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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

grave case Il subject of jocular mention
throughout the country.
As result Of all this the jury when it
retired for consideration of the law
and the evidence found il impossible to
unite on any verdict satisfactory 10 all
of the twelve men. After spending sixty
six hours in heated discussion Il majority
numbering nine men gave up the attempt
to persuade the other three that Luetgert
should be convicted and Judge Tuthill
let them all 20 home.
While the majority of the public may
believe that Luetgert was guilty Of the
terrible crime laid to his charge there
has always been room for lingering
doubt in many minds that would operate
powerfully on jurors mind to prevent
conviction. But for this lurking fear Of
doing an rrcparable injustice to an inno-
cent man the circumstances of this case
would have placed Luctgert beyond the
pale of human sympathy. The trial with
its disagreement has blasted his life for
cycr--a wrong beyond repair if he is in
nocent. n righteous retribution if the cir
cumstantial testimony of the deserted fac
tory and its hideous evidences Of crime
told the truth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

he thought il was apparent that the Jury
could not agree. Not once. however. did
the Jurors ask To be discharged. They
were Il determined set of fighters and
they looked for no interference on the
part of the judge, in whose discretion they
might have been released ut any time.
In the interviews given by members of
the jury they said they paid little attcn-
ton 10 the bones. Although the battle
of the PSYCHOLOGISTS was the great feature
of the trial. the scsamoid, femur aud
other bones which were introduced IN "Nl-
dence as portions of Mrs. Luc;gert and
over which the battle was fought. were
not considered 10y the jurors. They were
east aside as haviI: no weight in PROV
ing guilt TO the way Of thinking en-
ployed by several Of the jurors, the work
of impeaching the Schimpkc girls and
Nick Faber was fruitlcss. There were
those in the jury who gave credencc 10
their testimony that they saw Mrs. Luct-
CERT with her husband going toward the
engine room of the factory that night
Greater, however, than all of the cvi-
dence was that Of the rings. The alb
scnce from the smaller ring of any mill
ing was the point that did most To keep
the three jurors strong in their assertion
that Luctgcrt was innocent. Nearly all
of the witnesses said the small ring had
Il miled edge when they saw 1t with Mrs.
Luetgcrt while the one in evidence had
II smooth outer surface. And when II was
all ended an encomium of inspector
Schaack's methods issued from the jury
room. With the exception of Foreman
Heichhold, who wrote this peculiar docu-
ment in which Schaack's : manner of secur-
ing evidence was commended. most OF the
Jurors denied any knowledge of signing
such n document. They admitted hav-
ing signed resolutions of thanks to Judge
Tuthill and the court officers. but exhibit
ed no knowledge of the last paragraph
which sounded approval Of the north side
police inspector.
Were il not for Juror Harley. ii is as
serted by many Of the other jurors. YER
! dict of guilty would have been rendered.
Harley was convinced OF Luetgcrt's in
nocence and he voted for acquittal on
every ballot His positiveness was a prop
and support to Holabrd and Barber. who
voted with him on every ballot. When
he left the court building he was chccred
hy the crowds in the street, who distin-
gushed him as the one who was immova-
! bic in his belief of the prisoners inno-
cence.
After nearly two months Of legal con-
tention the case goes upon the records
10 be cited as another of the historic muir
der trials Of the century. The celebrity
of this sensational case has been partly
due to the extraordinary character Of the
alleged crime as described by the State
and partly TO the unusual developments
Of the trial itself. The State had before il
the difficult task of evoking the image of
Mrs. Luetgcrt from II few bones and two
gold rings. To connect the dead woman
with the accused it then had to present to
the jurors story which naturally would
seem hard to believe, and in proof of
| which il had only circnmstnntial cvidenco
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
Sparks from the Wires.

Wcyler. it seems, drew a blank and
Spain Blanco.
The Central railroad buildings at Ma
con, Ga, were destroyed 10y. fire. Loss,
$4,000.
4. G. deuel., aged %. for forty years
superintendent of the public schools Of
Urbana, Ohio, was killed by freight
train.
President Gompers has issued n call for
the seventeenth annual convention of the
American Federation Of Labor at Nash
vile, Tenn. to begin Dec. IL.
The auxiliary yacht Utowana has been
sold TO Allison V. Armour of Chicago, a
/ member of the New York Yacht Club,
who has for years owned the steam yacht
ltuna.
| The coroner's jury in the inqueset upon
| the death of Cashier Struble of Shepherd,
| Mich, rendered a verdict Of suicide. The
verdict was reached after eighteen hours
| deliberation.
Forest fires near Austin, Pa, are under
control after burning 100000 worth OF
timber. The northern part of Cayuga
County, n. Y. is ablaze, and great dam
age has been done.
| The gOmplllnI Oh hOTllI1eT ItellurlCkS
of New York City against the Manhat-
tan Railway Company, alleging that its
directors had unlawfully paid out $3,0OO,-
600, has been dismissed.
United States Commissioner Tunison
decided to hold Karl A. Karlsehn, who
shipped as carpenter on the British ship
Fayonius to Rio Janeiro from Pensacola,
Fla, charged with the burning Of the ship
at sea.
John Harris shot and killed George
Kebo, an escaped convict, at Keokuk,
Iowa. Kebo is Harris son-in-law, bu,
was not living with his wife. Kebo broke
into the house and fired at Harris, who
killed him.
The Cleveland express on the Cleveland
and Pittsburg Railroad ran into a shift
ing engine in the West Park, Allegheny,
Pa. Ross Griffin, fireman, was fatally
hurt and a number of passengers were
cut and bruised.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

n clerk in country store at $40 q year
and his board. Three years later he went
to Albion. y. Y, where he was employed
as cabnetmaker. During the following
ten years he was engaged in contract
work Of various kinds. In 1853 he went
to Chicago. Between 1859 and 1SG2 he
remodcled several passenger coaches into
sleeping cars. These cars were first run
over the Chicago and Alton and Galena
and Chicago railroads. In 1860 the first
complete sleeping car. The Pioneer" was
finished at cost of $4,000. lie then
organized the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany and established the plant at the
town of Pullman, which was plan of his
own creation, and has grown to splendid
proportions and is known the world over
as model city. At the time of his death
Mr.. Pullman is reputed To have been
worth S40,000,00O.
The Pullman Palace Car Company is
the largest railroad manufacturing inter-
est in the world. 1t employs Il capital Of
$4,000, 900 and has assets exceeding S45,-
OO,OOO. About the time of the World S
Columbian exposition it had in its service
2,239 cars and employed 1855 persons,
whose annual wages aggregated S3,331,-
527, being an average OF SG10 per capita.
At present, however, both the number of
employees and their wages are lower than
then.
But, although Mr.. Pullman was the
moving spirit of this vast enterprise, his
capacity for business was not fully salts
fled in any single venture. Among the
important interests with which he was
identified were the Eagleton iron works of
New York. and the New York Loan and
Improvement Company, which he organ
lied and which built the Metropolitan
Elevated Railway on Second and Sixth
avenues. He had also been interested in
the Nicaragua canal plan since its incep-
ton.
At the time il was constructed, in 1854,
the Pullman office building, where the
business headquarters of the car COM
pany are maintained, was probably the
finest business and apartment block in
Chicago, and it does not stand behind
many to this day. His home, II mansion
of brown stone on Prairie avenue and
Eighteenth street, is one of the finest ap-
pointed residences i'm Chicago.
In business Mr.. Pullman was prompt
but never hasty. Socially, he was court
" in manner. but his formality was not
such as 10 make him unapproachable. In
1867 he married Miss Hattie A. Sanger,
daughter Of James II. Sanger of Chicago.
Their four children are Florence, Harriet,
George NJ. and Walter, the last two being
twins
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
FAMOUS lUETGEET MURDER
CASE ENDS IN A MiSTRIAl.
Jury Was Out Sixty-six Hours and
Stood on Last Ballot Nine to Three
for Conviction - New Trial Will BE
Necessary.
End of the Long Siege.

The great Luetgert trial in Chicago, the
most absorbing criminal prosecution Oh
the century, ended in Il disagreement OF
the Jury. For siXty-siX hours the jury
tried in vain To reach a verdict. For thlr
ty-eight hours the vote was y to TOT
conviction and ut 10:4O o'clock IhursdaS
forenoon the twelve men announced an
irrecOnciable disagreement. ana JuuSe
Tuthill. being convinced that 1t was use
less and inhuman TO attempt TO Iorce u
verdict, reluctantly ordered It's discharge.
The twenty-sccond and last ballot stood
nine for conviction and three for acquit-
tai This was irrespective of any ques-
ton of the penalty which had to wait on
the jury's decision rs to the guilt or lnho-
cence of the prisoner. The big sausage
maker. the center of Il series of the most
dramatic episodes in the annals of crihl-
inal procedure, will have to go through
this experience second time, for he VIII
he put OH trial again for the murder OF
his wife.
The closing events of the famous trial
made up Il scene of not more than eleven
minutes duration. But Il tense, feverlsh
emotion was packed into every one OF
these minutes and even Luetgert, with hls
iron nerve, felt the strain. His face was
bloodless as he entered the court room and
IA tangle of deep burrows extended across
his brow. \ keen, swift look shot from
beneath his shaggy gray eyebrows ana
his glance seemed to take in at II flash that
the supreme moment in his fate had arrly-
ed. AS he came in from the Jail battery
of eyes threw at him looks whose signlh'
cance expressed all degrees of curiosity
In his walk. his manner. his mien, con
straint was there and the anxiety that
sent the blood from his check and put 4
purple tinge on his lips was visibly shared
in by his counsel.
Court was opened and the jurors noti
fed to appear. Nearly three days OF
wrangling. loss of sleep, and the close con
fnement had worked a wonderful trans
formation on them. They entered the
room with tagging steps and sank int
their chairs Il woc-bcgono looking crowd
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
THE M'KINLEY MEDAL.

limited and the demand is large. Some
collectors have complete collections OF
these medals. from that showing the pro-
file of Washington to that showing the
profile of Cleveland. Several of the med
ais already struck off have been sent to
the President for himself and the men,
bers of his cabinet. The profile of the
President is an excellent likeness. On
the reverse side is the date of the inau-
guration. Large orders for the medals are
expected, and the receipts are for the ben
eft of the mint earnings.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
GREAT MASSACRE IN CHINA.
Rebels Sack the City of h uang Yang
and Kill and Wound 1000.

The city of Kuang Yang, in Human
province, has been captured and its inhab-
itants massacred by a band Of rebels
forming part Of rebel'army which is de-
vastating Human and Kuang provinces,
in southern China. Aug. "a the bandits
scaled the walls Of Kuang Yang with the
intention of capturing the provincial pris-
on and releasing three of their members
there imprisoned. One band tore down
the prison, setting free several hundred
murderers, thieves and imprisoned debt
ors. Another gang attacked the central
part of the city, first numbering the mag
istrate who had sent the three bandits to
prison. His entire family, numbering thir-
ty-two including servants, was killed. The
entire night was spent In Staying and
plundering. All mandarins and every civil
and military officer in the city were slain.
The pumber killed and injured exceeded
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
HOMES NOW IN RUINS.
Five Thousand People of Windsor
N. Lose Their All.

Historic Windsor, one of the most beau
tiful towns in the province of Nova Scotia,
was devastated by fire Sunday morning.
For six hours, beginning shortly before 8
a. M, the fire, famed by violent north
west gale, ragged so tiercely that the local
fire department was absolutely helpless to
cope with it and within half an hour after
its discovery the Mayor began to call fol
outside assistance.
Long before noon the town had been
eaten up almost completely, the area COW
cred by the flames being nearly mile
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

Lord Salisbury finds his health unequal to
the strain and burden of his two offices
of premier and foreign minister. SO great
is his desire for rest that on his recent
visit to Beaulieu he did not even take his
secretary. Moreover, the premier is much
concerned about the health Of the mar
chioness of Salisbury, which is far from
good
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
CRAWLING MICHIGAN THURSDAY OCTOBER 2s 1897.

1000. The insurgents numbered $1,000
men, half Of them armed. Their avowed
object is to destroy existing government in
southern China. The government is great
ly alarmed, but has no adequate means
of suppressing the Nsurrection.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
PULLMAN is NO MORE.
PALACE CAR MAGNATE DIES OF
HEART FAILURE.
End Comes Suddenly in the Early
Morning Started Poor Lad at $40
Year and at Death Was Reputed
Worth $4O,OOO,OOO.
Career Is Closed.

George NJ. Pullman, president of the
Pullman Palace Car Company, died ut
$3.50 o'clock Tuesday morning, at his
home in Chicago. Death was sudden, and
is attributed to heart failure. Monday
night Mr.. Pullman retired at IL o'clock,
after entertaining a party of friends at
his home. At that time he made no par
ticular complaint regarding his health.
During the past month Mr.. Pullman had
been ailing, but the trouble was not sufli-
cient to interfere with his business, and
Monday he was at his office as usual.
Early Tuesday morning friend, who was
stopping with Mr.. Pullman, heard slight
noise from his hosts bedchamber and en-
tered to see Mr.. Pullman make his way
to a safe, where he fell gaspng for breath.
Physicians were summoned, but the sick
man had expired before II doctor could
reach his side. His very sudden death
came as a shock to his relatives and
friends, and as it became known through
out the city formed the chief topic of con-
versation in business circles. Mrs. Pull
man was in New York at the time of her
husbands demise.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
SALISBURY TO RETIRE.
British Premier Anxious to Relinquish
the Cares of Office.

The London Daily Chronicle announces
that in view of Lord Salisbury's desire
to resign the premiership an early recon-
struction of the cabinet is probable.
According to the Daily Chronicle no Sc
rious difference of opinion exists among
the ministers on matters OF policy, but
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

CRAWFORD TENT, X. o. Il. NJ. No. Iu,- =
Meets every Saturday evening.
j. j. COLLINS Com.
Il. NOLAN, X. n
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

interesting information will come to the
surface as TO just what Mr.. Dana's rela-
tons with the paper were during the last
few years Of his life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

GRAlLING CHAPTER, X. A. NJ, No l3l--
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
j. X. MERZ. IL p
A. TAYLOR, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

CRAWLING LODGE, /. o. o. f. NO H. -
Meets every Tuesday evening.
j. B. JOHNSON, N. a.
p. +. JOHNSON, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

CRAWLING CHAPTER, ORDER OF EASY
ERN STAR No. 50, meets Monday evening ON
or before the full of the moon.
MARY l.. STALEY, w NJ
JOSIE BUTLER, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

woMEN's RELIEF CORPS, No. 49,. meets OH
the I'd and 4th Saturdays at o'clock in the af-
ternoon. MRS. NJ. T. HANSON, President
REBECCA MIGHT Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

COURT CRAWLING, /. O. F., No. 790.--MoetE
second and last Wednesday, OF each month
j. WooDBURE, c. r.
Il. WISNER, II. s.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

to offer. Experts were called in to iden-
tify bones and debris, and then these gen
tlcmen were promptly met by experts for
the defense who were able to deny the
possibility of such an identification. This
feature of the case, more even than the
length of time consumed and the endless
technical discussions, will call attention
again TO the marked inferiority of Amer
ican criminal procedure as compared with
that abroad. There was n waste OF time
and money and there was an unconscion-
able waste of words. There were times
during the testimony Of the experts when
the recondite investigations into science
became almost farcical and made this
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
M'kINLsYS IMAGE IN BRONZE
Medals Now Being Struck OFF by the
Philndclnlin Mint.

Bronze medals bearing the likeness Of
President Mckinley are being rapidly
struck off by the mint. and soon the whole
issue will have been finished. This work
is being done in accordance with an an
cicnt custom that has prevailed ever since
the time of Washington. The medals are
very valuable. inasmuch as the supply is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

MARVIN POST, No. 2i0, q. A. r.. nests this
second and fourth Saturdays in each month
w. S. CHALKER Post Com
G. w. WRIGHT, Adjutant.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28
Founder of 81 City.

George Mortimer Pullman, one Of Chi
cago's most distinguished citizens and
founder of the city which bears his name,
was born in Chautauqua County, n. Y,
March 3, 1881. At the age Of IA he was
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

CRAWLING HIVE. No. 81, l.. o. Il. M.-Mcets
every first and third Wednesday OF each month
MRS. GoULETTF, Lady Com
MRS. +. WALDE, Record Keeper.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-28

REGULAR CONVOCATION OF PORTAGE
LODGE. No. 141, X. of r., meets in Castle iiah
the first aud third Wednesday of each month
5. n. INsLEY, X. of Il. :.
j. w. HARrwICH, &C
The advocate., 1897-03-31
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Give young trees good protection and
good cultivation.
The safest plan is to plant few fruit
trees every year.
When not mulched, the winter is a
good time to manure all kinds of small
fruits.
In the winter when the ground is
frozen hard is the best time to trans
plant large trees.
Feed the trees and fruit plants with
an application Of manure or wood ashes
scattered evenly.
The demand now is for quality
rather than quantity in allkinds of farm
products, especially fruits.
Use wood ashes in the orchard or
coal ashes on heavy clay land. Both
are too valuable to be allowed to go to
waste.
In pruning, cut close to the body of
the tree, cut smoothly and then cover
the wound with some kind of paint or
varnish.
1t is claimed that, as a rule, varieties
of Strawberries that have the most vig-
orous and healthy foliage are the least
productive.
There are few if any kinds Of fruit
more easily raised or more highly priced
than the different varieties of rasp-
berries. By planting in rows sufficient
ly far apart to cultivate they car be
grown with very little trouble. - St.
Louis Republic.
The advocate., 1897-03-31
ORCHARD PRUNING.

Don't Go at 1t as Though You Were CUT
ting Cord Wood
Don't get crazy fit and go into your
orchard with an AK and cut and slash the
branches off and think you are pruning,
says Fl. e. Van Deman. Every stroke
with tool on tree is a stroke at its
life, unless very wisely made. There
need be no elaborate or stylish method
of pruning adopted. Common sense is
good guide, but if a person judges his
knowledge of pruning by the amount
of brush he makes, ,ihe is sadly lacking in
common sense, and should never be al
lowed to prune.
ALI dead or sick branches should come
HaEs nll that cr0qR. ag chafe each otRAr
The advocate., 1897-03-31

should be relieved by the removal of
the one which can best be spared. Do
not cut great open spaces in the tree
tops and so let in too much hot sun
shine and injure the limbs that have
been used to being shaded. 1t is dan
gerous to prune cherry trees at all;
they are rarely benefited by so doing,
but are often injured. Train old or
chard trees to have low, broad heads,
which will shade the trunks, lessen the
purchase of the winds, and make more
convenient the gathering of the fruit.
The advocate., 1897-03-31
stOp-Over Privilege at washington.

A ten day stop-over at Washington, DC,
is now granted on all through tickets be-
tween the East and West, via Baltimore &
Ohio railroad. Stop-over will also be
granted on the return journey made on
round trip tickets, within the final limit Of
such tickets, but not exceeding ten days.
Passengers will deposit their tickets with
the ticket agent at B, & o. railroad sta
tiOn in Washington, who will retain them
until the journey is to be resumed, when
they will be made good for continuous
passage to destination by extension
or exchange. This arrangement will
doubtless be greatly appreciated by the
travelling public because it will permit the
holders Of through tickets to make brief
visit to the National capital without addi-
tional outlay for railroad fare.
The advocate., 1897-03-31
Kansas City Produce.

WHEAT Firm, slightly higher in some cases: /:
No. hard, 7S(G70c: No. 8, 72GD76c; No. 2 red,
96c No. g. 0O994c No. A, S0@S5c; No. 2 spring,
T970; No. 3, 75976c.
CoRN.,-About 14c higher; receipts light; No.
mixed, 2Oc.
0ATs-Firm, rather active; No. white, 1900
2lc.
RYE--Steady; No. 2, SIC.
HAY-Rather weak; choice timothy, $500
600; choice prairie, S55O06OO.
BUTTER-Creamery very firm, 16(917c; dairy,
10@13C.
EGGs--1zc lower and weaker; receipts
heavy; strictly fresh, 7c.
The advocate., 1897-03-31
Free stOp-Over at WashIngtOn.

On all through tickets between the East,
West, North and South, reading via Balti
more g. Ohio railroad, q stopover at
Washington can be secured, without
extra charge for railroad fare, by deposit
ing the ticket upon arrival at Wash
ington with the B. g. O. station
ticket agent at that point Washing
ton is always attractive to visitors, and
particularly so while Congress is in ses-
sion. This arrangement for stop-over priv
ilege will doubtless be appreciated boy the
ital many travellers to view It's superb pub
lie buildings, monuments, museums and
thOroughfaFeS.
The advocate., 1897-03-31
MARKET REPORTS.
Kansas City Live Stock.

CATTLE--Receipts, $500; shipments, 900.
Butchers grades steady, others weaker.
Texas steers, S3OO(G4 85 Texas COWS, $230GD875;
native steers, $32O@500; native cows and
heifers. $1.25(94.OO; stOckers and feeders, $825
QD4.90; bulls, $1.S5(g425.
HoGs-Receipts, 9OOO shipments, 900. Mar
ket 5l110c lower. Bulk OF Sales 1880
800; heavies, $87504OO packers, $97O9S90; |;
mixed, s3SO940O; lights, SO 75@885; yorkers,
SO SO@8S6; pigs, $825(D865
SHEEP-Receipts, 5000; shipments, 900. Mar
ket weaker. Lambs, $S.5O@49O; muttons, $500
(0450