The age-herald., 1897-10-12

 LUETGERT TRIAL :. NEARING THE END Failing to Produce Rebuttal Evidence
 the Defense Closed. ARGUMENT FOR THE STATE Opened by Assistant Attorney HCEWen,
 Who Claims a Strong Case. 1. ONE NOT EQUALLED IN HISTORY Nor to Be Found on the Statute Books of the | World Arguments Pro and Con Will Last Through
 the Week.
ARGUMENT FOR THE STATE
ONE NOT EQUALLED IN HISTORY

Chicago, Oct. 11.--The final arguments have commenced in the Iuetgert trial, and the case will be given to the jury by the end of the present week. At least. that is the expectation of the attorneys. Ths defense expected today 10 take most of the session of the court in offering re- buttal evidence, but some of its wit nesses were not present. when their names were called, and 1t was decided that the case might as we'll go on. Assistant States Attorney NIcEwan ba- gan the opening address for the state, and the will speak for two days at least. He will be followed by Attorney Phalen for the defense, and Attorney Vincent will close on behalf of Luetgert. Then will come the closing speech of the state, which will be made by States Attorney Deneen Mir. McEwen addressed the jury for three hours this afternoon, and had barely outlined his argument at the hour of adjournment for the day. He will resume the argument tomorrow morning. The state was conservative in fits assertions as to what fl would prove on the witness stand some weeks ago, said the speaker. in its opening re- marks.
 We made no boasts, he continued. We told you in the simplest language just what the evidence would disclose. Our promises have been fulfilled The testi- .mony given on tine witness sta,d has disclosed and divulged more than we promised you. No stronger evidence was ever presented to jury. Hunt the jur- ist books the world over and you win find no case a parallel to tffs now world famous trial The crime is one of the most remarkable in criminal annals, yet when the details are followed up and linked together in a circumstantial chain the motive and the act are extremely plain and urdeniable. The claim llas establish properly the corpus delict, and I suspect you will hear much about this from the attorneys on theother side The body of the crime has been sufficiently shown by inc circumstances which es- tablish that Mrs. Luetgert met her death through criminal agency. There is no more necessity of proving the corpus delicd further than that there would be to produce house in court to prove that a person on trial for burglary broke into it, or to produce the horse before the jury which "a thief is alleged to have stolen.
 1Iee speaker r.iferred to the fact that nearly six moEIhs had elapsed since Mrs. Luetgert had disappeared from her home. She still remains absent and will remain missing as long as the world erIdures, shouted the assistant states at torney, staring at Lue gert.
 Then the CASE was taken up in detail and all incidents traced briefly down to the date of the opening of the trial. The alleged relations of Luetg,rt and Mary Siemmering were touched upon and were declared to have furnished the mo- tive for the crime. The law was read to impress the jury with the scope and significance of the evidence.
 Tomorrow special attention will be paid to Mary Siemmering and William Charles and Dr. Walter H. Allport, the bone expert, will also be considered at some length.