The Loeb-Leopold case - The Clarence Darrow Collection

The Loeb-Leopold Case
him in any way she could, and through the attorneys
arrangements were made for an interview. She is
very reserved, quiet and strict; her memory is good.
She is a woman of attractive appearance, modestly
and carefully dressed. She denied any imperfec-
tions in herself while with the boy during her stay
with the family. She said that he was quite all right
at 15 years of age, at the time she left the house.
She said he was a lazy boy, but a bright student.
He was lazy until he got along in several grades at
school where he found that he could graduate in one
year's less time than he expected, if he would study,
and so he began to study hard. She denied that he
ever had fears or any disorder in his sleep. She
would not say anything which might reflect on the
boy, even though she was plainly told that a com-
plete understanding of this boy was essential for an
accurate diagnosis."
She came on here, as Dr. Hulbert said, to do any-
thing within her power to help the boy, short of
perjury; although she was told that a complete
understanding of the boy was essential for a correct
diagnosis, which means for a defense in this case,
she would not say anything that might reflect upon
him, because she intended to tell the truth, and that
is why she was sworn as a witness before these
ahenists, but was not brought into court and sworn
before your Honor.
It has been argued here that because Richard
Loeb told the doctors that he had no ambition in
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