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had had a quarrel with Dicky last
summer and she had not seen 80
was the time she told him she
never could be anything but a
sister to him.
HE didn't like that" she said,
her eyes dropping, land he called
up my sister and asked her to in
torcede for him."
Very International.
Sometimes, when he called, she
declared, he was very I'M
emotional"
There was slight smoker that
ran around the court room at this,
were leaning forward eagerly to
catch the low-toned words as they
fell from the witness.
He seemed particularly irrational
and irresponsible" she said, de-
murely, ""after we had the quarrel "
The examination Of 1ck's erstwhilO
sweetheart Yves very short, and
barrow soon turned the girl over
to the States attorney for cross
examination. He lost no time in
going after her statements concern.
ing Loeb's being irrational and ir-
responsible.
Now, Doctor" began Grove. his
: mind evidently still full of the
ehenlsts testimony. Laughter from
the court room.
Il beg your pardon" he said
with mock seriousness, "I mean
Miss Nathan. You are fond of
Richard Loeb aren't yeu?"
Il was" returned the girl.
Aren't you now?" Grove asked
Well, not in that way"
What way?" promptly demanded
mot in the way I was" came
the truly feminine rejoinder.
Wouldn't Lie For Him.
You wculdn't lie to save Dicky
would your" asked Grove,
NO" was the emphatic reply.
At this point, Grove asked her
II she had ever been to the States
Attorneys office and she replied
that she had. 1t was when Loeb
mad first been accused of the MUIR
der of Bobby Franks, and Grove
was examining all the boy friends
tor additional light and facts con.
corning the crime and its motive.
Grove produced his files, and
started to read some of the state
ments she had made then about
young Loeb, but Clarence Darrow
interrupted with an angry objection.
He insisted that Grove had no
right to confront witness with
previous statements unless he first
showed them to the witness. Grove
replied that he certainly had" and
their argument waxed warm.
Grove finally became so angry he
said:
rs Mr.. Darrow to be permitted
to bring in new points Of law here
to prevent the States Attorney
from showing deliberate perjury?"
That's a little strong" said
barrow, turning to Judge Caverly.
Yes, strike it out" said the
court.
The wrangle continued for q few
moments, both Darrow and. Grove
arguing that their respective con
tentions could be supported by "the
authorities"
An effort by the defense LAWYERS
to shorten the trial by the elimina.
ton OF long list of lay witnesses
on both sides failed today.
Counsel for the two young slayers
offered to dispense with more than
q score Of witnesses, recruited from
the relatives and friends Of Babe"
and "Dicky," If the State would
agree to a similar reduction in its
list of witnesses.
After weighing the proposition
behind closed doors for half an
hour, States Attorney Robert E..
Grove turned 1t down and an.
Hounced that the trial of the young
slayers would go on along the
lines originally laid down.
Meanwhile, more than a score
of college classmates Of the young
slayers were summoned by the de.
Tense, held in the witness room,
just outside the court room. ready
to take the stand and add the
weight Of their testimony to that
OF the alienists that both young
slayers college careers were marked
with 'eccentricities" and wild.
ness"
Within few minutes after
Grove rejected the defense's offer
counsel for the two boys put on the