Evening star., 1924-07-26
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written into a report any of his con-
versations with Leopold.
Have you notes on your first con-
| versation?" he was asked
mo, sir"
'On the second one:"
mo, sir''
! Cortland said he started about a
week after his last interview with
| the defendant Ito write up an ac-
count of my whole connection with
the case
He produced a document of several
Cortland said he wrote the short
hand notes at his home and the type
| written sheets at the States attor-
ney'S office.
Had Refreshed Memory.
Cortland said he had refreshed his
along" but had not" consulted them
yesterday before taking the stand.
Il went over them Thursday night,
he said.
Cortland was asked to explain the
actual process by which he refreshed
his memory from Totes. He took
some of them and illustrated.
The first notation here on this
paper is about confessing, he SAID.
| The next one is about motive
/
shorthand. longhand and typewriter
| accounts he had made under those
subjects.
In the same way Cortland pointed
out his records on not guilty de-
fense" and insanity defense
Notes on GHse.
Another heading was sorry for
crime Cortland sorted miscellaEe-
Gus sheets OF paper. scraps of en-
velopes and searched stenographic
notebooks, seeking his account OF
this aspect of his talks with Leopold.
Finally he found it On Il loose sheet
covered with pothooks.
who was with you when you had
your conversation at the Leopold
house when you got the spectacles
case" asked Mr.. Darrow.
Mike Leopold was there" said
He said this was the only time he
had talked with the defendant at the
Leopold home and was positive only
Michael Leopold took part in the
talk.
Was Nathan there when you found
the guns?'
No. sir"
Did any one tell YOU that one was
Nathan's and one Mixes
No, sir"
They were in different bureaus?"
Yes"
Weren't there two single beds in
that room?"
NO. but there were in an adjoining
| room.
Cortland corrected him self. remem-
| berinS that Nathan was present on
another of the sergeant's trips to the
home. He could not recall whether
| Mike was present that time.
Test Of Memory.
| memory as to the minute details OF
his movements with Leopold about
the city from prosecutor of1lce TO
hotels and restaurants. He elected
that the third conversation took place
| in room of the States attorneys Of
fees.
who else was present." asked the
| attorney.
Nobody but he and L." said Gort-
| laid He pointed out his notes on
| this and the typed accounts on pages
| / and - of his expanded record.
Where did you have the converse
| tion about getting before friendly
judge, so he wouldn't be hanged!
TAT that time said Cortland.
You and he alone?"
| Yes"
Cortland read from his notes.
Leopold said: ''If my folks want me to
hang l will go before jury and they
| would surely hang me. If go before
a friendly judge and plead guilty
will get off with life Soma 1mpFIsanmfhnut idsan that
|
| would help the world.
Mr. Darrow brought out that THIS
was styped at Gortland's home with
no one else present
| You never gave copy to any
one?"
No. sir
Talked With Any One.
you talked this over with others
Yes, with newspaper reporters. with
relatives at Fairbury. Ill, on visit to
Bloomington. ILL.,, and with citizens on
the streets"
Where did you talk with Assistant
States Attorney Savage about it?'
About the time the conversation
happened" o,.
! Day before yesterday
The witness named list of other
attorneys for the State and alienists
with whom he discussed the talk
Il told it to whoever asked me about
it," said Cortland.
| Mr.. Darrow consulted with Benjamin
| Rachrach and Leopold put his head
close to those of the attorneys and
listened intently.
There is no memorandum on this
In any of your official reports?' asked
Mr.. Darrow of the witness.
Report to Police.
| made report to the general su-
Iperntendent of police on this case.
| friendly judge remark was incor-
porated in that report" said Gort-
land.
The witness was asked to look for
it in that report. but found no men
tion of it. The report was dated June
16. The defense attorneys also scanned
the report, their heads close together
and Loeb and Leopold looking over
their shoulders.
There were a dozen single-spaced
pages of typewriter matter in the
document. While the attorneys read
it Judge Caverly paced around the
linclosure about his seat. Finally
Cortland was excused temporarily
Judge Caverly warning him:
Don't talk with anybody"
OpticIan on Stand.
Jacob Weinstein, manager of the
optical establishment where Leopold's
glasses were purchased, identified the
prescription for the spectacles.
He said DR.. Emil Deutsch, who
prescribed the glasses, telephoned q
change in the figures for the righ,
eye axis.
Such changes in prescriptions by
oculists are not unusual" he said
and added:
There is no room for doubt that
these spectacles were made by our
house. The frames are exclusive to