Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-19

thousand cases and more tried in this
| court each year, and the police are the
| prosecution witnesses in all of them
| Are they perjurers all the time? Ridic-
| ulousi Diedrich Bicknese has also
been abused. He is the original man
! in this prosecution. 1t was his sister
| who was killed. Filial duty inspired
| him to avenge her death. He has rest
ed neither day nor night to bring the
slayer of his sister to justice. He is
deserving Of praise and not cruel and
| dishonest criticism"
States Attorney Deneen next devoted
his attention to
| THE BONES FOUND IN THE VAT.
Prof. Dorsey, Prof. Bailey, Prof.
| Howse, Prof Delafontaine identified
some of these bones as human meta
carpals human femurs. human pha-
| langes, human temporals," he shouted.
What has the defense done with these
bones? DR.. Airport, the chief osteolo-
gist for the defense, said he could not
| tell, and bis mind was in a mental
equilibrium, and DR.. Merrilliat said
nothing. Dr. Hughes said nothing, Dr..
Riese said nothing, and. in fact, the
! Identification of the experts of the pros
ecution was not disputed except by the
unsupported ridicule of counsel for the
defense, and | think exJudge Vincent
stopped below his dignity when he
| heaped abuse upon Prof. Dorsey. and
the latter has been sent to South
! America and Alaska to procure the
! bones of extinct races for the Field
| Columbian Museum. He wcs selected
/ because he knew bones, their nature
| and to what family they belonged.
| But l do not desire to discuss the
| experts further ! am through with
| them. Also the bones, but
THAT BARREL OF BONES
will not get out of this case. | mean
! the one the defense brought in here,
! and William Charles, Luetgert's part
ner, perjured himself to get that barrel
| in. Now we will keep it in, and
| Charles ought to be indicted for try
| ing to cover up crime with crime, and,
! gentlemen, there is absolutely no doubt
! in this case. LEetgert killed his wife.
| All this talk and contention that the
| woman left her home while suffering
an attack of insanity is the veriest
! bOsh cunningly devised and supported
| by perjured testimony. Mary Stem
mering? All, there is the keynote.
! She is the woman for the love of whom
( one of the darkest deeds in criminal
history was done. She perjured her
! self and cast a blot upon her soul on
| the witness stand in this court. She
has been impeached and her evidence
! destroyed. but she stands to-day as a
! living example of the desperate meth
! DDS employed in the defense of this
| man"
States Tttorney Deneen criticised
| Mary Siemmering in cutting tones
! He also paid his respects further to
William Charles and paid a glowing
| tribute to the memory of Mrs. Luet-
| CERT, whose last days on earth, he said
were fraught with
SORROW AND ANGUISH.
The speech was logical forceful and
powerful. Towards the close of it Luet-
CERT was noticeably nervous He turn
ed uneasily in his chair, and a tremor
shook his giant frame His black hair,
| combed pompadour trembled percep-
tibly and was the subject of comment
in the crowded court room. The
members of the jury paid the closest
attention to the eloquent speech of the
young States Attorney and the vast
| ClOWu tudt potthtu llle tOuII IOOIu
| listened with breathess attention.
Outside in the corridors could occa-
sionally be heard the loud arguments
of people who held passes but who
were refused admission by the bailifis
| because the court room was packed TO
suffocation.
Suddenly States Attorney Dereen
turned to Judge Tuthill and said that
his throat was sore and that he also
felt dizzy. Il would like TO stop he"e
temporarily" said the State attor-
ney.
Very well. Court will stand adj
journed for one dour and half, said
Judge Tuthill.
States Attorney Deneen said he
would close in brief speech.
The court had not adjourned fifteen
minutes before a few OF the favored
spectators had returned ard pre-
empted front seats. They came in
rapidly after this At one o'clock
THE COURT ROOM WAS PACKED
and dozen or more Peep e who Lad
fought their way through the bolster
Gus crowds in from, o. The building
were admitted to standing room alOng
the wall Judge Tuthill, accompanied
by half dozen lady friends. reached
the room shortly before cOurt opened.
The three raps OF the bailiff an
nouncing chat court was IL session
had hardly died away before the pris-
oner, mis- face wreathed in smiles, en-
tered by the side door, passed down
before the jury and took his seat.
Considerable disturbance was caused
by the constant arrival OF spectators
in the already oFercrowded room, and
it was nearly five minutes, during
which time thirty people were ordered
out of the court room, before the
States attorney. apparently much re-
freshed by his hours rest, resumed his
remarks to the jury.
States Attorney Deneen continued to
discuss the evidence for TWO and half
hours. His voice grew stronger as he
proceeded. Just before the hands on
the dial of the court room clock indi-
Gated the hour of four, States Altor
ney Deneen raised his elbow on the
rail before the jurors. Running his
eyes along each of the twelve men, he
said:
Gentlemen. it has been said that
Assistant States Attorney McEwen did
not ask the infection of the death pen
atty That is true. | do not think it
is usually within the province of a
State attorney to ask jury to return