Evening star., 1924-08-27
DISEASE MNVENTED,"
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| denunciation of the defendants and
| the tactics of their counsel, Clarence
| S. Darrow and the Bachrach brothers
Benjamin and Walter.
| After Mr.. Grove finishes the court
is to spend about an hour dispos-
! ing of the Indictment charging kid
| naping of Robert Franks. Thus far
technically, the proceedings have had
! to do only with the pleas of guilty
| to the murder indictment.
Hits Mental Disease Theory.
Mr.. Grove started with a sarcastic
| renewal of his reference to defense
| alienists as ''the three wise men from
| the east" He took up 'the mental
disease theory of the defense, saying:
| NO one who went on the stand has
been able to give this disease a name.
Yet every one who appeared for the
defense was supposed to know all
there was in the books and lot
| more"
Mr. Grove began to criticize DR..
| William A. Whites record in an East
ern case, and Benjamin Bachrach OBJ
| jected that the court had not permit
| ted the defense to discuss that case.
Judge Caverly made no ruling and
| Mr.. Grove went ahead.
| Prison psychosis" was the defense
in that case, the prosecutor said, and
he added:
| This was a newly discovered dis
| case; discovered by DR.. White then
! just as he discovered new but un-
! named disease in this case"
| Mr. Grove read the official dag
nosis in the case and commented that
the court had been imposed upon"
This mysterious disease disappear
| ed Just as mysteriously as it came on
/ said Mr.. Grove. And in all probabil-
! ity that will happen here" If the
| glasses had not been found; If the
| States attorney had not fastened this
| crime upon the defendants, Nathan
! Leopold, jr., would today be in Paris
or some of the other gay capitals Of
| Europe, indulging his lust on the
| $4,000 wrung from Jacob Franks"
| Defense Enters Objection.
| Mr.. Bachrach renewed his objection
| and the court said:
| 1T is true the defense was not al
| lowed to go into the Gonzales case.
But this court is not going to be
| swayed by any arguments that go
| outside the record"
Mr.. Grove maintained his right to
| criticize DR.. White, just as Mr.. Dar-
| row had criticized DR.. Wilyliam o.
I Krohn, State alienist. when he charg-
| ed that expert with perjury. The
prosecutor asserted that il lay testi-
| mony that Loeb had on one occasion
| fallen to the floor. frothing at the
mouth, had not broken down on cross
| examination, the defense would have
pleaded epilepsy.
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! one on that occasion" he shouted.
He was drunk.
II submit, your honor, that this has
not been an honest defense. l submit
| that it has been bWlt up to fit the
| circumstances.
Picks Mt Loeb's Record.
| Mr.. Grove turned to the report of
| the defenses examining physicians and
picked at its record Of Loeb's earlier
| life
THE report mentions only one faint
! ing SPELL" he said. THE defense at
| torneys tried to supplement this with
| others, and your honor will recall that
| those others turned out to be drunken
| stupors."
The States attorney again defended
| Loebs governess.
The defense tried to prove her
abnormal" he said, land introduced a
! letter she wrote Loeb and a photograph
| to show she was some weird, terrible
creature.
IF l ever read a kind, loving letter
Of advice of the kind so sorely needed
by these defendants, it was that letter.
And the defense aliensts themselves
said she was of attractive appearance,
quietly and modestly dressed.
Hits at Testimony withheld.
She said the boy never had been the
victim of dreams or phantasies. She
came here to do all she could to help
the boy, short of perjury. And that is
the reason she was not brought into
court to testify.
She was quite unaware he was a
petty thief or played detective. The
defense claims she was constantly
with Loeb. night and day, for Is
years. Will you believe her or DIR.
White as to whether Loeb was
thief? She gives the lie to the de-
fense right there
Mr.. Grove ridicuIed defense points
as to the ambitions OF the boys
They say Loeb has no ambition
and, therefore, was mentally sick -
he said Then they say Leopold had
great ambitions and, therefore, was
mentally sick.
1.-The defense says Loeb poisoned
So did l. l remember crawling under
the bed to read Nick Carter, and
when / was in Yale University L
still enjoyed mystery novels. Why,
your honor, that is normal.
But the doctors said he read good
books-Dickens and Thackeray."
Quotes Doctors Report.
And the doctors report says also
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works out consistent schemes for the
future, that he was open and frank
with others as long as they fit in with
his schemes.
1.-The patient says he will tell a lie
with no compunction, read Mr.
Grove from the report. He added:
But he couldn't lie to DIR. White.
That eminent person said he could
look into a mans brain and discover
lie, as the X-ray could look into
mann body"
AS the prosecutor read the report
and compared it's findings with de-
fense arguments Judge Caverly leaned
back with eyes closed and hand
shielding his vision from the day
light.
A small periodical publication,
Richards Magazine" edited and
published by young Richard Loeb in
early boyhood, was cited by Mr..
Grove as showing ''an advanced in
tellectuaI development for a boy of
his age and the humanitarian en-
vironment of his home"
And yet" he went on, when 1t
comes ii meto save the necks Of these
criminals. the counsel for the de-
tense tell your honor that the parents.
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