New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-22
LUETGERTS JURY DISAGREE
THEY ARE DISCHARGED BY JUDGE
TUTHILL.
NINE WERE FOR CONNECTING THE sArsAoo
MAKER OF NUMBERING HIS wTFE-cLosu

NINE WERE FOR CONNECTING THE ArsAoe
MAKER OF NUMBERING HIS wFE-cLosH
OF A NOTED CRIMINAL TRIAL.
Chicago. Oct. 2l-The jury In the Lueteert case
again today reported their inability to agree On
a verdict and were discharged by Judge Tutni'i.
The court was called to order at 1850 A. mr. ana
the Jury Ia ga rd-looking and half OF them minus
their collars aud ties. filed III. Foreman Heickho'd
announced that there was no possible chance OF An
agreement after deadlock Of thirty eight hours.
The Judge questioned each OF tho twelve men %
70 the fact The Jury stood nine for conviction ana
three Tor acquittal.
YES. sir. We will try again.. said States Al.
torney Deneen. when asked as to the propaDiiHy
OF Luetgert being brought before the court FOO
ond time
II was reluctantly admitted by several OF the jury
that the disagreement was brought about by vide
difference of opinion regarding the rings touho IN
the vat the testimony OF Emma ana GotthebA
SchImpke and the testimony OF Kenosha witnesses.
who positively testified that they saw Mrs Louise
Luetgert alive in the Wisconsin town on Nay
and Juror Harley did not believe the rings found
IN the middle vat Of Luetgerts factory we're Mr..
Luefgerts rings. Holabird was inclined to believe
the story OF the Kenosha Witnesses. despite the
impeaching evidence introduced and Barber WOULD
not believe the strong evidence given by the
schimpke sisters These were considered the strong
LIVE. of the trial by the three dissenting Jurors
Iuntgert swore to the following statement and
gave 1t out tonight;
IT The result OF my trial. ending to-day, is a VIC
,orv for me because OF the disagreement OF the
;Iry but i am very much disappointed and very
much surprised that the jury did not bring Ia
'1'u did not kin my wife and do not know where
she is but am sure b tina. II Is o"s queS'0" %
aid not go upon the witness stand because my
LAWYER Judge Vincent. was bitterly opposed 10 my
doing so and because he advised me II was not
am q atefu for the tremendous change n pub
lie sentiment in my favor. and time will demon
strate that am not oh'y N an ""'ee"' """' 'u'
very sr'e''"S ADOLPII l.. LUETGERT.
The Luetsert trial has been Of the most
noted cases IN the criminal history OF Chicago
Adolph Louis Luctgert. who had been a wealthy
manufacturer of sausages and had recently failed In
business losing much Of his fortune, was arrested
MAY II charged with the murder or his VIE.
Louise Mrs. Luetgert disappeared from her North
Side home May l, but the fact was not reported to
tho notice until her brother started an investfga-
ton a week later According TO the theory OF the
prosecution the murder of Mrs. Luetgert by her
husband was horrible one. II was asserted BY
the State that the sausage maker. having tired OF
his wife. and desiring 10 marry Mrs. Christine
Feldt. a wealthy widow. had enticed tho missing
woman to the basement OF his factory on the night
OF May l. and then after terrible struggle killed
her with 4 club. After the murder. according to
the prosecutor Luetgert placed the body OF his
wife in one OF the huge sausage watts and with q
quantity OF caustc potash boiled rho body until It
had almost entirely disappeared. sitting by the vat
throughout the night alone and on guard soon
after the police took charge OF the case the sau-
sage was drained and several bones two rings
and some corset steels were found. pom THIS EVIL
dence the State based IFS case. over the tdenunca.
ton of tho bones desperate battle OF expert
opinion was waged. the identiicstions ranging all
the way from the statement that the bones were
those Of a woman about Mrs. Luei sert's size to
tho assertion that they were plainly all that was
left Of - pct dog OF the Lue'eert family. The ex-
merit testimony alone cost the State s,,rN, and the
entire cost OF the trial the prosecution Is esti-
mated between $1,000 and s2noN. Luetgert's de-
fence was that his wife had left home while tempo.
rariy insane The of the caustic potash In
the sausage vat was explained as all experiment
i'm soap MAKING and much testimony was intro
duced TO show that the rings found had never
been worn by Mrs. Lueteert and that the bones
human.