The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-21

CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-At $40 o'clock to-
night it was announced from the Office
of States Attorney Deneen that there
would be no verdict in the Luetgert
case before the court convened tomor-
row morning. Judge Tuthill went home
early in the evening, leaving matters
with States Attorney Deneen, who was
to send him word in case a verdict
should be reached during the early
part of the evening. The attorneys for
the defense also left matters with Mr..
Deneen and went home to await any
word that might come from the jury
room.
Attorney Phalen, the junior counsel
for the defense, was around the states
attorneys Office for q short time and
then took his departure. He made a
call on the states attorney and poking
his head inside the door, queried brief
ly: "Anything?"
Nothing" said Mr.. Deneen, with a
weary smile which Mr.. Phalen returned
as he hurried from the doorway.
States Attorney Deneen, pale-faced
and red-eyed from long lack Of sleep,
nounced that he would wait no longer
and gave orders that his office be
closed.
"I shall wait no longer" he said,
"and there is no need for anybody
waiting after I leave. I agreed with
Judge Tuthill and the attorneys for
the defense to remain here until $50
to receive the announcement if YER
diet should be reached In the event
of an agreement was to send word to
the judge and the opposition counsel
and they would come to court for the
purpose of receiving the verdict. 1t
was understood that if the jury did
not send word Of a verdict by $50, the
building should be closed and every
thing should go over until $3.50 tomor-
rom morning, No word has come and
if the jury does arrive at verdict, 1t
will not be heard and no announce
ment of the verdict being reached will
be sent out from the jury room. There
is absolutely no chance now of any
thing being heard from the twelve men
before tomorrow morning at the
earliest"
TUTHILL DETERMINED.
For time tonight it was rumored
W
morrow it would be discharged as
soon as it reported it's inability to reach
verdict. This, however, is not the
case 1t is the firm determination OF
Judge Tuthill to keep the jury until
Saturday night or late Saturday after
noon before he permits them to go
with disagreement. He has announced
that both state and defendant have
spent so much money and time and the
loe CO 6iffinJ1It
try, that he will not consent to the
discharge of the jury until there is
absolutely no hope whatever OF YER
dict being reached.
The Jury stands about where it stood
twenty-four hours ago. Reports vary
from nine for the death penalty to
three for acquittal, to eleven for death
| and one for acquittal The one juror
| holding out for Luetgert is Harley, and
! it is thought that if he would change
! front there would be little time lost
! in arriving at a verdict. Juror Hola-
bird is also credited with favoring the
| acquittal of the prisoner, but 1t is
| thought he will come around quickly
! if Hartley could be induced to vote
for conviction. The feeling among the
| juros who are in favor of the death
penalty is high against Harley, and
| they have done some very plain talking
| to him. At one time this morning they
even sent for Judge Tuthill to know
among other things if eleven men could
| compel one man to vote with them, or
| if a verdict would be valid If but eleV-
en- men signed it. This is the incident
that gave to the state the idea that
there was but one man standing be-
| tween Luetgert and q death sentence.
Some of the jurors wanted to throw
/ out the evidence of the Schimpke Sis
ters-Emma and Gottlieba. These are
|
saw Mrs. Luetgert walking to the sau-
sage factory with her husband on the
night of May 1. Judge Tuthill told the
| Jury That no evidence In the case, not
| stricken out before it went to the jury
could now be excluded.
IN BETTER HUMOR.
Refreshing slumber put the jurors in
| the famous case in better spirits and
good humor. The breakfast served this
morning was received with less COM
pIaint than was heard yesterday morn
inc. But after it had been disposed OF
there did not seem to be any desire on
The mart of the jurors to resume the
! struggle with the problem of life or
death for Adolph L. Luetgert.
Judge TuthilI appeared at the court
building at a few minutes after 1O
o'clock, and when the door of his room
was opened for him, about dozen re-
porterS lodged In. BEFORE Ine pallllS
! could close the door, a half hundred
men made rush for the court room.
They were hardly seated before half
dozen bailiffs again cleared the room.
The Judge Immediately retired to his
private chamber, but none of the law
yers followed him.
Judge Tuthill called the jury into
| court at 1920 a. m.
Ten minutes later the judge sent for
the prisoner, and Luetgert was taken
up the back elevator in the building
and into court.
Luetgert was retured to the jail a
few minutes after II o'clock. AS he
passed down the corridor to his cell, he
was piled with questions from dozen
reporters. His demeanor implied that
he had heard nothing bad.
"They didn't do anything in there, -
he said "They sent for me, and said
1 had to be in court, when anything OF
the kind went on. I went in, but they
did not do a thing. 1t is a disagree
ment, sure" said the noted prisoner
as he walked springingly into his CELL
The jury was detained for some time
after the prisoner was returned to Jail