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TUNNEY KNOCKS OUT FRENCHMAN
WANT DEATH PENALTY FRANKS MURDER TRIAL
SCORES OF WITNESSES EXAMINED
IN FRANKSiMURDEH TRIAL
CHICAGO July. 2-i—In the Franks Murder Trial, State*. Attorney
Crowe in his opening statement concluded with a demand for the death
penalty in ‘the name of the parents of Illinois." Attorney Darrow. in
opening the case for thegdefen.se said "To describe this crime as the most
atrocious, and most everything else id history, is simply drawing <m the
fertile imagination of the States Attorney.” Crowe interposed an ob
jection and the Court instructed Darrav-- to confine himself to the object
ions. In his opening stab ment Slates Attorney Crowe had told the jury
that the .defendants had behaved like others of their set until they sot h«
gambling lor high stakes, and from that time they had retrograded. He
recited the long history of the crime as it was published In referring
lo a’pair ol glasses found near the body of young Franks, Crowe said tba.
Leopold had tried Jo demonstrate how .the glasses tnig t fall from the
pocket of a .coat, but failed, whereupon the grillers had hirc. pick the
up by the tail and the glasses fell out.. He declared that .at the culvert
where the glasses were found. Leopold had asked Loeb*ho pass him the
coat which Loeb seized in the darkness and the glasses flipped out.
Crowe said he would ask the Court to hear some evMb*nce in private, an I
the Court grafted the request and Edwin Gresham, the uncle of Robert
Franks was the first witness called and Jacob Franks, .the murdered bo>
father was'Tiu ;• •corul witness.
CHICAGO, July 25—A heavily taped chisel with which Franks was
slain was introduced at the advisory hearing before Judge Caver ley.
Bernard Hnni. a night watchman, testified that he saw th*e chisel thrown
from a pasting automobile at one thirty in the morning, a few hours alter
the crime. He saui "There -was fresh blood on it when I picked it up."
Elizabeth Saatler, a jnaid in the home of Nathan “Leopold. &r.. said bat
Nathan. Jr., fmd frequently used in hie room a portable typewriter like
the one i-ntrodjiced in ^vid-ence. as that upon which the letters were writ
ten demanding ransom. State* Attorney Crowe declared yesterday 'bat
the keys had been pulled! out of this typewriter will, pliers, and the ma
chine and keys scattered in different parts of th.- lagoon where it was
found after 'Leopcttd and Loeb confessed and made the identification.
The machine had keen carried in an auto robe which the State asserted
the defendants h.-id tyied to destroy by soaking it in gasoline and burning
it on the lake front, atd was just like one in Leopold's home. Before the
hearing opened Crowe had regrouped his assistants and alienists, bring
ing Dr. William Prone to the front close to the faces of Jn* defendants.
as they were brought to the floor of the court. and smiled greetings to
their relatives.
CHICAGO. July Jo
murder trial. >aid that he
duced iu evidence as the o
Albert Hubbinu* r t
jus a hardware clerk ;
»• with which Franks
the Franks
I he had sold to the defendants, who at thet sai
I of rope. The State offered some rope in
jyoung Franks had been tied. Aaron Adler,
.sold a pint .of chemically pure hydrochloric ;
i he had sold no acid so strong as that for m
beth Saltier, the maid, testiiied that Leopold
biles. The opening of the hearing was delay
'Attorney Crowe presented no the Court in
quantity
•nre as that with which
druggist, testified that In
to Leopold. Adler said
inerly ov.ned five automu
m some time while States
■ •ounsel pre
iniormatio
public fimwledg
j CHICAGO. July 2»i Due to the heat of 'he court room, which was
oppressive today. Judge Caverley took off his official robes soon after the
I hearing opened today, and let it he known that others might likewise i n.
! fheir coats which they gladly did George In ner Lew s. an amateur or
• lithologist, whose ( lass of small girls Leopold had once oiiduc.eil thr.oigh
1 Jackson Park, told of visiting the .-invert w!. the body and the -la.-- .■
1 were found with Leopold and Lueh. H<- aid that ih. Snnd.iy aft.
j Franks was killed Leopold asked him if he h.J lost his glasses, but Lewi
. replied that he had not. Lewis showed the Court his gh.--.es. Tiny
were just like the ones found by Leop dd at the culvert. The prosecution
witness ij-t has been trimmed so that only thirty remained to be exam ; • d
at the adjournment «>t court today. Over thirty witnesses were hear i
yesterday. Alvin Guddstein, a reporter of the Daily News testified today
that the (lay the body was found, L.»eb sai/J to him “w. never committed
that crime should be strung up.” Howard Mayer, ano.her reporter, re
lated the efforts of Loeb two days after the murder to give him a scoop
by suggesting the probable course employed by the kidnappers in atiem t
Jng to collect the ransom.
CHICAGO. July 25—A number of workmen called as witness' - in
the Franks murder trial told at the afternoon session to lay about finding
Leopold's glasses near Robert Franks body at the culvert. About twenty
witnesses were examined today.
TUNNEY SCORES TECHNICAL!!!. 0.
CARPENTIER CLAIMS FOUL
NEW YORK, July 24—Gene Tunney won the light heavyweight
championship of the world, and won a technical knockout over Georges
Carpentier, the French light heavyweight in the fifteenth round of their
scheduled fifteen round bout here last night when Carpentier failed
to respond to the gpng for the fifteenth found. Carpentier claimed a
foul at the end of the fourtee-nth round when he was dragged to his corner
of the ring. For a few seconds Deschamps, Carpentiers trainer and Ref
eree Dunn Griffin argued the matter of the foul, but Griffin allowed T m
ney’s blow to stand.
NEW YORK, July 25—Tunney denied that the blow which crippled
Carpentier in the fourteenth round was a foul as contended by Carpentier'9
manager Deschamps. Tunney said “it was an uppercut.to the pit of the
stomach.” Carpentier, who has been expecting to retire from the ring,
said he couldn’t end his career as a fighter until be had avenged himself
on Tunney.
NEW YORK, July 25—The Frenchman came out in th^ fifteenth
round but sank to the floor and was unable to continue. The conclusion
waa confusing and unsatisfactory and the finish was a bedlam of confus
ion. Many spectators who thought the blow whs a foul booed th£ decis
ion and cheered CaTpentier. The tenth round gave the crowd of forty
thousand a most thrilling three minutes. Sensing victory over Carpen
tier. Tunney rushed both fists to the jaw and dropped Georges on the flat
of his beck in the center of the ring. Carpentier came up at the count
of five, groggy, but still full of fight. He clinched and at the break Tun
ney’s right again sent him to the canvas. He was up immediately but
appeared to l>e distressed and was bleeding .at the mouth, but his stout
heart fought on although his feet were unsteady, he sh< <k his head and
leaped at Tunney landing with the right on the jaw and badly rocked the
American and heavy blows were exchanged until the sound of the gong.
McIjAREN REACHED PETROPAYLOVSK
TOKYO, July 26—McLaren, the British around the world flyer,
reached Petropavlovsk. Kamchatka yesterday afternoon.
TOKYO, July 25—The British circumaviators arrived at Param
shirn late yesterday.
ACTION TO RECOVER $35,000 FROM (iOYKMV.MKVT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26—The third action against the Govern
ment for the seizure of fishing vessels in Bering Sea under the interna
tional agreement which was later repudiated by the Hague Tribunal, were
filed today in the District Court. Two San Franciscans ask for the re
turn of thirty five thousand dollars for the seizure of the Schooner Colum
bia clearing from Port Townsend in 18!»3.
PALMER <O.Y, AUTHOR CHILDRENS’ STORIES DEAD
NEW YORK. July 26—Palmer Cox, author and illustrator or the
“Brownie” stories for children, died at his home here yesterday.
BOLD DAYLIGHT
BANK HOLDUP
VAX CO TVER, E July u*; Three bandits held up the staff
branch of the Canadian Eank of Commerce at 'he corner of Robson and
Granville streets today. One laid open th*- scalp of th * manager, C. A.
Donallie with the butt of his pistol. ift**r which Donallie opened the vault
and the three escaped with nineteen thousand in bills. They ran with
the loot to the curb where an automobile was waiting w.tli the engine in
motion ;md then disappeared in the thicft traffic of Granville street.
WtHIIKK HOIJf HOUHI*
DETROIT. July 26 Three armed men held up Jacob Nazer. a mem
ber of a New York firm displaying jewelry in one of th - stores here, and
escaped with jewelry valued at one hundred and tw**nt> five thousand
FOREST FIRES SWEEPS
KELSO DISTRICT
-suj-r. in.I.-.l Hi. town ami destroy. l one home a
»«■ ami 1 swept across ti.e grain and young Umb
w'k at-' .ai-' n-. Thirty men ar- fighting th ■ lire.
WHEAT REACHES HIGHEST
PRICE FOR SEASON
Wheat r*-ached new high pn. • s for the year
(HI.. SOI lit | OK WFAl/FH IN KAN'S VS
0 Wheat has r* placed ..il as th- -i.unr of wealth
1 appeal to tin* public for money with which to buv
es wealthy because of the unprece
WI IK AT NOT
WICHITA. July .
I often been compelled t<
Teed grain, today find theniselv
•rop and th*' rising prices.
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