The Loeb-Leopold case - The Clarence Darrow Collection

The Loeb-Leopold Case
juries are influenced, not by oratory, but by hard
facts sworn to by witnesses. That is why I have
paid more attention to the preparation of the evi-
dence in this case than I have to writing a closing
speech.
Now, let us see if there is any other evidence in
this case. Among the letters introduced in evidence
we find one from Allen M. Loeb. Allen Loeb is the
generalissimo of the defense; he is the one who is
advising young Loeb whether or not he ought to tell
the doctors this, or whether he ought to tell the
lawyers that. This letter was mailed May 19th at
5.30 P.M., 1924, and probably was received by
Richard Loeb the day of the murder; marked
" Personal,"
Dear Dick: I wanted to send this letter to you so
there would be no possible chance of Dad seeing it.
Glad to hear about Sammy Schmaltz, but could that
amount have been possibly reversed? If so, you are all
wrong in your gambling ; and even so, you must be shooting
a little too high. Did you get cash, or did he pay on
an I. O. U., I suppose? Best love,
Allen.
" Could that amount have been possibly re-
versed? " Did you really win or did he?
Another letter from one of his companions, and
it is fair to assume that he is a wealthy man, or the
son of a wealthy man. It is written on the station-
ery of Robert L. Leopold, 530 Thompson Street,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is as follows:
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