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TO PBISON FOE LIFE
THE JURY DECLARES LUETGERT
GUILTY OF MURDER
Verdict Makes the Penalty a Peniten
tiary Term Prisoner Appears to Be
Satisfied to Have Eecaped the Gal
lows Guatemala President Slain
Takes It Calmly
Adolph I Luetgert the Chicago saus
age maker is guilty of wife murder Af
ter fire hours of deliberation the jury
agreed upon this verdict Hulf an hour
before midnight Wednesday each of the
twelve men rose in his seat in the jury
box in Judge Garys court and declared
that beyond the question of a reasonable
doubt he believed the prisoner had taken
the life of his wife Louise Luetgert on
the night of May 1 The prisoner sat
without a sign of emotion and met the
caze of each juror without a tremor If
anything a look of gratitude and relief
was noticeable on his face lie had ex
pected the death penalty if convicted
The first intimation that a verdict had
been arrived at says a Chicago dispatch
was brought by one of the bailiffs from
the jury room on the sixth floor The jury
wanted to see Judge Gary This was
shortly before 11 oclock The scene in
the court room and States attorneys
office was instantly changed from a rol
licking gathering of those connected with
the case to an anxious expectant crowd
States Attorney Deneen and Mr Mc
Ewen came into the court room promptly
and took their places at the west end of
the counsels table which they occupied
during the trial Mr Harmon Mr Ke
hce and Mr Iteise gathered at the oppo
site side William Charles was nearby
with an anxious look on his haggard face
Behind him sat Arnold Luetgert the de
fendants son equally agitated Dr
Reise and others interested in the defense
were grouped about them In the midst
of them a chair was left for Luetgert
Inspector Schaack Captain Schuettler
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ADOLPH T TUETGERT
and many of the officers who have work
ed on the case were on hand
Judge Gary arrived at 1120 oclock
and he promptly ordered every one to sit
down and maintain silence The last
strain of the trial had come and the si
lence became oppressive while the wait
for Luetgert and the jury continued No
one ventured to break this except Mr
Harmon who objected to the draft from
one of tie open windows and asked the
bailiff to close it Luetgert came into
court closely guarded by five bailiffs and
took his position near the private entrance
to the court room Attorney Harmon re
quested that he should take his place with
his counsel and the prisoner complied
He was looking pale and anxious and
showed the effects of the severe strain
under which he has labored
Juror Snow was the first to appear a
few minutes later The solemn expres
sion on the faces of the twelve men seem
ed to show that they had decided on a
verdict of guilty Juror Bachelor carried
a bundle of papers the instructions and
verdict Another wait of five minutes
more silent than the first occurred while
Luetgert was being brought over from the
jail Juror Bolek bowed his head as if
suffering from the long strain Juror
Loebs face was swollen and red as if he
had been weeping
Judge Gary addressed the jurors Gen
tlemen have you agreed upon a verdict
Juror Bachelor rose and replied We
have your honor The momentous piece
of paper was handed to the clerk who
read
We the jury find Adolph L Luetgert
guilty of murder in the form and manner
charged in the indictment and fix the
punishment at imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for the rest of his natural life
A look of intense relief a tthis announce
ment passed over the face of the prisoner
who seemed glad that he had escaped the
death penalty Mr Harmon promptly
rose and requested that the jury be polled
This was done by the clerk and each
juror announced that he concurred in the
verdict Mr Harmon then gave notice
that in due time he would file notice for
a new trial The jury were then discharg
ed by Judge Gary
That is only half a victory and half a
defeat said Mr Harmon It was un
justifiable from either standpoint and a
compromise We asked for an acquittal
or a conviction and there could be only
one conclusion if he was really guilty
Luetgerts lawyers regard the verdict as
a compromise on the part of the jury and
look upon it as a victory for their client
Luetgert was immediately surrounded by
his friends as he stood up in court and
they shook him heartily by the hand and
congratulated him that he had escaped
the death penalty They plainly showed
their satisfaction with the outcome of the
trial
The big prisoner all this time was close
ly guarded by bailiffs who when the short
scene was over led him back to his cell in
the jail
A four story rear tenement in New
York City was destroyed by fire Seven
families lost everything they owned and
two children were burned to death They
were Tony 3 years old and Michael a
year younger the children of Fillippo
Spoint a bootblack living with his wife
and three children on the top floor
Second Officer Tobias Torresen of the
6teamer Vigilancia was missing when that
vessel reached quarantine at New York
from Tampico and -Havana It la
he was carried overboard from the
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BARRIOS IS SLAIN
President of the Republic of Guate
mala Slaughtered
President Barrios of Guatemala has
been assassinated
La jo Arriaga the Guatemalan minister
to the United States Wednesday after
noon received an official cablegram from
the minister of foreign affairs of Guate
mala announcing the assassination of
President Barrios and the succession to
the presidency of First Vice President
Manuel Estrada Cabrera No details
whatever were given The dispatch came
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PRESIDENT TOSE I BAKHIOS
from Guatemala City the capital where
President Barrios has lived and the Gov
ernment departments are carried on It
added that entire calm prevails
President Barrios was a man of wide
attainments and marked executive abil
ity He was comparatively young being
only 42 years old The six years term
of service for which he was elected termi
nated March 15 next but the national
congressional assembly already had ex
tended this term for a further four years
The new president Mr Cabrera is a
man of prominence in Guatemala and is
ouof two chosen by the congress to fill
the presidency in case of a vacancy The
system of the country is different from
that in the United States there being no
vice president elected with the president
The duty of filling the executive chair de
volves on the congressional branch and
accordingly two vice presidents first and
second were designated some time ago
They are eligible in the order of their
choice When the excitement of the tra
gedy has passed a presidential election
may be held
The assassination of President Barrios
probably is due to the revolutionary feel
ing which has been growing in Guatemala
ever since he declared himself dictator
last June One of the first acts of the
rebels was the assassination of the pres
idents brother in San Jose and the mur
der of the wife of the jefe politico of
Quezallenango Following closely on
these two crimes came the capture of
Plaza San Marcos by the revolutionists
To the dissatisfaction since President
Barrios proclaimed himself dictator the
bad financial condition of the country un
der his rule has added fuel to the flames
of discontent The dead dictator had
been straining every effort to restore
peace and harmony but had been thwart
ed by an assassin
MASON WANTS A WAR
Introduces a Resolution Demanding
Uof Spain Immediate Peace in Cuba
In the Senate the other day Mason of
Illinois presented the following
Resolved That the President of the
United States is hereby requested to no
tify Spain and the insurgents that the
Cuban Avar so called must at once cease
and be discontinued and the United
States of America hereby declares and
will maintain peace on the island
This resolution is preceded by a long
preamble setting forth the horrors of war
as it exists in Cuba declaring that all
SEXATOr MASOX
Christendom is shocked by its barbari
ties It sets forth the refusal by the
insurgents of the pretended autonomy
asserts that daughters of insurgent sol
diers are sold into houses of infamy and
women and children debauched and
threatened beyond the power of language
to describe It tells of the sufferings of
the concentrados declaring that the flag
of truce has been abandoned and the
struggle narrowed to extermination or in
dependence pointing out the necessary
expenditure of large sums by the United
States to succor its citizens in the island
and quoting the Cuban paragraph from
the last Republican national platform
Telegraphic Brevities
Cyclist Chase is so English that he ob
jected to sailing for home in a boat flying
the American colors
Fire damaged the paper factory of S
Frere Son in the Williamsburg district
New York to the extent of 50000
Boissan Freres fancy and staple dry
goods in Montreal have suspended
ment and a meeting of creditors has been
called The liabilities are said to amount
to 110000
Seven members of the Covington Ky
Council have been held in contempt of
court and committed to the custody of
the Sheriff for refusing to furnish the
courtroom in that city
It is reported that negotiations are
pending between the Mexican Govern
ment aud J and W Seligman Co of
rew iorK looicmg to tun funding ot iVlex
ipfc Jttlf cc ci r tfebt - Y 1000000
DE LOME IS HECALLED
HIS RESIGNATION ACCEPTED B
SPANISH GOVERNMENT
Impertinent Spaniard No Longer Min
ister at Washington Confesses that
Ho AVrote the Canalejas Note Peace
able Relations Are Not Affected
Message Comes from Madrid
Enrique Dupuy de Lome is no longer
the Spanish minister to this Government
His recall was demanded by this Govern
ment when it was discovered he had writ
ten a letter in which he spoke of the Pres
ident of the United States as a low poli
tician weak and catering to the rabble
Such a letter purporting to have been
written by him in December last to Senor
Canalejas was published throughout the
country Wednesday morning having been
given to the press by the Cuban junta in
New York who had received it by the
hands of a special messenger from Ha
vana where it had been stolen from Ca
nalejas
The following is the substance of the
cablegram sent to Minister Woodford in
Madrid by the State Department There
has appeared in the public prints a letter
SENOP 1E LOME
addressed to Senor Canalejas The Span
ish minister admits writing it It con
tains expressions reflecting upon the Pres
ident of the United States of such a char
acter as to end the ministers usefulness
here Jen Woodford has been instruct
ed to inform the Spanish Government that
the immediate recall of Minister do Lome
is expected
At a meeting of the Spanish cabinet
held Thursday under the presidency of
1 he queen regent the minister for foreign
affairs Senor Gullon read a dispatch
from Senor Dupuy de Lome the Spanish
minister at Washington saying that the
published letter to Senor Canalejas was
written by him and that his position con
sequently had become untenable and he
begged the Government to accept his res
ignation The cabinet decided to accept
the resignation of Senor Dupuy de Lome
and the ministers subsequently met and
decided to telegraph to Senor de Lome
accepting his resignation and intrusting
the first secretary with the conduct of the
current affairs of the legation
Senor de Lome sought to cover his re
treat in an adroit manner by voluntarily
tendering his resignation in advance of
the Presidents demand for his recall It
is now admitted that he cabled his resig
nation as early as 10 oclock Tuesday
night At 9 oclock he learned a fac sim
ile copy of the letter was in the hands of
the newspapers and an hour later he had
resigned This step was taken to pre
serve De Lomes status in the diplomatic
service at home He hoped thereby to
forestall action by this Government which
would have made him ineligible for reap
pointment in the diplomatic service again
The President determined not to give the
minister the benefit of this ruse and made
the demand for the recall with a view of
forever terminating Senor de Lomes
usefulness as a diplomat
The feeling Wednesday morning at the
White House and the State Department
was one of charity for De Lome Nobody
doubted the letter was a forgery and
State Department officials showed their
sympathy for the diplomat to the extent
of calling attention to the Federal statute
protecting foreign diplomats from libel
While all this anxiety was being shown
for the Spanish minister he was crown
ing his diplomatic career by misleading
the President and State Department in
order to gain a personal advantage This
act of De Lomes was the prime cause for
the President insisting upon registering at
Madrid a demand for his recall It is not
believed by officials of the administration
that the incident will lead to any friction
whatever between the two governments
In that Kentucky entertainment with
cards where eight people were killed
somebody surely played the deuce
Senators are worrying a good deal just
now over their fences and constituents
are worrying over senatorial offenses
A Georgia postmaster who objected to
the criticism of his management of the
office got his gun and winged his critic
Detroit has a bigamist with eight wives
and the authorities are actually consid
ering the infliction of further punishment
A Washington special savs Cabltm
from Havana declare that the city is as
quiet as Philadelphia Perhaps theyre
all dead
S D Nickum of Indiana claims to have
invented a light that will burn forever
without costing a cent Hes the only
man on earth prepared to fight the Stand
ard Oil Company
A 10-year-old girl has been expelled
from the St Louis public schools because
she is married This is a mistake any
t wif e clearly needs to know
more than she does
The press censorship in Havana is now
so strict that American Avar correspond
nts who hope to keep up with the gams
ire compelled to cable the details of riot
dus outbreaks before they occur
The visit of the battleshiD Maine to
Havana was merely the movement of a
pawn on the international chess board
but it may cfnfc Spain to sacrifice a cas
tii if prevervr Jnf
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