The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
DEATH TALE WEARS END AT CHICAGO Attorney Grove To Fin ish Case Against
 Youths Monday COUNTERrATTACK
 GETS UNDER WAY Two Experts In Juvenile Delinquency Added To
 Darrow's Staff DISEASED MINDS
 TO BE DEFENSE Question Of Legal Insanity Not To Be Touched, Lads
 Counsel Says
COUNTER-ATTACK
 GETS UNDER; WAY
DISEASED MINDS
 TO BE DEFENSE
(R,v Aasociated Press. ]

CHICAGO, H., July 26.--Hope of saving Nathan Leopold, IT,, ana Richard Loeb from the gallows cen- tered tonight in the plans of thelr counsel to demonstrate . degree or mental responsibility for tnelr crime, due to s'diseased minds"
 ssThe defense will contend" said Clarence Darrow, chief attorney for the youthful slayers of young Rob- ayt Franks. 'sthat the boys have 6igeased minds. and that they were not responsible for their acts. The question of legal insanity will not 6e brought forth by the defense" !"
 An index of the line of defense was afforded by the appearance in court today of Dr, William J. Hea- ley fo Boston, and Dr. Benjamin Clueck of New York, two noted eastern alienists, specialists in jtiye- nile deIinoueney. They were added to q staff of five Chicago alienists sselected by the defense to present the story of the young mems mental debility to Judge John R., Caveriy, chief justice of the criminal court who must fix the penalty for the de1en ndast
 oae # khe xEounsls oil which shs ds; gense will baes its rlea nor Mesay Nlsl bs tho youth of Leopold ma Loeb Neither is twenty years of age.
 l.sAr Ir0n.CIaa Casey
 Almost sinaultaneUslsly. after tne weekend adjournment ot the pena na!ty advisory hearing before Judge CaFeriy, states Attorney Robert r. Grove, n charee of the prosecution, declared in reference to the states plea for, the death penalty: T think we nave made out an ironclad case,
 Mir. Grove had touched bottom ot the Dit which for four days had supplied seemingly endless material for the mountain of evidence" which lie said would place the wealthy young college students in the shadow of the hang mans moose. He expects to scFape the bottom clean on Monday.
 Mir. Darrow and his colleagues h the defense. Benjamin and Walter Bach. rach. struck back at the testimony of a state witness today for the first time. MT. Darrow attacked as c falsehood the story of Detective Sergeant James '. Gortland that Leopold, brilliant stu dent of law and orritholcgy, who be- Eeyed he had "important work to do for the world, had told the officer after his confession that when lie determined tc seek life imprisonment instead of death as his punishmers, he would plead guilty before "a friendly judge.
 Cortland maintained the truth of his Fenarks,s
 First Break
 It was the first attempt of the de- fense to break down the testimony Of s state witness. It consumed virtually the entire short session today.
 ..N@w. Mir. officer" said Mr. Barrow at the conclusion of more than an hours stubborn eross-exaniination, don't you know that this eonversa- tion about n friendly judge was pure . fabrication, concocted for the purpose oi irtimidating this court?"
 No, sir, it was not" the witness re- piled.
 Mfr. Darrow led up t9 his accusa- tion without revealing his purpose. He asked the witness first sbout his record IT. the police department and brought out that Cortland, in 12 years experi- ence, had worked chiefly as police stenographer and clerk,
 The witness described his habit of making either shonthard or long hand notes of conversations with prisoners and of taking down their formal state
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