BOY MURDERERS.
LOEB AND LEOPOLD
A PLEA OF GUILTY. BY CABLE—rKZSS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGH'J Received Julv 22, 12.50 a.m. NEW YORK, July 21. Mr Clarence Danrow, counsel for Loeb and Leopold;.nbso 1 u tel y astounded the prosecution this morning when he entered a plea of guilty on behalf of his youthful clients. He . said he did not propose to waste tinie fighting over testimony of whether the hoys killed young Franks. “Our stand,” he declared, “is that my clients did thei kidnapping and killing, but they are morally irresponsible. Ido not suggest that they should he free. In fact, I want. them placed under confinement where they will, not harm the community again.” The case was further adjourned to allow the calling of medical evidence. Loeb’s father is seriously ill with heart disease.—Sydney Sun Cables.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 July 1924, Page 9
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