The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-11

| - az the Second Triai OF the Oeiepr"eoo
Iuetgert's Attorney I'm Asking
.,,a An which to Prepare His Motion
New Trial Declares He Has Re-
-. further Information That the
,,,s.ing Woman Is still Alive
cnicaco. Feb. 11.-"Guilty" is the SEN
that was read To Adolph Louis
'",sert. charged with numbering his
10 MAY /, 1897. as he waited in Judge
= court for the word that sealed
cote The punishment is life i'm
.orment. The big sausage maker
we'd scarcely muscle of his face as
,,ordict was read, and when the
- came to the degree of punishment
condemned man merely closed his
f.shut eyes. A moment later he re-
orked. 81 have nothing to say to this
-s,ot 7 wish to talk with my law
before | say anything, and that
n not he until to Elorrow." There
&c a sigh of relief from the attorneys
the defense, who had pleaded for
fsocreement. and the sigh was echoed
the officials who had been In con-
ant attendance in court since Nov.
1891
Saws Mrs. Luetgerr Lives.
with Adolph Luetgert convicted or
u crime of wife murder, face to face
IN a life Imprisonment in the peni-
antiary. Attorney Lawrence Harmon.
Judge Gary's court revived in a sem
he al
[uetgert is alive. In asking for time
which to prepare his motion for
NV trial for the convicted man Mr..
@rmon declared he had received in
rmation during the morning to the eff
kct that Mrs. Luetgert still lives. The
ttorney went further and intimated he
ad proof that one of the jurors had
zen guilty OF misconduct. Others, he
bsinuated, should have been disquali-
ed. Upon these grounds he would
ase his motion for a new trial.
= Reply Of Judge Gary.
Judge Gary, who had called the ses-
hon of court for the purpose of hear
hg any motions which might be Of
Erred. expressed discredit for the re-
harkable claims of the attorney.
81 have heard for two months" said
lis honor, that Mrs. Luetgert would be
2seught into court. ! will not consider
h such claims now"
Mr.. Harmon disputed the courts state
hent that il had been said Mrs. Luet-
kert would be brought into court. But
Assistant States Attorney McEwen
Ind Judge Gary recalled instances of
uch CLAIMS to his mind, and the at
orney for Luetgert did not press the
5Agument. Judge Gary did not COM
bent on the aspersions cast on the jur-
rs. He said instead of thirty days as
requested he would give the defense
pntil Saturday morning, Feb. 10, to pre-
pare their motion.
Disappearance of Mrs. Luetgert.
Louise l.. Luetgert, wife of Adolph l..
Luetgert, burly Weotphalian sausage
Manufacturer, was last seen on the night
May /, 1897. Her disappearance
Boon aroused suspicion. and the arrest
bf her husband followed the earliest in
Eestigation of the police. The watts in
The great Luetgert sausage factory were
searched, and in the middle vat, so the
police have sturdily claimed, were found
\Jngs one marked with the initials of
q missing woman, and bits of bone.
Ether fragments of bone, found about
lhe premises, calcined corset steels and
undry tiny portions of woman's wear
were also discovered and used as telling
evidence against the prisoner. Luet-
gert, engaging ex-Judge w. A. Vincent
ana Albert Phalen as attorneys. went to
a. For eight weeks the world rev.
IN grewsome details, scientific the
'fles and dazzling legal skirmishes over
the lie OF the accused. The jury went
out and disagreement ended all their
aoor and nullified the work of many
days.
Thrashing Over of Old Straw.
Inc second trial, being necessarily a
aEashlng over of the old straw, was
exciting. Attorneys Lawrence Har-
ma John Kehoe and Max REESE fought
.ne battle for Luetgert, while States
a''orney Deneen and Walter E. Nc
nwen upheld the theories Of the state.
Tue trlal, owing to the slow tactics of
vac ueiense, was very long and the
kVlu gave a great sigh Of relief when
was over. There was hardly an ele-
~ Oh romance or a possible theorieti-
=. eoncomitant which did not figure in
Oh triais-stories Of dishonesty of
az e'sert' OF conspiracy by the police,
'e,nated with variations of Luetgert's
as MARITAL infidelities and the appearance
al alleged Mrs. Luetgert alive and
." IA many localities. The planting"
emuehce was charged by both sides
was noticed that many witnesses
, av testified confidently in the first
,a ,al We're not brought near the court
room In the second