The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-28
EXPERT REPORT
NOT MADE PUBLIC
States Attorney in Final
Plea Charges Defense
With Trickery.
BOYS WERE TUTORED
State Declares Loeb and Leo
pOld Had Been Told What to
Do When Examined.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
Chicago, Ill. Money was the
controlling motive" in the kidnap-
ing and murder of young Bobby
Franks, States Attorney Robert
e. Grove argued today in contin-
uing his plea before Judge John =
r. CaverIy for the death penalty
for Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Rich.
ard Loeb.
He read at length from pri-
vate report of two Of the defense
alienists, which he said never
had been intended for the states
attorney" excerpts which he de-
clared revealed unwittingly the
real motive of the crime.
Money, money, money" shout
ed the prosecutor. at is all
through this case. And l will
show later they needed 1t to pay
gambling debts"
Chicago, Ill. - State Attorney Rob-
ert E, Grove, vitriolic in speech and
at times apoplectic in gesture, re-
sumed his onslaught today upon the
mercy plea in behalf of Nathan Leo
pold, Jr., and Richard Loeb.
With a renewed attack upon the
competency of the defense alienist tes-
timony describing the mental debility
of the murderers of Bobby Franks,
Mr.. Grove insisted upon q name for
"the strange mental sicknesses IN
vented for this case"
Fr0sa the outset the explosive ar
Yumcdt os thF Prosecutor drew ~
objacsssn q W. defense counsel, and
an eli. tains wrANgle fSn technicalities
called rom Chief 'psssae John R. Cav
erly to whom falls the dIty OF fixing
SENTENCE, The quiet and firm declara-
ton that the "court will not consider
any argument outside of the record"
Mr.. Crows, once visibly irritated By
the objections Of the defense, turned
vigorously upon the bench to assert:
sThey have been quoting poetry and
philosophy here for four days; ! don't
see why we can't have little citation
from the law
sWe have heard everything that is
In the books and Of a great deal that
never got into the books from the
three wise men from the east, brought
in by the defense; but nobody has ven
tured to give this mental disease
name, said Grove.
Mental Disease "Un-named".
He then endeavored again to describe
the court proceedings in a case in
which the defense was found by alien
lists to have been the victim Of
"newly discovered mental disease" He
was checked in this citation by defense
objection and the court ruling, but not
before ne voiced the charge that "this
too Ia a newly discovered mental dis
ease - discovered by the three wise
men from the east after every other
possible avenue Of escape has been
sealed"
nThev tell us that Loeb read de-
tective stories and that's bad sign"
said Mr.. Grove bit later, "well, /
remember when used to crawl under
the bed to read Nick Carter. Why
that's not a bad sign, that's normal for
boys"
Mr.. Grove charged that the boys had
been advised 'what to say to the de-
Tense alienists in their examination
in the county Jail. He charged that
the youths collaborated with the at
terneys and the doctors in improvis-
ing "this weird and uncanny defense"
Not Intended for Prosecutor.
The states attorney read an excerpt
from the celebrated acknowledgements
report which one of the authors had
testified, "never had been intended to
be read by the prosecutor" The ex-
cerpt said there would be "a certain
legal advantage in the suppression OF
come Of the details Of the boys men-
tai processes"
"Who is the trickster in this caseT"
the states attorney asked. as it Mr..
barrow who has charged the states
attorney with such tactics, or is 10
some one else 7"
Mr.. Grove referred to four episodes
in Loeb's life mentioned in the report
only as "a" "B" &C" and "D".
"I charge that Leopold knew what
they were" he shouted. 81 charge that
Leopold black mailed Loeb with those
episodes"
The prosecutor said too that money
was the compelling motive in the
crime.
AThey grabbed for such high stakes
that not even their millionaire COM
panions could stand the pace" he
said. "They had to have money; they
conceived this idea Of this crime not
for a thrill but for money.
money, money, money. It is all
thr ough this case. Yet Mr. barrow said
It was only a case Of two poor little
rich boys wandering in the dark, look
ing for teddy bear"
Defends DIR. Krohn.
NJ. Grove began to criticize DR.. Will
liam A. Whites record in an eastern