The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-28

In a long conference Of defense
attorneys. ahenists and members of
the two families at the home of
Clarence Darrow, chief defense at
torney, lasting until o'clock this
morning, decision was reached to
spare neither the parents nor the
boys the shame and pain Of parading
before Chief Justice Caverly, sitting
as judge and jury in the judicial
hearing. the misdeeds Of Nathan and
Dickie.
Darrow had hoped to spare the
parents Of Loeb, who are i'll in their
retreat at Charlevoix. Mich. He
hoped also to save Nathan Leopold
Sr. the humiliation of taking the wit.
ness stand to reveal the fantastic
career of his son.
Conferences of the defense were
held nearly all day Sunday for the
purpose of smoothing out the de-
tails Of the case.
A last conference was being held
in Darrow's home when a Chicago
morning newspaper blazoned out
with the heretofore secret report Of
the defense aIienist's examination of
the prisoners. This decided Darrow
to call every one with any knowledge
of the pasts of the youths to the
stand.
Lives of Crime
The report. made by Dr. H. S.
Hubert, Chicago, and DR.. Karl NJ.
Bowman, Boston. psychiatrists,
showed the youths led life of crime
from early age. climaxing with the
murder of Robert Franks. They
were prompted by the urge for ex-
citement, and not gain, the report
states. Loeb is painted as the mas.
ter mind, with Leopold, heretofore
held the leading spirit, in the role
of follower.
The report shows the youths as
running the entire gamut from petty
thievery to burglary, arson and even
to plots on the lives of their fathers
and Tommy Loeb, Richards brother.
Through it all Richard, fondly called
"Dickie," sleek, handsome, highly in
tellectual, popular with the girls, is
shown as a romancer, who pictured
himself as the central figure of fan
tastic dramas, the focus of the pub
lie spotlight
Always he imagined himself the
super-criminal, committing startling
crimes, battling the police with ease.
Paradoxically, though, he pictured
himself behind prison bars, enjoying
the pleasure of a rational wonder
and amazement.
Nathan and Richard even consid-
cred killing each other, but felt that
with one gone there would be none
to share the pleasure and glory OF
criminal achievement, the report
states. The report deals largely
with Loeb.
From the time he was child he
had conjured up ideas of being a
master criminal. The physicians
found Loeb a peculiar complex of
daredevil and coward. He feared
physical encounters, but had no fear
of losing his life. He Stunned COM
bats with his companions, but sailed
a boat into the very teeth of a storm
on Lake Michigan.
Read Crime Stories
From early childhood Loeb de-
voured stories of crime and bizarre
adventure. In his minds eye he saw
himself the master criminal, the
super-detective, the daring frontiers
man, great bootlegger the quintes-
sence of all that is picturesque.
He shot revolver bullet through
a shirt, put on the shirt and showed
the hole to girl friend as evidence
of a desperate. encounter. He
Dragged of fight in a saloon and
smilingly displayed a revolver in an
swer to query of how the brawl
started.
The report deals with Loeb from
the date of birth up to the present.
Richard is 19 and was born in Chi
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