The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-25
SMART THING DONE
By TIE PROSECUTION IN TIE
TRIAL OF LUETGERr.

the Defense Up to Dry on IL, 50 Far -
the Jury Law 10 Coacerued-Laesxers
Looks Pieasans-Hypnosism Tried In
California Case-Other News Of
Crime
Chicago. Aug. si.-The prosecution
turned a clever trick on The defense to-
day in The ,-iai o; Adolph Leutge-; Cor
the murder OF his wife. by practically &C
Tense II the drawing OF jury under tia
new jury commission law The oejec-
lions. i, was understood. were made ey
he defense merely FOR the purpose %
/ providing an opportunity 10 take the casa
before the supreme cour, on a Wi; %
error should the trial go against the prs
pne-, and he defense was evidently
much chagriae3 when Judge Tu;hill sus-
tanned The objections and ordered a s2e-
clal veni-e Of lao men under she CID jury
law.
Lue.gert. the defendant. recovered his
self possession today and smiled and
chatted pleasantly with MS lawyers ane
his son Arnold. who was constantly nesS
I him. When co9r, was called 20 order.
I Attorney Phelan. Tor the defense. gci Up
and said:
/ I'VE desire 10 withdraw he ulea OF not
guilty entered in this case
There vas tinSe OF the sensational IN
the remark. and spectators leaned for
/ Ward eagerly. bu, ne lawyers next
I words Quoted the sir. We desire 10
enter motion - quash the indic;ment
against the defendant as u each and ev-
| cry count
| States Attorney Deensn had no 80
! lection 10 the putting OF such notion
''Tae motion is oyeTTalea. said he
court. An exception was kakea 10 sha
T ruling and the plea CO net guilty sas
again entered.
/ The ro,l cali OF the venire men sum-
moned today under The new jury COM
/ mission law was then called. but after II
showed ina, fifty OF the 100 summoned
were in court. Attorney Vincent. Tor tho
/ defense. arose and objected 20 them. as
/ signing tweniy-eigh; reasons sor his
/ challenge. raising the poln; OF cons,itu-
/ tionalty among other things. His argu-
ment was bret Assistant States A.
/ torney McEwen replied othe motion OF
( the defense. holding that the law was
not special legislation. as asserted. but
/ making no objection - the drawing &C
/ che jury under me old c0mmoa law.
When argument concluded the Judge
said he did not desire 70 place the prose
cution in an embarrassing position. Hs
9 "a =. a
/ upon % ;est any law in the trial OF such
! an important case as this was acknosi-
! edged 20 be. and this more than The rea-
/ sons assigned by The defence moved him
| 20 sustain the objections 90 he contcm-
| plated method Of drawing the jury. i.s
| then issued an order FOR d special venlrj.
/ OF 100 men. and the case was adjourned
/ until Som0rrow.
/ HYPNOTISM WON'T COUNT.
! San Francisco. Aug. 24-The state su-
! preme court has affirmed the judgments
! OF guilty OF murder In the first degree
found against j. r Banks. who killed
/ Mrs. Harriet Stiles ana ]. u. Borden ss
/ Ocean side san Diego county. on Sep.
! teTnbe- c. 1895. The case was appealed
on the points that +he evidence WAR ctr.
cumstantlal and that the lower court err.
ed in refusing % allow a hypnotis' Il. \.
Stephens. - testify nat he had hypnc.
/ tlzei the defendant after the murde-.
and that the latter denied the crime whea
under the hypnotic spell Commissioner
Searles. whose opinion was affirmed ~
! the court. said that the law dii not rec
ognize hypno;isu. In Iassing on no
.-.lsa +Tfa srt-, rama r~r4rr oa-aNf Artr
,ice Mcfarland took occasion - say ;hss
ne did not quite agree as 10 The attitude
% the Law toward hypnoiism. II could
not be considered in his case. though 70
mlgn: be in others
FRAU sSCHULTZ's FATE.
Berlin. Aug. PA sensation has been
caused here BY the discovery OF the muir
derei bodies < a widow named Schultz
and he daughter IN TIE cellar % ;hels
residence. Schultz. TIE deceased hus-
band. Wa a mine owner sad several
times millionaire. and Frau schultz
was believed % be In position - CON-
siderable wealth. shoemaker hsvins
store on ne ground floor - sps2ect~i
o: having committed the murder.
PARKS WILL KILL SMITH
Cincinnati. o. Aug. ALSO owners
ot horses az the Newport Face track al
"A sensational meeting 81 newport lsas
night r. a PARK % Washington C5urs
HOUSE. Ohio. arrived . COX after 40
h0rses and found \. II Smith % Texas
win his wife. PARK snapped ala Ts.o3ss-
.hnea times Ia the face o. sml:a. egg q
vas ~; leaded as PARK presumed Nss
Smith escaped - tne officsrs hold a..
Park. AfteFNzr1 PARK created . g-sas
az the kezsen Grove tavern. Wssre ~
thought Smith and als sIfe Eers Lying
and where se E2s refused admission. T.
day PARK swo-e ca: warrants chArx.E:
both parties wsta s8giisry. d; hey So
cs2s1 before the warrants css.4 - s~rY-
81 snIta Is ss.f - n4r4 family n
Texas PARK says be AL ks smith On
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