New Britain herald., 1924-08-27

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 By The Associated Press,
 Chicago, Aug, s7,-state's AL torney Robert E. Grove. yitFiolie in speech and al times almost apopleile in gesture. resumed his onslaught today upon the mercy plea in behalf Of Nathan Leopold. Jr,, and Richard Loeb.
 With a renewed attack upon the competency Of the defense alienist testimony describing the mental de- bility of the youthful murderers Of Bobby Franks, Mir. Grove insisted upon name for 'these strange mental sieknesses invented for this case"
 From the outset the explosive ar- gument Of the prosecution drew the objection Of the defense and an en- suing arangle on technicalities called from Chief Justice John k. cayerly, to whom falls the duty of fixing sen- tence the declaration that the court will not consider any argument out side Of the record
 Grove Waves Indignant.
 Mir. Grove once yisibly irritated by the objections Of the defense, turned upon the bench to assert:
 They have been quoting poetry and philosophy here for four days; l don't see why we can't have lit- tie citation from the law.
 We have heard everything that is in the books and Of great deal that never got into the books from the three wise men from the East, brought In by the defense: but mo- body has yentured 10 give this men, tai disease a name." said Crcwe.
 He then endearored to describe the court proceedings in case in | which the defense was found by alin- ists to have been the victim of a | newly discovered mental disease" He was checked in this citation by | defense objection and the ruling, but not before he voiced the charge that this too is a newly discovered men, tai disease--discovere by the three wise men from the East, after every possible avenue of escape has been sealed"
 Reading Detective Stories.
 They tell us that Loeb read de- tective stories and that's a bad sign," said Mir. Grove later. Well, l remember when used to crawl un- der the bed to read Nick Carter. Why that's not a bad sign. That's normal for boys" ...
 Mir. Grove charged that the boys had been advised" what to say to the defense alienists in their exami- nation in the county jail. He de- clared that the youths collaborated with the attorneys and the doctors in improvising this weird and un- canny defense"
 The states attorney read an ex- cerpt from the Hubert Bowman re- port, which one of the authors had testified never had been intended to be read by the prosecutor" The excerpt said there would be "a cer. tain legal advantage in the suppress sion of some of the details of the boys mental processes
 Loeb's Early Life.
 Mir. Grove turned to the report of the defense's examining physicians 1
 tt Nf I h' earlier life. '
 "The report mentions only one sainting spell" he said. The defense attorneys tried to supplement this { with others and your honor will recall that those others turned out o be drunken stupors."
 The states attorney again defend- d Loeb's governess.
 "The defense tried to prove her , abnormal" he said, 'and introduced , letter she wrote Loeb and photo- f 'aph to show she was some weird, T errible creature. f
 If 1 ever read a kind, loving let CT of advice of the kind 50 sorely , ,eeded by these defendants, it was , hat letter, and the defense alienists , hemslves said she was of attractive appearance, quietly and modestly , lressed. ,
 she said theb oy had never been , he victim of dreams or phantasiee. ,he came here to do all she could o help the boy, short of perjury. {, Ind that is the reason she was not :. into court to testify. z
 Was He a Thief? "She was quite unaware he was etty thief or played detective. The efense claims she was constantly :, with Loeb night and day, for 5 !. ears. Will you believe her or Dr. White as to whether Loeb was 8 hief? She gives the lie to the de- |, ense right there"
 Mir. Grove ridiculed defense points S to the ambitions Of the boy. They say Loeb has no ambition nd therefore was mentally sick" he | aid: Then they say Leopold had " reat ambitions and therefore was lentslly sick. 'The defense says Loeb poisoned n is mind by reading detective stories. s 0 did l. l remember crawling un- U CT the bed to read Nick Carter, and hen was in Yale university l still a njoyed mystery novels. Why, your d onor, that is normal. tt But the doctors said he read pod books-Dickens and Thackeray. ti "'rhe defense says Loeb murdered q title Bobby Franks for a thrill. But C ie doctors say he craved no excite fl Ient or thrills. ti "rhey say he never played msr- les or baseball or other games with ir