Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-10-29
WILL TRY lUETGERT AGAIN
JURY WAS UNABLE TO AGREE.
The Accused Man i'm Chicago Breaks
HIS Long Silence and Makes AN
Afhdayit Denying the Murder of
His Wife.

| ihe accused Man i'm Chica gO Brenks
His Long Silence and Makes nm
Affidavit Denying the Murder of
His Wife.
Chicago, Oct. 22.-As Adolph l.. Luet-
CERT, who has been on trial on a charge
OF numbering his wife, and boiling her
BODY in vat, heard yesterday morning
from the foreman of the IL men who have
been considering his case for the past CO
hours, these words: Eve are unable to
agree upon verdict" he was as imper-
turpapie as ever, evincing no JOY The
wonderful nerve of the defendant was
with him to the end. He stood up, and
with good-natured smile on his swarthy
face, shook hands with his son Arnold.
his counsel, and his business partner, Will
liam 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 the death penalty
Heichold, Boyd, Bibby, Mahoney, Beh-
miller, Hosmer, Shaw, Franzen and Fow-
Ter. For acquittal, Harley, Holabird and
Barber.
!, Standing last night in the gloomy jail,
adjoining the grim-looking gray stone
court building in which his remarkable
trial has at last been brought to finish.
the burly sausage maker capped the eli
. max of the extraordinary series of events
. which began with his sensational bank
n ruptcy and the alleged frightful diaboli-
4 cism of boiling his wife to death at mid
4 night in vat in his factory cellar
Closely following the report of the dis
agreement of the jury, the final result OF
e the trial which has attracted worldwide
e attention, Luetgert made under oath a
d statement for the Associated Press con-
S corning the fearful crime charged against
It him, the first sworn statement yet made
It by him, and the first statement of such a
II kind ever known in newspaper annals.
v The Affidavit.
t, The affidavit explicitly declares Luet
l. gerts innocence. The document in full is
& as follows:
ITO the Public: The result of my trial
ending today, is a victory for me, be
T. cause of the disagreement of the jury
It but | am very much disappointed and
very much surprised that the jury die
m not bring in a verdict of not guilty.
r did not kill my wife, and do not know
m where she is, but l am sure that it is only
1T question of time until she comes home
81 did not go upon the witness stant
# because my lawyer, Judge Vincent, wa
~ bitterly opposed to my doing so, and be
tn cause he advised me it was not neces
Id sary.
ty 81 am grateful for the tremendou
n change in public sentiment in my favor
a and time will demonstrate that l am no
of only an innocent, but very grievousl.
Ill wronged man.
ly "ADOLPH L. LUETGERT.
nd Subscribed and sworn to before III
on this 2lst day of October, A. ID. 1897.
er IN. F. SULLIVAN,
If Notary Public"
VIII Try Him Again.
at eyes, sir, we will try him again" sal
re. States Attorney Deneen, when asked a
'er to the probability of Luetgert bein
res brought before the court second tim'
an eve have had nine weeks of this, and
EN- must have a couple of weeks rest. Ate
ib- that we will look the ground over an
is get our evidence together. The case stand
vi now with us as though there had neve
In been trial. The second trial will hay
NIL no bearing on the case just closed
to When the order of Judge Tuthill di
las charging the jury was made, Luetgel
ere stood up with smile on his face an
are nodded to the Jurors. He was cool an
l00 collected. William Charles, Arnold Lue
get CERT, Luetgert's counsel and friends OF tt
nee German sausage maker crowded arour
him and shook his extended hands
Luetgert's eyes sparkled, but he did nj
saw much. A bailiff tapped the prison
he ON the shoulder and motioned him to &c
low. Luetgert walked to his cell with
ey- light step and in happy frame OF MN
ace Solely Circumstantial Evidence.
my For the first time since the beginniI
age of the trial not woman was IN the coui
one room when the jury was discharge
ler There were no demonstrations OF appro
as al or disapproval An army OF new
4oo naper men, court attaches, lawyers and
the limited number of spectators saw the mn
close of one of the greatest criminal tina
cy. in history, one which stands alone
ded having been fought out solely and pure
ern on circumstantial evidence. Not a line
and direct evidence was heard during the
isl tire trial. 1t was reluctantly admit
he'd by several of the jurors that the disag q
the meut was brought about by wide dine
the ence of opinion regarding the rings lou
in the vat, the testimony of the schimp
sisters. and the testimony OF henos
40r witnesses, who positively testified IN !,
' 1,, thew saw Mrs. Louisa Luetgert alive All
inst May l.
,ood Prosecutions for Perjury.
rec. It is quite probable that some prose-
the TONS for perjury will result from
Tuetpert case. While the states attorn
rof,,sed to affirm or deny this, 1t is CIV
ont that the testimony of two witness
lcci- ill no laid before the grand jury for
nty. vest;gation. It may be that more IN
ming two people will be included IN the !
Veen that will be carried to the grand Jury
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