For The Thrill Of It: Leopold, Loeb, And The Murder That Shocked Chicago

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by Simon Baatz


  170 -72

  case against Thomas Fitzgerald, 199,

  201

  case against Walter Krauser and

  Bernard Grant, 359-62, 413-14 Cook County list of men executed,

  363, 372

  Crowe as proponent for, 197, 213-14,

  372, 388-89

  Crowe seeks in Leopold and Loeb

  case, 161, 233-34, 235, 238, 243,

  287-88, 290, 358-59, 371-72,

  388-89, 417-18

  Dolginoff, Stephen, 451 Donkar, Ed, 255

  Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, ix Douglas School, 30-31, 309 Doyle, Arthur Conan, 35 Drake, Glenn, 24

  Duffy, Tom (Red), 425 Dunham, Charles, 274-75 Durand, James, 341

  evolution, 423-24

  Ewing Avenue police station, 105 eyeglasses

  drop from Leopold's clothes, 87

  found at crime scene, 11, 12, 13, 25 -26, 87, 103, 104, 105, 118, 119, 233

  Leopold questioned about, 110-11, 112, 113 -15

  linked to Leopold, 131

  Eagle Harbor (Michigan), 29

  Eagle River (Michigan), 29

  Eckstein, Frederick, 20

  Edfeldt, David, 232, 282

  Edgewater Beach Hotel, 391-92, 399 813 (Leblanc), 35

  Emory, Elwood, 24

  endocrinology, 194, 247-51

  adrenal glands, 248-49

  endocrine glands and mental health, 249-51

  interstitial sex glands, 249

  Jones metabolimeter, 251-52

  Leopold's pineal gland, 253-54, 331, 334

  Loeb's low metabolism, 251, 254 pancreatic glands, 249

  pineal gland, 248, 331, 334-38 pituitary gland, 248, 331, 345

  plethysmorgraph, 252

  testing of Leopold and Loeb, 251-56, 328-34, 335-38

  thymus gland, 249

  thyroid gland, 248, 249, 331

  Victor X-ray machine, 252, 336-38 Englund, Sven, 77-78, 91-93, 127-30, 233

  Enright, Maurice (Mossy), 295

  Errico, Thomas, 363

  Erselen, F. C., 275

  Ettelson, Samuel, 6-10, 12-15, 17-18, 240

  sexual abuse alleged, 380-83

  threats against family of, 21

  victim by chance, 81-83, 157

  Franks, Flora, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 17, 24-25, 89, 290, 394, 405

  Franks, Jack, 4

  Franks, Jacob, 4, 5-6, 7, 12, 21, 89

  appearance, 240

  on Caverly decision to allow

  psychiatric evidence, 307

  in court, 240, 290, 306-7

  court testimony, 290-91

  ransom payment, 13-14, 95-97, 100

  sale of home, 393-94

  statement after Leopold and Loeb confessions, 138

  testimony before grand jury, 233

  threats during Leopold and Loeb case, 393-94

  verdict in Leopold and Loeb case and, 404-5

  wealth of, 6, 16

  Franks, Jacob, Jr., 4-5, 6, 17

  Franks, Josephine, 4, 6, 21

  Freud, Sigmund, 265, 420-21

  Clabaugh, Hinton, 414-15

  Cleveland Plain Dealer, 413

  Cliff Mines (Michigan), 29

  Clinnin, John, 236

  Cocoanut Grove Restaurant, 116

  Collins, Cornelius, 418

  Collins, Morgan, 15-16, 20, 21-22, 25 communism, 183

  Communist Labor Party, 183

  Compulsion (film), 445-46, 450-51 Compulsion (Levin), 445-46, 450, 451 Cook County Criminal Court, 256,

  426

  Caverly as chief justice, 241

  Darrow in practice before, 170-72,

  183 - 84

  hearing on mitigation of punishment

  for Leopold and Loeb, 284-390 indictment against Leopold and

  Loeb, 232-44

  insanity commissions, 153

  Leopold and Loeb enter plea, 239-42 Prendergast case, 170-72

  trial of Communist Labor Party, 183 trial of Emma Simpson, 191-92 trial of Russell Pethick, 187

  trial of Thomas Fitzgerald, 200-201 Cook County Criminal Court Building,

  Chicago, 141, 142. See also Cook

  County Criminal Court

  Crowe press conference at, after

  confessions, 136

  Leopold and Loeb questioned at,

  112-17, 122-23, 128-30

  spectators at, 143, 239-40, 369-71,

  377, 399-400

  Cook County jail, 255

  Bowman-Hulbert examination of

  Leopold and Loeb, 247-55

  executions in, 169, 201

  jailbreak attempt, 255

  Leopold and Loeb in, 228, 232, 247,

  Lowhone case precedent, 300-302 Marshall's closing statement, 361-65 mental illness and, 284, 364-69 mitigating factors, 284, 401-2

  opposing philosophies of crime and

  punishment and, 162

  prosecution team, 290

  prosecution witnesses, 291, 300,

  342-57

  psychiatric testimony, 292-93, 303,

  307-11, 315-18, 323-34, 342-46 ransom as aggravating factor, 364-65,

  385-88

  security instituted, 398-99

  sentencing date set, 390

  spectators, 369-71, 377, 399-400 state's cross-examination, 312-15,

  318 -19, 326 -38

  testimony of Jacob Franks, 290-91 threats of lynching, 398-99

  Couzens, James, 55

  Cowles, Edward S., 420

  Cox, Benjamin, 275

  Crapo, Leonard, 363

  Cravens, J. B., 66

  crime and punishment. See also death

  penalty

  as consequence of economic and

  social conditions, 215

  Darrow's philosophy, 161, 165,

  174-75, 183-85, 192-96, 245,

  250-51, 374-76

  determinism and, 161, 174-75,

  185-86, 195-96, 216, 374-76, 455 endocrinology and, 250-51

  free will and, 174, 215-16, 245, 266,

  455

  Glueck's theory, 263

  medicalizing ideology, 266-67 mental derangement and, 185-89,

  262, 263

  organized crime, 216

  case of Frank Lowhone and,

  300-302

  case against Fred Lundin, 220-24 case against Thomas Fitzgerald,

  197-201, 206, 209, 372

  case of Eugene Geary and, 295-99 characterization of crime, 3

  confessions of Leopold and Loeb,

  131-43, 235-36

  cross-examination of Glueck, 326-37 cross-examination of Healy, 318-19 cross-examination of Hulbert,

  334 -38

  cross-examination of White, 312-15 crusade against illegal gambling,

  217-18

  Darrow's cross-examination of state's

  psychiatrists and, 352

  death of, 447

  death penalty and, 197, 206, 209 death penalty in Leopold and Loeb

  case sought, 161, 233-34, 235, 238,

  243, 270-72, 287-88, 290, 358-59,

  371-72, 388-89, 417-18

  early theory of crime, 22-23

  E. G. Marshall plays in Compulsion,

  450

  election of 1920 and, 206-9

  enmity toward Darrow, 161, 165 evidence mounts against Leopold and

  Loeb, 119-26

  fame of, 214

  fights habeas corpus for Leopold and

  Loeb, 231-32

  fights hearing on mitigation in

  Leopold and Loeb case, 286-304 grand jury proceedings, Leopold and

  Loeb case, 232-35

  gray Winton automobile sought by,

  20

  guilty plea by Leopold and Loeb and,

  283-84

  Dailey, James (Bull), 208

  Daly's Restaurant, 145

  Danielson, O. A., 273, 274

  Dargan, Preston, 72-74

  Darnell, Carl, 252, 336

  Darrow, Amirus, 174, 192

  Darrow, Clarence, 165-96
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br />   aftermath of Leopold and Loeb case, 422-24

  at Allegheny College, 192

  appeal in Leopold and Loeb case readied, 396-97

  appearance of, 144, 168, 228-29, 230, 242, 246, 289, 292, 324, 370, 377

  in Ashtabula, Ohio, 166, 168, 174

  as attorney for labor movement, 166, 176, 177-78, 179 - 82

  autobiography of, 464

  Bowman-Hulbert examination of Leopold and Loeb, 246-56

  calendar in Leopold and Loeb case and, 242-44

  case of Charles Healey, 183

  case of Communist Labor Party, 183

  case of Edward Hettinger, 188-89

  case of Emma Simpson, 190-92

  case of Eugene Debs, 177-78

  case of Eugene Prendergast, 167-68, 170 -72

  case of the Haymarket prisoners, 169 -70

  case of McNamara brothers,

  180 - 82

  case of Mont Tennes, 182

  case of Oscar DePriest, 182-83

  case of Russell Pethick, 185-88

  insanity defense, 189-92, 269-70,

  277, 278

  on judicial system, 170

  jury tampering scandal, 182

  Leopold and Loeb enter plea, 239-42 loopholes in legal code and, 171-72,

  173

  loss of renown, 180-82

  mental derangement (diminished

  capacity) as defense, 185-89 mitigation of punishment in Leopold

  and Loeb case, 280-304

  motions considered in Leopold and

  Loeb case, 277-78

  motive for taking Leopold and Loeb

  case, 196

  move to Chicago, 166, 168

  opposition to death penalty, 170,

  173-74, 376-78, 404, 422-23 Orson Welles plays in Compulsion,

  450-51

  partner in Darrow, Sissman, Holly,

  and Carlin, 182

  personality and character, 168

  philosophy of crime and punishment,

  161, 165, 174-75, 183-88, 192-96,

  245, 250-51

  plan for defense of Leopold and Loeb,

  256, 267-68, 269-70, 276-79 politics, centrist, 183

  politics, radical and progressive,

  168-69, 179, 182, 424

  on practicing law, 165-66

  press and, 272, 289

  on public opinion in Leopold and

  Loeb, 237-38, 323

  public speaking/oration of, 168, 176,

  223, 376-78

  questioning of William Healy, 315-18 radio broadcast of Leopold and Loeb

  trial opposed, 276

  scientism and, 192-96, 245

  Darrow's campaign against, 422-23 Darrow's opposition to, 170, 173-74,

  189, 376-78, 404, 422-23

  as deterrent, 216, 417-18

  diminished-capacity defense, 186-88 executions in Cook County jail, 169,

  201

  guilty plea and, 372

  hanging as means of, 167, 169

  Haymarket bombing case, 169 Hoyne seeks in Pethick case, 186 Illinois law on, 358

  Judge Caverly and, 240

  juveniles executed, 362-63

  mitigating factors, 361-63, 391 public demand for, Leopold and Loeb

  case, 319-23, 392-93

  sanity necessary for execution,

  296-97, 396-97

  Debs, Eugene, 177-78, 379

  Degnan, Suzanne, 436

  Democratic Party (Chicago), 6

  Chicago Daily Journal and, 218, 464 Darrow and, 168

  Denby, Edwin C., 55

  Deneen, Charles, 204, 219

  DePriest, Oscar, 182-83

  Detective Story Magazine, 71

  determinism, 161, 174-75, 184-85,

  195-96, 216, 374-76

  Detroit Free Press, 413

  Deutsch, Armand, 78

  Dever, William, 15, 140, 219-20

  Devoorde, Philip Van, 19

  Dew Drop Inn (Leopold and Loeb stop

  at), 84-85, 133

  Dewey, John, 36

  DeYoung, Frederic Robert, 18, 240 Dick, Paul, 251

  Dickens, Charles, 34

  Dix, Dorothea, 257

  Doherty, Jim, 425

  Fabre, Jean-Henri, 195

  Fennessy, Mike, 207

  Ferry, Asa, 275

  First Principles (Spencer), 192

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 321, 449

  Fitzgerald, Thomas, 197-201, 206, 209, 372

  Fitzmorris, Charles, 217-18

  Ford, Henry, 55

  Foreman, Gerhart (Leopold's maternal grandfather), 30

  Francis Parker School, 33

  Franks, Bobby. See also murder of

  Bobby Franks

  body discovered, 10-12, 96

  cause of death, 11, 12, 234

  collection of poems in his memory, 4 discoloration on body, 11, 12, 17, 86 Ellis Avenue as site of abduction, 19,

  23

  funeral service, 24-25

  at Harvard School, 4, 5, 102

  home (Ellis Avenue), 4, 6, 12, 24, 81,

  393-94

  identification of body, 13-14

  kidnapping of, 4-26, 81-83, 85 as Loeb's second cousin, 81, 83, 102,

  142, 157

  personality, 5

  police protection of family, 21 reward offered by family, 20

  Gaensslen, Bessie, 417-18

  Geary, Eugene, 295-99, 396

  General Managers' Association, 177, 178 George, Henry, 169

  Gertz, Elmer

  attorney for Leopold's parole

  hearings, 439-43

  lawsuit against movie Compulsion, 445-46

  Gibbs, Charles, 301

  Gill, John B., 171

  Glenn, Otis, 18

  Glueck, Bernard, 262-64, 265, 420

  psychiatric examination of Leopold and Loeb, 263-64

  testimony, 306, 323-27

  Goettge, Frank, 55

  Goldstein, Alvin, 101-2, 103, 120, 463 Gore, Edward, 320

  Gorman, Al, 207

  Gortland, James, 111

  Grand Jury proceedings, Leopold and Loeb case, 232-35

  foreman of jury, 235

  recommends no bail, 237

  Grant, Bernard, 359-62, 413-14 Grant, Mary, 414

  Great Northern Railroad, 177

  Greshan, Edwin, 13, 14, 120, 291, 399-400

  Grimm, Herman, 35

  Groesbeck, Alex, 55

  Grogan, Bernard (Barney), 208-9 Guenther, George, 212

  Guggenheimer, Untermyer, & Marshall law firm, 418

  Harvard School, Chicago (continued) Leopold takes boys birding, 105 Putthammer at, 107

  search for Bobby Franks and, 6-7 teachers questioned, 16-18

  Harvard University, 26, 105-6

  Haymarket bombing case, 169-70, 175 -76

  Haywood, William (Big Bill), 180, 181

  Healey, Charles, 183

  Healy, William, 260-62, 265, 374, 420 psychiatric examination of Leopold and Loeb, 261-62

  testimony in court hearing, 305

  Hearst, William Randolph, 463

  Hegewisch police station, 12

  Heirens, William, 436

  Heredia, Jose Maria de, 73

  Herndon, William, 67

  Hessv i l le, 146, 147, 149

  Heth, Lloyd, 214

  Hettinger, Edward, 188-89

  Hickson, William, 214, 253

  Hirsch, Emil, 139

  History of French Literature from the Earliest times to the Great War, A (Dargan and Nitze), 73

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 450

  Hoffman, Frederick, 235

  Hoffman, Peter, 239-42, 244, 282, 290, 397-98, 399

  Hohley, Louise, 230, 231

  Holgate, Thomas, 275

  Hopkins, Jacob, 277

  Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, 111-12

  Hoyne, Maclay, 182, 186, 208

  Hubinger, Albert, 142

  Hughes, Michael, 8, 129, 132, 136, 141, 145, 146-47, 155, 233-34, 399

  Hulbert, Harold, 246-56,
374

  psychiatric examination of Leopold and Loeb, 251-56

  report, 312, 345-46, 354, 384, 385, 387

  testimony in court hearing, 327-34

  threats against, 398

  Hunt, Bernard, 90

  Hyde Lake, 68-69, 113

  Hyde Park State Bank, 65-66, 67 McNaughten rule, 154

  Stanford White murder and, 268-69

  temporary insanity in Leopold and Loeb case, 154

  William Alanson White and concept of insanity, 266-67

  intelligence tests, 262

  International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, 181 I Ragionamenti (Aretino), 125-26

  habeas corpus for Leopold and Loeb, 118, 120, 128, 143, 151, 230, 231-32

  Hall, James Whitney, 214, 253, 270, 278

  Halldorson, P. J., 273

  Hamilton, Patrick, 449-50

  Hancock (Michigan), 29

  Hansen, Mary, 167

  Harding, Warren, 209, 218

  Harris, Adele, 139

  Harris, Samuel, 79, 139

  Harrison, Carter, 166-68

  Hart, Pearl, 275

  Hartman, Irving, 19, 21

  Hartnett, Charles (Gabby), 395

  Harvard School, Chicago, 32-33, 34, 78, 99

  Bobby Franks at, 4, 5, 102

  boys targeted by Leopold and Loeb, 68, 78-81

  gray Winton automobile at, 19 Leopold attends, 32-33

  Igoe, Michael, 208-9

  Illinois Central Railroad, 155

  Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane, 155, 192, 392

  indictment against Leopold and Loeb, 232-44

  defense table, 240-41

  eleven counts, murder charge, 234 prosecution table, 240

  sixteen counts, kidnapping charge, 235

  spectators at hearings, 239-40

  Individual Delinquent, The (Healy), 261, 305

  Insanity and the Law: A Treatise on Forensic Psychiatry (Krohn and Singer), 153, 355-57, 366, 367, 368

  insanity defense

  admission of responsibility by Leopold and Loeb, 158-61

  case of Carl Wanderer, 212-13, 214 case of Edward Hettinger, 189

  case of Emma Simpson, 190-92 case of Eugene Geary, 295-99, 396-97 case of Eugene Prendergast, 167-68 case of Frank Lowhone, 300-302 case of Warren Lincoln, 271

  Crowe investigation of, 271-72 Crowe moves to block use in Leopold and Loeb case, 151-61, 236

  Darrow rejects in Leopold and Loeb case, 278

  Darrow's use of, 189-92

  Illinois law and, 154, 270, 284, 294-95

  Jacobs, Walter, 141

  Jarecki, Edmund, 237

  Jeffrey, Bert, 24

  Jewish Daily News, 419

  Jewish People's Institute, 221

  Johnson, Frank, 109-10, 111, 142 Johnson, Jack, 241-42

  Joliet Prison, 184, 189, 407, 427

  Leopold and Loeb incarcerated in, 426-28

  Leopold and Loeb sent to, 403, 406-9

  warden, 408

  Jones, Horry, 335

  Jones metabolimeter, 251-52, 335-36

  Kansas City Post , 411

  Kaub, Arthur, 319-20

 

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