The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-05

you believe that something had
snapped, that he had gone insane7"
II would look for it, was the
aHenfetsD reply.
III you found this crime had been
committed ~ 8 young man who was
q liar, q cheat. q thief, q fire-bug and
9 pervefe, WOULD you look. for insan.
ity, or would you c0nsider Il the
work Of 3 habiEual criminaI7"
Healy'e reply was noncomnittal.
Grove asked earcastically Il Doctor
HeAly attached much Importance 70
the fact that Loeb used 70 take his
teddy bear to bed with him a. child
and talk 60 it. Doctor White men
toned this frequently In his testi-
mony.
II don't attach much to that" ~.
sponded Doctor Healy.
Pictures Of LoeD as q child, with
HE teddy bear. and dressed in .
cowboy costume were displayed 20
Doctor Hea1y. hut he reiterated that
he didn't attach much importance %
these, either.
"Afe YOU Of the opinion that both
Of these defendants are insane3"
asked Grove suddenly.
II object" yelled the defense
counsel In unison
sustained said the court.
"What Il insanity3"
Quotes Whites Book.
AGAIN objection was made. but
Judge CaveT1y said be could answer.
tits iegal irroepongibility, accord.
Ing 70 our modern s1nterpreta tion,"
answered Healy.
ssWeiI. listen 10 CHS said Grove
and he then proceeded 70 read Q deti-
milton OF insanity from q book,
which stated that insanity 10 . "n1en'
tai disorder leading TO prolonged alb
seslCe from the normal.
This book, II developed. was writ
ten by Duct0F. William A. White, the
washington peychiatrist, who was
the first aIienist who testified, and
who. Grove recalled Ironically, had
declared on the stand that he rs.sr
used the terms ''s2nity or insanity"
ssDo Won think that II q good defi'
milton uf insanity?s asked Grove. ).
'sRfo. e was written IN 1909" said
Hsaly.
Intellect Dominant.
Grove brought out that Or.
Heaty considered one Of the most
important factors IN the case was
the domination Of the emotional
side OF the two young slayerB BY
their intellectual side. They 70.
pressed their emotions absolutely.
ssDo you think it also peculiar"
asked Grove, '.that a banker should
suppress emotions about lOaning Q
friend money without collateral and
allow his intellect To deny the
loan2" -
Morally peculiar, yes" 4
"WelI, would you consider q
Judge on the bench who ropreeeod7
his emotions and judged with his
intellect 20 be also peculiar NOR
allyn
dNo, that "a different
Grove conducted the Allenist
through a long series Of questions
bearing on the ingenuity OF the
plot framed BY Leopold and Loeb,
and then demanded 10 know
whether it was their childish
plantasies Or their intellects" at
IT think Il was their intsllects,"
said Or. ffsaiy, working toward .
perfect crime"
Doubts Fear In Boys.
''In other words" said Cfwos,
every detaf OF this crime Il the
work Of intellect and not Of child
hood phantasyf"
II think So" replied HeAlS.
And this teddy bear stuff II Just
for an alibi2"
cot course not"
"Was there any other emotion
working In conjunction with the
intellect when they attempted 10
cover up this crime, BY their
Sarious lies?"
''1t's hard Tor me to say"
Don't you think that fear en-.
tered into III"
after examining these boys I'm
not 90 sure Of that"
Babe" and "Dicley', are getting
q great thrill out Of listening to
the alieniDtA. They &c In the court.
room, surrounded BY their incredu.
lous relatives and raorbidly curious
spectators, and IN sheer fascina.
ton watch the scientific dissection
Of their minds and personalities BY
the procession OF alleniste through
the witness boz.
Boys FAsclnAtOd.
II kascinatee them, this cold dls.
section Of themselves. They don't
smile much any more, a. they ala
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