Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-20
STILL IN SUSPENSE.
THE FATE OF ADoLPu AUETGERT
NOT YET KNOWN.
JURY GO REGULARLY TO BED.
They Are Worn Out, and Some Are
Threatened With Iliness-A DISH
rreemeut the General Expectation.
Attempts mt Bribery.

n,aood g., the courtroom. and it was an
nounced by Judge Tuthill that. even
though. by one chance in IL milhon' 'he
fury should wake up and agree upon
verdict. there would be no announce
mept and the courtroom would, under
no circumstances. be opened until ~
O'Clock tomorrow morning
few minutes after o'clock Judge
Tuthfu appeared at the CRIMINAL Court
building, and gave positive orders 'naI
nobody should be admitted to the build
ing under any circumstances.
Judge Tuthill went directly to the
courtroom, where he was told by the
bailiffs in the jury-room that several Oh
tho iurvmen were almost exhausted by
the ordeal to which they had been sub
jected during the last thirty hours' ana
II they were not allowed some rest IL
would certainly result In some OF theni
becoming i'll. The jury also sent "oru
that there was no immediate prospect or
an agreement, and under the circum-
stances the Judge gave orders that they
be permitted to drop the case and so to
sleep. The cots were quickly dragged
into the courtroom, and within a Few
minutes every juror was stretched out
at fun length and all consideration OF
the case was off until they should wake
In the morning
Judge Tuthin, after giving directions
that all possible be done for the COM
fort OF the jurors, left the building for
his home
''They have not agreed as yet" he said
when he left the courthouse, "and when
l became convinced that there was little
prospect of their doing so, and saw how
weary some of them were, l told them TO
go to sleep and try to agree in the morn
ing There would be no use in keeping
them up all of tonight, because, in the
first place two or three of them would,
I'm a short time, be utterly incapacitated
by fatigue, and no agreement could ever
be obtained from men who were nervous
from loss of sleep and exhausted with
argument When | came TO the court TO-
night. had no idea that verdict would
be reached but | was anxious to do all
| could for the comfort OF the jurors.
That was really the cause OF my WISH
TO the building tonight. There Is, OF
course. no likelihood that they will wake
up tonight and reach an agreement, and
even IL they should, l would not come
down to hear it before 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. There is no chance
whatever Of a verdict being given by the
Jury before that hour"
DISAGREEMENT MOST LIKELY.
States Attorney Deneen remained In his
office until all hope OF verdict tonight
had heen abandoned. He Is still hopetui
of a verdict but naturally looks upon
disagreement as the most likely out
come.
There were rumors of all kinds ahoat
during the evening, all of them being 10
the effect that the friends OF Luetgert
on the Jury were weakening. Ii was
understood during the day that the vote
stood eight to four. and then rumors
were that IT was ten for the death pen
atty and two for acquittal. "A later story
was that it stood eleven for hanging ana
one for acduittal.
Juror Harley IS admitted to be the
stoutest friend of Luetgert's on the jury
and it is he who is leading the fight Tor
an acGulttal.
over in the jail Luetgert was during
the evening anxiously awaiting word
from the jury-room. He tried as usual 10
keep up an appearance OF indlnerehce'
and. as usual, made a failure OF H.
"If they don't agree" he said, Il get
bail. and will be out Of this | can give
bafI for n million. il they want that much.
NV wife is living somewhere. but au-
init that she is having a lot or fun win
me at present. There is one thing sure
the prisoner said, with great positive
ness. there will be no continuance IN
this case 1t will be an acquittal or dis
agreement"
Asked where he got his information, he
/
long. ] won't be killed, though; you can
bet on that"
At 10 o'clock the Criminal Court build
ing was dark as a pocket. The crowd
which had hung around its entrances
during the earlier part of the evening
had disappeared. A solitary bailin sat
at the foot of the stairs leading TO the
second story; another sat at the upper
end OF the flight; two more were at the
door of the courtroom, and three more
were inside keeping watch over the
sleeping jurymen.
The opinion around the Criminal Court
tonight was that all chances Of ver-
dict had disappeared, and that the result
is practically certain TO be a disagree
ment. 1t is considered possible, and even
probable that the State will have nine
or ten of the jurymen, and the defence
the remainder. The chances then. how
ever. seem to favor a disagreement OF
eight for conviction and four for ac-
quittal.
OFFER OF BRIBES.
Two letters Offering bribes to the fore
man of the jury have been received by
Judge Tuthll, and are row In the pos
session OF the States Attorney The
latter is not disposed TO regard the at
tempted bribery as serious, but Inspec-
tor Setback and Assistant-State's-At
torney McEwen look upon the matter
with suspicion.
The first letter was received last Mon
day morning. 1t was dated October 10th,
the day upon which it was originally
believed the case would go TO the
Jury. 1t reads as follows
"Mr. Foreman: Dear Sir,-A powerful
influence is at work TO save Adolph l..
Luetgert. Money is scarce, and In these
hard times SlO0 or so comes in handy. L
have 81 500 TO divide among you twelve
men. If you want II, have two men,
smcoth-faced, that are In the secret at
The southeast corner Of Randolph and
Dearborn streets, tomorrow at l o'clock
- M Let them wear white linen neck
ties or ~ they prefer IL, red bow-ties.
everything will be all right. The money
is secure in a Clark-street bank.
cSiyned GEORGE ATRILL."
The second letter is under date OF Oc-
tober 18th. and is also addressed TO the
foreman of the Luetgert jury. 1t is as
follows:
"Dear sir.-Why didn't you have the
Young men at the southeast corner OF
Randolph and Dearborn streets. as sug-
gested? In the present hard times slVo