The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-04
.Dr. White and the Rich Young
Chicago Murderers
By BILL PRICE.


Doctor WILLIAM Al WHITE superintendent 81 the Gov
hospital for the insane in this city win receive huge
ss IRON r ns wsa'1 parents 8 Nathan ms0pc y and
White examined these boys as witness FOR the prosecution
his fee would have been nominal one
Doctor White finds that emotionaIy the bows are ii an
nfante state Loeb is about four Or five years old In that
respect and Leopold not than five 70 seven They
both afflicted with the welnown nfeority complex and
tastes al
The whole country win read With interest tie diversified
rosties who sought the thrills that came from the murder
Ct another boy Thousands Of varying opinions viii be
pressed BY the unintiated public which too seldom fails to
realize that mental freaks are believed
Yet in spite Of the lack Of understanding Of psycatr
Of humanity viii reach the conclusion that the emotional
ism which Doctor White speaks Of Is the continuation Of long
everything unrestrained BY parental Or other hands
The emotonasm Of boy Of four five years old Il gen
orally the impulse 70 wreck destroy pull TO pieces wipe
everything which ii bis way Of doing the thing
he wants to do We didn't hear much Of this kind Of
emoonalism in the days when parents exercised stronger
Curaed Of these savage impulses Of the male kid
BY methods which developed caution and thought to the
We see great deal Of this emotiOnas these DAYS in
young women who up with the idea Of living their
own lives in their way which that they propose
TO do they desire without accepting the advice profg
BY the experience Of older and wiser heads Il nothing
but giving free rein to vicious impulses It's results
IN the daily wreckages on the sea Of life.
The boy who grows up without parental restraint upon
his passions and his emotions viii or later commit
OF meet Otner boys give MN Sucn good
thrahngs he will begin to think and be cautious This
Of upon the superstition that the boy is Of normal
physical health and mental development The unfortunate
ones who are mentally diseased belong in another class and
the Government should provide the by which they
be treated
Dr. White for instance the head Of great Government
institution for the treatment Of mental disorders As such he
might the powerful position he holds in the scientific world
TO lay before governmental authorities program for the
by the state Of children Of the kind he describes in his
testimony is dangerous TO permit young folks Of the
mentaies Of Leopold and Loeb to be at large Proper
UniOh man 0ff haHn Ruf
enough hear about these sort Of people until
murders have been committed The psyCharits know that
they exist in comparatively large numbers but take i'm
prve steps to have the facts recognized by the National
and State Governments S fses
Hanging boys Of unsound minds, Of sound minds
will not benefit society The gaow and the electric chair
just horrng the crimes committed; the gruescme
machines Of legal death are as lacking In civilization a. the
murderers themselves.
After ALL parental Curbg Of wayward and reckless impulses
in youth home training Of boys and girls to control their
determination Ito do Just they please, may bring less
crime and less immortality.