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"Siths io Gner l . -- _ der Hearing Real Facts. _ m" of the time during the @ptall trial in Waukegan told him to #it down and said that if he wanted sbme facts he could give him a num-- "ber of them exactly as they took place "In that sensational trial, In-- the course 'Of his talk Mt. Brockway's visitor sald that he thought Governor Bmall had violated every known Ilaw sur-- reounding the custody of funds etc., g thought that no punishment was ® sevéere for him and worst of all he pointed to the fact that when the gase was started against the Gover-- ® a;the Governor's Attorneys sought after delay in order to preyent the case coming to trial." -- wHo CcAUSED bEeLa?s _ PLANNED --DEBATE VS. GOV: the so--called "Small Interest, Case" :.mq"bnlonl supporter of e Governor, how he came to Wau-- r to look up the facts surround-- | the case as tried in Waukegan a'mfl --«ppenly declared his inten-- ' of refusing, to take part in A de bate #n' for the College'Club in f has just come to light and Is one '%:tl. forcefyul ilinstrations of the ic in many instances bas f Governor Smail's status in 3 Jong series of }itigations. m man -- came to the Circuit Plerk's office in . Waukegan a tew m«.. and bumped into Cirouit j k Brockway. He asked to. see Athe complete records in the Smail case tried in Waukegar and it was ex-- plained to him that the evidence had mever. been written up and. therefore _ Mow a vicions opponent of Gover-- Bor Small after learning the facts in 'was :uot available. He fuickly --ex-- 'plained that a debate on the Small 'ease was to be held by a College--Club in Oak Park and that he had been se-- lected to lead the assault on the Gov-- ernor. Therefore, e said, he had some here "looking for facts." *"Mr. Brockway asked him just what he meant about the "delays" and he told how the papers® had been filed and the Governor's counsel "did first one thing and then another to fore stall his going to trial." » -- The clerk explained to him that it anot until six weeks after the had 'been started in Springfield and a change of venue was taken to Lake County that anything was done to bring the transcript to Lake Coun-- tv. 'n.%nr course WOULD HAVE :%Bl NE.BY THE. PROSECU-- 1OX andthe six weeks elapsed. be z the pavers were sent:to Wauke ; and the--Jocal court could asgume me'dflz That, Mr. Brockway ex-- --plail 'was pot a fauit _ with the Governor's.Connsel but 2 (elsy caus e by the: PROBECUTION: | '%HOOGCUTION' MoyED SLOWLY _ hmhrm?l when the -- franscript was broucht to Lake County, for re-- 'cording, it was then too late under the law to come within the October term of court --and must of necessity go over until the December term. . ~' And, when the Décember term again, NOT on motion of the GOVER-- NOR'S Counsel but on motion of the PROSFCTTION! Tha{; put the case off until March, explained Mr. Brock-- way, althouzh the Governor and his wounsel made no effort to prevent it 'goming to trial in DECEMBER, <-- It Fas subsequently reported from "Springfield that the prosecution _had mo intention of filing the ease in Lake 'County so the case COULD come to trial in OCTOBER, OR . DoCEMBER but it was currently reported from there that the plan was to file it in Warch' in order that it could be used ms. pre--primary . propaganda against Alhe Governor. ~-- What {fs_exactly what took place. term of co1 go over unt . And, wh eame aroun aegnin, NOT NOR'8 Cou SBonoCr'l T ' Atundage. -- Br E *o draw: th: s y ; thotion Auorn mat voten--cast. __ The Bru crowd objected to é.k'% and found that oversiot Geuntel was right and case gone ai un :",,,.vM' Interpretation of the law, the whole procedure would have been illegal. i " _ . _ onee on metnon . 6 and Sfprretain wheteby oach side was to pick a man and thoso tWo were to pick a third man who would 'mhn Fmpectl:; jurora ":::I:"tio nd me on the avery ith nam o tb'm&n and picking-- them that way. It was Also agreod by both that--Benton township in which #reraalt. that Gi me ; ":n"v:l.c: HE FACTS HE WAS FOR, NOT AGAINST eye!.' A tootK"Yor a tooth? * Bo 'ran the Mosgalc.Jaw of old of his forefathers,. So .rung the law of Murdered, Ingista: . * ic B £ . ~"JUSTICE WAS NOT DONE" soff Robert, and watched him borne away. to a premature gravé. Past the age of unreasoning hate, Franks, cheated out--of dreams and aspirations in hbis son by Loeb and _ Seated at his desk, on which in an exact row are three portraits of the unfortunate Bobbie, Franks, in a bitter, quaking voice and with eyes hat seemed to burn with an intense have added to his heartache since Franks, now but & shadow of his for-- mer self, and bent under his tragedy, wept beside the bier of his slain youngster off Imn':ngte "for a thrill" --bespeaks his mind of what "real jfll""" is. ° e Te should have hanged. They ghould bave hanged." -- That is 'the way he refers to Locb and Leopold, now serving life: sen-- tences and 99 years' imprisonment each at Joliet penitentiary for strik ing down the boy--"my little: Bob-- bie"--for whom Franks the million-- aire watchmaker, had planned so much. > . He never calls them by name. It is always "they" when h6 brings the slayers into the conversation. His manner is impersonal. The pronoun is impersonal. > But it reveals Franks' loathing for the killers. He will not permit their names to defile his mouth, "Justice was not done in this case," he says. "They should have hanged. There was no reason in law or hu-- man kindness why those two. fiends should not have been done away with. _ Many weary mouths of anguish somebody partial to Stratton might get on the jury. The defense quick-- ly agreed to eliminate Grant Town-- ship in order to play the game square. The men chosen to ing were Dave Webb, mott, court reporter, Coulson. Accordingly the three men drew as per the agreement 2600 men out oi the various townships of Lake Coupn: ty. Following that Circult Clerk Brockway on orders from the court would draw out 100 .or 200 names from the 2600 list agd t'e jury men weére examined from that list. That is how the jury was finally selected namely, through a decided and defi-- nite agreement made by, the prosecu-- tion and defense,. Orkf-Sb'kha F t Granted &m.fim'wd::m Soa'nl.copa"' an Murdgred, Ingists:; . * a)> B But it is again a cagse where the defense did not mean to cause an'y delay but the delay was cauged thru & blunder 'of the Attorney General in the original drawihg or the jury. onsequently the case did not get|", _ >, 0 .. _0 0) ... y we swmintaks t started with jury till Apr. 24 and the of agriculture, prepared by William J, jury was drawn absolutely under defi--| Strattorm, chief warden. :ll". agreement in which "'919"0"0"' Expenses for all activities of the uf:. '::: &::':e m.t;l;e"co'::; g::"f':cn department wére $290,763.47, while that Stratton's: (c;wnoh!p and Benton recelipts of the department from its Township were eliminated from the own sources of revenue wore $342, possiblé JUry lisy. as a result of the 354.63, a profit of $51,591.15 on opera-- prosecution's request. . Stratton was tions for year. at that time serving as chief game|_ Receipts were: !unting licenges, warden despite reports that Small's $207,683; trapping licenses, 87&; enemies circulated later that he was Ashing licenses (at 50 cents e@th), given the j6b AFTRBR the trial. $102%,577; wholesale licenses, $2,7%5; | vI8ITOR CHANGED POSsIiTION game violations, $11,620; fish viola« After the visiter from Oak Park |tions, $4,228; permits, $2,390; fshing heard Clétk Brockway's explanation | activities, $8,806. w"lo ) he extended his hand to him and| Expenditures . included: Salaries sald, in substance. "Well 11 'ust say |and wages, $153,634; office e this, that the debate is off. They | $4,890;* mvm expenses cosmt won't havé any debate on this Gov--| of fsh car, 1; operating expens-- ernor Small matter and instead of | 68, §14,519; repairs ands equipment being against the Governor I am FOR o. @; -- permanpnent . i ement HWIM from now on. "From what 6 840; ~game and . tand, have told me as a disinterested party | $44107;. 52. oto, HESIT.\ . . nmmm 6 1ne auY® .,4 w EOE EPCE " ul 4 ie o M ' ',",,'_w;;' e NEVER USESs ThEIR NAMES "You ask me what fustice is. 8y Roy J. aisBons do this draw-- Bert McDer-- and -- Hervey JACOB FRANKS the tice is what the law requires. J am fully satisfied with the criminal law as it is written, ~In some, few cases there .x'.%u clreumstances. In this. there was none." up passion, ml:.,-w } gates of his grief with ténfed on the three mute photomza of the little boy upon his desk : launched into a bitter attack upor many concerned in the trial. 4 CRITICIZES-- CAVERLY ) He is particularly enraged over the conduct of Clarencte Darrow, mas-- ter pleader, who,.dpfended Loeb and Leopold, as his sops confessed mur "Darrow is an atheist," hissed Franks. "He undertook this defense for the money there was in it. It is said that he made $1,000,000 for what he did. **~ * "And then Judge Caverly--why did he, a chief justice, sit in the "It is an. unusual procedure for & chief justice to sit in a& trial like this. He should have assigned the case to some other judge. f ~ "Because he didn't do so, makes me belfeve that his mind was already made up before he heard the facts. Iikewise, Judge Caverly, when he delivered--sentence on them, stated that he disregarded the insanity the-- ories of the defense. { A 'Therefore, according to many law-- yers, his only course of action legal ly was to deliver the death sentencte. *"When Caverly senténced the boys he said that 90 per dent of the let-- ters he' got regarding the casé asked for leniency. I believe I got more letters about it than the jpidge, and 99 per cent of the correspendence I received asked for hanging. This would seem to indicate that Judge Caverly picked out the letters that agreed with 'his viewpoint. » Sweeping in a surge of pent-- p -d-.;-hb!tn the flood: "But that part of it is a story that may never be told.' ; ¥ise as we have been Tead .to be-- leve." °c And so the debate in question has NOT taken place and according to the man in questfon it will never be heard in Oak Park. ; ILLINOIS GAME . WARDENS EARN Springfield, 111., Jan. 8.----Protection of fish and game in Illinois Tast year did not cast taxpayers a cont. On the other hand, it made a profit for the state of more than $50,000, according to the anawf1l report of the fish and game division of the state department of agriculture, prepared by William J. Strattom, chief warden. Expenses for all activities of the department wére $299,163.47, while recelipts of the department from its own sources of revenue woere $44%, 354.63, a profit of $51,591.15 on opera« tlions for year. e Receipts were: Hunting licenses, $207,683; trapping licenses, s7.zu; Ashing licenses (at 50 cents th), $102%,577; wholesale licenses, $2,7%5; game violations, $11,620; fich viola-- tions, $4,223; permits, $2,490; fishing activities, $8,806. _ (ue s PROFIT IN 1924 Nund for use _ : eyes fas . THURBDAY, ~JANUARY 8, 1923 GIFT NEAR $1,000 A MONTH Mrs. Scott Durand is not easily dis-- couraged in her--charitable intentions. Three times she nus been thwarted in her efforts to use her famous Crab Tree Dairy Farm in Lake Bluft for the benefit--of children. * Earnings Offered Three Times Before, But Fires and Epi-- demic Interfered. Twice fire raked the dairy . and again government inspectors ordered the entire blooded » Guernsey herd shot for hoof and mouth disease. * Now she will try her charitable ef-- fort for the third time. FOUR CHARITIES BENEFIT According to Mrs. Durand's offer to the Allice Home at Lake Forest,. the Children's Memorial Hospital, the Home for Destitute Crippled Children and the Convalescent Home for Crip-- pled Children, each of these organi-- zations for children will hereafter share equally in the profits of the model dairy, approximately $1,000 a month. "Rver since we bought Crab Tree Farm in 1905 Mr. Durand and I have hoped to devote its profits to some bables' charitable organization," Mrs. Durand said yesterday, . 4 a "When the original herd became large enough to make a proftewe GI¥VES CHILDREN _ FARM PROFITS January Sales Women's and Girls Warm Winter The Girls' Coats are sizes up to 16 years. Made of warm, wool coat-- » 1O Th ' with _ selft and ° beaverette COHArS, ings, in desirable colors and neat % s e ** \ While a limited number last: in the styles. Basement Store, $8.88. e [ Bergain Basement, $8.88, _ _ _ These Coats are reduced to this price for quick clearance, they are $12.50 and $15 values, but becamc fi broken :sizes will be closed out at $8.88. Sample Curtains About 14 yds. | January Sales Warm Underwear Net and marguisette Curtaing in white and cream. They are salesmen's samples and are splendid for sash or short curtains. Medium weight, fleece--lifed Unionsuits in ecru and mottled grey. Good fitting garments s Prited Al ............i»c«skgswksszicaiccccc....a......«*--*® 1.39 Women's Dixie Tie Oxfords .Beidmm Slippers--Clearance Women's and s 'bedroom #lippers in broken assortments 6' " ara rreduced fo0f CIOATANMOG, At DBIT--_=..zucsace, --c--cceccucc~s | To be had in patent l-uthor; black or tan calf. Sizes 3 to 8. Ditie Ties are one of the latest modes in women's 1ootwerr. and to find them at this price will surprise you. Boys' and Girls' Shoes : wals TMOLTT L lc c illcs no%h ucss "hus Imw heabin. Hulk Canl A larn-lot;t"hvck and brown calt shoes, but in broken assortments, They are priced for clearance at pair..... BA S E M Several amall lots and broken assortments of desirable merchandise that will not be MEN'S WINTER UNIONSUITS $3.37 rPax Boys' and Girls' Union Suits-- Winter weight, fleecelined Unionsuits of white ind cream yarns of fine quality. Short and long ~sleeve styles PmA : 1(41 1 L2 LCO Gccaarushs x# ue arut 89c Children's V ests and Pants---- _ v;;(--t_: ;;d vtn;.' huvy anrd medium weight fleece--lined vests and pants., 39c Broken --sizes, per garment...........---- Choice: ... Women's Union Suits 59¢ Women's medium -- weight, fleece--lined Unilongults if no sleeve, ankle length style with fibbon shoulder strap. Knit of select yarns. + (Basement) EACH (Basement ) opened and maintained a nursery kin-- dergarton on the West Side of Chica-- £0, v3 LOCAL MEN WILL -- SEE INAUVGURATION EPIDEMIC COSTS HERD fl-m mw.ua:.u..:'u destroyed w just." been 2ma¢m herd was sold. We were .compaglled to give up our nurs-- ery then, and in 1912, when our pres-- ent model dairy bulldings were com-- pleted and we were about to reopen it, our entire Berd of imported pure--bred Guernseys was shot because of the foot and --mouth epidemic. We began again, however, in 1916, and now Cnhmwyho.-uhn'zlu basis that we can pledge $ & month to charity. he ts "It was never our intention to make money on our dairy." Mr. Durand and I engaged in its operation simply be mendously interesting, And It is a hapy privilege, woe feel, .to".u:..z make this gliit 10 the poor little ¢} dren in hospitais." . cause. we found dairy m% £ tre mendously jnteresting, And It is a On the Hamilton . club speCat m that: will take Chicago and county men to the inaugu-- ration of Gov. Len Small at Spring-- field, Jan, 1%, will be a number of local men. T. J. Stahi, one of the local aHmilton club members, plans to-- head one party from here. They leave from Chicago Jan. 11 at 11:30 p. m. ahd will return Jan. 12 at midnight, on the aHmilton club special, which will . beunder . the charge of Alexander Fyfe, president of the organization, . -- *'The Best Stove ~UOn the Novth Shove" L,'..'c Had in Pairs $§.88 69¢ \Children's Coats' 88 YEARS OLD ' LIKE YOUNGSTER William Whigham of Liberty ville Dons Cowhide Boots merely memories to 'Williaa» ham, retired farmer at un-w'v:f? Despite his eighty--ecight years hae likes to get out and cut up didoes with the young folks. + For several days "Bill" Whigham had watched the school boys: go by with > skates dangling over --their «houlders. He itched : to be with them, and it was not with chiliblains either. "~ ~ , *4 ;s 3% CELMGEA _ O # " -- Finally he could stand it no lopger. Donning his old fashoned-- cowhidg boots into which he tucked his trou« Bers, he waited for school to iet out. yesterday afternoon.> Then when the Other boys trooped by with their skates on the way to the library pond he joined them. * A *h uk . _ and Skates. SHOWS UP YOUNGSTERS "¥ou can't fool an old hoss fAy" he Arrived at the pond he quickly--ad--|ust 7, 1869, say -- jasted the skates and a féow> mo--|squint through the ments later was skimming over the Wnuneenoccemmmmenm glick surface. Backward and forward |~ £4 he derted, cutmuuro eights E4: And Al other fancy s. He was the biggest kid in the bunch. 'I 'Eegs can be coo "A man is no older than he feels," §OQ/different ways The "days of real sport" are not. All are made of heavy coatings, Those for boys have high mil itary collars, while many of the girls' coats have collars of fur, . -- | SampleBags$1. Novelty, grain and patent leathor Bags in. side M foP styles. Fitted with mirror and 'coin puftse. 'Salesmen's sat to $3.25. Choice $1.95. P 4x . l oo i Women's Silk and Wool and Silk Mixture -- _ _-- _ _ Medium weight wool Hose Black only . 3 PAIF ....._««««u...s..--.= t "3 uie | 0 Men's artificial silk Hose in blge "'" e and brown. ' "':' '11" or "'r---...d'. '" .'J ym ue i ar in on i m Several hundred 'scissors are In trimmers and barber. a Japanned or nickeled -- o Choice of 10t_2emmauk! aek -- -- -- -- Large skein®, n red Women's Wool Hose M Faftey, $4.4A5 sSYeare -- Sale of Sample hrome mss taw c k. pair L Women's Coats of all--wool vel (Basement) (Basement) 9n PB & / o e e ons »opatont y i &g#f' J ;'fig:;;g--' Fo Wb i a 2347 -fvf*-%",-' e anuary Sales | -- €J Whigham salid Muu'n? ico skates every tinue to feel guess 1 will nnch-'n:'a merely serving PARTIAL Nightime and daylight w for a couple a' urs -- the of Wednesday,. ary 24 city,; wiseacres of the ' ol fraternity have decided. an will .".lfl'm i. ty 6 f disputed a bit by : At 7:58 o'clock 4 ~5I . w that day, ninetee entieth sun's> surface will b City by 'the: moon. "It will one--{our ~hundredths _ dayt ever, since the sun is mue) at its center than at the od, ust 7, 1869, say the fellows . squint through the Two minutes of the mm plete éclipse is aH: that in pected, and then the sun will come from 'bebl o'clock the moon will Ba relatively castward past the the eclipse will be ,g This will be an eclipse of f degreethan that of any Sin in# irova um W lot. They six to .' Children's And All Good * a on i ul ow ut t 0 in 4+