were requo; ted to keep  coul a^d  rc;nalli  ta  their Heats.
School directors of Pittston City at il speciid mooting last night docidotl that the school tax levy for 1921 shall be the highest in the history ot llio 20city. Thiy Jumped the levy from 20',4 mills to 34 Vi mills, an increa.so of approximately 70 per cent. The per¬ sonal tax waa fixed at $2 per capita. In establishing what Is bolieved to be the highest levy in an\ tliird class city in the entire State of Pennsylvania, the majority memt>ors ot the board placed the responsibility upon former school directors, who, it was charged, had neglected to meet tlie financial obligations of the dintrict.
Dovoloiimonts at last night's meet¬ ing Indicated tliat court action may bo started against the Pittston board to restrain the collection ot the tax of 34',i mills. Director .fames A. Joyce, the only member to vote negatively, hlntoi at possililo injunction proceed¬ ings. A parallel case is found at Dur¬ yea where taxpayers are scheiluled to hold a meeting this .-ifternoon for tho purpose ot protesting against 42 mills levy by the school board ot that dis¬ trict.
Tho Pittston board held its meeting Just ns the lime limit for fixing the years levy and drafting the 1924 bud¬ get was oxpliing for all school districts In the State. Before tho matter ot taxation was taken up, tho directors heard a report of the financial com¬ mittee. This report contained the budget for the ensuing year. Tlie Appniprialions
The following appropriations out of which the ninnlng oxpoiisos will lie paid, were established and approved: Teacher.s' payroll. $156,850; retirement fund, $6,400; Janitors and officers' Iiayroll, $28,575; retirement of bond.s and payment of interest, $38,435.83; freight and cartage, $600; repairs and Improvements, $11,000; commence¬ ment oxiionses, $300; fuel, $11,000; teachers and Janitors ,extra, $200; water, light and telophone.s, $2,800.
Medical Inspector, $3,000; insurance, $3,500; ront.s, $500; textbooks, $6,200; supplies, second class, $10,500; tax col¬ lector's commission, $6,500; institute tiavhers' salaries, $2,300; auditors, $550; Janitor's supplies, $2,000; kuji- plie.s, first clas.s, $2,500; Stalo tax, $3,200; tuition for deaf, $250; unpaid bills, $62,824; .school building fund, $42,285.21; exonerations,, $6,941.47; miscellaneous, $899.60.
These apiiropriatlons aggregate a to¬ tal budget of $409,311.11. Immediate¬ ly there was a motion to place Ihe levy at 35 mill.s. It passed with Director Joyce casting the only dissenting vote. The meeting then adjourned but when Joyce Informed his colleagues that the finance conimitteo had used the wrong assessment figures in computing the levy, the board reconvened for Iho sec¬ ond time. A new motion was entered to fix tho levy at 34 1-2 mill.s. Again Joyce cast un opposing l«illot but the sky-high millage waa adopted by a vote of four to one.
Heated Areuinrnt
During the two sessions, there was sone heated argument tttat led to the tiellef that court action Ls impen.llng it was evplalned that the levy of 341, mills s composed of the following component  parts;    25  mllla for scn-
eral school purposes: 4 mills for the Payment ot principal and interest on bonds, and SH mills for teachers' salaries and incroment.s.
Ambro.se I.,ungan appeared the chief supporter for the new levy. He charged that the directors could do nothing othor than establish a new high record because members of the preceding school board hiid failed lo shoulder their true re.sponsibility. He cl.aimod thut the former diiectois had ke|>t down the levy by neglecting their obligations purely as a political argu¬ ment.
Besides the Items listed in the list of appropriations, it was explained that the district has due it a State ap- proiirialion of $36,000; balance due from collector, $8,800; balance due on penalties, $2,800, and money in bank, $637.60.
Salaries Overdue
An outstanding result of the boards' action was the announcement that Pittston teachers will on Wednesday next receive their salaries for lho flrst time In two months. Director Langan recalled that he had previously in¬ sisted tho action of the old directors would prevent payment of salaries. This ca;tie true, ho saitl, and no sal¬ aries had been paid since lafe in tho winter. Ho announced that a tem¬ porary loan would bo effected tomor¬ row to permit vouchors being drawn on Wednesday. The loan will be ai- i-.ingcd at another meeting ot the directors tomorrow.
All through the argument over the budget there was a cross-flre between tlic majority members and Director Joyce. The latter steadfastly insisted that the appropriations were being drafted illegally. At one point. Direc¬ tor Micliaol Clark uskoil if Joyce knew whether court action was to be started and Joyce's answer was: "I think so."
In the nb.sence ot Attorney William H Gillespie, solicitor tor the board. Attorneys Kvan C. Jones and Michael F. McDonald attended the meolmg. Thoy supported the majority members lit the boiird and declared everything was constitutional.
Concerning tho method of increas¬ ing a school levy above 25 mills, the attorneys presented an opinion by the Supiomo Court of Pennsylvania which recently ruled a Himilar levy by the school boanl ot Terry township, Kayette county, was properly made. Ill the Kayette case the levy had been described In the following wonl.s: "That the tux levy for 1923-24 bo 25 mills for the budget, exclusive of teachers' salaries, makintr a totjil of 42  miiis."
Koiiorting the meeting Mr. Joyce declined to state whether he will act us head ot a taxpayers' organization In opposing the now rates.
The Kayetlo opinion, it is believed, will be found applicable to the situa¬ tion in Duryea where the citizens will meet this afternoon lo appose a re¬ cent, levy of 42 mills. A week ago the Duryea board passed a tax-raiser that eontaineii exactly the same wonls and Hgures as tha celebrated Fayette tax- rai.scr carriers. It is possible that utter today's meeting the Duryea property o«nfis may no Into court tomorrow seekiu« an inJunulluB.
Girl Trailed From Home Here May Cause White Slave Charge
Suddenly diaappearing from her home on West Main street, Plymouth, yesterday morning, Mary Bogdon, 16, was located at Binghamton last evening and is being held by the police of that city, pending the arrival of her parents, who sought the aid of the county officials here in rounding up tlie missing daughter. In the meantime a warrant has been issued for the arrest of John Whitey, said to be much older than the girl, and who is believed to have enticed her away from her home.
Whitney is understood to have operated one of the concessions with the Otis Smith Carnival Company, which wintered in this section after having been refused permission to show in Nesbitt West Side Park last Fall. During his stay in this section he met the girl and it is understood that there was a mutual admiration de¬ veloped between the two. Recently the carnival com¬ pany showed at Miners Mills and from there the troupe went to Binghamton.
Knowing of the friendship between her daughter and the carnival representative, the mother of the missing girl immediately .inspected that her daughter had gone to join Whitey. Information to this effect was furnished the district attorney's office and also the local police. About 6 o'clock last evening Police Inspector Russel Taylor communicated uith the Binghamton police by telephone and requested that they investigate and hold the girl if she could be found. Three hours later a tele- phon call was received to the effect that the girl had been apprehended and is being held at Binghamton. Convinced thai Whitney was responsible for her daugh¬ ter running away, tlie mother then swore out informa¬ tion for the arrest of the carnival man who had not been located by the York State authorities up to a late hour last night as far as the local police could learn.
County Detective John Dempsey has been assigned to the case and may act under the provisions of the White Slave Act, it being rumored that the Plymouth girl u-as provided with money by Whitey for her trip into New York State.
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HEIRS TO RICHES CONFESS MURDER OF YOUNG FRANKS
Nineteen-Year-Old Students Of Ex¬ ceptional Talent Admit To Police That They Sleiv Little School Boy And Then Planned To Force Father To Pay Heavy Ransom,
AMAZING CRUELTY DISCOVERED
5,000 Miners Declare For Peace; All Plants Of Hudson Company To Resume Tomorroiv Morning
Klvo thou.sand minors will rol urn to their places of omi>lo\iiiont lomnrrow at Wost Sido collio'ios ot lho Hudson Coal Company after being on strike tor more than .1 week. A peace vote was taken at a meeting yesterday aflernoon, i)Ut unle.ss comi';iny offl¬ eials show an early inclination to ud- Ju.st certain difficulties, a new and broa<ler strike  is Ihreatoned.     *
The decision to abandon their strike was reached by 400 delegates wiio crow<loil into Siippon's li.ill al Larks¬ ville during the aftornoon. Thoy rop- rosontod local uiiiiMis Nos. 20, 870, 4508 and 11.32. The mcmbci-s of those locals are emi)lo>ed at Noo. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. El and Boston collieries, which have boon <-oiTiplotoly crip|>lcd since tho strike  was called.
Tho out.'-Iandiiig claim of the men wns .a demand for a flat rate of $8.25 per day to bo paid in the Dennett vein. In the pa-st the company used a "fliake-up" system wliich rosullod In rates varying from $5.fi0 to $8.25, acconling to the number of cars loadoil. Due to conditions In the Ben¬ nett voile, the mon insisted Ihoy arc sometimes im.iblo to early a fair day's wage baaed on tho loadings. They de¬ manded that tho comjiaiiy pledge It.self to a uiiifoiin nile for all  men  regard¬
less of daily niiliait,
Thonas .Moran, secretary of the Roneral grievance committee, lold the mnn that if the company does not reme<ly tho disputed points a general prot(*st will soon be entered b.v local unions at all Hud.son collieries. Thomas Davis, .St.ilo mediator, and George I.saacs, district vico president of tbo union, woro present at the meeting and addressed the men.
Whllo tho .session was In progress, tho cnin|iany had employees on tho ground waiting for Ilio oiilconie, .\s soon ns peace h:id boi'ii voted those employees started jiioparlng the col¬ lieries for Immediate resumption of work Kii-os woro liolng started last night. Previously the company hud jirotestod Unit tlio action of tho miner.s   wus   delaying   needed   repairs..
Production of coal was at a mlnl- mul yesterday liocauso thousiuids of miners continued tholr holiday vaca¬ tion. Tho Kast Boston and Gaylord mines were idle. Kingston Coal Com¬ pany reported that only 80 per cent, ot tlio men reiiorlod for work. The Trucsdalo and Avondalo operated with diminished forcrs, while the Bll.ss, Loomis ami Auchlncloss col- Ikrio.i wero reported working on a normal   buses.
COLLIERY OFFICIALS
ORDERED CHANGED
A number of changes in colliery Kuperlnleniienls, effective torlay, were announced yestenlay by I'ennsylvanl.i t.'oal Company. Jo.seph Jennings, di.^- trict superintendent, denied that any changes wore to be made among th-! mine foremen. Kollowing Is the list among   tho   colliery   superintendents:
George Huntley, superlrtlendont at No. 9 colliery, to Butler colliery.
Jam's Johnson, superint<*ndent ut Butlor colliery, to Central colliery at Avoca.
P.    H.    O'Brien,    suporinlenilont    at Central   colliory,   to   No.   9   colliery,  -<p	
PLVMOITII  MAN  FINKI)
John Larson of Beade street, I'ly¬ mouth, was fineii $50 yesterday tjy Justice Kvan Kvans at Plymouth. He was ch iigod wilh disoixlorly con¬ duct on a public highway. It was his second offense.
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FALSK ALARM AT M ZKItNK
A false alarm of flro was turned in from a box on Sly streel., Luzcruu, Iale Uat nisht.
SCARE KILLS WOMAN
ATBLOOMSBURGFIRE
Excited by flre which destroyed two barns close to ber home, Mrs. W. J. Shull of Bloomshurg, died suddenly at her homo (iniy yestenlay morning, duo to heart attack. After discover¬ ing the flames, the woman awakened her husband. Ho attempted lo quiet her but her norvousn. ss brought on hearf trouble which causorl hor death liefore a physician could bo sum¬ moned.
The barns, which were destroyed, were owned by Harry Johnson. While Ihe flre was at Its height he rushed Into one of the structures in an en¬ deavor to s;ive a neighbor's automo¬ bilo. Ho wus severely burned but Is expected to recover, according to re¬ ports from his home.
FATHER OF NINE DIES
Samuel Korlenza, 46 years old, ot 178 Uiver street, Pittston, died la.sl night at 11 o'clock In I'itl.slon hos¬ pital. He was stricken ill of kidney trouble yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock while at work in Evana Brotliors store at Pltt.ston. He was removed to his home and at 8 o'clock lasl night udmlttcd to the hospit.il. Besides his wife, he is survived by Biue amall uhildrsB.
Chicago, May 31.—Cringing, tear stricken, in thoir cell ut an outlyin,^ police station, broken and haggard from the onleal of the past 24 hours, Nathan Leopold and Itichard l/Ooti, who admitted the killing Botiert Kranks, 14 year old .school boy, "Just for the fun ot it," tonight faced trial for first degree murder.
¦"I'hey killed an innoiont child "fnr tho fun of if—they'll be brought to Justice Just as rajiidly as the wheels of the courLs can be turned," was the word sent out from the office ot suite's Attorney   lioU'rl  K.  Crowe.
A coroner's inquest ovor the slain youth's body will ix; held .Monday at 11 a. m. Charges of murder will b.' given to the county grand Jury, which convenes Tuesday. Indictments, Crowo said, should be returned by Wednesday. The trial will follow aa soon as tlic law permits.
The two confessed murderers, both 19 and botli some ot Chicago's "first families," were torn by terror ns the.v sal in their coll tonight. All tho bravado, the defiance, the porvorto.l sense ot pride displayed when thoy described thu murder to police, were gone.
"Please, please tell me Ihat this rs all a horrible nightmare, ' Leopold pleaded with Jail guards us he wrung his hands and  waiii d.
"We didn't knew what wo were do¬ ing— we were Just plumb damnel fool.s."
Loeb was too exhausted to speak. Soon aftor the confession ho broke down and cullapsod. He was taken to a hostiital ami revived then forced to accompany Leopold and a party of olllcers on a trip over the scene of the iiiui.lor, re-onacting tho crime in all Its revolting eletails. Tonight he was crumploil In a corner of the coll, limp and motionless, save for incess;uit wringing of his bunds.
Will .'Make l><'fense
While attaches of tho State's attor¬ ney's office were preparing the caso again.st the two youths, attorneys for their wealthy iiaronts wire hastily setting up a Uelcnse. No definite course of action In behalf of the two Iwys iiad yet been decided upon, Bach- ;irach said.
Kxpert alienists throughout the city, meanwhile, wore studying the stninge case to formulati? proftssioiiul opinions. All withhold thilr views .lost they bo called as ex|>crl witnoaaes during tho course of tho trial.
Why two boy.s, sons of millionaire families, profound students, clear thinkers .and worldly wi.se, should car¬ ry out a plot of murder "Ju.st for tho fun of it" is lho luoblem pcriiloxing the psyclilatiists and alienists. II may lead, uno ot them admitted, to the writing ot a new chapter In the text book.s on criminology. The case ia un- (laralleled.
Leopold, son ot the president of the Morris Paper Box Co., holder of a degree of Uuchclor of phllo.sophy from tho University of Chicago and for many yeara a student ot all forms of perversion, admitted it was ho who plotted the kidnapping and murder. Just beforo confessing, young Leo¬ pold was di.scus.slng pholosophy and religion with his examiners. He pro¬ fessed to be an atheist.
Loeb, son ot Albert H. Loeb, vice president of Scars Hoebuck mail or¬ der firm, was Leopold's accomplice. Loeb Is known us the youngest gradu¬ ate of the University of Michigan, re¬ ceiving his A. B., degree at the uge of  17.
Both confessed murderers have boon students in the law dopartmont of tho University of Chicago. They continued their daily cia-sses until their arrest. Tho phins for the kidnapping and murder were luid in spare mom¬ ents between cla.s.ses and during even¬ ings when they went together to out ot the way phiccs, ostonilbly to "study."
(¦real Wealth Represented
In uddition to the sti-ange mental complex which prompted tho crime tho ca.se attracts wide attention be¬ cause ot the extreme wealth and soc¬ ial prominence of the three families Involved—their combined wealth being estimated at  $25,000,000.
P;ironts of the two bo>s remained at   their  homea  throuehuul  tbe  day
and  paid  no  visits  to the Jail.    They denied themselves  to  all  callers.
A report that Mrs. Leopold had col¬ lapsed-and was under the care of a physician wus denied by servants.
"Theso peopio aro heart broken— they want to see no one," an attend¬ ant at tho Ijoeh home explained in refusing to admit newspaper men.
Kvents that led up to the kidnap- Iiing and murder of Robert Franks, careful plans lalii by the youthful nuinlorers and the precautions they took to avoid detection, all make a remarkably original plot. All tho skill of the two youths in science aud psychology   was called  into  play.
The moio .s;itlsfaction of carrying out their plot to kidnap and murder a boy, receive $10,000 from his lather and mako tlieir apprehension impos¬ sible, waa all they expected to gaia from the  crime,  both  boys admitted.
"We were undecided on whom to work our scheme," Leopold said. "We wantoil a youngster who came from a wealthy family, however, so wo hunx around the Harvard private school for .several days and flnaUy picked out this Kranks boy. Then we went ahead. ¦Slory of Crime
"We rented an automobile on the day of thu kidnapping and drovo lo the Harvard school. As the kida were coming out, we called the Kranks boy an<i invited him to go along for a ride.
"When he got in, ho started to struggle, so we hit him over the head with a chLicl wc had wrapped in tape That cndoil  his struggles."
It was this blow, iioiicc believe, that killed young Kranlci.
"Then we .stuffed lags in his mouth and drove south to the city limits. Wo wi'aiipcd his body In a robe and curried it into some thickets. Here we undressed him, burned tlie clothes and buried thu  shoes and  belt.
"I had stolen somo hydrochloric acid from the chemistry laboratory at school. This wo threw on As faco in an attempt to muke ideiitiflcatloa impo.ssible. Then wo Jammed the body In a railroad culvert, came back to the city and mailed our ransom letter to tho  boy'a father."
Cueful plans had been laid lo mako the ransom letter the Hist link in a chain uf events whereby the two mur- doreis were to obtain $10,000 without being discovered. It proved tho first step in their undoing. Written iii lieifecl Kngllsh, It convinced offlcers immediately th;il they wore on tho trail ot an educated person and not un onlinary bund of blackmailers.
According to -the iilan which fnll«< to wo.k, the elder Kranks was lo find further Instructions in a trash box ul  a  certain  streot   intersection.
His next step would have Ijeen to tako a roll of cash in bills ot varying denominations, board a particular coach and occufiy a specified seat, lu a timo table rocoptucle near this seal were to be still further instructions. riunned  Escape
These new orders instructed tho father to open the window ot the train as 11 entered a certain village, count slowly to five, and when oppo¬ site a certain signboard toss the bills from tho window. Leopold and loeb expected to be waiting in an automo¬ bile to seize the money and escape as the train spol on through the village, at which it was not scheduled to stop.
Franks fulled to follow instruc¬ tions. As soon aa tho boy failed t.i loiuin on tho evening ot the kid¬ napping, he notlfle<l police and started a  seurch.
Next morning u section foreman .stumbled upon the murdered boys body, i'olice ordered the body taken to the morgue, had the father identify it und speeded up their search for the ab<luctors. Runsom demands wei-e inimeiUuteiy forEotten and the cliler Kranks never followed instructiona Iw had  receive:!.
Capture of Leopold and Loeb and ultimate forcing ot their confe.ssions, were accomplished through one ot the most clever pieces of defective work in Chicago police annals. William Crot, Krank Johnson and Jamea Courtlanl were the ofllcers responsible. Wuiiderfiil  Police Work
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