The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-20
1LlET1ERTS ORDEAL
Another Night Of Suspense For tho
Alleged Wife Murderer.
JURY CANNOT REACH AGREEMENT

Indications That the Long and Ex-
pensIve Trial VIII End In tho Dis
charge of the Jury without Result.
Reports From the Jury Room.
Chicago, Oct. 20.-Another night Of
suspense has been passed byt the defend
ant in the Luetgert case. At Q o'clock
last night the members of the Jury
went to bed on cots. which were placed
In the court room, and 1t was an
nounced by Judge Tuthill that, even
though by one chance in a million the
Jurors would wake up and agree upon
a verdict. there would be no announce
ment, and the court room would under
no circumstances be opened until 10
o'clock this morning. A few minutes
after 8 o'clock Judge Tuthill appeared
at the criminal court building, and. be-
ing admitted alone, passed quickly up
stairs.
Judge Tuthill went directly to the
court room, where he was told by the
bailiffs In charge Of the Jury that sew
eral of the jurymen vAe almost ex-
hausted by the ordeal to which they
had been subjected, and that II they
were not allowed some rest 1t would
certainly result In some Of them be-
coming Ill. The jury also sent word
that there was no immediate prospect
of an agreement, and under the cir
cumstances the Judge gave orders that
they be permitted to drop the case and
60 to sleep. The cots were quickly
dragged into the court room, and with
to- foxuy ,,,Vv 1,yrN
stretched out at full length, and all
consideration of the case was of until
they should wake. Judge Tuthill, after
giving directions that all things pos
sible should be done for the comfort
of the jury, left the building for his
home.
"They have not agreed as yet" he
said when he left the court house,
land when 1 became convinced that
there was little prospect of their doing
SO, and saw how weary some Of them
were, told them to go to sleep and
try to agree in the morning. There
would be no use in keeping them up
all of the night, because In the first
place two or three of them would be
in short time utterly incapacitated by
fatigue. and no agreement could be
obtained from men who are nervous
from loss of sleep and exhausted with
argument. When came to the court
l had no idea that verdict would be
reached, but l was anxious to do all
I could for the comfort Of the Jurors.
That was really the cause Of my visit
to the building"
States Attorney Deneen remained in
his Office until all hope Of verdict had
been abandoned, and then he closed up
his rooms and went home. He is still
hopeful of verdict but naturally looks
upon disagreement as the most likely
outcome.
over in the Jail Luetgert was during
the evening anxiously awaiting word
from the jury room. He tried as usual
to keep UP an appearance of indiffer-
ence. and as usual made failure of it.
IF they don't agree" he said, II get
bail and I will be out of this. I can
give bail for million IL they want that
much. My wife is living somewhere,
but I admit she is having lot of fun
with me at present There Is one thing
sure" said the prisoner. with great
positiveness, there will be no con-
viction in this case. 1t will be an &C.
quttal or a disagreement"
Four Jurors who have been standing
out for acquittal are Behmiller. Bar
Der. Holabird and Harley The two
latter are still for acquittal, but either
Behmiller or Barber has come over to
the state. There is much feeling against
Harley among the Jurors who favor the
death penalty They say he will not
argue the case in any way. but sticks
Solidly for Luetgert,