Show i i Heirens Heiress Insanity Plea Hinted by Attorneys Vi CHICAGO July 26 UP Indict Indictments ments Indict were returned Friday charging charging charging ing William Villiam Heirens with murder in the kidnap kidnap slaying of ot Suzanne Suzannee Degnan e an and the lipstick killing of ot Frances Brown but his attorneys attorneys indicated the youths youth's defense might be based on a t plea of insanity ity The two indictments Indictment contained a I total of ot nine counts charging i the year old university student with strangling Suzanne with his I I hands hand and with a length of picture wire last Jan 7 and with shooting and stabbing W cx-W A V E Frances FrancesI I Brown in her apartment on Dc Dec 10 JO 1945 The indictments were II I returned before Chief Chic Justice Harold Harold Har Har- old G. G Ward In criminal court I v Vote Yoto True Bills I Thursday the grand jury voted I true bills bUls naming Heirens as s the killer in both bizarre cases The year old Suzanne was taken from her ler home the night of Jan 7 her body butchered and distributed in sewer catch basins in the neigh neigh- Miss Browns Brown's nude nudo body was draped over her er bathtub and anda a message reading For heavens heaven's sake Bake catch me before I l kill more I cannot control myself was left len leftin leftin in lipstick on the thc wall Friday one of attorneys said the youth would undergo a a. sanity test after he is arraigned on the two charges next week I The attorney who declined to permit use of his name said a 10 days to two weeks' weeks continuance would be sought on the murder charges to permit the examination The am announcement came on the thc heels of ota of-a a statement from Roland Towle another defense attorney that he believed the year old youth definitely had a a. split personality per pet personality and that an i plea was a possibility These developments came as the states state's murder charges against the youth In the two cases were headed for the criminal courtIn courtIn court In view of ot statements concernIng concernIng concerning concern- concern Ing a dual personality we feel there is need of ot examining the boy boyto boyto boyto to determine if he is mentally capable capable capable capa capa- ble of ot entering a plea the tho attorney attorney ney said He should be examined by a physician before any plea is entered in his behalf Ie If a jury is to pass on the youths youth's sanity it would not go into his guilt or innocence in the murder charges If the tho youth were found Cound insane he he would ul be bo re remand remand- ed cd to a mental institution until and I if It he was adjudged sane If It the jury found him sane he would bo be required to enter a plea to the charges and stand trial but the youths youth's attorneys still sUll could base their defense on a contention of insanity States State's Attorney William J. J previously had examined examined examined ex ex- by state e psychiatrists but did not announce the results of or their findings The Daily Dally Times said these psychiatrists psychiatrists its found oun the youth was suffering suffering suf Imf fering ering from schizophrenia split personality but that he knew right from wrong Legal Definition A person is considered legally sane in Illinois if he can distinguish distinguish distinguish distin distin- right from wrong Ho He is considered con 1 medically insane however if jf he is subject to any compulsive act depriving him of ot fr freedom edom of ot choice The Cook county grand nd j jury ry aft aCt after after aft aft- er a two and a half halt hour session Thursday was reported to have ha voted true bills bUls charging the husky I haired dark-haired youth with both slay slay- ings I The true bills were reported voted voted voted vot vot- ed after the state stata presented 21 witnesses 14 witnesses 14 in the Degnan crime and seven in the Brown slaying They included Herbert Walter Vatter a handwriting expert who States State's Attorney William J. J said reported that the handwriting on the Degnan ransom note and the scrawled lipstick me message ge found on the wall of ot Miss Browns Brown's apartment was that of ot Heirens said laid that Heirens I ably would bo be arraigned before Judge Ward Vard Tuesday on the new indictments against him Defense attorneys indicated that they would ask a continuance of at about two weeks which would bring the date for or the continued hearing to about Aug 14 tho the date set for Heirens' Heirens continued arraignment on 29 other Indictments charging him with burglary robbery and assault as as- sault Constant Guard Heirens under constant guard at the county jail was told of the grand jury action by Warden Varden Frank Sam Sain who quoted him as assaying assaying assaying saying I dont don't know how they could do that I did not do it it Heirens' Heirens hens hens' parents and defense counsel planned a meeting with the youth at the tho jail Friday Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago newspapers newspaper continued to report report report re re- re- re port that Heirens Heire sl would make ake a formal written confession to the states state's s attorneys attorney's office of the DegI Degnan Degnan Deg- Deg nan and Brown slayings and also of the slaying on June 5 1945 of Mrs rs J Josephine Ro Ross s 43 They have reported these confessions would be given the he state tate in exchange exchange exchange ex ex- ex- ex change for a recommendation for fora a life sentence instead of ot the electric electric elec elec- chair It was one month ago that Heirens Hel- Hel rens was captured by police as he attempted to flee from a n. north northside northside side sid apartment He fought policemen policemen police police- men men but another officer off oft duty and without a pistol broke up the battle when he struck Heirens on the tho head with an empty flower flowerpot flowerpot flowerpot pot knocking him unconscious |