The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-22
JURY COULD NOT AGREE
Nine OF The Twelve Men Were In Favor Of
the Death Penalty.
WHAT HALTED THE OTHER THREE JURORS
fduefScrt Makes u sworn statement
Denying His Guiit-WiIi Apply for
H"il-sfnte's Attorney Denccn Snys
Tint tho Cnse Viii DO Tried Agnin-
Defendnnt Claims n Victory.
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 81, 1897.

Tho gray light of 4 cool autumn morn
ing struggled through the big windows
| of Judge Tuthiirs court to-day as Adolph
l.. LuCtgcrt, the man who has been on
trial on the charge OF numbering his
| wife and boiling her body Iii u vat,
| heard from the foreman OF the twelve
| men, VINO have Deen considering his
case fOr the past &c hours. the words A.:
we are unable to agree upon a YER
| diet Impcrturablc as ever, evinCin;,
no joy at the words, the wonderful
nerve of tthe Month slider was with him
TO the end
He stood up and with only a good
iratured smile on his swarthy face
shook hands with his son Arnold Iris
! counsel, and business partncN William
Charles. In less than five minutes he
was led back to Jail, the jury dismissed,
| ana The great trial was over.
Ihc twelve men We're divided as fol-
lows: For conviction and the death
pcnalty--1Icckhold Boyd, Bibby, Ma
honey, Behmiller, Hosmcr, Shaw, Fran
zen and Fowler. For acquittal-IIarlcy,
| liolabird and Barber.
Immediately after they were dis
charged the jury requested to he allow
ed ITO return to thc room which has
| peen The scene Of their discussion for
SO long. This WAS granted. Twenty
minutes later the jurors filed back into
court and Foreman Iiccihold handed
| uie borrowing 10 Clerk Knoch who by
| order or the court, read 1t aloud:
Wo the jurors in rhc case of the
| people of the State of Illinois vs. A. l.
| Luctgert, tender TO the presiding Judge
| the Hon. Richard S. Tuthin, and The
brilliant States Attorney, Charles s.
Denecn, and his no less brilliant assist
ant, Mr.. w. G. McIcwen, as well as the
atcornoys for the defense our most
L IN n fol 4 l.
| we have received at their hands and
we do not hesitate / o st4,ts--,I,et wcr,, n
not ior the way in which they have
| attended ITO our personal comfort: rs
| wen as to our sanitary condition, the
hardship would have been very great.
AS 10 the trial. we wish to state that
| while Nhe evidence was such that we
! were unable to agree upon a. verdicn
| one thing we did agree about, ana that
| is that the circumstances were sur,
that the police had ample reason to
| prosecute on the showing without hear
! inT the defense, and we commend then,
Tor having done thcir duty in this case
(S!gned) FOREMAN HECKHOLD
and balance of the jury"
WILL TRY AGAIN.
Yes. sir: we will try him again " said
| States Attorney Dcneen. when asked
as 10 the probability Of LuctGcrt being
| brought before ahc court n second ,,imc
| men We WIZ get ut It, however. Isl
| something I cannot tell You now. The
case stands NOW with us rs though there
| never had been trial. The second
fF!ai mas no bearing whatever on The
| case just closed"
AT o'clock this afternoon counsel for
Luetgcrt gave States Attorney Dcnccn
| notice that they would Tomorrow morn.
| ing al 10 O'Clock made Formal apnlIcat tion
| before Judge Tuthi!l for the admission
| or the prisoner to bail. Judge Tuthill
! VIII be asked TO fix the amount of bail
| lat $4,000, hut Luctgert will enter cou,t
| prepared TO furnish bonds of $4,000 II
necessary. States Attorney Dencen
was not prepared To say whether or not
| the application would be resisted or not
! 1t was admitted by several members
OF the jury that the Disagreement was
brought about by 4 wide difference of
| opinion regarding the rings found in the
| V2t, the testimony of Emma and Colt
! Feb Schimpkc and the testimony Of
| kCnosha witnesses, who positively tcs-
t!fied that they saw Mrs. Louise I,uet-
CERT alive In the Wisconsin town on
May 3, and 9Th. Juror Harley did not
relieve the rings found In the middle v,at
OF Luet gerts factory were Mrs. Luct-
gcrts rings. HOlabird was inclined to
believe the story of the Kenosha Wit
nesscs. despite the imreachng evidence
| introduced. and Barber would not he
lierc the strong evidence given by the
Schimpe sisters. These were considered
| the strong features of the trial by these
| Jurors.
LUETGERT's SWORN STATEMENT
| The Associated Press tonight OBJ
| tanned the one great feature missing in
the famous Luctgcrt trIal---thc sworn
testimony Of the defendant himself
AdOlrh l.. Luetgret.
| Closely following the final result of
tho frial, which has attracted world
wide attention. LuetGcrt made under
! oath tonight a statement for the As
| sOcatcd Press concerning the fearful
| crime charged against him, the frs;
! sworn statement yet made by him. The
| aiiillv!t WIS put in writing, in due legal
| form, and is certified to by n notary.
! X-JUdgc William a. Vincent the lead
| ing counsel fo1' the defense in the ccle-
| bratcd case. the man 10 whose brains
and skill and energy Luetgc.t beyond all
| Doubt owe; his great legal victory, gave
! cOnsCnt to the affidavit being made
| The affidavit explicitly declares I.uct-
| gcrt's innocence. The document I'm full
| IS as follows:
To the Public:
The result of my trial, ending to-day,
| is a victory for ne because of tho dis
agreement of the Jury. but l am very
much disappointed and very much sur
prised that the jury did not bring in a
verdict of not guilty.
| did not kill my wife acid do not know
| where she It, but i am sure that 1t is
only question of time until she comes
| home.
did not go upon the witness stand
! because my lawyer, Judge Vincent, was