The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-10-15
He IS BREAKING DOWN
II Il Expected That Luetgert May
Yet Collapse.
JUDGE VINCENT SPEAKS
He Begins a Fervid Address to tie Jury
Argued That the State Had Not
Proved the Corpus Delicti.
Asks for Acqui,tal.

tory continued in thu Lu-tEert trial
to-day and it win last for lWo days
longer. Atturn,y Phalrn for the du
f,nsv concluded his address after
speaking Two hours this morning, and
thrn Attorney Vincent brgan "a ferNid
address In behalf - the defendant. The
main paint of his argument to-day was
to raisr IN the minds of the jury
doubt as Ia whether Mrs. l.ucigeri II
really dead. He admitted that she had
disappeared, hut insisted that IL had
not been shown beyond all doubt that
,h- was dead. Having spent much
time IN trying to create the doubt ip
the minds Of the jury. he insisted that
there should b. no hair way measures
In the verdict made. ~ l.uctgcrt was
guilty uf this crime he deserved all
that the law could mctc out To- him.
but II h- was not guilty, beyond all
doubt h. should be set fruc. Mr VIM
cent insisted that th: ease Was not
one for compromise ycrdicts. IL would
not do 10 sentence the prisoner to the
pcnitcntiary. because IL was Just pos
sibl- that the woman might turn up
some day. II the jury bclieved that
there was any likelihood Of her turning
up at any later day. II WIS their pusi-
ness To acluit the prisoner nov. Mr.
Vincent viii speak all of tomorrow.
The sons of A. l.. Luetgert we're not
I'm court this morning when Attorney
Ihalen resumed his address. The cx-
prcsssion upon the face ~ Luetgrrt
this morning Indicated that he had
spent a restless night. He Is break
ing down" was the comment Of those
who know the man well. II viii not
Q I.. lSfr lal
| Ia the event of conviction. This morn
ing his manner was Subdued IN com
partisan with the spirit he displayed
some weeks ago. The arguments "f
counsel which bring up in fcN lew all
the details ~ the famous Trial affect
l.uetgcrt more than did the varied tes-
tlmony of the witnesses. Must of all.
Luetgrrt fears. ~ h. said. tnv cl"sine
| SPEECH ur states Attorney p,nrrn, His
/ style is of the order that rlectriiies and
impresscs "A jury
Attorney Phalsn Mas apparently
much refreshed to-day and an good
volcr he resumed his argument and
made the declaration that IN" defense
had broken the states cir,umstantial
| chain of evidence AT both ends and In
thv middle and scattered the fragments
Ia the four winds. He reiterated the
contention THAI the state had moi
| proved corpus deficit of sufficient re-
sponsibliity for consideration when "A
human life was at stake.
The lawyer next took mp the matter
Of the rings found In the vat and said
III. defense had proved beyond a doubt
| that they wcr" never worn 10y Mrs.
l.ur,gcri. lie doubted n the rings ever
were In the vat. "if ,hose rings we've
In that vat" said he. they were
placed there by some one who sought
| the ruin of Adolph T.. I.ucigrTi.
TIL. speech of cy-Judge Vincent. chief
counsel for the def,.nsa, Was the lead
ing feature of the afternoon session of
court u was the must eloquent argu-
mcnt thus Ear addressed 10 the jury
!, was a plea nill of pathos fora hu-
man lifc. ES-Judgr Vincent is a man
| of tine presence and ~ magnetic per
sonality. His voice is strong and pleas
ant 10 the ear and he is fluent In de-
livory. lie II also possessed of many
~ the atis ~ the accomplished orator
| and brings his clinaxss To- IN. atten-
tinn Of the jury by facial expressions
and gestures that impress the force OF
| his remarks.
"Genri.mcn Of the jury. was Mrs.
| Louise l.u"tgsrt alive an May -. or
is she d.ad?" began eN-Judge Vincent.
and hr paused n moment 10 allow the
jurors IL reNolyc the question In their
slinds.
Us L.u"tRert guilty. ar is he inno-
crnts' continued the lawyer.
! n think IL was Juror Boyd who.
! when asked. nearly two months ago.
| II h. thought Mrs. Lu"tgert was dead.
/ and N he thought Nj. Iustgcrt had
/ killed her. replied. on. depends very
I largely upon the other. That was
! aptly put During the progress Of my
address to you 7 shall have something
- say later ON about the threats of
Mrs. Lu"tgcrt tn disappear Mi Me-
Evan has said that people do not dis
! appear 10 their voliiion nowadays Il
the telegraph any more Trustworthy ar
s.rviccablc to-day than when Dicdrirh
/ Bicknoz tried io discover Henry Bick-
nez. "A brother Of Mrs. l.uctgcrt. when
h. disappeared mysteriously 20 years
ago."
II object Ia that" interrupted Attor-
ney Mrt.Wan. There Is no evidence tn
/ support that statement"
"Dh. but ther' is." r-tor,cd cx-Judgc
/ Vincent. and he picked up a typcNtit
ten copy of the evidenc" and read a
/ paragraph which sustained him.
I Then ho went ON tu declare that dis
4 appearances are not unusual. Who
darrs say with the positiNsnnSs that
/ reaches beyond reasonable doubt that
Mrs. Luotgsri Is deade" uuerled the
speaker. pointing a warning hnger at
I thr jury. And II she Is not dead
I Lustgcrt is an innocent man. We be-
I lrvo SHE sin Hives. None ~ the iiick-
rrz family knows to-day whether
Henry liickn"z is dad ~ alive. n
disapprar.d % years ego. ~ H.. or
was. a. the ease may b. brother uf
Mrs. luc'c ccrt"
EX-judsc Vincent next paid his at
tent ~ tn the police Department. He
criticised INSPECTOR Setback severely #.
and said that tho north side police oni-
clal had stoured Ia unusual uethoiS In
this case to retain hts position IN the
[ police department. ~ charged per-
Jury both on the part ~ thr police aud
I other witrf ss-s IN the case. and laudrd
he testimony " thv Witnesses for the
dffensr who had supported the theory
that l.ustE.rt had heguN making
/ snap I'm thu factory on the i1trfu' night
~ Ma T. tn experts ot rhc dcfonse
Wcp' praised and those ~ the prusertt. q.
tiun rdiculei EN-Judgc Nin'snt Is
expected 90 speak the entire day to-
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