The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-12
JURY Is STILL OUT.
Case of A. j. Lusk Given to Twelve of His
Peers YESTERDAY.


The case of the United States against
A. ]. Lusk was given TO the jury al 4
O'Clock yesterday after long address
by the court embodying instructions to
the jury. The instructions while they
strongly indicated guilt in the opinion
OF the court, were entirely fair.
During the entire trial, lasting two
days, Mrs. Lusk sat beside her husband
and took a keen interest in everything
said by either the court or the attor-
neys. When il came to the point where
the attorney for the state arose TO
speak she left the court room and re-
manned absent during his speech. She
returned when the judge commenced
his address TO the jury. When he had
finished and the jury had retired Mrs.
Lusk began to weep and sob for the first
time. 1t showed her splendid woman
hood, for usually women cry during
the case and under the very eyes Of the
jury. Not so with Mrs. Lusk; she
waited until all had retired and until
her tears coud have no effect on either
judge or jury.
1t was pita BILE to see the little woman
as she sat beside her husband with the
great big tears rolling out of her eyes
She is young and fair and it is sad in
deed to see her life blighted by the
charges Of crime. And thus it is the
innocent in many cases suffer for the
guilt of others. When Mr. Lusk saw
the tears Of his fair young wife his
mouth became dry and no doubt that
great big lump of mans grief gathered
in his throat but he shed no tears. He,
doubtless at that time would give all he
ever had in the past or hoped 10 have
in the future, if he had never INDUCED
in the transactions that made him sit
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What there is in pure innocent Wo-
mans tears it is hard to tell, but what
ever il is it has a melting influence on
the human sympathy. IL makes no diff
ference who the human is, whether he
is king on the throne, a judge on the
bench or bAtblack on the street cor
ner, he feels them burning in his
heart.
The crime for which Lusk was arrest
ed was that of making false entries on
the books of the bank of which he was
president.
When the bank failed it was indicat-
ed to the comptroller of the currency
that by leniency a resumption could be
effected. He told Mr.. Lusk that if he
could reduce his personal Indebtedness
to the bank and bring the reserve up -
the legal linn he would be allowed to re-
sumo business again. Mr.. LuSk then
secured credit at the Hanover bank
of New York of $4,000 and at the Met
ropolitan bank of Kansas City of $4,000.
After showing certificates for these ere
bits to the comptroller of the currency
ne was allowed TO resume business. But
in three or four days after the credits
above mentioned were charged off
again from the books of the Hanover
and Metropolitan National banks but
were still kept standing in the books
of Lusk's bank.
The contention on the part of the de-
Tense was that Lusk did not make the
entries but in the instructions from the
court il was held not necessary for
Lusk to make the entries in person to
constitute crime. He could have Civ
en- wrong information to the book
keeper or withheld correct information,
either OF which would constitute the
crime.