The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-01
DOCTOR
IS FIRST
0G|VE
VIEWS
Path Beset by Objections -
Questions Part Of Testi-
n1ony Is Stricken Out
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES,
International NeWs Serves.

1MS3EMMLADB0l NEWS C&Eylc1s
CRIMINAL COURT, CHICAGO,
Aug. 1.-Jndge John r. CaverIy
flung wide open the door today
for dozen alienists to submit
evidence Of the mental disease.
functional in character 2 which,
they say, afflicts both Nathan +.
Leopold, r.. and Richard A. Loeb
md Is largely responsible for their
cool murder u slittle Brbby
Franks.
It Is upon the testimony Of these
alienists that the lawyers defend
ing the two students viii seek 10
save them from the hangman'b
moose and send them to prison for
the crime.
Persists In Ruling.
After listening to hours ana
hours Of legal wrangling over the
admissibility Of the alienists' testS.
mony, Judge CaverIy ruled that
their conclusions could be submit.
ted for what they are worth.
Under his decision the psychia.
trists will be allowed to testify
that Leopold and Loeb are Queer
that they are dreamers, that they
have disordered inteIlects, in short
that they are almost anythink
short Of legally insane. Even the
experts will not be permitted 60
say they are legally insane, for tho
boys confessed and the court ac.
cepted their sanity when they
pleaded guilty to the murder.
The battle over alienists delayed
more than two days got under
way Immediately.
Doctor White On Stand.
Doctor william Al. white. 4 dis.
tinguished psychiatrist, Of Wash
ington, who Is superintendent of
the Governments biggest insane
hospital there. st. Elizabetli's. took
the stand at once.
Judge Caveriy's decision was
given after only half an hours
argument this morning which
brought States Attorney Grove into
action with b short sarcastic speech
in which he charged Clarence Dar-
row. chief OF the defense counsel.
with trying to paint his clients a.
little boys stealing jam instead
OF cold blooded murderers.'
When court reconvened this
morning Attorney Walter Bach.
rach. for the defense. resumed his
argument In favor of permitting
the alienists to testify. He took
the go -
cited by the States one by one nnd
denied that they were applicable to
this case. @
Bachrach severely criticized states
Attorney Grove for his irsisfence
upon hanging Leopold and Loeb.
He accused Grove OF seeking to per.
sonally fix the penalty In this case,
rather than to allow the court to de-
eide Il.
Address IL Brief.
Bachrach spoke about fifteen min.
utes and then gave way TO States
Attorney Grove, who closed for the
State.
when Grove sat down Judge
Caverly leaned back in his chair
and said that under the statute the
court deemed It HIS duty to hear evil
u0HCS IN unLlBaLlOns @ aF Il aNG
THE objection of the State II
over-ruled," said Judge Caverly,
''and the witness may proceed"
Grove noted an exception.
With Walter Bachrach, one Of
the defense counsel, doing the lead
Ing. Doctor White then told Of HE
long career in medicine, and n
specializing in mental diseases. He
Nava 4 liaf NJ offfcan halA Il. Y,,.a
pitfalls and institutions for mental
diBeasee that was 30 lengthy e
took him ten minutes to give them.
Then came the list OF books which
Doctor White has written on men.
tai diseases. Insanity in the Grim
inal Law" was one. There were
q dozen others.
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, a. wash.
ington. Of which he Il auperinten.
dent had maze than four lhow