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&unctioning normally, and his
sexual glands are Ver-functioning. !"
All this glandular trouble, Doctor
Hubert concluded, is primarily
responsible for the youths mental
and moral abnormalities
HE has a diseased or abnormal
degree of discrepancy between his
intellect on the one hand and his
emotion and judgment on the
other"
Describes FANTASIES.
Doctor Hubert described today
more of the phantasies, the day
dreams of Leopold. To their influ.
ence and the fact that the young
slayer was unable to separate his
dreams from his real life, he at.
tributed the crime of killing the
little boy.
The "king-slave phantasy," which
Doctor Hubert described as the
dominant reverie of Leopold, had
many phases-Leopold was the
slave of a powerful king, he would
picture himself as saving the kings
life, as committing great, heroic
deeds. "Dick" was the king. In
young Loeb, Leopold found the
things he himself lacked, and he
attached himself to his liking"
strongly.
Doctor Hubert laid great stress
on the early religious life of Leo.
pold. From a small boy he studied
all religions, and was particularly
interested in the crucifixion, and
studied everything he could find
on the subject. He even drew pic
lures Of himself being crucified, the
alienist said, as boy.
Mothers Death a Shock.
ellis mothers death was a great
shock to him." said the doctor. HE
told me 1t changed his entire philo-
sophy OF life. and never adjusted
himself normally to the world after
ner death. He couldn't see why
God should take her away, whom
he considered the most perfect
woman in the world, and leave less
favored women.
He studied atheism, and gradu.
ally he came to the belief there is
no God. and there being no God.
there can be no right or wrong.
except as applied to the individual"
Leopold had an abnormal interest
IN languages-he Is familiar with
fifteen-Doctor Hubert said and
this led him into strange fields in
MS reading and studying, giving
MIN "fragmentary bits of philoso.
pny, so that they became some.
what 1umbled up in his youthful,
brilliant intellect.
Had Few Friends.
"He didn't have many friends"
said Hubert. 'He had none that
were close to him, because he was
dirferent from other boys. He
wanted Just one friend, that was to
De the king Of his phantasy life"
How about his mood" oueried
Walter Bachrach, of defense counsel
HE desired to live without emo.
tion-to be a cold intellectual ma.
chine. He has no strongly de.
veloped emotions of any kind"
What did he tell you Of his
philosophy"
His philosophy is one Of sheer
selfishness, he believes that the
laws and codes that apply to other
people do not apply to him because
OF his intellectual superiority"
Like Loeb, the doctor said,
Leopold had a record of childish
crimes. He stole a stamp collection
from a cousin, he stole his brothers
neckties, and members of the family
told him, Hubert said, that he
never showed any regret or remorse
when he was caught.
The first criminal association with
Loeb came when they fixed up a
scheme Of signals for cheating at
bridge, the alienist's report showed
Other crimes followed, setting fire
to shacks, stealing automobiles,
hvaf1
Never Any RemOrse.
'In none of these delinquencies
was there any sign of remorse, re-
greet, or even feeling of guilt. He
had no emotion whatsoever about
them"
Doctor Hubert described one of
their major" crimes as a deliberate
trip to Ann Arbor, Mich, where
they robbed Dicks fraternity house
of a various collection of watches,
knives, minor tewelry and money.
UncOncerned About Future.
Concerning the Franks crime the
alienist said that Leopold told him
that he couldn't have struck the
blow" that killed Bobby Franks.
Leopold has very little concern
about his future, Hubert said.
II discussed with him the prob
ability of his hanging and he showed
no emotion at all. He said the end
of life is the end OF everything. 1
asked him what he would rather do
with his future and he said he sup
posed he would rather marry and
settle down."
Leopold admitted he was some
what upset" at the actua! murder
Of the Franks boy with tie cold
chisel. He said:
my God, this is awful"
LeopolG'S "a elect speedily came
to his rescue, hawever, and rightcd
this upset." and he went calmly
about his normal pursuits after the
boys body had been disposed of.
No Such Thing as Wrong.
He told me he experienced no
pleasure, no pain. no remorse, AMI
no regret. however," said Doctor
Hubert. HE said he didn't believe
he had done wrong, because under
his code there Is no such thing as
moral right and wrong. He said ne
had no desire to commit a similar
crime because he was convinced It
was impossible to commit a perfect
crime intellectually"
What did he tell you was the
motive?"
Doctor Hubert replied that Leo