Evening star., 1924-08-10
LEOPOLD Of KINDLY
NATURE, BUT WEAK,
AL|EN|ST TEST|F|ES
BIames Boy SIayer's InabiI-
ity to Resist Loeb on Ab-
normal Glands.
REVEALS HE DISLIKED
TO KILL FRANKS BOY
Psychiatrist Says That Accused
Wanted to Postpone Staying
and Go to Europe.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, August s.-The defense
today neared the end of its plea be-
fore Judge John r. Caverly for miti-
cation in the punishment of Nathan
F. Leopold, jr., and Richard A. Loeb.
scions of millionaire families. for the
kidnapping and numbering of young
Robert Franks
DR.. II. S. Hubert of Chicago, the
last Of four eminent specialists through
prove the youths are mentally sick"
spent the entire two-hour session of
court on the witness stand. He dis
sected Leopold's personality as he had
that of Loeb yesterday. Leopold, he
said, was fit mentally to fall in with
Loeb's plan to commit the perfect
crime" because of the mental state to
which he had been reduced through
physical deficiencies, failure of GER
tain glands to function normally and
strange 'king-slave" phantasy
which had persisted from childhood.
Two Natures Combined.
The psychiatric cause for the
Franks crime is not to be found in
either boy alone. but in an interplay
of their friendship, he said.
Leopold was described as by nature
kind. and an almost unwilling part
ner in the murder of the 14-year-
Franks boy. Only Leopold's obeisance
to his dream king" who was Loeb,
kept him a partner even after his in
tellect told him commission of a per
feet crime" was impossible, testified
DR.. Hubert. Leopold wanted to post
pone the kidnapping and murder and
go to Europe, he added.
Illustrating to Judge Caverly by
use of large X-ray photographs of
Leopold's anatomy, DR.. Hubert point
ed out what he said were giandular
Irregularities. He mentioned the
pineaI, pituitary, adrenal and thyroid
glands. He described the functional
irregularities as responsible for Leo
pold's admittedly far-advanced intel
lect and the stilling of his emotional
growth after the age of seven or
eight years.
Unusual Brain Process.
DR.. Hubert said that the X-ray dis
closed that the cartilage between the
plates of Lcopold's skull had become
bone, unusual in one of 10 years. as
the process generally develops after
the age of 80.
The witness veered from his usual
solemnity as he smilingly described
certain black lines on Leopold's skull
as having been caused by "prepara-
tions used to keep his hair in order"
DIR. Hubert still was on the stand
when the hearing was adjourned at
noon until 1890 am. Monday.
Clarence S. Darrow. chief of de-
fense counsel, stated after adjourn
ment that possibly four additional
witnesses would be called and the
defense would rest it's plea for mitiga-
ton of punishment Monday afternoon.
Relatives to Testify.
Allan and Jacob Loeb, brother and
uncle, respectively, of Richard loeb,
and Foreman Leopold, brother of
Nathan, and the Loeb family chauf-
feur would be the last defense wit
nesses, Mr.. Darrow indicated.
Immediately upon the defense rest
ing, Robert E. Grove, States attor-
ney, will launch vigorous rebuttal
in furthering his demand for the
death penalty for Loeb and Leopold.
Rebuttal will require possibly four
days, the prosecutor indicated.
On the States rebuttal witness list
appears the name of Miss Susan
Lurie, University of Chicago student
with Leopold, and said to have been
the only girl for whom he ever ex-
pressed any feeling. 1t was to Miss
Lurie that Leopold is alleged to have
remarked before he was arrested for
the Franks murder that it would be
good joke were she to surrender
him as the murderer and claim the
$11, 900 in rewards.
The mail of those interested in the
case was, as usual, heavily burdened
with crank" letters today. Judge
Caverly got letters from throughout
the country, the vote today being
largely against. the youths