Scene in Chicago Court
Room When Loeb and
Leopold Pleaded Guilty
Chicago.—Dicing with the gallows,
Nathan Leopold, ]'r., aDd Richard A.
Loeb, millionaire youths and super
iutellectuais, today pieaded guilty to
the murder of Robert Franks, 14-year
old school boy, also the son of a mill
ionaire.
Judge Caverly can sentence to hang
ing if he desires.
The prosecution immediately de
manded the gallows. The action of
the boys came like thunder to the
crowded court room, filled to overflow
ing by a huge staff of attorneys for
both state and defense, members of the
Leopold and Loeb families, and hun
dreds of morbidly curious spectators
who gained admission despite the ef
forts of a corps of 25 uniformed police
men and sheriff’s deputies.
Clarence Darrow, sphinxlike dean of
criminal attorneys, who is 07 years old
and has been practicing law for thirty
years in Chicago, entered the first plea
for the boys. He stood erect, throwing
bis shoulders back, his voice increasing
in volume as he spoke until hi fairly
shouted, “the defendants plead
guilty.”
The court, under the law of Illinois,
might sentence the young college grad
uates to death. Other sentences which
he may pass are life imprisonment or
imprisonment for any number of years
over 14.
Crowe, dumbfounded and taken en
tirely by surprise at the plea of guilty,
made no attempt to contest the action,
hut announced he would call every
state witness to the stand so that the
court mav hear all the evidence in the
case.
Although slightly heavier thaD when
they entered prison, the youths were
markedly pal© from their confinement.
L opold’s eyes, which have been con
sidered unusually bright and search
ing, were watery; He gazed into space
without apparently seeing anyone. His
agek father, the millionaire president
of the Morris Paper Box Companv, sat
silently in the court room,.tears trick -
ling down his rough face. Loeb, some
what tall and more erect, faced the
court with more composure.
Young Leopold was called to the
beuch and himself pleaded guilty.
Loeb followed him and did likewise.
“Is it youg understanding that if you
plead guilty to murder in this court,
the court may sentence you to death or
tithe penitentiary for the period of
your natural life, or for a period of not
less than four teem years?” Judge Cav
erly asked.
“I understand,” Leopold answered,
his lips quivering, his oyes dropping to
the floor.
‘‘Yes. I understand,” Loeb answered,
looking directly at the judge.
“With this understanding, do you
still wish to plead guiltv?” the judge
asked.
“I do,” Leopold answered.
“I do,” Loeb echoed.
Nome.—Deputy U. S. Marshal W. J.
Getchell, of Nome, who made a trip
into the Kougarok section on official
business, visited Serpentine Hot
Springs, ten miJes from Taylor. He
left the Springs afoot some time in Au
gust, but became lost. A searching
party yesterday found his body, which
is being brought to Nome for hurial.
Mr. Getchell was a member of the
first Alaska legislature from the Sec
ond division.
Nome.—The mail boat Silver Wave
is due to arrive here this evening from
Kotzebue. Among passengers aboard
' is Knud Rasmussen and two families of
Eskimos. Rasmussen has be=m explor
b ng the Arctic regions for the last 25
years with expeditions sponsored bv
the king of Denmark. He left Copen
hagen June 1, 1922, with 75 dogs, five
Eskimo families, aod six scientists who
took different routes through Canada.
Rasmussen states he has written six
books of Eskimo folklore and now has
material for six more books. He is a
graduate of the University of Copen
hagen. He says he can speak, read
and write Eskimo now.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Charles Kebhnn and Max Menard,
your heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I, vour co-owner, have ex
pended in labor and improvements the
sum of one hundred dollars per vear
for each of the years 1921, 1922 and
1923 upon the Eva Bench placer mining
claim, on the right limit below Discov
ery on Yankee creek, tributary of In
noko river, in the Ophir recording pre
cinct. Territory of Alaska, in order to
hold said claim UDder the provisions of
THE
BY-SGOLLY
Tokotna
Gandies
Cigars
Soft Drinks
Lunches
John Heino
Proprietor
law respecting annual labor on mining
claims.
And if, within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fail to
pay your portion of such expenditure,
your interest in said claim will be for
feited to the undersigned co-owner,
according- to the provisions of Section
2324 Revised Statutes of the United
States.
Ed Noleette,
Co Owner.
hirst publication, July 5, 1924.
Last publication, Oct. 4, 1924.
Rough and Dressed Lum
ber of All Kinds
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If you have the best interests of
Alaska at heart, especially the
Fourth Division, vote for
Charles E. Taylor
Candidate for Alaska Legislature
Paid Adirt.
■
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition. Yankee Creek
. I am the principal owner of a block of ground
on Yankee creek, about seven nines loDg, extend
ing from No. 1 Below Discovery down"to the mouth
of^the creek.
Pay has been located all along for a distance'of
about three miles from'the upper end, and pretty
well prospected and.cross-eut.
The average depth of the ground 'is from seven
to twenty feet. The top is all black muck, that can
be moved freely. No rock bigger than one’s fist.
The width of the pay. for a distance of about
three miles, is from 100 to 200 feet. Crosscuting
work indicates that the ground will go from 15
cents to $1 per square foot of bedrock. My belief
is that the pay will average 50 cents per foot.
I have a ditch on the ground, three miles long,
together with water rights. The ground is pretty
well cleared. There is also a drain, three miles
long, with the water right. I also have a water
right on Heady Bullion creek, from which water
can be brought to Yankee creek with a ditch less
than a mile long (4,900 feet), which will give four
sluiceheads^of water,|with a pressure or fall of 120
feet, being 1600 feet to the work from the ditch.I
After doing away with the muck, there will be
from four to si* feet of dirt to handle. The pay
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slate,
The ground js virgin, only about $11,000 having
been taken out by wiudlass in prospecting.
Prospecting work during the present w;nter has
resulted in finding values that run up to $1 per
square foot of bedrock.
The Flume Dredge Company has a dredge above
this ground, which has been in operation for the
last three seasons.
The Government road crosses Yankee creek.. I
also have a road down the creek that connects with
the Government road.
I am also the agent for owners of ground 'other
than that held by myself.
The ground can be worked either with dredge,
drag-line scraper, or by hydraulicing.
I will either sell the ground or give e, lease on
it. If the prospect is satisfactory to the buyer, a
cash payment will be expected. A rood bargain
will be given to the right party.
For further information, terms, etc., call on
ground, or write or telegraph me.
ED NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaska.