The Washington times., 1924-08-16
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sRrdonic questioning Of the tail
alienist, he asked leave to put into
the record Of the Loeb-Leopold case
q certified copy, of all the penalties
imposed for first-degree murder In
Cook county in the last ten years
where there were pleas of guilty
entered, together with the ages Of
the murderers.
This move was in preparation for
Dafrow's closing address, when Ne
viii contend that never in the his
tory Of Cook county have boys Of
nineteen been hanged for murder
after pleading guilty and throwing
themselves on the mercy Of the
court.
Violated Boys Rights.
barrow savageIy attacked Doctor
Singer for. trying to examine Loeb
and Leopold in the State attorneys
office after their lawyers had for
hidden them to talk to anybody. He
accused the alienist, in company
with the State attorneys office, of
violating the Constitutional rights
OF these boys"
Singer denied that he had any
such purpose. Grove objected siren
uously to Darrow's questioning along
this line,
Darrow speedily brought out that
Doctor Singer had been unable to
extract any information from the
boys at the time he had seen them,
because they answered all questions
with, II refuse to answer on the
advice Of counsel"
Decided They Were Normal.
"And from that you determined
they were mentally normal?" asked
barrow, his voice rising.
That and other things" returned
Doctor Singer.
Could you tell by just looking at
them whether they had mental dis.
e6se?"
Il could tell from their appear.
&nce there was no evidence Of men.
tai disease"
Answer my question, yes or
no." shouted Darrow.
Il can't answer It that way" re.
piled Singer.
Grove again broke in with an
objection, and he and barrow
wrangled angrily.
Finally, after . long exchange of
sarcastic remarks, Singer said he
could not tells just from looking
ut the boys whether or not they
were actually mentally diseased
but he was confident that his
observation, coupled with his knowl.
edge and study OF their histories,
was sufficient to enable him to
state that they have no mental
disease.
Asked Them No Questions.
you never asked them a ques-
zion, did you, in your whole life,
and they never spoke q word to
you in their whole lives, did they?"
cried Darrow.
II never asked them any,"
And you never heard them say
anything except that they refused
20 answer on the advice OF
Dounsel?"
Singer reported several trivial
things he had heard Loeb and
Leopold say in the states at.
korney's office, but not bearing
on the Franks crime.
barrow tried to bring out that
Singer had made up his mind
neither Loeb or Leopold were men,
tally diseased long before he had a
chance to complete his observations
In the courtroom. He Questioned
him closely about newspaper inter-
views weeks ago.
81 never expressed q positive
opinion until long after this trial
began" the alienist defended him.
self.
In Court Every Day.
"You have been In court every
day since this trial began, haven't
you. and you have heard all these
alienists testify?"
And you have heard no evidence
here of any mental disease from
any Of these witnesses?"
None that indicated mental dis
case to me, excluding of course the
opinion evidence"
was there any single statement
Of fact made by any Of these psy-
Shiatrists that would put another
jpsychiatrist on inquiry as to the
mental condition of these boys?"
Nothing except the commission
of the crime ITSELF"
"Is a split personality any EVIL
dence Of mental disorder?"
mot Of ITSELF"
"Is there anything in it that
would put q psychiatrist to in
"A splitting may at times de.
mand a psychiatric inquiry"
But, in the main, Doctor Singer
said, a split personality merely
caused difficulty OF social adjust
ments.
when pressed, he admitted that
O split personality might be an
indication OF mental disease"
What Is Normal MInd?"
barrow asked Singer to define
"a normal mind" and the alienist
said he could not do 1t, as he
didn't deal in those general terms.
yet you say, these boys have
normal minds" said the attorney.
II said their minds were within
the range Of normality," replied
Singer.
They wrangled at length over
whether Singer had answered the
question, barrow insisting that
Singer be more specific. The
alienist said finally he could not
answer any other way, and Judge
Caverly let 1t so at that.
Argue Split Personality.
Coming back 20 the "spIit per.
@onality," barrow demanded to
know again swhether that was not
evidence Of mental disease, y
'Not OF ITSELF" replied Doctor
Singer.
"But wouldn't Il indicate enough
20 the wise psychiatrist to lead him
further into an examination"
Singer admitted that Il would az