Evening star., 1924-07-28

| written July "a. You wrote them all
at home and at the same time?"
Yes, sir" said Cortland.
| Didn't you testify the other day
that these six sheets now marked ex-
| hibit four, were written at different
| times?"
II was mistaken" said Cortland
| The court was informed that the
| six sheets in question were, accord
ing to Cortland. 1.-The outline Of my tes-
timony as prepared by me the night Of
July "a"
| Then Cortland was excused.
secretary, identified various sta
ments written by Leopold at ths
Hotel La Sale the Thursday before
Decoration day. "a to Sc hours before
| the first confessions.
| The purpose was to form a basis
| for testimony on comparisons OF
| handwriting, it was explained.
| Leopold Admitted Slip.
Cuneo testified that Leopold had re-
marked three days after these speci-
mems of handwriting were made that
he had made a slip" because he had
| used "a characteristic letter Y In
this writing Of Thursday"
Cuneo next identified some speci-
| mems of Loeb's writing.
| Capt. William Shoemaker of the
| Chicago police force testified he
| was present when Leopold and Loeb
made their confessions May 81. He
! said Leopold made some notes, identl-
fl ed the pieces of paper and they were
admitted in evidence: Similar notes
| from Loeb were put in the record.
| The boy defendants followed this
procedure with close interest. Leopold
particularly abandoned his customary
slouch in his chair. sat erect, chin on
his left hand. Tyrell, writing expert,
| followed Cant Shoemaker
The defense attorneys went over
| the numerous handwriting specimens
with Leopold and Loeb.
Loeb borrowed copy paper" from
a reporter and wrote rapidly. He ap-
| parently was copying one of the
| states exhibits.
Il don't care to cross-examine the
| Witness" said Mr.. Darrow, but
| would like to look at the exhibits for
| about minutes after we adjourn, so
| as to verify them.
Il don't wish to take them away
| from court, as they might get lost
| Orwell, otherwise disappear And
| he chuckled with Mr.. Grove over
| this reference to the physicians re-
ports that got from his office to to-
days newspapers.
Jay A. F'ordyce Wood, a Chicago
| expert. testified he had gone over the
same material as Mr.. Tyrell and had
| reached the same conclusion.
Court Is Packed.
Over Sunday developments served
to revive public interest in the pro,
| ceedings before Judge Caverly and
! the entrance to the building and ap-
proaches to the courtroom were
! choked with curiosity seekers. Half
an hour before court opened the spec
| totor's space was filled. More than
half the audience was feminine and
many of the women were young.
Both Loeb and Leopold spent Sun
| day quietly in Jail, despite the usual
| round of entertainment provided by
the county. They said that their at
tendance at the trial was rather tedi-
Gus in that they failed to get the
same thrill from the testimony that
| the court fans did,
1t was only a boresome, routin e
performance to them, they declared,
and they wanted to rest.
Defense to Use Ten Days.
Ten days will be required by de-
fense witnesses to present the evil
dence of mitigating circumstances
upon which Loeb and Leopold base
their hopes Of escaping the extreme
penalty for their crime, 1t was an
nounced after conference between de-
fense counsel and alienists.
The defense witnesses Will include
the corps of alienists which has been
examining the youths Tor the Iass
and Loeb, and, it was intimated, the
boys themselves.
Details of the general plan of the
defense. that of seeking to estab-
| lish that the murderers were NOT
mentally competent at the time they
kidnapped the schoolboy nelghbor
and killed him. were outlined by
Clarence Darrow, chief of the de-
PENDANTS counsel. He, with Attor-
! neys Benjamin and Walter Bachrach.
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New York City; DR.. William Healy,
| Boston, and DR.. H. S. Hubert, Chica,
go, on the strategy to be employed
| when the State rests its case, which
! it is expected to do Monday.
"Mr. Leopold, ST., will take the
stand" Mr.. Darrow said, but when
asked if the parents of Loeb would
testify, he replied: Both MIR. and
| Mrs. Loeb are under the care of a
phys at Charlevoix. Mich. At
! Mrs. Loeb will sacrifice her life II she
| is brought to the trial"
Allen Loeb, brother of Richard, how
ever, will testify. and it was strongly
suggested that young Leopold would
take the stand in an effort of the de-
tense to offset the testimony of Sergt.
Cortland.
Sane at Time OF Crime.
The report Of two defense alienists,
10 WllCh TeiSIIcu, hoco
| the leader and Leopold the willing
slave. Both youths, in the opinion Of
the DOCTORS were fundamentally sane at
the time they committed the crime, but
both were habitual dreamers, obsessed
with ideas of their Importance and dar-
ing.
Loeb Is analysed as criminal since
the cradle. Loeb is "the king" and
LeopoId the "slave." The report says:
"An absolutely solemn pact is made.
under which Leopold places himself
absolutely under the commands of
Loeb" He believes Loeb superior to
himself and has made him the hero
of a sort of hero worship. He is a
physical coward, shuns pain, but has
no fear of death. He is an atheist.
Leopold phantasied himself as a
slave, who was the strongest man
| in the world, and who would often
| fight for the champion of his side
against the strongest man of the
other side and always win, the re-
port stated.
In the Harvard School Review for
1920 the report notes the following
poems:
OF course am the great Nathan.
When ope my lips let no dog bark.
And in another poem:
| And so our list of juniors has
At last been briefly TOLD.
With one exception only-it's
The mighty Leopold.
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