Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-05
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DEFENDANT HIMSELF MAY,-GO on
THE STAND TO-DAY.
EXPERT TESTIMONY DROPPED.
EVERYONE WAS BORED AND NOTH-,
ING WAS BEING GAINED.
Defense Is Now ImpeachfnE the Evil
dence of the States Witncsses-
Undiminished Crush of PeO-
pie at the Court Room
Doors.

Chicago, Oct. Am unexpected tnrn OF
affairs occurred in the Luetgeay trlal our
Ing the afternoon session. of court. Inc
defense suddenly dropped its line OF expert
testimony and put on witnesses Ia impeacn
the evidence of witnesses FOR the state: 1T
was apparent that ex-Judse Vincent. chiei
counsel for the defense. had at last tired OF
the expert evidence. The testimony OF eacn
succeeding witness was practically repe-
tition OF that of the preceding wltiess.
Nothing was being gained, while III" record
of the case was being swelled with VOL
ume of technical medical VerbiaSe. For ii
week. bones had ratified before the jury,
and eminent experts had disputed about
them. The controversy had become tire
some to the jury The counsel for the de-
fense observed this and stopped. Dr. Relss-
rlay be called upon 10 tell OF the result oil
another experiment, but the real story ol
the experts as to sesamoids femurs. meta
carpals temporals and other bones mas
been told.
This afternoon eN-JudSe Vincent, Al
torney Phalen Arnold LueIGert and others
who are interested in the defense. held
a consultation relative 10 whether or not
Luetgert should go on the witness stand.
At the close of the conference tonight eN-
Judge Vincent said he had not decided lpon'
the matter. II was -inttnatsd~t that t.uet4
CERT might he called to the witness stand
Tomorrow In fact. ii is expected he Will
be- States Attorney Deneen sought, IN
formation upon this point tonight, but
learned only that counsel for the defense
would announce their decision tomorrow
morning II is known that ex-Judge Vim
csnt would rather that Luetsert remained
of the witness stand. Attorney Phalen
his associate desires that the big sausage
maker tell his story TO the jury. Luet-
CERT is anxious TO explain matters. and
the leading counsel for the defense seems
to fear the prisoner will talk too much If
he goes on the stand, and thus injure his
case.
The turn taken in the proceedings to-day
permitted the counsel TO get a line upon
the probable length of time it will require
to finish the trial. States Attorney Deneen
said tonight that three weeks more ought
to see the end of the case. -..
The seventh week of the trial opened to-
day with an undiminishing crush of people
at the criminal court building. All kinds
of schemes were resorted to by the throng
in their efforts to reach the second floor
of the criminal court building, upon which
Judge TuthiIls court room is located. The
police and deputy sheriffs experienced great
difficulty irr handling the crowd. Only
those who possessed tickets were admitted.
Less fortunate people tried to squeeze their
way in with the lucky ticket holders. This
plan brought several enthusiastic citizens
into violent collision with the officers. and
hot arguments ensued. in which the right
of the sheriff to exclude anyone from a
public court room was excitedly disputed.
But the officers in charge of the entrances
were inexorable, and hundreds of men
filed out of the court house when the court
room had been filed to its utmost capacity.
One of the incidents of the trial today
was the saving of a temporal bone by DIR.
Pierce and DR.. Riese. The operation was
watched by Assistant States Attorney Nc
Even, for the prosecution. and ex-Judge
Vincent for the defense. The bone saw
ing was done in waiting room near the
court room. The surgeons were slow, and
Judge Tuthill, growing impatienct, sent a
bailiff after them, remarking: Those fell
lows have been out there long enough to
saw a cord of wood"