The Washington times., 1924-09-10

hope Of lowering ali records for
eastbound crossing.
court with them. All were expected
to prove that Leopold and Loeb
were abnOrmal-the victims az
dream fantasies and bloated esoihIn.
Pictures of ''Dickie," when he was
q chap smaller than Bobby Franks,
were introduced. They showed hiHn
in cowboy costume, tracking imag-
mary redskins, with a revolver ready
for action. Another depicted him in
child's policeman suit, even to the
helmet, peeking around a corner,
with club poised to strike at an
imaginary criminal.
Views Of Alienists.
The alienists said that "DicIie"
had stolen all his life-from his pai-
snts ana from other relatives. He
stole in school and college, not be
cause he needed the articles he
stole, but for the pure pleasure Of
stealing.
All OF this Disguised States Az
torney Grove He said it was Vapid
TO suppose that testimony that
'Dickte" always ran upstairs two
or three steps at time, or smoked
cigarettes in jerky manner, show
ed him to be abnormal. At one
Ioint he said to Judge Caverly:
It's not blood on their hands.
No, it's just jam"
Leopold provided the more inter-
esting psychological study. 1t " az
shown that he studied religions,
even when child, with a morbid
interest. Particularly did the Cruel
fIxion of Christ interest him, and
ne was given to imagining that he
vas being crucified as was the
Nazarene.
Left Him Hardened.
He. set out, the alienists testified.
at a ridiculously early age to stlf:s
all sentiment and emotion within
! him.
The death of his mother, whom he
worshipped, left him hardened, for
ne could not understand why an
an-powerful and ADJUST God should
TAKE her away and leave behind
women OF obvious imperfections.
Leopold became an atheist and
an individualist. His one aim IN
! NE was to get what he could out
OF II tnat would give him pleasure.
1
right and legal If It gave him
pleasure. In fact, both boys ad.
m1tted that they would commit the
crime all over again II they Thought
1t would provide a thrill great
enough for them.
| The one fantasy that occupied
Leopold's brain to the exclusion Of
nearly all else was the famous
| klng-SlaVe Authorization. Len
pold, self admittedly unpopular
with all his associates save Loeb.
had for Loeb love or an affection
of astounding proportions. He told
the alienists he was jealous of even
the food and drink that "Dickie"
consumed because they came nearer
to him than he could.
Diclxie king In Fantasy.
He fancied "Dickie" as a power.
full king in this dream fantasy of
his. He was "Dickie's" slave. He
would do anything for the king he
loved.
There was no such fantasy in
Loeb's mind, however. He was
Disguised by Leopold's strange love
! for him. "Dickie" was popular
with his school chums. Girls were
enamored of him. He was not aloof
and cold. as Leopold was, because
he had not that great intellectual
development that made Leopold
think himself the worlds superman.
| Loeb, however, did consider him.
self superior to his associates.
The contention of the defense
allenists was that this Franks
crime never woul dhave been com.
mitted had Leopold and Loeb not
met. They argued that Loeb and
Leopold were compliments to each
other.
The one supplied what the other
| lacked. With the mating Of these
two variants the perfect crime"
that failed OF perfection was con.
ceived and born.
Leopold was not necessarily In.
tent on numbering someone for a
thrill, II one cared to believe the
alienists. "Diclxie," however, was
But he felt that he needed help.
Disguised Leopold.
In Loeb's proposition that thew
kidnap and murder someone Lee
/ pold saw an opportunity to serve
| his king as a faithful slave. There
originated the thing called by the
! alienists "a childish compact" and
branded by Grove as a pact that
made Leopold unmistakably q pei.
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