 Wanderer's first trial ended in a hung jury but he was convicted of killing his wife in a second trial and was given a 25-year sentence for manslaughter, which outraged many Chicagoans.At the second trial, the prosecution called Julia Schmitt as a witness; the prosecutor was said to have stormed "Kisses for Julia; bullets for Ruth" in his summation.Wanderer was tried separately for killing the "ragged stranger" and was convicted of first degree murder.