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

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