The age-herald., 1898-02-10
ADOLPH LUETGERf
 FOUND GUILTY And the Penalty Mas Fixed at
 Lie Imprisonment.
 END OF A CELEBRATED CASE un lnnniund fhn Iunu,n Unndinf With
He Received the Jury'S Verdict With
 a Laugh.
APPLICATION FOR A NEW TRIAL
And the Attorneys for Defense Say the State
 r1g Can Never Convict the Sausage Maker 2 a Second Time-The His
 tory of the Case.

| Chicago, Feb. 9.-Adolph l.. Luetgert was tonight convicted of the murder of his wife and sentenced to Imprisonment for the term of his natural life. Luetgert received the
 verdict with a laugh. It was 10:50 when
 word was sent to the court room by the jury that they had agreed upon a verdict
 and were waiting to bring it into court. Judge Gary, whose home is within
 few blocks of the criminal court building,
 informed the jury 1t passed out that
 he would wait their pleasure and any time during the night they agreed upon verdict
 he would return to the court room to re- ceive 1t in order that the long imprisonment ] which the members of the jury have un- dergone might be terminated at as early a moment possible | Quickly as possible after the jury had | sent word of an agreement Judge Gary
 hastened to the court room. The news of
 a verdict had spread like lightning to the streets and in a few minutes the court | room was damned with newspaper men, | policemen, witnesses who had given evil | dence in the trial and curious spectators. | The rumor had been current since early In | the evening that the jury was unanimous | for conviction and that the delay in an- nounc1ng verdict was because of inabil- | fty to agree on the punishment that should be meted out to Luetgert. The general | opinion among the crowd it waited for l the coming of the judge and the prisoner was that the verdict would be against the | defense.
 | Luetgert Was Calm.
 At 11:15 Judge Gary entered the room | and the same instant Luetgert and his | guards entered through tine door leading l from the jail in the rear of the court house. l The big prisoner was calm to all appear | ances and did not seem nervous in any | degree. He glanced quickly around to see i1rr.x Co., Lt. | ing it was not out sank easily into a chair | to await it's coming. He smiled at one Or | two friends. but after the first glance l around the court room contented himself
 with watching the door through which the | jury must enter. In a minute in they filed, | pressing to the seats which they have | occupied during the seventy-two days of
 the trial. The spectators watched them
 eagerly, hoping to catch from their faces | some idea, of what the verdict was to be. | Not one of the jurors glanced toward the
 prisoner, who tried vadnly to catch an | eye of some one of the men who had de- I termined his fate. The quiet air borne | by the jurymen went far to strengthen an | opinion that the verdict was adverse to l Lueltgert.
 Judge Gary wheeled sharply in his chair | as the pury entered and watched them | silently as they filed into thedr seats. Then 1 he spoke in his calm tone and the usual | pneliminarteS were gone through with. | There was a hush as the verdict was
 read. and all eyes turned on Luetgert to
 see how he would take it.
 Received It With a Laugh.
 He laughed and laughed in a manner | that showed plainluy that he did not think | the verdict serious matter comparative | ly speaking. States Attorney Deneen
 smiled grimly as the verdict fell from the lips of Clerk Knopf, and Police Inspector l Schaack and Police Captain Schuetler, who
 have worked desperately in the case gave
 signs of satisfaction of the most unmixed l variety. A motion for a new trial was | entered.
 Luetgert was led back to jail in appar-
 ently good spirits, glad of one thing, that | his long suspense was ended at last and
 comforted by the assurance of his lawyers | that he will get new trial and that the
 state will not be able to convict him a | second time.
 The jury reached verdict on the first | ballot. They retired at 4:50 and took their | first ballot at 510. It was unanimous for
 conviction. Some little time was con l stunned in arriving at the punishment to | be inflicted, but this was settled at 6:30, | and the jurors sat around in their room | until 10 o'clock, when they announced their | verdict.
 | After the announcement of the verdict | and the polling of the jury Luetgert was
 immediately surrounded by a crowd of re- | porters and friends eager to hear his first | words. At first he absolutely refused to | say anything, his one response to questions
 being, 1T won't talk about 1t tonight" At
 length he yielded to inquiries enough to
 say that the verdict was a surprise to | him. "I don't see how the evidence justi- | fies such verdict" he continued, 'but | one thing is sure; the supreme court will l give me new trial, and I shall be ac- quitted"
 History of the Crime.
 The crime was committed on the night
 of May l, 1897, and Luetgert was arrested
 on May 8. The rings which have played
 such an important part in the trial were | discovered in the vat on the 17th of May. On the 18th and 20th habeas corpus pro- | ceedings to secure release of Luetgert
 were instituted, but failed of their object. | He was indicted on June 6, and on the 18th | and 20th of the same month habeas corpus proceedings were instituted second time | without success. August g. the first trial
 began before Judge Tuthill, and lasted | sixty-one days, the jury standing three for | acquittal and nine for conviction. Novem-
 Der 26th, the second trial began before | Judge Gary, and has lasted seventy-two | days During this trial 146 witnesses have | been examined. SS6 objections to questions
 were offered by Attorney Harmon for the
 defense. Luetgert was on the stand | eighteen and half hours and answered 1,771 questions put. by his own lawyers and | 1,23S by the state. The record in the case | consists of 4620 pages of typewritten manu- script of an average of 330 words to the | page