Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-21
Surprise Action
Comes Like Bomb
Shell to Crowds
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/ defendants at liberty.
These boys, your honor, have
( proven themselves unfit to minglc
! in society. They must not be set
free and no attempt toward that
end will be made.
Although slightly heavier than
when they entered prison seven
weeks ago, the youths were marked
" pale from their confinement.
/ Leopold 5 ewes, which have been
considered unusually bright and
searching, were watcry. He g@zed
into space without apparently see
ing anyone. His aged father, the
millionaire president of the Morris
Paper Box Company, sat silently in
the courtroom, tears trickling down
his rough face.
Loeb somewhat taller and more
erect faced the court with more
compOsure. His eyes did not waver
from Judge Caverly as he declared
that he understood the consequences
of pleading guilty TO murder.
The only trace Of nervousness on
Loeb s part was a slight shIffling
of his feet.
Loeb's Father Ill
Loeb 5 father, Albert ii. Loeb,
millionaire vice president of Sears
Roebuek and Company, was not
| present. Elder Loeb is seriously
! i'll with heart trouble and is resting
| at the summer home in CharlevoiS,
Mich. Dickie's mother is also at
| harlevoix, but his older brother,
! Allen, was in court.
The tiny courtroom, paneled with
light oak on the sixth floor If the
| dilapidated criminal court building,
! Just outside of Chicago'S loop, was
! iammed almost to suffocation. sta
/ te's Attorney Grove an dhls large
staff of assistants, and Darrow ana
! his aides, together with several state
! and defense alienists, stood in Solld
rlass formation directly in froat OF
! Judge Caverly. \ large group OF
| newspaper reporters, special CORES
pondents and feature writer's crowd
! > dabout in order to he;t evev word
that was snOken.
By pleading guilty, Leopold and
Loeb have made 1t impossible Tor Il
defense of insanity to be argued,
Judge Caverly explained TO the
United Press, interpreting the sur
prise move of the defense.
lit is not legal, of course, ? Cav
erlv said. for an insane person to
enter a plea of guilty in this state
and by entering their pleas the de-
PENDANTS have east aside any nope
of being proven insane.
Caverly intimated, however, that
the defense could show degree OF
moral responsibility which might
and might not affect the sentence
of the court.
Bachrach, in his demand for pre-
sentation of evidence to the eoa'f'
without n jury said:
Would Be Like Circus
".Your honor, if a formal trial
is held and witnesses are called 10
testify before jury and attorneys
battle and quibble over legal teen
nicalities, the whole case would De
piycn the air of :; circus sideshow
or 4 vaudeville performance.
1--WE desire rather to submit 10
the court the real evidence IN TINS
ease. allowing the court TO sentence
these boys as the court sees tit' uh-
derstanding, of course, that the court
NAV sentence them to death.
1--WE are ready with the state
case and will present an our WIT
nesses,' Grove said. lheSe ooES
must hang for the direst murder III
the history of Chicago.
Darrow smiled as he saw the look
/ of CONSERVATION on the faces OF
his legal opponents.
These boys. rs they are now,
are not fit to mingle in society and
we will make no effort 10 SET lhe"
free Darr0w said.
Both state and defense Will pre-
sent their evidence when court IS
opened on Wednesday. 1t is prob,
able that hearing of evidence VIII
continue for several weeks.
babe and "Dickie = showed
upmistokable evidence of nerves
throughout the proceedings.
When Judge Caverly final order
ed the hearing of evidence for
Wednesday morning the spectators
and all the principals filed out OF
the court room in good order. Loop
old and Loeb were taken back TO
their cells in the county Jail ana
the court called for other eases on
the docket.