The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-10-22
SPOKE At LAST
Adolph Luetgert Makes His
First Sworn Statement.
THE MISSING FEATURE
Swears to His Innocence of the
Great Crime.
JURY COULD NOT AGREE
Three Men Stood Out for Acquittal-Luet-
CERT Smiled When the Jury Was
Discharged Attorney Deneen
Was Not Satisfied.
Swears to His Innocence of the
Great Crime.
JURY COULD NOT AGREE


tonight obtained the one great feature
missing in the famous Luetgert trial.
the sworn testimony of the defendant
himself Adolph l.. Luetgert. Standing
tonight in the gloomy Jail adjoining
the grim-looking gray stone court
building. In which his remarkable trial
had at last been brought to a finish,
the burly sausage maker capped the
climax of the extraordinary series of
events which began with his sensa-
tional bankruptcy and the alleged
frightful diabolism of boiling his wife
to death at midnight in vat In his
factory cellar.
Tonight. closely following the final
result of the trial which has attracted
worldwide attention. Luetgert made
under oath a statement for the asso-
cisted press concerning the fearful
crime charged against him. the first
sworn statement yet made by him and
the trst statement of such kind ever
known i'm newspaper annals The afii-
davit was put In writing. in due legal
form. certified Ia by a notary.
Ea-Judge William A. Vincent. the
leading counsel for the defendant in
brains and skill and energy Luetgert
beyond all doubt owes his great legal
victory. gave consent To the affidavit
being made.
A Dramatic Scene.
The scene in the Jail when Luetgert
took the oath was as dramatic az the
circumstances were unique. In the
dimly-lighted corridor Luetgert. stand
ing erect and grasping the iron bars
that still kept him from liberty. lifted
his right hand and solemnly assented
as the notary Administered the binding
form. The gruesome surroundings
were reminder In some degree of the
midnight occurrences In the factory
cellar that have become familiar To the
hundreds of thousands who have fol-
lowed the details of the great trial.
Few. II any. of the curious prisoners
and turkeys who We're spectators. had
any inkling of what was taking place.
Luetgert. the notary and a representa-
tive Of the associated press conferred
together for "A few moments and then
Luetgert. without hesitation. made the
affidavit and signed IL in ink with the
hand that is alleged to have committed
one of he most ficndish crimes ON rec
ord. The affidavit explicitly declares
Luetgerts innocence. The document,
In full. is as follows:
To the Public. The result of my
trial. ending to-day. is "A victory for ne,
because of the disagreement OF the
jury. but am very much disappointed
and very much surprised that the jury
did not bring in verdict Of not guilty.
- Did No, Kili My Wife,"
Il did not kill my wife. and do not
know where she IL. but I am sure that
IL is only a question of time until she
comes home. ! did not go upon the
witness stand because my lawyer.
Judge Vincent, was bitterly opposed 10
by doing so. and because he advised
me II was not necessary.
Il am grateful for the tremendous
change in public sentiment In my favor.
and time will demonstrate that am
not only an innocent. but very
grievously wronged man. ,Signed).
"ADoLPH l.. LUETGERT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 2lst day OF October A. D.. 1897.
",signedl. NJ. v. SULLIVAN,
Notary Public"
As Adolph l.. Luetgert. who has been
on trial on charge Of numbering his
wife and boiling her body I'm a vat.
heard this morning from the foreman
nf II men who have been considering
his case for the past 81 hours, the
words. We are unable to agree upon
verdict he was as imperturbable as
ever evincing no joy. The wonderful
nerve Of the defendant was with him 10
the end. He stood up and with a good
natured smile on his swarthy face.
shook hands with his son Arnold. his
counsel and his business partner, Will
lam Charles. and In less than five min
utes was led back to jail. the jury was
dismissed and the great trial was over.
The IL men We're divided as follows:
For conviction and death penalty.
Heickhold. Boyd. Ribby. Mahoney.
Behmiller. Hosmer. Shaw. Franzen and
Fowler; for acquittai. Harley. Holabird
and Barber.
As the jurors filed into court about
10:4o they were a haggard looking set
Of men. Several of them were collar
less and the eyes of all were swollen
and red. The Jurors took seats and
waited for the appearance of Luetgert
and his lawyers. Judge Tuthill sat On
the bench and Razed quietly at the
worn out jurors. Soon Lueigert walked
into the court, followed by the bailiff.
'Gentlemen. I have called you into
court TO ask II you have reached ver-
Dict" said Judge Tuthill.
No Verdict Reached.
Foreman Heickhold arose and re-
piled: your honor. we have not
lis there any prospect OF YOU reach
ing one?"
Il don't think so. In fact. ] know
there Is not-at least that Is my firm
belief"
How do you stand. numerically. l
mean. not Individually"
we stand nine for conviction To
three for acquittal.' replied the fore
man. We have stood that way for
~ hours. In my opinion there is not
the least possibility of an agreement"
Judge Tuthill then called each of the
Jurors by name and each responded ia