Detective Draws
Fire From Darrow
in Slayers’Trial
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“Fabricated Testimony” Indi
rectly Charged by Attorney
for Youthful Criminals.
By GEORGE A. HOLMES.
International »w. Service Stuff
. „ Correspondent.
Criminal Court, Chicago, July 26.—
Tho Indirect charge that the prose
cution has Introduced Into the Leo
pold-Loeb murder trial “fabricated
testimony” for the purpose of "Intimi
dating" Justice John R. Caverly, In
whose hands rests the life-- or death
ot the young slayers of Bobby Franks,
vva* suddenly Injected Into the court
proceedings today.
It was shot Into the record sud
denly this morning by Clarence Dar
row, chief of the defense counsel, who
Is engaged In the greatest fight of
his career In trying to save Nathan
Leopold and “Dickie” Loeb from the
gallows.
Darrow developed, through a long
secies of questions, that the officer
had made the notes some days after
the conversation and had told several
people of it before making them. •
Some of the officer's memoranda
was In shorthand notes. Darrow de
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No Insanity Plea
Will Be Attempted
Chicago, July 26.—The extensive
tests made for weeks by the “mil
lion-dollar" corps »f alienists on
Nathan Leopold, jr., and Richard
Loeb, charged witli the murder of
Robert Franks, have shown them
hot to be insane, and the sanity
at the defendants will not be a
part of the defense maneuvers,
"fills was authoritatively reported
Ifere today immediately after the
close of the court.
v-*
manded to be shown the exact place
In |he shorthand notes where Leoplod
had said he “didn’t give a damn If
they all croaked,” referring to tho
Franks family. He demanded to know
thj} exact time and place of every
conversation Gortland had writh his
young client, who else were present,
what they said, etc. His desire for
details seemed insatiable and the
i-r<#ss-examination consumed a long
tithe.
Judge Shows Interest.
fjWhere did you have that conver
sation with Leopold In which you
said he spoke of "getting before a
friendly judge?” barked Darrow.
Justice Caverly looked mildly Inter
ested.
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“In the state's attorney's office,”
said Gortland.
"Who was present?”
"Just Leopold and myself.”
“Did you make any notes on that
conversation?”
“ yes.”
“Show them to me,” demanded
Darrow.
The officer read from his notes in
the precise language in which he
quoted Leopold yesterday.
Darrow Makes Challenge.
Darrow made his charge during a
tedious two-hour examination of De
tective Sergeant Janies J. Gortland.
who had custody ot young Leopold
Immediately after his arrest and who
yesterday testified to some amazing
conversations he had with the
student.
The part of Cortland's testimony
that Darrow took violent exceptions
to was not his quoting of young Leo
pold as saying he felt no sorrow for
his little victim or the boy’s family,
but his quoting of the young slayer
as saying that he "could plead not
guilty before a jury and be hanged
or plead guilty before a friendly
judge and get life imprisonment.
For two hours, Darrow questioned
the police officer minutely about
this. He made him produce his notes,
made soon after the conversation
look place; he made him read them
and tell all the little details of the
conversation.
And then at the end he leveled
his finger at the sergeant and
barked: "Don’t you know that this
story of yours regarding a ‘friendly
judge, Is pure fabrication, made for
the purpose of intimidating this
court?”
“It Is not,” replied the officer.
He testified that Leopold had made
the observation to him in the state’s
attorneys office, no one else being
present at the time. He said he made
a memorandum of It later because
he knew he was going to be called
on to testify In this trial.
Darrow seized sheafs of notes snd
had them place In the record as “de
fens* exhibit No. I."
Adjourn Until Monday.
Justice Cavery was an Interested
observer of this little passage at
arms between the defense and the
prosecution. His face never changed
expression.
Darrow brought out In the course
of his searching cross-examination of
Gortland that the detective had not
made any mention of this particular
conversation In the voluminous re
port he made.to the chief of police
although numerous other conversa
tions Gortland had with the young
slayer were reported in some detail.
Gortland did not explain the omis
sion. The conversation he said, took
place soon after Leopold's confession
about May 31, and his detailed report
to the chief was made on June 16.
The detective said he had not men
tioned it to state's attorney Crowe,
until night before last although he
had told several other persons about
It from time to time.
Soon after Darrow finished with
thd sergeant. Justice Caverly ad
journed courtNuntil 10 Monday morn
ing, at which time it Is expected -the
state will conclude its case save for
the introduction of alienists testi
mony.
Gortland had a copy of ths report
he made to the chief of police on
June 16 and Darrow demanded to see
it. It was voluminous, and the de
fense counsel received permission of
the court to examine it while Gort
land fiddled his thumbs on the stand.
Finally. Darf#w was taking so long,
Jacob Weinstein, an optician, was
put on the stand and Identified the
fatal glasses that young Leopold lost
near the culvert, aa having been
made for Leopold.
Discuss Pretty Girls.
The two slayer* came Into court
this morning for the sixth session
with their customary sangfroid. They
were bright and chatty In the ‘‘bull
pen,” off the courtroom while waiting
for court to open. They discussed the
pretty girls that daily come and watch
their little drama.
"The one with the black hat on
yesterday was one little peach,” said
Nathan. Jr. He sighed. "Little
peaches" are not likely to play much
of a part In the reat of his life.
CONCORD CLUB zz
PICNIC FRIDAY
The “Coon Hunters” and the "Corn
Cobs" will meet on the ball diamond
for nine torrid lnnlnga *s one of
the featurea of the Omaha Concord
club's annual picnic, which Is to be
held In Elmwood park, July 31.
Several hundred Concorders, their
wives and friends are expected aac
expected to attend.
City Laying Plans
to Welcome World
Fliers on Return
Famous Aifmen Will Stop in
Omaha, Senator Wires;
Expected About
August 12.
Plans are already under way for
the reception of the American round
the-world filers who are to atop In
Omaha on the last lap of their trip
around the globe.
Although nothing definite will be
decided until Monday, those who have
been active In the fight to bring the
filers through Omaha on the regular
air mall route, expect to make the
reception an outstanding event of the
year for the city. Assurance that
Omaha has definitely been chosen as
one of the stopping places for the
fliers has been received In a telegram
from Senator R. B. Howell Friday.
Carl Egge, superintendent of air
mall, offered all facilities of Jarvis
Offut field at Fort Crook Saturday.
Air Mall Escort.
"We will do everything possible to
make the reception a great event,"
said Mr. Egge. "Anything the com
mittee on reception asks from the air
mall, they can have. Perhaps It would
be a good idea to have several air
mall ships from Omaha escort the
fliers from Chicago to this city. IM
can he done. 1
“The American fliers are now In
Cowl, England, as far as I know.
They are attaching pontoons to their
ships, and probably will experiment
with them for two or three days be
fore hopping off on their long Jump
across the Atlantic. It Is only a rough
calculation, but I should say they will
arrive In Omaha between August 8
and 15.”
Gen. George B. Duncan, command
er of the seventh corps army area,
who, with Randall K. Brown, chair
man of the federal relations com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
took an active part In efforts to as
sure the routlnp of the filers via
Omaha, Saturdaj promised all pos
sible co-operation from the military
In the reception.
Special Meeting Called.
Harley G. Conant, chairman of the
Chamber's bureau of publicity. Is con
vinced that the landing field at Fort
Crook will be the only feasible place
for the celebration.
"It may seem that Fort Crook la a
little too far out, but other landing
fields would be too small for the
enormous crowd, which undoubtedly
will be attracted.” said Mr. Conant.
“I think special trains should be op
erated on the day of the reception
by the two railroads running to the
field, and. of course, our street car
service will be Increased for the occa
sion. together with automobiles, solves
the transportation problem, in my
mind.”
Commissioner Clark G. Powell, of
the Chamber, has called a special
meeting of the serial transportation
committee of the Chamber for Mon
day noon, when tentative plans for
the reception will be laid. It Is prob
'able that a meeting at which repre
sentatives of all civic organisations
| and service clubs of the city will be
asked to attend, will be called for the
formulation of flnel plans.
"The reception will be a big thing,”
said Powell. "Crowds will be attract
ed from all parts of Nebraska and
Iowa. It seems that Omaha will be
a central stopping place for the
great fliers, snd it should be a mecca
for enthusiasts of flying throughout
the Missouri valley on this big day.
There Is a real romance In this first
air trip around the globe and to see
the fliers glide to a landing here
should provide a real thrill."
Powell's Idea Is to make the re
ception a city, county and state wide
affair, with state officials in attend
ance as well as local ones. W. A.
Ellis, assistant commissioner, has
suggested that Ak Sar-Ben princesses
and the king and queen of Ak-Sar-Ben
should be in attendance to add color
to the affair.
But all are agreed that every or
ganization of the city should take
part, Including the service clubs, the
Omaha Hotel Men’s association, the
Omaha Retail Grocers' association
—which co-operated in getting the
fliers routed through Omaha.
In the meantime, Montagu A.
Tancock, manager of the bureau of
publicity, Is preparing letters of
thanks to MaJ. Gen. Mason M. Pat
rick of the army air service, the sec
retary of war and the postmaster
general, for making Omaha on* of
the stopping places for the fliers on
their Journey across the continent to a
completion at San Diego of their his
toric flight around the world.
IOWAN REPORTS
GOOD WHEAT CROP
L Shenandoah, la., July 26.—A wheat
'yield of 40 bushels an acre Is re
ported by Anton Peterson, manager
of Turner Brothers elevator at Essex
who yesterday purchased the Hall
crop of Carl Julin.
Ths wheat of the turkey red va
riety tested 61. Mr. Julin had a field
of IS acres which averaged 40 bu
shels to the acre. It was hauled di
rect from the threshing machine to
the elevator. Mr. Julin Bold hhj
wheat for $1.12 a bushel. Many south
western Iowa farmers are now busy
threshing and wheat is coming into
the elevators pretty brisk.
Blue Springs Girls Is
—x Named Postmistress
Special Correspondent to Ths Omaha Be*.
Blue Springs, Neb., July 26.—Miss
Minnie Smith, former assistant post
mistess for eight years in the Blue
Springs office, under recent postmas
ter J. TV. Henthorne, has received a
commission to fill the vacancy 'as
postmistress here, In the place of Mr.
Henthorne, who resigned- the office
two months ago on account of ill
health. There were other applicants
for the position, among them being
some of the pioneer residents here,
but In view of Miss Smith's efficient
and lengthy service, she was given
the commission.
Boy Burglars Say
Series of Crimes
Netted Nothig
Most Hardened, But Young*
est of “Crooks,” Breaks
Down When ‘Mother”
Is Mentioned.
Karl CassliTj, It, was apparently
(he “hardest” of three burglar sus
pects arrested by detectives Friday.
After two hours of grilling, police
found that he had told them nothing
of consequence. But when Chief of
Detectives Danbaum spoke of the
boy’s mother the “boy” In him re
sponded. He broke down and sobbed.
The lad’s mother is said to be man
ager In a local Insurance firm.
Burglary Is a hard, dangerous Job
but not very remunerative in the
opinion of Cassidy, who lives at (20
South Seventeenth street. He, Orvls
Bonham, 113 South Tenth street, and
Joe Cono, 1008 Capitol avenue, signed
confessions Saturday morning ad
mitting burglaries in Omaha extend
ing over the past month. They can
not remember all the places they
robbed, or tried to rob, but their loot
was practically nothing, they claim.
Cono was arrested by Detectives
Franks and Wade when he attempted
to sneak out of a poolhall as the of
ficers entered. He gave Information
which led to the arrest of his asso
ciates.
A pistol stolen recently from the
Omaha Sporting Goods store, 1819
Harney stret, was found In his room.
Other pistols stolen at the time had
been disposed of, he said. Cassidy
has a wound In one hand, received
when he tried out the stolen firearms
near the Florence pumping etatlon.
Blood poisoning Is said to threaten
because of Inattention.
Three weeks ago Cassidy and Cono
stole a car at Twenty-fourth and Far
r.am streets, they confessed. The boy
stated that he and Bonham entered
the Pelton garage a week ago, loaded
the safe Into a car and drove off. The
car stalled a block away, so the rob
bery was unsuccessful.
Cassidy in his statement also tells
how he and Bonham were frightened
away from a South Omaha hardware
store after they had gained entrance
one night. The pair then made an
unsuccessful attempt to rob a filling
station on South Thirteenth street.
Another fruitless attempt was made
the same night on a printing shop
across the street from the filling sta
tion.
They stole six radiators from the
Hussey Radiator Repair shop and
seven revolvers from the sporting
goods store, 4h*V said. Bonham. Cono
and Cassidy'also broke Into a Flor
ence grocery/ store.
Cassidy told how. on the night be
fore his arrest, he and his pals broke
into 16 Omaha garages in the search
of a large car in which they could
rob a Council BlufTs oil station. He
also told of attempted robberies of
three or four Omaha grocery stores.
Cono confessed to an attempt to ex
tract coins from the money box of
a pay lavatory in the City National
bank.
SKEEDEE VILLAGE
IS DISCOVERED
Columbus, Neb., July 28.—The an
cient Indian village near Genoa, Neb.,
In the ruins of which curator Black
man of the staate historical society
Is unearthing hundreds of relics, oc
cupied a commanding site overlook
ing both the Platte and the Eoup
rivers.
Though the ground has been brok
en up circular ridges are still dlscern
able, marking the base of the walls
of the grass huts, which Mr. Black
man estlmatea were built more than
600 years ago by the Skeedees, an
cesters of the Pawnees. There are
about 20 of these huts. The doorway
of each hut faced the rising sun.
Many of the pieces of pottery
which he is collecting, Mr. Blackman
finds in the base of the old walls.
The ancient Indians were slovenly
housekeepers and had a habit of
shoving the utensils In the grass wall
of their huts. The pottery was very
oieverly made in colors of black,
grey and reddish tan, and was hand
decorated. Arrow heads and spear
heads and knives, all fashioned from
flint are among the relics found. Mr.
Blackman Is now excavating an In
dian grave which he found In that
vicinity and believes there must be
a burial ground nearby which he has
not discovered yet.
HUNGRY BURGLARS
ENTER, EAT AND GO
Wymore, Neb., July 26.—The City
Bakery, operated by H. C. Eippold, on
west Edison street, Wymore, was en
tered’ some time during the nigbt by
thieves, who ransacked the place,
pried open the till and stole about IS
in pennies,* all the money there was
In the till, and also stole a supply of
confections and bakery goods which
the store carried in stock. Several
cans of sardines and various other
canned goods were opened, the con
tents eaten and the empty cans
strewn about, and pies and cookies
were taken. Entrance was gained by
forcing a rear window and the thieves
apparently left by the front door,
leaving it open as they went. Sev
eral tramps seen about the railway
yards yesterday are Warned for the
robbery.
Boy Falls Under
Moving Train aad
Escapes Death
Youth Ride» Bicycle Into
Mail Flier; Brake Beam*
Roll Him Along,
tween Rails.
Paul Honey, 15, . 600 Nineteentl
avenue. Council Bluffs, mlraculoustt
escaped death Friday when he ran
Into the side of a Rock Island train
while riding his bicycle at Eighth
street and Fifteenth avenue.
The bike struck the train between
the tender and the first mall car.
throwing the boy between ths rails.
The two mail coaches which com
prised the train passed over him,
their brake beams roiling him along
between the rails.
Arm, .Shoulder Broken.
The boy’s left arm was fractured
and his left shoulder dislocated and
broken. He suffered severe lacera
tions about the head.
Police declare the lad displayed un
usual grit In the three-quarter mile
trip to the hospital In the Jolting po
lice patrol, never one# whimpering
or moaning with the pain of hie In
juries.
Condition Improved.
His condition at Jennie Edmunson
hospital was reported Improved Sat
urday morning. He Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Honey.
The boy said that he started acrosa
the tracks immediately after a Mil
waukee train had passed and did
not see |he other train, coming from
the opposite direction.
BESSIE THEATER
BECOMES MARKET
The Bessie Theater, which has beer
closed for 9 months, is being re-mod
eled for an up to date market, similar
to the Central Market In Omaha.
The Epstein brothers have sublet
the building to a local merchant.
Seven thousand dollars will be ex
pended to transform the movie Into
a business establishment.
farmer”iskilled
IN HAYSTACK FALL
Grand Island, Neb., July IS.—Verne
Wilcox, aged about 60, prominent
farmer near Shelton, was instantly
killed In a fall off a hay stack late
Friday. It. was found that the neck
had been broken in the fan. He leaves
his wife and several children.
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