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Court Documents
All documents on this page are from the archives of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County.
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The cover sheet from the Adolph Luetgert case file.

A subpoena for Agatha Tosch, Louis Luetgert, Diedrich Bicknese, Charles Mather and Charles Volker to appear before the Luetgert grand jury.

A subpoena for Mary Siemering and Diedrich Bicknese to appear before the Luetgert grand jury.

A subpoena for Christine Feld to appear before the Luetgert grand jury.

The cover sheet of the grand jury indictment.

The first count of the indictment against Adolph Luetgert, Page 1. The indictment lists many potential ways Luetgert might have killed his wife.

The first count of the indictment, Page 2.

The first count of the indictment, Page 3.

The first count of the indictment, Page 4.

The warrant issued for Luetgert's arrest by the grand jury. (He was actually already in jail by the time this was issued.)

A statement written and signed by the jury at the end of Luetgert's first trial.

A list of the jurors in Luetgert's second trial.

An affidavit by Albert Mallory on the bias of a juror chosen for Luetgert's second trial.

An excerpt from Judge Gary's instructions in the second Luetgert trial, explaining the concept of corpus delicti.

Judge Gary's instructions on corpus delicti, continued.

The verdict form signed by the jurors in Luetgert's second trial.

One of the verdict forms that the jurors in Luetgert's second trial chose not to sign.

Another of the verdict forms that the jurors in Luetgert's second trial chose not to sign.

An affidavit by witness Daisy Thompson about the travel expenses she incurred to testify at the second Luetgert trial.