The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
GROWE VTTRIOLIC
 IN HANGING PLEA
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any wrong he did me personally.
 T believe in God and that is fault in this case, fault not only to the two mnrderers but to the master plead CT, whose profession it is to protect murder in this county"
 Crowe's terrific attack on the two defendants, their counsel, and the kind of a defense that had been introduced to prove to Justice John R. CaverIy that he should mitigate punishment, threw the opposing attorneys, the pris- oners and the court room into excite ment and confusion. The afternoon session was the most intense and ex citing of the entire hearing,
 Denounces DarrOw
 Crowe's denunciation of Darrow AS a man "who has discarded everything testified to by his witnesses and sub stituted his own anarchistic philosophy to save these boys from hanging," aroused the resentment of the chief defense counsel and precipitated a most unusual scene.
 Here was Grove alternating be- tween terrific accusation and denuncia- tion; and here was Darrow, quivering with rage, his sarcastic smile gone, frequently jumping up and shouting objections to the closing argument be- ing made by the chief prosecutor.
 Once Grove angrily turned and ex- claimde:
 "I did not interfere with your speech and now you are interfering with mine"
 'That may all be true, but it is necessary to interfere" shouted Dar- row. You have gotten away from the evidence and you are making state- ments that are positively untrue"
 Much that has been concealed in the Franks case, hidden testimony, secret cnmity, professional jealousy-all these came to light in open court through the continued pickering between Grove, DarrOw and Benjamin Bachrach.
 Darrow's first insistent objection came when the prosecutor referred to Loeb and Leopold as vicious perverts" and continued with some remarks about certain conditions found on the body of Robert Franks that tended to support the perversion phase of the crime.
 There has been no such evidence" Darrow interpOsed. -s
 Testimony Reread
 q submit that there has been such evidence and that I am justified in drawing an inference from it." Grove replied. As result of this controversy Justice Caverly directed that the tes- timony of the coroner's physician who examined the body. of Robert Franks be read in open court.
 Cyaerly then ordered women to leave the court room and they did so, but only after much protest and series of scenes of confusion. Jacob Franks left the court room, too. He could not bear to hear the gruesome statement about to be read.
 After Walter Bachrac5 had finished reading a small portion of the state nent, which said the physician had Eound no evidence of a recent act of Grove and Darrow became involved in another argument that grew so bitter that Justice Caverly sus- pended court 9 minutes ahead of time lntl Wednesday morning.
 Discusses Alienists
 Grove then took up a discussion of he defense alienists.
 'I wondered when I heard these doc ors say they could not make an exam nation of the defendants under twenty lays or so, what difference it would | rave made if they had not been getting '250 a day apieceT, Grove asked. | What opportunity does states Ilienist ever have to examinei mur- lerers. The murderers counsel won't | permit such an opportunity, and yet in | his case we had the opportunity and he boys were examined by the best lleinists in Chicago. suspected that when these two youths got hold of | ;lever lawyer they would pretend they were insane.
 And that's, why I had these two 'oung egotistieal smart alecks exam ned"
 With this the states attorney turned | lgain to Loeb and Leopold and shaking | lis fist at them he shouted:
 That's just what they are, a couple | If smart alecks, pampered and spoiled | y their folks.
 "Why, in one breath the wise men rom the east tell you that these mur- lerers still believe in Santa Claus, in i he next breath, MT. Darrow tells you hat they don't believe in anything, even | n God.
 What better opportunity did any i llienists for q prosecution ever have han this one to examine murderers? As | )r. Krohn said, they laid their souls i 'are. They told us everything they i new.
 Thought He Was Dreaming
 Il sometimes have thought during hese weeks in court that I was dream | ng here. I thought so when I heard l hese alienists get on the stand and | ry to make these murders not sane or insane, but talk around and make them ut just crazy enough to save them rom from the gallows. I had antici- | ,ated just such defense and that's he reason l had alienists examine the, prisoners.
 For the same reason I called in all ] he friends and associates of Loeb and | leopold and put them under oath.
 All the findings in that Hubert | Bowman report were not read to the 'ourt and shall take that up later.
 Why, if these boys had disordered | minds, wasn't Loeb's- nurse put on the tand! She came all the way here rom Maine to help Dickie?''
 Benjamin Bachrach shouted an ob- | ectiOn and Grove turned on him avagely and exclaimed:
 I'll agree with you that this re- 'ort is full of lies, lies bought and paid or. And the only explanation that I l an give of DF, Whites testimony is hat he has reached his second child l loOd. One of the very convincing proofs that Loeb is mentally disordered, according to Dr. White is that when le was little he had his picture taken n a cowboys dress.
 When Dr. White said that I saw hudder go through every woman in his courtroom, I began to think of my 'wn boy. Other doctors saw how silly his was and they discarded it in their estimony and said they paid no atten- ion to it.