The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-01
MILLIONAIRE
SLAYERS WIN
COURTS EAR
Judge Ignores States
Attorney Grove

The long-awaited results of the
"Million-for-D Defense" trial Of Nathan
Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb have
begun to show in the court room. The
wealthy young murders seem about to
win at least hearing of mitigating
evidence" which their counsel Clar-
ence Darrow hopes will save them
from the extreme penalty for their
crimes.
Judge John R. Caverly YEARLY bat
tied states attorney Robert e. Grove
over the right Of the court to hear
the testimony of medical men on the
degree of responsibility of the con.
fessed slayers. Caverly is quite will
ing to hear, in fact, insists that he
hear, the case of the defense, altho
the boys have pleaded guilty"
Judge Is Willing.
His disposition to hear the results
of Darrow's and Benjamin Bachrach's
legal defense may be a mere gesture
of federation, show Of Impartial
ty." 1t may be friendliness to the de-
Tense, part of the results of the mil
lions for Defense" 1t is scarcely con
ceivable in this day of such gross in
justice on every side that Judge Ca
verify should be actually playing the
part of the blinded maiden with the
scales.
But even that may be the truth.
The judge is at least willing to listen
to the defense with as much atten-
tiveness as he has heard the states
case presented.
Workers Get Short Shift.
In by far the majority Of trials of
workers, whether on actual or
trumped-up criminal or radical charg-
es, the court would be much more
willing to accept the states attor-
ney's prejudiced judgment and cut
short the defense. In the equity court
where the infamous Judge Dennis
Sullivan sits the striking garment
workers and their attorney Peter Siss-
man received the least courteous at
tention consistent with the dignity"
of the court.
The steel workers in the Farrell
case, tried in Mercer, Pennsylvania,
were given scant audience by the
court. The states case was accepted
beforehand. In California the courts
have accepted the false testimony of
two confessed degenerate stool-pig-
cons hundreds of times to convict
members of the Industrial Workers
of the World who were never given
a fair hearing by the judges.
barrow Serene.
Clarence Darrow Is not the. wor-
led man In the trial Of young Loeb
md Leopold. Whether he is wearing
1 poker" mask and whether he does
or does not know what is coming,
that remains to be seen The melo-
dramatic Mr. Grove reiterates his in
tention of baking any pretense of an
insanity" defense.
w. r. "Holsts" Puppet.
Art Brisbane, Hearst's left-hand.
column preacher Of vicious pseudo
liberalism, appeared in court yester-
udy dL LH6 uOIueuI When the SdldCl-
Gus details were being whispered into
the ears of the court stenographer
Art climbed right up with Judge Ca
verify and chatted fgriliarly for about
ten minutes before taking seat in
the inner circle" where he could
write his blather about the boys and
the Judge with cold, stern face"
Brisbane, you notice, arrives at the
end Of the states case and the begin
ming of the defense. Now the case
gets Interestingly
But after all, the workers who have
been slain for the greed Of these faith
ers, Leopold, Loeb (and his brothers)
and Franks, the workers whose slav-
cry permitted the degeneracy of the
young men, are not SO much con-
cerned with the outcome Of the trial.
Their wage slavery continues and
will until they realize the power Of
their organizing and take society in
hand so that no more such parasites
shall be.