The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-14
TOBERE-SENTENCED
DURRANT is ORDERED TO APPEAR
In COURT TOMORROW.

Emanuel Baptist Church In Durrant's
Behalf-LuetKerts Defense and the
Corpus Delicti-Crazy Slaughter by =
Texas German-Other Crime News
San Francisco. Dec. 13.-Upon motion
Of District Attorney Barnes. and il ap-
pearing that the judgment Of death here
tofore has not been executed. ". n. T.
Durrant. the condemned murderer OF
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams.
was today ordered by Judge Bahrs to
re-appear for sentence on Wednesday
morning.
San Francisco, Dec. 13.-Mrs- Alice
Hartley, who killed Senator Foley at
Reno several years ago created great
deal OF excitement in Emanuel Baptist
church last night. At the conclusion of
Rev. ]. George GibSon's sermon she dra-
maticaNy declared tha, she had a mess
age from God TO the effect that Dur
rant's life should be saved and that it
was the duty OF the congregation TO save
him. Rev. Gibson, who was Durrants
pastor, refused to see the condemned
mans mother when she called with a
message from her son asking the preach
er to tell all he knew about the murder
in Emanuel church. A final appeal for
a commutation of the sentence of death
Nin be made TO Governor Budd this
week.
HI SCASE IN CONGRESS.
Washington, Dec. 13-Senator Per-
kins of California today introduced a
bill to amend that paragraph of the re-
vised statutes relating to the appeal OF
habeas corpus OF criminal cases to the
supreme court OF the United States. The
Object is to do away with numerous ap-
peals by attorneys Of prisoners made
with the sole view of gaining time. Sem
etor Perkins cited the Durrant case as
a particularly strong example OF this
sort. In this connection, he said that
when a prisoner had the advantage OF
jury trial, a re-triai If desired, and an
appeal to the governor OF the state, il
was manifestly unjust 10 allow appeais
to the supreme court without the GER
tificates OF either the supreme court OF
the circuit court before which the case
was tried. The measure. If passed, viii
not affect the Durrart case in any way,
but will considerably shorten the legal
process in all such cases in the future.
LUETGERT'S DEFENSE.
Chicago, Dec. 13.-Attorneys Harmon
and Riese in their defense of A. L. Luet-
CERT, have decided to base a strong fight
on the point OF corpus delecti. They
have been making a special study of the
law covering this point. They will con-
tend for the principle Of common law.
enunciated years and years ago. by Lord
Hale, that a man cannot be convicted
where the corpus delecti and the offense
are both proved by circumstantial evil
dence. Either the body must De pro-
duced or the murder proved TO have been
committed, and proved by direct testi-
mony.
Chicago, Dec 13.-The Leutgert jury
for the second trial was completed this
afternoon, and tomorrow the second
trial of the sausage maker will begin.
INSANE GERMANS DEED.
San Antonio, Texas. Dee. 13.-News
has been received here of a terrible trag-
edy which occurred in the settlement
known as Fiddletown, forty miles north
of here. Fred Barth, Sr., a prosperous
German farmer, without warning took a
shotgun and placing it at the back OF
his wife, fired load OF shot into her. His
daughter upon hearing the SHOT ran into
the hall and seeing her mother lying
dead upon the floor with her clothes burn
ing, bent over her TO extinguish the
a bay- fat ryh
meantime had secured a razor, stepped
up behind her and, remarking Now /
will finish you also" took hold of her
and attempted 10 cut her throat. His
aim was too high and he cut her from me
ear down 10 the chin. The girl ran oui
and ca'iel sor help. When neighbors ar
rived they found that the old man had
cut the throat of his wife and had also
cut both of his arms a; the wrist. He
was bleeding 10 death. Barth was ar
| rested and placed In Jail. He is appar-
emily insane.
WOMAN ROUTS 4 BURGLAR.
Sacramento, Cal, Dec. 13.-At an early
hour Sunday morning, a burglar entered
the residence Of Sergeant Of Police Nc
Manus and proceeded to ransack the
parlor. Mrs. McManus heard the bur
glar at his work, but decided not 10
waken her husband. She picked up a re-
volver from the bed and awaited deyei-
| opments. In a few moments the burglar
reached the swinging doors leading from
| the pari0r into the room adtOining the
| bedroom and when ne opened the door
she opened fire. He made his escape. but
a trail OF blood which he left showed tha:
! the woman's aim was good.
MOTHER FOLLOWS DAUGHTER.
indianapolis. Ind, Dec. 13.-Mrs- d. G,
| Huffman, wife OF a Big -Four railroad
/ empioye at Brightwood. attempted e
| commit suicide last night BY swallowing
| carbolic acid. Her condition is n y
such as 20 give hopes o: her recovery.
a few weeks ago her daughter. Miss Eta
Huffman. succeeded in killing herself by
! the use Of the same acid. The daUgl-
| te-'s lover. a young man named Philips
| had shot himself 70 death. and this vas
| assigned as reason for the girls act Il
/ is supposed that grief over the iragic
death os her daugnceT caused Mrs HUI
/ man 20 take her 0En life.
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