The Loeb-Leopold case - The Clarence Darrow Collection

The Loeb-Leopold Case
Among others considered at that particular time
was their bosom friend, Richard Rubel; this boy
who, three times a week, would have lunch with both
defendants. And they talked over just what method
they would pursue to dispose of their companion,
and then the thought came to them that if they had
to dispose of Rubel some one might suspect them;
also that Rubel's father was a tightwad, and in
all probability would not come across with the
cash.
Their next move, your Honor, was to open a
bank account, and Richard Loeb withdrew money
from the bank and turned it over to Nathan Leopold
so that he might open an account in the Hyde Park
State Bank under the name of Morton D. Ballard.
They next established a residence at the Morrison
Hotel.
Leopold then appeared at the Rent-a-Car Com-
pany and made application for a car, stating that he
was a salesman from Peoria, and giving as his resi-
dence the Morrison Hotel, his bank account the
Hyde Park State Bank, and as a city reference
Louis Mason, 1352 Wabash Avenue. Also the tele-
phone number of the latter's store.
Jacobs, the president of the concern, called the
telephone number that was given him by Leopold,
who had represented himself as Morton D. Ballard,
Loeb was awaiting the telephone call. He answered
the phone, and stated in response to the questions
that were asked by Jacobs, the president, that his
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