The Loeb-Leopold case - The Clarence Darrow Collection

The Loeb-Leopold Case
had lunch with Leopold at Marshall Field's grill.
Loeb then knew that Leopold had told the ahbi
story, and he immediately proceeded to tell his story,
the same as Leopold, and convincing every one in
that room, your Honor, that he was telling the ab-
solute truth.
And after he had gone over his story, which
varied in no respect after he started to tell it, the
State's Attorney asked him what he thought about
the glasses, and Loeb said: "Why every one says
that if you find the owner of the glasses you have
found the man who murdered Bobbie Franks."
The State's Attorney then said to him: " Richard,
what would you say if I told you that your pal,
Nathan Leopold, is the owner of the glasses? "
Why, your Honor, he almost jumped out of his
seat, and gasped: " My God! Why, that can't be
true, and if it is true it could not be Nathan that
had anything to do with this crime. Why, I was
with him on that day in question." And the State's
Attorney said to him: " Yes, Richard, I know you
were."
He was taken from the room, and Leopold was
brought back, and upon being asked if he had found
his glasses he stated that he had not, and that these
glasses must be his.
Then he was asked to explain how it was possible
for his glasses to be approximately ten or twelve
feet from the culvert where this boy was buried, and
he had the most wonderful explanation. " Why,"
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