The Loeb-Leopold case - The Clarence Darrow Collection

The Loeb-Leopold Case
then break with him. Leopold had enough on him,
on A, B, C and D, and that is why he wanted
Leopold to help him choke the life out of little
Bobby Franks.
Again, on page loo: " Considerable trouble was
experienced in perfecting a plan whereby they could
secure " — what? The thrill? No — " the money,
without exposing themselves to too much danger of
being apprehended." And again, on page loo:
" They wanted to divide the $10,000 ransom money
equally."
No emotion in the superman Leopold? No, he
killed all his emotions before he came into court
on the advice of counsel and the advice of doctors.
But on page 102 :
*' It was necessary to hit the vic-
tim several times over the head and he bled some.
This upset the patient a great deal. He said to his
companion, ' My
God, this is awful.' He experi-
enced a sinking feehng in the pit of his stomach.
His hands trembled, he lost some of his self-control.
His companion, however, laughed and joked and
helped the patient to get back his self-control."
When they got to the culvert they found the boy
had already died and they could not carry out their
original scheme of strangling him with a rope.
Again, on page 108: "Asked if he would commit
another such a crime if he were certain that he
could escape detection, he replied, ' I would not
commit another such a crime because I realize that
no one can ever be sure of escaping detection.' "
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