The Loeb-Leopold case - The Clarence Darrow Collection

The Loeb-Leopold Case
The lawyer was out of the city, the lady had her
glasses on, and then Nathan Leopold, Jr., was called
in and he told the story previously agreed upon by
him and Loeb.
" Nathan, have you your glasses at home?
asked the State's Attorney. " Yes."
" Do those glasses resemble yours? " And Leopold
takes the glasses and examines them and makes
the statement, your Honor: " If I were not sure my
glasses were at home, I would say these are mine."
The State's Attorney requested him to visit his
home, accompanied by the police officers, and to find
his glasses. When he arrived at his home he looked
and looked and looked and went to a drawer where
he picked out the case that he had received when
he purchased the glasses, and he handed the case to
one of the police officers, and said: "This is my
case, with the name of Aimer Coe on the face of it."
But he couldn't find his glasses and the police
officers brought Nathan Leopold back to the La-
Salle Hotel.
Before Leopold had returned to the hotel Richard
Loeb had been brought in, and upon being asked to
trace his footsteps — keeping in mind, your Honor,
that the week had elapsed the day before, and that
the alibi that they had framed was not to be on
after a week — Loeb lost his memory and could not
say where he was on that particular day.
The State's Attorney, leading him step by step,
asked him if it was not a fact that on the 21st he
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