The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-04
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Dr. HeaIy Found Babe" High
In Intellect In An Save
Judgment
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES,
international News Service.

CRIMINAL COURT, CHICAGO,
Aug. "A fresh mass Of evidence
collected BY medical scientists TO
explain why two brilliant young
college students Of good education
and families would deliberately
|kidnap and murder fourteen-
year-old BOY just for the thrill
of It" was spread upon the rec
ords Of Judge John R. Caverly's
court today by the lawyers who
are seeking to save Nathan r.
Leopold, jr., and Richard A.
Loeb from hanging for the slay-
ing of little Bobby Franks.
DIR. HeaIy On Stand.
The State has spent two weeks
building "a mountain OF evidence
as to why the blitne young coliegs
ians should hang. The defense
plunged .headlong today into the
task OF building its own mountain
Of evidence" as to why they should
not hang.
Mentally sick" and ''uueer'' are
the foundation stones for this de-
tense mountain.
DIR. william Healy, Of Boston,
one of the pioneers in the estab-
lishment Of the study of mentality
as applied to crime, particularly In
adolenscents, was the psychiatriet
selected by defense counsel today
to show that ''Dicky" and BABE
are queer, that they were ''men-
tally sick" when they dashed In
Bobby's head with a cold chisel and
then hid his body.
Lists Qualifications.
The States attorney objected to
DR.. Healy's testimony at the out.
set, Just as he had objected to other
alienists testifying in this unusual
trial. but it only met with the US
ual decision from Judge Caverly
that DR.. Healy could testify as to
the mental state OF the young slay.
ers for what it is WORTH
II took Doctor Healty q quarter
OF an hour to list his qualifications.
to name the posts he had held. the
books he had written and the Inn
portant criminal cases IN which his
testimony had figured.
Doctor Healy told of his frequent
examinations OF Leopold and Loeb.
the last examination being on Julv
81 In the jail At the order 81
Judge Caverly, he then proceeded
to tell the story OF his observe
tons, and by what processes he Ar.
rived at them.
To begin with" said DR.. Hea1v
these boys began their association
when they were about fifteen wears
old. There were well defined noen.
tai peculiarities IN each.
Sees Case As Original.
This is the most unusual casa
that has ever come under NV ~.
servation, the long period Of nlan.
ming, the unfeeling attitude witt
which It was carried out. and their
present attitude"
States Attorney Grove nh,act.a
that Doctor Healy was snakinC
speech" and demanded that the
doctor be examined as any oth1r
witness. Grove said he was 80.
ting tired of these "generaiitien I"
He demanded just what Loeb said
to him In the examination, lust
what Leopold said. etc.
Doctor Healy then began to deal
with Leopold specifically. He found
him filled with nervous energy"
and there were some evidences 81
glandular inferiority, revealed in
pathological tests.
AS for his mentality" said the
aliepist. II found by a number OF
tests that he was very high In.
tellectually."
IT want those tests In detail"
said Grove aggressively.
Doctor Healy described q number
Of standard intelligence tests. some