The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-15
|I10yD TRIAL IS ON.
!, the Luetgert Case Finally
'uy /" Secured.
:, Of DEFENSE Is IN DOUBT

!, Took Twelve Days 20 "e. ."s Y, W, n
wv ysoiremen Were Examined-Mr'
sov reviews the states Case-The
,oressed by the soiemnity Az
ding the observation-disclosures In 'he
Is still Intense
90 Dec. 15.-With the jury COM
,,ad and everything in readiness Tor
p prev. second battle for life AS
Luce states Attorney. McEwen be-
fis'an 10 opening statement for the
gan osscution at 10 o'clock in the morn
~ increased interest In the case was
'"s sde apparent before court opened by
NAV .n,ber of persons who waited In
'ne rr,dors for the doors to open
.,,rost every seat in the large room
a. occupied when the prosecution
was and addressed himself to the
avs and Jury. Mr. McEwen had the
coui' ottertion of the jurors. and they
elO'e evidently impressed by the SOL
unity attending the occasion Oh the
real opening of the second triai
Tails the Familiar STORY.
-, McEven made no attempt at dra-
M, oefact He quietly but impress
mo- ,,, told the twelve men the familiar
sne ~ the night of the first of May,
So told from the states standpoint,
- ~ no particular did it go beyond
w. o,,,dence which the state is pre-
". oS ~ Introduce The speaker opened
pa ,.,, a resume of the somewhat check
va career of the prisoner, and then
soserred at length to the incidents at
tending the discovery by Diedrich Bick-
80 and the police that Mrs. Luetgert
Ia disappeared. The police investiSa-
.'ar and the resulting disclosures in the
sS.an,ant of the factory were narrated
ona lost none of their interest In the
telling States Attorney Deneen ex'
sao,ed that both Mr.. McEwen's and At
,Ornev Harmon's opening addresses
ND he completed before adjourn
ment in the evening.
Line Of Defense i'm Doubt.
Curiosity as to what particular lines
,ho defense will follow is expected Il
~ satisfied when Attorney Harmon
,o,,s the Jurors what he will bring t'
,hem as proof that Mrs. Luetgert wa'
mot murdered. 1t is known that Mr.
Harmon will refer at length to his alip
evidence without committing himsel
70 names or places. 1t is also well un
derstood among those identiheo VIII
] Luetgert that there Will be no radica
departure from the defense INTRODUCES
in the last hearing.
.
There may be some interesting modi
fcations and perhaps a few ADDITIONS
Int the attorneys for the defendan
realize that it would be poor policy I
denart too greatly from the swor
stories told before Judge Tuthiii.
present arrangements are carried on
| Deidrich Bicknese will take the stan
and describe how he first learned tina
his sister. Louise. was not at the Lue'
CERT cottage on Hermitage avenue
Bicknese will be followed by Louis Lue'
CERT. son of the prisoner.
Twelfth Juror I'm the Box.
The jury was secured at the last III
ment Monday afternoon. The tweiI'
man, Henry Boasderg, was accepted Q
the state after the defense had a
tempted to challenge him, and aftt
two hours of examination finally passe
him to the other side. During the e.
animation OF veniremen Mr.. Harmon II
troduced many arguments incorporate
in questions, and when Roasderg wa
finally accepted Luetgert's chief cou'
sci said.
well, the dog is either dead or all
now. The trial will simply confirm u
questions have put to the jury.
The securing OF a jury occupied e
actly twelve days, and necessitat'
the examination of $50 veniremen'
that number 81 were challenged l
cause. thirty-seven peremptorily, u