The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
III DEFENSE CLOSES.
y. Weeks Of Testimony IN tho
Nine Iustgert Trial.
.,.o,rs AGAIN on TnE STAND.

g.. Asked only Two Que, Questions s""o "y ~s,
Sc W" Harmon. who The" A""oa"0e"
sornsy n.seu.e, as Far ~ Testimony
That tho nod. Was observation-disclosures
Was co"' ucEwan Begins His Adj
,,,s to the Jury
rab 2.-After nine long
chcasS' monotonous testimony ana
weeks ', Of attorneys. Lawyer Har-
wansn" s,gert,s chief counsel, brushed
mon the papers on the table IN iron, o, Oh
Az. 's. with the remark That closes our
case" nnressed rustic in the
eou, our. The jury moved around IN ,'s
cnai' rsa second famous Luetgert triai
s %. practically over. Books and papers paper
wa '. gathered up from the .aples s
were CIV ordered the tables turned
Juose ,se in front of the jury, ana the
sn'sn" for state and defense pre-
aHOi".. hattie against one another TOT
"a NE or deatn oi lhS -.,a.ios
me . mo was lost in these preiiminaries'
~ " after the jury had recovered us
ano az, srom the sudden termination or
msa'n Assistant States Attorney NC
me ea' hroueht in an armful OF law
h"sa and was ready to open the state .
.ruuent TO the jury.
Everybody surprised.
;, ma, hardly expected that all the
..Sut,,ng testimony Of the defense
tul .,s 10 In 40 soon, and when Harmon
sUu fifteen minutes after court
ann "snod that the defense had nothing
.On ON 70 offer. the state and every
Nv concerned was surprised. out
..hv so When court opened Har-
20. called Adolph l.. Luetgert to the
ssra and asked just two questions.
"awere there any goods In the base
...rt N YOUR factory when the sale look
a,so." asked Harmon. The state. OBJ
,scted to the question and 1t renamed
Unanswered. Harmon then asked the
Ss attendant how tall he was, ana
r"s,gert said he did not know; that
no was never measured.
ayou're about six feet. are you notF'
said Harmon.
81 aon,t know" answered Luetgert.
The Defense Closes
That's ALL" said Harmon. I'VE are
through with the case"
The tables were rearranged so thar
bs attorneys for both sides stood on
! the farther side of them, facing the
iurv. and Luetgert fixed his chair so
mai he could see every juror in the
box.
McEwen started right In with his
onenlng statement to the jury. He said
the case. now in its tenth week, was
drawing TO close. Because crime
has been committed in peculiar ano
scientific way is no reason WHY II
should 90 unpublished" he said.
The assistant states attorney quoted
precedents of famous and obscure MUIR
ders analogous to the alleged Luetger'
murder. The old Webster-Perkmar
case was gone over in detail, and Luet'
cert was likened to the murderer. Web
ster. "The evidence in this case turns
around the story OF the defendant
continued McEwen.
Memory Has Been Faulty.
He has sought TO deny the testi
mony of twenty other witnesses. HI
memory has been faulty. II his stor,
Is true, he is an innocent man; IL false
. he is guilty"
McEwen said that the potent theor,
In murder was not a new one in thu
books. although it was not familiar t
the average man.
What object did he have in cleaning
that factory? 1t was clean; we hav
proved that. and what was the neces
sity for further cleaning something tina
was about to be sold out on a mort
gage" said McEwen. THAT soap wa
boiled or made to conceal the evidenc
ola crime. Luetgert and his wife wer
seen to enter the factory the night o
May l, and Louise Luetgert has no
been seen by mortal man since tina