Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-17
WIS RATHER GAY.
qua Counsel Was Giving the Jury the
Right Kind of Talk.
court Room Still Crowded-The
Morning of the Last Day Of the
Eighth Week Of the Trial Found
bx-Judge Vincent Continuing His
Argument for the Defense-Police
Officers and Experts Severely
| CRITICISED.

e Chicago, October t. The closing
gay OF the eighth week Of the 1uetgert
rial opened this morning with tie at
fosphere less oppressive than it was
yesterday. But the court room was
qowded to the doors as usual, and hun
gees were turned away. Judge Tut
4ii took party of twenty, principally
Yomen, into court with him this morn
ig These visitors had been waiting
4 one ~ the corridors of the Criminal
court gliding for over an hour for the
Fpearahce of his honor, and they form
N line and trooped in after the
wage IN military style and secured the
'esl seats, much to the disgust of the
sSs favored, who stood in line before
me court room door, while another
crowd lined upon the pavement in front
pl the Michigan street entrance to the
building. 80,
Luetgert was unusually jolly this
morning. The argument of his coun-
sci pleases him. Vincent is all right
ana ne is giving them the right kind of
TAX, said Luetgert this morning
ne is reasoning with the jury! that is
oetter than trying to tell them what
they must Go according to law
Ex-Judger Vincent resumed his argu-
Hesnt thls' morning and at once began to
ridlcule the bone experts. This man,
sergeant Spangler, deserves promo
tl9n," said Luetgert's chief counsel as
re waved his hand in the direction of
The police official referred to- HE is a
much smarter man than Chief of Police
Ripley. 1t was no trick at all for him
10 step over to the Luetgert sausage
factory after all the bone experts had
picked their bones and find femur
Not only that but the femur that was
wanted. Then, there is Prof Dorsey,
nice, fresh, pleasant young man. I'd
like to trot with him-or rather l
should have liked to have done so in
my younger days. He is clever-but
he doesn't know it all-not all there is
to be known about bones. Yet he was
4 very positive on the witness stand that
he knew more than any other osteoo-
gist called in this case, and his assur-
ance on the witness stand simply made
him ridiculous"
utrSI Judge Vincent continued to criti-
|he experts for the prosecution
wMle he protected and lauded the ex-
perts for the defense He talked about
Vthe soap-making in the factory, and
positively declared that there was
nothing strange in it, and the reason
for making the soap had been fully ex-
planned.
One of the incidents of the session
was the appearance at the Michigan
street entrance of a woman who wore
l..
guard who asked her name understood
the woman to reply that she was Mrs
Luetgert. In five minutes the report
that Mrs. Luetgert had returned and
was in the Criminal Court building cir
culated throughout the big building
People poured out of the court rooms
and Offices. Deputy sheriffs rushed to
the Michigan street entrance of the
building, and great excitement pre-
vailed Tor few minutes. 1t devel-
Qped later that the woman was a
teacher of German. instructing the
daughters of Judge Tuthill. When his
honor arrived at the building he took
room with him.
Judge Vincent closed his address
with these words:
pthIiSHiSu, llltS prisoner mas lOSC
his fortune, his liberty and his wife
will you now take away his life?"
At this the crowded court room
broke into applause which the bailiffs
vainly tried to subdue. Judge Tuthill
lis face flushed with anger, stood I'D
and commanded the applause to cease
and as soon as he could be heard he
ordered --e court room cleared. Point
irg directly at a woman who sat in
the front row Of seats who had been
among the most vigorous in her an
Droval of Judge Vincent's peroration.
he said: There sits a lady who is
present in this court room by cour-
tesy. l BROUGHT her here myself. She
has abused my kindness, and. Mr.. Bail
iff | desire that she should be re-
moved from the room
Soon after this incident, court ad-
iourned until Monday. when States
Attorney Deneen will close the case.
Betting is going on in Chicago nool
rooms on the verdict of the Jury
Sports who declare the corpus dilecti
has not been shown sufficiently to
warrant conviction, are said to be Of
fering bets of 60 to 40 on the proposi-
ton that Luetgert will be acquitted.