Evening star., 1924-08-27
Reared in "GiIded Cage"

| the environment of youth. are re-
| sponsiblc for their fancied mental
| debility.
| Reared in "GiIded Cage"
Loeb, this poor little rich boy. was
| brought up in a gilded cage, without
| chance to use his wings. But the doc
| tors found he had skated, played
hockey. experienced the thrills Of
yachting and tennis.
| These men didn't lie to any OF the
alienists. we were told. And thd~ the
report Of Drs. Hubert and Bowman
| says fatty that during their cXami-
| nation Loeb did lie and that he with
held certain things because he had
| thought it inadvisable to mention or
had been advised not to do SO.
| In other words, some guilclcss at
| torney had prepared him for the talk
| with the alienists.
And he told the doctors he would
not mention certain things unless his
| brother Allan advised him to do so.
| And the stories have not been told
yet"
| Mr.. Grove read from the report a
paragraph which advised the other
defense alienists, he maintained, not
| to go into the untold episodes.
There is certain legal advantage in
not going into them" was quoted
| from the report, and Mr.. Grove fol-
| lowed with this quotation from Dr.
Hulburts cross-exarlination
| Il did not expect that report to get
| into your hands, Mr.. Grove"
| This report was made for n pur-
against use on the stand of certain
| facts. The purpose was to fool this
| court"
| Who is the trickster in this case?"
| the States attorney asked. rs it Mr..
Darrow, who has charged the States
| attorney with such tactics, or is it
| some one clSe"'
| Mr.. Grove referred to four episodes
| in Loeb's life mentioned in the report
only as "A" "B, "C' and -"
! Leopold BIackmniIed Loeb.
Il charge that Leopold knew what
| they We're" he shouted. Il charge
| that Leopold blackmaiIed Loeb with
| those episodes and gained his ascend
ancy over Loeb by threatening TO ex-
| pose him if Loeb did not submit to
| him"
The prosecutor said, too, that
money was the compelling motive in
| the crime.
They gambled for such high stakes
| that not even their millionaire COM
| panions could stand the pace" he
said. They had to have money, they
conceived the idea of this crime not
for thrill, but for money.
Money, money, money! 1t is all
through this case. Yet Mr. Darrow
says it was only case of two poor
| little rich boys wandering in the dark
| looking for a teddy bear"
Mr.. Grove continued his sarcasm
as he read from the report that the
defendants had passed several un-
| comfortable afternoons" while plan
ming the kidnapping and murder
"Oh, / am sorry for you two little
| boys he said turning to the defend
ants. 1T was too bad you had to
spend those uncomfortable afternoons" ="
Declares Money Motive.
81 used to think, your honor" he
went on, addressing the court that
| passion was the compelling motive in
all life. But here ii was money and
nothing but money"
The prosecutor mentioned the plans
| OF the youths to get the automobile
by creating the fictitious Morton D..
Ballard of Peoria. H."
They claim Loeb is without emo
| tion," he said, but the Bowman-Hul-
burt report said this:
when he reached this stage of
his narrative, the patient leaned
forward in his chair and showed in
tense emotional reaction
Whom is your honor going to be-
lieve?"
Mr.. Grove again charged that the
| defendants had once considered kid
naping a little girl. but Judge Caverly
shook his head:
Court Bars Repetition.
you went over that yesterday, Mr.
Grove" said the judge. II do not
wish to limit you, but you must not
repeat
Mr.. Grove quoted from the re-
port that the defendants said it was
necessary to kill Franks at once, to
avoid Identification.
The doctors found that Loeb did
not anticipate the killing with any
pleasure" he said. 1T was done be-
cause it was necessary if they were
to get the money.
TT was not done for a thrill. 1t
was done for self-preservation.
"They killed for exactly the same
reason that the burglar kills for, that
the hold-up man kills for. They
killed to stop a possible means of
Identification.
""They anticipated few unpleasant
minutes in strangling the victim says
the report. Does that not show that
thrills were not the motive?"
"And the doctor says, in parenthe-
sis, there that the patients face show
ed disgust He learned, too, that the
plan was first not to use a chisel but
to strangle, each holding an end of
the rope, so that each would be equal
ly guilty"
Disappointed in Anticipation
Mr.. Grove read that Loeb had been
disappointed in his anticipations of
the crime, and said:
This man who has no heart, no
emotions, who does not believe in
God, did, evidently. hear the stirring
of conscience. Perhaps he had never
heard, though, of conscience"
Mr.. Grove read further from the re-
port that when Loeb told of return
ing the automobile to the renting
agency "he choked up
His emotions overcame him." en-
phasized the prosecutor. "He choked
up, your honor. and wiped tears off
his nose with n finger"
Again the report was quoted, that
Leopold exclaimed, This is terrible."
when Loeb killed younk Franks. 1T
took five minutes to quiet him down."
shouted Mr.. Grove. "Why, these per-
verts betrayed their emotions again
and again, your honor. And when
they go to their just punishment, l
predict they will have to be carried
to the gallows."
ScOrns Prisoners Remark.
He went on with scornful emphasis
to quote Loeb's remark that "un-
fortunately the body was not kicked
far enough into the culvert."
/ Mr.. Grove said Loeb told the ex-
aminers that he 'felt some slight re-
morse when his mother remarked