The Loeb-Leopold case - The Clarence Darrow Collection

The Loeb-Leopold Case
October lo, 1923, of the sayings and doings of his
friend Richard Loeb. Note the close observation
of the fact that Loeb made a mistake as to who was
the founder of Stoicism and that that constitutes to
Leopold a greater crime even than murder.
Also, on page 74:
Throughout, the intelligence remains intact; percep-
tion is clear and there is no disorientation in the nar-
rower sense of this term. Memory is good, in spite of
the falsifications in meaning and context that have been
mentioned. The man remains in contact with reality,
active, alert and interested and there is no tendency to
deterioration or dementia. Hallucinations are unusual,
though they may occur during periods of marked excite-
ment.
Dr. Krohn testified that he based his judgment
as to the absence of mental disease of Leopold, upon
his memory, his logical processes, and his orienta-
tion, and his senses: but these are all shown by his
own book to be no evidence that a mental disease
did not exist, but are entirely compatible with the
existence of a paranoid psychosis.
Now, let us see what they have to say about
Loeb.
On page 53, in discussing schizophrenic psychosis,
or dementia praecox, appears this statement:
Schizophrenia, literally translated, means splitting of
the mind. It is not possible to look inside of the mind;
hence, conclusions concerning its operation are based on
observation of what the person says and does, these
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