The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-20

court room was sought by the members
OF the jury States Attorney Deneen
gave the. facts to the Associated Press.--- -
Il had barely reached my Office this
morning. said MIR. Deneen, when was
informed that my presence was desired N
the court room and that the Luetgert
jury had a report or something Of that
nature to the Judge. Judge Tuthill, eA-
Judge Vincent and Attorney Phalen had
been notified and were in the court room
for and came into court cool and smiling.
Then the jury was brought in 1t was ap-
parent at once who had been holding the
jury" The. States Attorney continued; !;
Judge Tuthill inquired If the jury had
any communication to make. Juror Hart
ley was on his feet in a jiffy. and began
on question of fact. Harley wanted to
know If it was possible to leave out GER
tain evidence altogether. exclude it en-
trely and then consider the other evil
dence and make up verdict from it. This
queery excited the laughter of those who
We're opposed to Harley, and it was
noticeable that nine of the jurors laughed.
Judge Tuthill replied that the question
was an improper one for him to answer.
You have your instructions" said His
Honor. Note the reading Of them. You
will find that nearly all of them con-
tain the language, and il after con-
sideration of all the evidence you find
beyond reasonable doubt, ETC.. That
should be sufficient. The Court cannot in
struct you upon a question of fact. You
win retire to your jury room and return
to further consideration of the case.'
That was all that occurred. Several of
the Jurors wanted to know how much
longer they were going to be kept in the
jury room.
Judge Tuthill paid no attention to the
inquiry.
Juror Harley is the man who is hold
ing the jury. He now has two adher-
ents. They are Jurors Holabird and Beh-
miller, but both of these, it is believed,
.l~n "a u on I'M lOn1 mo NOV &C
if there would be disagreement. be-
lieve that before night, the jury will
stand eleven to one and that the only
man who viii bring about the disagree
ment VIII be Harley. Judge Tuthill is de-
termined the jury shall have ample time
to consider all the evidence in the case
and he viii not discharge the jurors be-
fore tonight or tomorrow.
The sanne arrangements that were made
yesterday with regard to the reception of
9 possible verdict prevailed today. Judge
Immediately after the scene in the court
room He went to his home on Jackson
Boulevard and it was agreed that he
should be notified at once in case the
Jury signified that verdict had been
reached.
Ex-Judge Vincent and Attorney Phalen
went to their offices down town and kept
in touch with telephone communication
all day
Before he left the building Judge Tut
hill intimated to counsel in the case that
this evening and call the jury before him
to ask if there was any inclination or pos
sibility of a verdict being reached.
Judge Tuthill also hinted that if the
reply indicated even vaguely that there
was the slightest chance for a verdict
back the jury would go and remain the
balance of the week unles verdict was
handed into court in the meantime.
States Attorney Deneen this morning
received a letter from man who said
he was a Dane and who added that he
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sharply criticized Harley and declared
that the juror was in <disfavor in his ma
tive country before coming to America.
He also asserted that many farmers in
Minnesota to whom Harley had sold light
ming rods and other farmers in North and
South Dakota who had purchased seed
and implements from the obdurate juror
had reason to remember him regretfully.
''Why did you take such a man on the
jury?" asked the writer.
States Attorney Deneen said as he
shook his head and repeated the ques-
ton HE was the last man accepted We
did not have time to look up his record, as
other eleven jurors. He answered. all ques-
tions fairly enough. and his appearance
was good That is why he was accepted =
During all the long trial States Attorney
In fact, never until today did Mr.. Deneen
come in contact with the big sausage
maker. Assistant States Attorney Nc
Evan had conducted all the preliminary
proceedings in the case. When Luetgert
walked into Judge Tuthilrs court room
this morning he believed e verdict had
that he had been acquitted. With
a smile on his face he walked
up to ex-Judge Vincent and At
torney Phalen and warmly shook each
of them by the hand. Then turning to-
ward States Attorney Deneen he grasp
ed the small hand of the States Attor
ney in his monster palm and exclaimed,
well Mr. Deneen, I am glad it is all
over. You gave me terrible tongue
iashing the last day but you were fair.
'eYou did not go outside the evidence.
States Attorney Deneen shook the
hand of the giant German, smiled and
bowed, but said nothing.