The Washington times., 1924-08-01
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sand patients the day he left the
Capital, DR.. White said, and they
tnCluded every type Of mental dis
@Aae known to science.
State Wins Points.
This was ali ~ way Of ah0wing
". Whites qualifications.
s'By whom were you employed
n this case? asked Bachrach.
s'By yourself.
Bachrach next inquired Just what
Or. White had understood his duties
% be in this case, and the wit.
less replied that he understood he
was merely to make an examine
zion of the defendants and report
his observations.
The first question that drew OBJ
oection BY the State came when
Bachrach asked DR.. White to ex-
plain to the court the process Of
making an examination OF pa.
tient.
Grove Jumped to his feet.
II object" he said. That Is
not 9 subject for direct examine
ton 2
Sustained said Judge Caverly.
The doctor may tell us what he
found out about the boys
Four other questions quickly fol
lowed. They were abstract ques-
lions dealing with the influences Of
timer lives" on q patients mental
condition, and Grove objected to all
Of them, and was upheld in each
Instance by Judge Caverly.
Court Points Issue.
Lets hear about the boys, said
the court somewhat testify.
Bachrach then asked what i'm.
portance environment, etc., was In
a determining patients mental con.
dition from 9 psychiatric stand.
point.
Grove again objected. but Judge
Caverly told the witness he could
answer, whereupon Doctor White
said II had great deal to do with it.
The next question was how Doctor
White determined whether q patient
was or was not lying in the course
be an examination.
.By the inherent quality Of evi.
dence presented and its conference
with natural laws.
Again Grove objected. he de-
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nothing more or less than "nad the
boys He'd to their alienists." Judge
Caverly waved him down.
what weight do you generally
place on q patients statement that
he ID sane7" Ma
* object" yelled Grove again.
Bars Sanity Query.
'TII have to sustain that" said
3udge Cayerly.
Doctor White said it was not diff
suit for the trained psychiatrist to
tell whether q patient was n1alin.
gering and philandering from the
external and internal evidences.
'.Maleringering itself is generally
accepted AZ proof that something
a. wrong with the patients men.
Sality," said Doctor White.
Then, Bachrach got down to the
Eases OF Leopold and Loeb.
Under his questioning, Doctor
White said he had made some ex.
tended examinations Of the two de-
PENDANTS, dating from July ].
Grove continued to make objec-
tiOna, but for the most part they
were overruled by Judge Caverly.
He objected to Whites describing
the room In which the examination
was made az favorable, but Cav
orly waved it aside.
'Youu have opportunity to cross
examine" he admonished Grove.
Describes Examination.
Doctor White said he had made
the examinations Of the two boys
separately.
''They were carried out" he said,
s'by the specifically described
method Of question and answer. OF
course, You must have fundamental
Facts about the history and environ
nent.''
Doctor white then went into q
more exhaustive description Of such
examinations IN general, and Grove
objected, but was overruled.
He said an examiner had to have
constantly in mind historical in.
Cidents in the life Of the patient
which may have affected his
mentality, and that particularly
an examiner should have always
IN mind ''the inner mental hfe''
.of the patient which fulfills q
very special function.
'sThis inner mental life IL COM
pensatory," said Doctor White
1--WE find that desires which are
not realized In life are realized
IN this inner mental life, sometimes
IN the dreams of Sleep"
Good psyckiatrists, White de-
clared, are so familiar with the
working and mechanism Of the
human mind that they can watch
q work, through q question and
answer examination with the clar.
fly that attends an Xrav exam
nation OF the body. 1T does not
make any difference, VIII te sud.
whether the patient is trying to
conceal his real thoughts from
them or n9t-- hey can ferret them
out snd 'ri-se at fairly ac-
curate conclusion.
Answer Stricken Out.
Grove interrupted at this point.
lie moved that all this portion Of
y. hite's answer be stricken from
the record as irrelevant, to the
question asked and CaverIy agreed
that II should be.
The faces Of t'Babe" ana "Dickey''
were solemn a. they listened to the
doctor.
Bachrach's next question was
whether Doctor White had exam.
ined Richard Loeb and what con.
illusions he had reached as to his
mental condition now and on Nav
IL" The date was thar on which
Bobby Franks was slain,
Grove objected, but Doctor White