For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago (72 page)

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phone calls to Franks’s home, 7, 14, 88–89, 95–96
phone call to Ross drugstore, 97
pineal gland of, 253–54, 331, 334
plea of guilty, 282–88
plea of not guilty, 239–42
promise to mother to make Phi Beta Kappa, 29
pseudonym of Morton D. Ballard, 65–66, 67, 68, 76–77
psychiatric examination by prosecution, 151–61, 348–53
psychiatric examination by the defense, 251–64
in Puerto Rico, 444–47
purchases equipment for murder, 69–70
questioned at Criminal Court Building, 112–17, 122–23
questioned at Hotel LaSalle, 111–12
questioned by police, Ewing Avenue station, Sunday, 25
May, 105
questions Professor Putthammer about Franks’s murder, 106–8
ransom plan and, 7, 9–10, 14, 60–61, 63–65, 68, 70–71, 87–89, 93–98, 119, 156–57, 310
relationship with Loeb, 27, 41–46, 51–53, 58–60, 259–60, 264, 310–11, 315–18, 325, 440
relationship with Loeb, sexual, 52, 59–60, 259–60, 315–18, 384
retracing of steps on day of murder, 140–43
robbery of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, 56–58
sentencing of, 399–403
sexuality of, 310–11 (
see also
relationship with Loeb, sexual)
smoking of, 133
social difficulties and bullying of, early years, 30–31
statements to press, 395–96
in Stateville prison, 427–43
suicide rumor, 340–41
thrill-seeking by, 91
translation of Aretino’s
I
Ragionamenti
, 125–26
Underwood typewriter, 57–58, 104, 120–26, 143, 146
at University of Chicago, 26, 28, 33, 47–50
at University of Chicago Law School, 51, 62, 74
at University of Michigan, 47
wealth, 30, 233, 371, 373, 416

Leopold, Nathan F., Sr. (father), 30, 31, 89, 230, 244

appearance, 150
Bachrach brothers to represent son, 230, 231, 246, 289
car of, 77, 127
in court, 306, 333
Darrow representing son and, 143–45, 229
delay in obtaining legal counsel and, 119, 141
disbelief about son’s guilt, 118, 138
guilty plea by son and, 284
Kenwood home of, 394
meeting in Crowe’s office, 150–51
statement to media, 238–39, 268
verdict in Leopold and Loeb case and, 399, 402, 404

Leopold, Samuel (brother), 31, 437, 439–40

Leopold, Samuel F. (grandfather), 29–30

Leopold, Trudi Feldman (wife), 446–47

Les Trophées
(Heredia), 73

Levin, Meyer, 445, 450

Levinson, Johnny, 79–80, 139

Levinson, Sol, 79, 138–39

Lewis, George, 68–69, 113, 114

Lewis, Nolan, 249

Life of Michael Angelo
(Grimm), 35

Life Plus 99 Years
(Leopold), 465

Lincoln, Warren, 271

Lincoln automobile, 127

Little Brother Fate
(Roberts), 450

Loeb, Albert (father), 34, 38, 39, 140, 244, 399

country estate, Charlevoix, 394, 399
delay in getting legal counsel, 141
sale of home, 394
statement to media, 238–39, 268
as vice president, Sears, Roebuck, 34, 78, 221

Loeb, Allan (brother), 34, 244, 283, 306, 387, 399

Loeb, Anna (mother), 34, 39, 394, 399

belief in son’s innocence, 118–19, 138

Loeb, Ernest (brother), 34, 37, 119

Loeb, Jacob (uncle), 34, 143, 144, 145, 230, 306, 399

on Board of Education, 220–22, 224
Darrow hired by, 143–45, 229
influence in Jewish community, 220–21
meeting with Darrow on defense plan, 278–79
as witness against Fred Lundin, 220–22, 223, 224

Loeb, Richard, 270

activities after the murder, 89–90
admission of responsibility for crime, 159–61
alcohol use, 28, 42, 51, 58
alibi, 116–17, 119, 127–28, 131–32
amorality, 52
appearance, 34, 35, 38, 52, 281
atheism/agnosticism, 138, 257, 341
bank account of, 387–88
blood washed from car, 91–93
as Bobby Franks’s cousin, 81, 83, 102, 142, 157
books influencing, 34–35
Bowman-Hulbert examination of, 246–56
boys targeted by, 78–81, 139
breakfast while in custody, 145
celebrity of, 395–96, 407
clothes and blanket hidden at home of, 88, 105
confession of, 128–30, 131–32, 134–36, 145, 146–47, 161, 235–36
in Cook County jail, 228, 232, 247, 288, 340–41, 394–95, 405
in court, behavior, 240–41, 306, 332, 333
disguise, 95
disposal of body, 84–87
drops Leopold’s glasses, 87, 103
endocrinology of, 334
family history, 34
family’s disbelief about role in murder, 117–19, 138
fantasies of, 44–46, 102–3, 256, 258, 308, 345, 347, 354, 264, 308, 346
finds Bobby Franks’s belt, 149
gambling of, 387
governess, relationship with, 34–36, 38–41, 42, 258, 308, 348
as homosexual, 380–83, 430–32
house (Ellis Avenue), 81, 88, 98, 118, 134, 138, 394
intelligence of, 34–36, 262, 318
in Joliet Prison, 406–9, 426–28
Judaism of, 42, 139, 140
kidnapping of Bobby Franks, 81–83, 85
lack of remorse, 147, 261, 290, 321, 324, 356
leads reporters to drugstore, 99–103
letter to “Mompsie and Popsie,” June
2, 1924, 227–28
linked to other crimes, 229–31
meets Leopold, 33–34, 315
as mentally diseased, 251, 267, 270, 305–38, 356–57, 364–69
metabolism of, 251, 254, 335
motive for murder, 91, 156–57, 158, 251, 327, 371, 372–74, 380–81, 385–88
murder of, 430–32, 447
murder of Bobby Franks and, 70, 71, 75–87, 89–90, 133, 142
murder of Bobby Franks, blames Leopold, 147–48, 156
murder of Bobby Franks, planning, 60–61, 62–65, 156–57
narcissism of, 44
passion for crime stories and detective fiction, 35, 44
perfect crime, desire to commit, 53, 60–61
personality, 37–38, 41, 139
plea of guilty, 282–88
plea of not guilty, 239–42
pseudonym of Louis Mason, 67–68
pseudonym of Morton D. Ballard, 66
psychiatric examination by prosecution, 151–61, 348–53
psychiatric examination by the defense, 251–64
purchases equipment for murder, 69–70
questioned at Criminal Court Building, 116–17
ransom plot and, 60–61, 63–65, 68, 87–88, 93–98, 156–57, 310
registers at Morrison Hotel, 66, 291
relationship with Leopold, 27, 41–46, 51–53, 58–60, 149, 259–60, 264, 310–11, 315–18, 440
relationship with Leopold, sexual, 52, 59–60, 315–18
retracing of steps on day of murder, 140–43
robbery of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, 56–58
secret life of destructive, antisocial behavior, 43–46, 53, 56–58, 59, 386–88
sentencing of, 399–403
sexuality of, 42, 258
smoking of, 28, 281
in Stateville prison, 428–32
studies of, 257
talks to reporter Krum, 148–49
thrill-seeking by, 44, 45, 53, 102
at University High School, 36–40
at University of Chicago, 34, 38, 40–41, 51, 62
at University of Michigan, 46–47, 50–51
wealth, 34, 233, 371, 373, 416, 430
women and, 42
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, 47

Loeb, Thomas (brother), 34, 79, 80

Logan, John, 451

Long, Simon, 419

Los Angeles Times
bombing, 180–82

Louisville
Courier-Journal
, 417

Lowhone, Frank, 300–302

Lucht, William, 19

Lueder, Alfred, 219–20

Lull, Richard Swann, 257

Lundin, Fred, 203–4, 205, 218–24

Darrow’s defense, 161, 221–24
trial of, 220–24

Lurie, Susan, 74

Lyell, Charles, 192

Mandel, Leon, 125–26

Mannow, Julius, 372

Maremont, Arnold, 27, 123, 439

Marshall, Louis, 418

Marshall, Thomas, 234, 240, 358, 361–65

Marshall, Thomas R., 320

Martin, Frank, 301

Martin, John Bartlow, 441

Martin, Wyndham, 35

Matchett, David, 206, 208

Mayer, Howard, 100–102, 103

Mayer, Levy, 171–72

McCall, William, 274

McCarthy, Daniel, 372

McCormick, Harry, 191

McCrea, John, 186

McDevitt, Harry, 320

McGagg, Albert, 362

McGurk, Frank, 359

McIntyre, John, 418

McNamara, John J. and Jim, 181–82

McNaughten rule, 154

McSwiggin, William, 425, 426

Medical Insanity Commission, 214

Medical Woman’s Club of Chicago, 186

Memphis
Commercial Appeal
, 416

mental illness

Argyll-Robertson pupil, 343–44
dementia praecox, 214, 250, 345, 356, 397
dementia simplex, 356
endocrinology and, 249–51

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