The Washington times., 1924-08-04
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4 MENTAL MARVEL

well indeed" said Dr. raealy.
though he made some mistakes.''
Right ana Wrong.
In q test which DR.. Eiealy dc.
scribed - .'the problem tests he
said Leopold showed up exception
ally well. He submitted two typi-
cal questions to this test, the an
swers to which Leopold wrote.
One question was:
If raising the marks OF one
student In q class raises his stand
ing In the class, why not raise the
marks Of all the studente?n
Leopold answered this by writ.
ing that the whole thing u ah.
surd. ana that IL such d thing
were carried out the class would
be right where Il was before had
no marks been raised at all.
Another question was:
IL two negatives make q right.
why not say two wrongs make .
rlRht?"
4 want Leopold'se answer I'd,
that said Grove quickly.
DR.. HeAly read the written an.
swer. Of which the principal ex.
cerpt was: I'm this instance. while
2 wrong may be q negative right,
% ada another wrong does not ne
safe the WronE. but only becomes
new negative right
Low ON Judgment Test.
The thing that struck me III III
these tests" said Doctor Healy.
was the exceptional rapidly Of
Leopold's mind. He frequently
would make one answer and 4. new
thought would strike him before
ne could get his original answer
On the Judgment test Doctor
Healy lAter said Leopold did not
show UP 20 well, making score
OF 66h out Of q possible 100.
He made the average for q boy
Of about twelve years old, or ia
other words, Is per cent OF ten.
year.old boys do better than that.
Leopold has developed q remark.
able mind for memory" went On
Doctor Healy. For instances. he
demonstrated to me how II was
possible for him to hear once d list
OF twenty-five words. picked at ran
dom, and then to repeat them IA
the precise order Of their original
statement, or backward. Give him
any one word and he viii tell. YOU
instantly its place IN the twenty.
i've and what wordss came before
Regarding the personality Of
Leopold, he Is extremely energetic =
said Doctor Healy.
Self Conferred.
"But throughout the examination
he showed himself to be very
self-centered. egotistic young man.
According to what his family tells
me, he was always very rebellious.
About appointments and such tlinRa
he Is very pllnctilioug.
HE Ii extremely critical about
other people and very supercilious
about his own mental attainments.
He Is very stubborn. Others are Al.
ways wrong and he Is right. He
mas extremely negative feelings
about sympathy. gratitude.
he likes to be the actor and play
the part. He told me himself he
considered II all drama, and felt
the best thing to do was to play
the thing OUT"
Then DoctorpH ealy switched over
to the emotional side Of the yoJ'lg
slayer.
His emotions have been sub.
jugated to his mentality, and the
feeling OF his own superiority.
One thing that struck me forci.
Oily was that, despite the culture
ana refinement OF his upbrinkine,
ne had no aversion apparently to
jail life.
No Moral Emotion,
II discovered absolutely no eyi.
dence Of normal emotions In him
think "A see. too, an impair.
ment OF his Judgment Of hinaaelf.
He has no concern apparently for
throwing away his chances OF 4
tine future for this heinous criynA
Leopold might have been an
eminent scholar. He was already
somewhat Of an authority on bird
Concerning his 1nner mental life
the main concern Of a psychiatrIAt
we found he had evolved quite AZ.
lusional ideas about himself.
In important spheres OF life hA
seems to think and act ae 3 aa,-
perior being, with his own will ana
desires his soIly guides. He says
he is supern1an; that notwithstands
n" the fact he Is in Jail and III
cespised, he is a Napoleon on ST.
Helena.
Doctor White has already told
you how he wants to try to solve
the ten worlds riddles in case he
should hang and so into another
Ute. He also wants to write an
autobiography. showing how his
nineteen years have been packed
with every thrip known to life.