The Loeb-Leopold case - The Clarence Darrow Collection

The Loeb-Leopold Case
box, and a plea of not guilty. But trapped like a
couple of rats, with no place to escape except
through an insanity defense, they proceed to build
it up.
A weird, uncanny crime? The crime is not as
weird or uncanny as the defenscthat is put in here.
Let us see what Dr. Hulbert said in his report.
That is in evidence, introduced by the defense, so
I do not suppose there will be any objection to my
reading from that. I am glad that the defendants'
lawyers concede me some few rights in this court
room, although they argue that I ought to be down
in the office, after a plea of guilty, and that I have
no business up here at all.
The report: " Personal history, Richard Loeb.
Mother's health: During pregnancy she was not
very sick. Her fever was not remarkable, although
there was much morning sickness."
The doctor did not testify to that on direct ex-
amination, your Honor. He did not think this
report would ever get into the hands of the State's
Attorney, and he said he did not. He created the
impression by his direct examination that there
was something wrong at the time of this boy's
birth.
What does he say in his report? He was a per-
fect baby. Oh! He developed a little late sexually,
and at the age of fifteen Dr. Hulbert in his report
said he had gonorrhea.
On page nine: " There is no history of fainting
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