Show RICHARD LOEB IN BAD CONDITION pronounced SIGNS OF INSANITY TEMPERA TURE IS 19 NOW RAVING JOILET ill june 6 richard loeb slayer of little bobby franks warden john L whitman said this evening after he had received a report from physicians on the condition of 0 the convict would not be sent to an insane asylum regardless gard less ol of his mental condition it if he remains insane he said he be will be kept here tor for treatment the warden said the new prison at state ville was equipped with facilities lor for the care ol of insane patients there are even more pronounced signs of 0 insanity today in loebs leb s condition the warden said ii ills i I 1 temperature has subsided but his mind remains unbalanced two guards are constantly at loebs bedside when the insane attacks wear away and he is quiet the bonds are removed loeb was transformed suddenly last thursday from a tractable obedient prisoner to a raving madman by a sudden mental breakdown following two weeks illness with measles he was in the prison hospital apparently completely recovered and was about to be discharged as cured and returned to work in the chair shop when his mental breakdown came muttering profane most of the time loeb mutters ra incoherently and uses profanity of the most obscene kind his wrath is principally directed against physicians and attendants when this violence grows beyond ordinary restraint he Is placed in what is known as a cold packs a method of strapping insane patients to the bed in such a manner that they cannot move loebs brother broth pr alan with whom he has hag always been on the most friendly terms came thursday to visit him but richard refused to see him 1 I do not want to see him richard told his attendants warden whitman said that from his observations he was convinced more than ever that loeb is suffering buffering a mental derangement i 1 I am not attempting to make any statement of a professional nature warden whitman said but based I 1 on other insane cases I 1 have observed I 1 am confident loeb is suffering from a mental derangement dr R A martin chief mental officer at the prison here stated that he considered loeb a psychopathic patient it Is not uncommon in psychopathic patients that they suffer mental derangements derange ments with the leahti little infection or fever dr martin said 1 I have known psychopathic patients to become delorous dell delt rous and to remain so as a result of 0 a high temperature pera ture or infection dr martin said he could not tell as yet whether loeb would recover and regain hla his sanity nathan leopold partner of loeb in the kidnapping and slaying of dobby bobby franks who Is condeles cing from an operation tor for appends appendicitis expressed regret today when he heard loeb was losing his mind poor fellow lie he said maybe its the terrific heat that is affecting b him im |