The sun., 1916-12-07
NE Falls to Floor as Her Coun.
sci Ends His Appeal
to Jury.
NUN TESTIFIEs FOR HER
Sister Catherine Says She
Brought About Remarriage
Of Couple.

This low cry, coming IN naIf choke0
nsps from the little prisoner. In the
td,l in Newark Of Mrs. Margaret Claire
Deutinger for the killing Of her husband.
>rousht yesterdays session prematureiy
a close. The big clock In h dusky
aurt room indicated a quarter to four.
And Robert II. McCarter. Mrs. Beu-
fingers senior counsel. vas speaking
~ closing words Of his inal summing
. 20 the jury.
The spectators. with whom the place
ms packed. were wondering silently II
he case could possibly 20 to the jury
dat night, as p~rophesied. The Ave
children, sitting tired but obedient in
a row a few seats from the front. went
catering rather more frequently to the
iank Of filtered water for the drinks
which are one Of their solaces In . sad
drama they cannot understand.
sDon't Cry. Mamma" Says ChilA.
Mrs. Beutinger. sitting beside her
, tunior counsel. Walter O.. Brandley. wept
noiselessly during Mr.. McCarter's ad-
lress. Her own handkerchief became
quite wet, and Mr. Brandley tucked
lie big one silently in her hand. Though
she seemed to strive hard for control
the children saw. and Marie. the littlest
f,rl, stole away from her aunt and man.
AGED TO whisper a message in the ear
Of Miss Mary Kelly. the court attend
ant, who sat watchfully behind the
D~risoner. Miss Kelly bent over Mrs.
teutineer and repeated, It.
3, Marie says. Don't cry. mamma"
dAe whispered.
o his summing up. a most mastery
sne. he paused for an instant.
Gentlemen of the jury" he said. rest
Ing his hands or the rail In front Of the
twelve men. "the life OF the defendant Is
now in your keeping. December Is a his
toric month in her life. 1t was in Deem
, Der. ten years ago. that she. a girl Of IS.
was married to Christof Beutinser. II
was in December. ore year ago. that she
was remarked to him. II Ii now
December. Christmas comes. The
Falls to the Floor.
In the silence. before Prosecutor New
nan could rise with his papers. Mrs.
Beutingei's ~strangling cry rounded
through the room. Miss Kelly gathered
her into her arms. and the big blue uni
formed man who swears In the witnesses
! pressed water to her lips. but she soSbed
: on. siasping her throat with her hand
A. II sAe couldn't breathe. Miss Kelly
starteL 20 lead her from the room. but at
me do'r sne fell TO the noor. and a male
attendant picked her up and carried her
up 'ne s'a'rs' her cries OF ~ God! u
200 o!'ng away mo the silence As the
door was closed..
For a minute that staid courtroom was
all broken up. The jurors leaned forward
spasmod!cally. looking for the moment
not a bit like Jurors but Just men who
AM pear 10 near a woma weep; Az
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imitation ,ha r,aaa annn,.a ,.., ~.
cour, would ,aro ranas" ~, IN n..,ooS
mi, morn,ny wbsr aS,.r n pros.N
cutor's summing nm tho I,dvs w,,i a..
liver his chares ana ,bs inv Mi, 20
out, N " Nv
In the brie, per,od devo,.a N or,.h.
lns the taking ~ ayidsncs $1,000
morning there were two surprises. and
the two coming tocetber made a dra.
> ~" soh'rss. mere were VIII
u'A''
Nun Takes the stand.
One was Sister Ca,h.r,ro tive c,n.r,,r
n the 81 clair Schoo, -, Nam, tInne
wes,chester wbere N. H.,,,Jn~sr chii'
dren were tho nur on ,,hom Chr,.tos
v,,S WORKED win pieadings ana
the nun was ,ndnced 70 ad~,s. n recon-.
citation. Thu Other r,as NJ. Avn. NJ
swazey, wife Of LENT n Trmms
Swazey OF the United states nav w,ho
said she had read Of tho Reutinyer case
in the newspaners and rscoiisct1n. tia,
she knew sometime which wighe h.,n
to save this woman's 10. had come
Voluntarily from her home in poston
IN 1914 | was %tonninv in the Hot.,
Bellevue in Nagasaki' .Janan" she ola
The court. and I saw Christie, Reutin-
ger and his wife there, In the mint I
was awakened by cries in the room next
mine. which thew occupied. 7 heard
him say I'll xiii you,' heard him
choking her and 7 bsard NJ. p.v,,n".r
the police He didn., .,on " .ouia All
ny The sounds, n ! went to the door
shd cried II you don't stop I'll call
we police" and the commotion then
"ased'
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inls eorroboratcd Mrs. Beutinger's