The highpoint of the trial was Clarence Darrow's speech on August 22, 1924. It lasted for two hours and was considered the finest of his long career. And my friend who is prosecuting this case deserves the honor of that hanging while he was on the bench. I have never yet tried a case where the state's attorney did not say that it was the most cold-blooded, inexcusable, premeditated case that ever occurred.
Lawyers are apt to say that.
It was all over in fifteen minutes after he got into the car, and he probably never knew it or thought of it. But it is done. Crowe had mentioned that the boys had run up huge gambling debts playing bridge. Your Honor, that we are dealing in human life. We are talking of placing a blot upon the escutcheon of two houses that do not deserve it.