The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-21
THIN LUETGERT jury.
Indications Are the Verdict Will
Never BE Reached.
HOW THE JURY NOW STANDS
Mae Of the Msa Are said 90 ns In
Favor Of Ihs Death Penalty Aad
Three Tor Aoquitai- Rumors
81 BsibsTy Are Reported.

" "H1sfI are henofted
Chicago. Oct. 2O.-A refreshing Stun.
Der put the Jurors In the famous Lue,-
CERT case In better spirits and good hu.
NOR. and this morning the majority Of
them we're more active than on yesler.
day They stand Just as they ala all
day yesterday" said Ballin walcott
early this morning There are no pros.
poets OF agreement nov, and do not
believe the jurors will ever agree. They
stand eight for conviction and four for
acquittal."
After being our Tor forty hours the
u men stood thus: For conviction and
death penalty. Boyd. llelckhold. Blbby
Mahoney Hosmer Shaw. Franzen aud
Fowler; for acqulttal. Barber. Hola.
bird, Harley and Behmiller. There was
report current during the morning
that Juror Barber was wayorlnF and
that he would soon vote with the ma.
iority for Luetaort's conviction and
death penalty. The minority have ar
gued since the beginning that there Is
an element OF doubt In the case Cor
pus deficit was not established with
sufficient directness to convince them
Mrs. Luetgert IL dead. Therefore. they
contend, II they possess doubt they are
In duty bound under the instructions Of
the court to give Lustgert the benefit OF
Il. For that reason alone. Il Is said. |
these jurors have cast their votes for
On aoqulttaL Juror Harley Il German
and the claim Il made that he sympa-
thlles with Lue,ger, on the score OF ma
tionahty. Harley was once indicted in |
the criminal court In connection with |
the county commissioners Doodle scan.
dal 10 yeas ago he was never tried
the case being dismissed By Ex-Judee
Jongenecker. who was then states at.
torney.
Juror Behmiller Is butcher By occu-
patton and keeps a meat marke, at Des-
PLANES, a suburban town. Al one time
he was a customer Of Lueigert and pur
chased sausage from him This fact
was known. but Behmlllcr answered
with apparent fairness that business
relations he had sustained with the
prisoner would In no wise affect his
Judgment In the trial Of the case
The prosecution Is now convncedthe
matter Of procuring the jury 20 try thl /
noted case was pushed along too
orously. AZ the time the Meter q, y. =.
ting a Jury was under way 4,
thought the case would not a.. -
three weeks In its 'ral. NE m..,,
'ude and Importance Of fos -, -.
was not fullF realized.
Lue,gert was astlr ,,,y ,,,. u,,..
ING AND. as usual al a hearty bre.k.
fast The suspense conc.rn,.. A.. 80.
dos not AFFECT ~ appetite Of the biz
sausage maker .ds h confident Of ~.
Qu'''M sne In he best OF humor a. he
ek'reS'ed In Tae corridor before his cell.
VIII - gcquitted. am sure Of IT,"
eA''Nined Luotgsrt smiling. The mex,
'me IN called 10 the courtroom I
WI lcV.e Il free han. Yes. cir: the |
sN,e'sls music shall ever hear will b. |
taat Verde, Of not guilty. and Il will be- /
a Just verdict. too" Arnold Luetgert
hts son. shared the enthusiasm Of his /
f1her to a degree.
A, 1870 o'clock Judge Tuthnl called |
the jury into the court and sent Tor the /
prisoner. Luetgrt was returned 10 |
jail few minutes after N O'Clock. As
he passed down the corridor 10 his cell |
be was piled with questions from a /
dozen reporters and his dcmeanor inn |
piled THAT he had heard nothing bad. |
They did not do anything In there. /
he said, they sent for me and said /
had 10 h. In court when anything OF I
the Kind went on. ! went In. but they /
dld not do a thing. Il Is a disagreement |
sure, said the noted prisoner a. he
walked spangtngiy into bis cell.
The Jury was detained Tor some time /
amer the prisoner was returned to |
jah
Il "a rumored that Judge Tuthll /
opened three lottnrs Offering brides To
the iury. 1Sis report cannot be yeri-
NED az the .ldxe and those connected
with the trial are absolutely inaccessi-
The star chamber conference. In the
court room. was sought BY members q
,he Jury Ntorney Deneen gave out the
following
had barely reached my Office"
said he when was Informed that my
presence was desired In the courtroom.
rs the Luetgert jury had something In
the nature of a report for the Judge I
Judge ruthilL RH-Iudge Vinonnt and
Attorney Phaen had hnen notified ana
were In the oourtroomlwhen I reached
t.
'Luetgert was sent Tor and caupe into
court cool and smiling Then the fury
was brought in Il Wa apparent al
once who had been holding the Jury.
Judge Tmhul Inquired n the jury had
any communication to make. Juror
Harvey was on his feet In a jiffy ant
began asking questions he desired in
slrne,ions on 10 questions of feet.
Harley wanted to know u Il was pos.
slble TO leave out certain evidence to
gelher exclude Il entirely. and then
consider the other evidence and mako
np a vesylict from a.
This query eSrlted laughter from
hose who opposed Harley IN the case
md u was noticeable that MIN % the
urors laughed. Judge Tutlnll said tho
suggestion was an improper one Tor
him 10 answer. You have your In
said his hoaor Note the
.eadlna % them. thai ahnnhl be ann. /