The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-20

will be all righr Tlio money g secure in
fsienedJ "ca EORGE ATRILL."
Tile second letter g. under date of Oc-
tober 18th, aud D. also addressed 10 the
foreman Of the IutirDrt jury. IL Is as
Dear slr.-Why didn't you have the
vnliue men at the suuiHn1af corner of
Randolph ard Dearborne streets as slis-
gcatcd In the present hard times 500
is pretty useful. III you viii agree 90 vote
I.uctgort free We can yet arrange matters
send the young men tomorrow. .,
Judge Tuthill opens all mail sent TO The
Jurors and I'm this way these letters fell
into his hands. Ills Honor is inclined 10
regard the lcttCfs Us hoax. as is also
Dir. Deueen. ln fatt the States attor-
ney thinks the letters were gotten up hy
enterurising newspaper r7n0rtcrs. Both
letters were written on fine linen paper .n
good penmanship and enclosed In white
HOW THEY STAND.
Just before retiring for ile night the
jury took another ballot. ihe vote stand
ing nine for conviction and three for ac-
quittal.
FOR acqutial are B. II. Miller. Barnot
Holahird and Harley. The two latter are
stiII f0r acauittal but either Miller or
BarbOt has come over o. the state.
There is much feeling against Harley
among the Jurors VINO favor -ue dcltn
penalty. They say Dr. will not argue the
ease In anv way. but sticks cut sOlid.y
A FAMOUS TRIAL.
The trial of Adolrn L0uis Iuctgort was
one OF the most remarkable In the crimi-
nal history Of the world. Scientists cross
ga the ocean % Isfen 90 learned DIS
cussi0ns On new astrological discoveries.
Numerous c0rusc5 ID men and women
were disintegratel in boiling potash sOlu-
Hr { !
the sausage factory and others in cole
ioro Laboratories 10 demonstrate or dis
provo the theory or the police. Bones OF
gor.i'as. dOes. cats, sheep. monkeys 3, ana
other animals. in addition 20 ihe bones
which ave said 10 .iavc once been part ot
Mrs Lucfgert skeleton. and The bones
OF other humans secured through disin-
tcgratng tests. were offered in evidence.
THE STATES EVIDENCE.
Lengthy dissertations ON the grue-omo
relics consumed Gays and weeks, ana
from the great mass 0f conflicting helr-
say. expert. and other testimony 10 was
shown by the Statt-
That Mrs Luetetrt had disappeared
That her relatious with her husband
That Luetgcrt had been rather too
friendly with Mrs. Christine Fcldt, 90
whom De wrote love letters, and win
Mary Simering. whom be- was in the hanit
OF kissing and who visited him In the
THAT a human body had been dlsinto-
grated in the middle vat Of Luetgerts
sausage factory.
That the bones. hair. and rings taken
from the vat and found in the eaten
basin were those OF Mrs. Luetgert
That Luetgerts alleged iniatuation Tor
Mrs. Feldt and Mary was the motive Tor
the doing away of his wife.
THE DEFENCE.
Tn opposition 90 this apparently plain
case, built on tne strongest circumstanfial
evidence. the defence ddduced evidence
10 show
That Mrs Luetgert was not killed on
the night or Nay lst.
THAT she had threatened 10 leave home
when She found that her husband was
financially embarrassed.
That she was mentally unbalanced.
That IMetgerts relations with Mary
Simering We're not improper.
That his dealings with Mrs. Feidt were
purely of n business nature.
That he had u0 motive Tor killing his
wife or any desire tO Doe rid of her.
That She was seen alive after the date
of the alleged murder.
That the state had manufactured IT'S
evidence.
That the bones offered in evidence by
the State as those of Mrs. Luetgert
were in reality tae bones Of lower ani-
mails.
TERRIFIC BATTLE.
The battle of the experts was terrific.
The State apparently having the best or
witnesses on boti Sides were impeached
indiscrImnately. The most Migrant case
being that OF Mary S.mering one of Luet-
gcrf a main witnesses, whose story tp the
grand jury differed materially from the
story she told ou the stand
one uf fhe peculiar features N the case
was tne States failure 90 show the man
ncr in which the alleged murder was COM
mittcd. 4 bi1oasfa.ned knife which Lltt-
CERT had turned over to Mrs Feldt on the
day or DIS arrest WAS Dutred ln cNl-
deuce. hut n1 cn1rt was made % show
that Luetcerr Dad stabbed his wife to
death. then throwing nrr body INTO tnc
vat In The indictment Lrcfgert VAS
charged with either -trIn-llu-. drowning.
stabbus beating. 0r kicking bis wife t0
death. The State merely allowed The jury
to presume that thc woman had been
murdered. hut Qm noe prove to them how
the deed WIS done.
STORY or THE MYSTERY
The story 0f tis great mystery. 800
alleged murder. ln which n0 corpse ape
pears. ana the efforts to build "a corpus
deliru around fh. handful Of bones
tooth. several pieces al corset steel. ana
"a few hairs. VIII go down lu history as
one of the most interesting Of tho a-f
Louise Blchre-. was "a German servant
girl when She made the Acquaintance Oi
Au0Ipn Lurt-crf, tacu a. sIl0Oukefutr.
twenty years 1e0. Lueteert had been
W.iOWcr several years when DE- proposed
10 and was ac. pted hy the Comciy Grr-
man gill. in the course az time DE d.s-
posed OF his saloon ana embarked .n tle
sausage making business.
Luctgert was clever sort OF Fellow.
who dubbed somewhat iu chemistry ana
who devised several processes which he
kept q profound secret Dy which De was
enabled % mllutdciuI. nis product for
much less money -NIn ll4 competitors.
So bis business -eered and grew and