The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-09
EXPERT AGAINST EXPERT
DIR. ALLPORT'S EVIDENCE CONTRA
DICTED BY PROF. DORSEY.
One of Mary Siemmering's Stories De-
Luetgert's Sister Testifies.

rested it's case this afternoon The closing
| testimony was of the Same impeaching
| character that marked the evidence of the
preceding day. Prof. George Dorsey had
his innings during the afternoon session of
court and he made matters unpleasantly
warm for Dr. Airport. Professor Dorsey
could have talked for hours on the subject
of osteology. He was primed with bristling
facts concerning bones, but the prosecu-
| ton confined the young astrological expert
to matters tending to counterfeit and refute
| the statements made by DR.. Airport, the
chief expert for the defense. Professor
Dorsey called attention to the fact that
during his examination Dr. Airport had
identified the femur OF a gorilla as that of
a man: that he had identified a human
femur as a hogs femur; had declared that
the sesamoid of a buffalo was the patella
of dog, and had given it as his opinion
that a piece of the temporal bone of
shepherd dog was the temporal of a
monkey. Dr. Airport listened to this evil
dence with a half-incredulous smile play
ing on his lips. But the evidence was not
productive of anything bordering on mirth
with the attorneys for the defense. Ex-
Judge Vincent cross-examined the witness
briefly without material benefit and let
him go.
Then Judge Arthur II. Chetlsn was
called to the stand to add the finishing
touch to the Impeachment of Mary Stem
mering. When this young woman was first
arrested and charged with guilty knowl-
| edge of the disappearance of Mrs. Luet-
CERT her attorneys applied to Judge Chef
lain for a writ of habeas corpus Judge
| Chetlain, sitting in chambers, had Mary
| Siemmering brought before him and ques-
toned her. His Honor testified to-day that
she told him that she had not made the
application for release. but that her law
yer, Arnold Trip, had done so and had
set up the charge in the petition. She told
Judge Chetlain she had not been mistreated
at the police station, and that she had gone
to the East Chlcago-avenue police station
voluntarily, and was willing to return
there, as she knew she would soon be dis
charged, because she had done nothing
wrong Owing to this state of facts Judge
| Chetlain dismissed the petition and the
| young woman returned to the police sta
| ton. This evidence demolished the story of
| Mary Semmering, who declared while on
| the witness stand that she subjected
| to ndignities at the hands of Inspector
| Schaak, Captain Schuettler and other po-
| licemen.
Angelica Schrader, a nurse, who was a
| member of Luetgert's household for three
| months said that the missing woman was
a most affectionase mother.
MRS. LUETGERTS SISTER.
A sensation was created in the courtroom
| when a woman attired in mourning garb
| assembled to the witness stand and held up
| her hand to be sworn. Tears were in her
| eyes as she sank into the witness chair
The woman was Mrs. Wilhelmina Miller,
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is she that Mrs. Luetgert is dead that she
| some weeks ago donned a garb of mourn
| ing in memory of her sister. Mrs. Miller
| testified while her trimming eyes were fixed
| on the face of Luetgert. The big sausage
| maker returned the gaze coolly. Mrs. Mil
| Ter told of the kindly disposition of her sis
| ter and asserted that no mother was ever
more patient or more kind to her children.
Fred Miller, nephew OF Luetgert,, and
| Diedrich BlckneSe, a brother of Mrs. Luet-
| CERT, testified to having been frequent visit
| orS 70 the home of the Luetgerts and to-.
| the kindnesses they had witnessed Mrs.
| Luetgert beStOw upon her children This
| evidence was called out 10 combat and I'M
| peach the evidence of Mary Siemmering
and Mrs. Mary Charles, who testified that
| Mrs. Luetgert treated her children cruelty.
| Earlier IN the day policemen were called
| to impeach certain witnesses for the de-
| Tense, who had identified a photograph of
| Mrs. LuetgerL as that of a woman seen in
| kenosha, Wis, on May 3, and 5. De-
| tective Wallbaum testlaed that Matt Scho-
| ley of Kenosha, had told him some weeks
| ago that the picture did not look like the
| woman SCholey saw at kenosha. Accord
! ing to the witness Scholey said he mad not
| noted the appearance OF the strange woman
| he saw in kenosha May to be able to
! identify her. much less photograph. De-
| tectiVeS Decelle and Dean gave impeach-
| ing evidence with reference to other
| kenosha witnesses who had said the
| woman thew saw was to the best of their
| knowledge and belief, Mrs. Luetgert.
| Professor Mari Delafontaine was called on
to impeach the evidence of Professor Long.
| of the Northwestern University, with refer
| ence to bones. He expressed views on the
/ subject in scientific terms directly at vari-
/ ance with the ideas of Professor Long.
| Professor Dorsey followed Professor Della
Frank odorosky. alias "smokehouse
| Frank furnished the comedy of the ses-
] sion Odorosky is a Pole, and he has poor
/ opinion of German interpreters. To-day he
! employed some rich Polish profanity while
| informing the court that he had not said
whar had been credited to him by Germans
who undertook to translate his language.
| Although few people in the crowded court
room could understand what the witness
said the mans gesGculations and express
| sions of countenance as he expostulated with
Judge Tuthill aroused mirth which the court
bailiffs were unable to suppress. Polish
| Interpreter was procured and Odorosky re-
| cited circumstances following the disap-
| pearance OF Mrs. Luetgert which tended to
| further impeach Mary Siemmering.
When the state rested Judge Tuthill at
| once adjourned court until Monday morning
and hurried away to catch train for Nash
y,
| announced Sur-rebuttal evidence would be
| put on The defense will undertake the
usual task of impeaching a judge. A wit
ness will be called to testify in rebuttal to
Judge Chetlain's evidence as TO Mary Stem
| mering's statement to him. This witness
will be a newspaper reporter, who is said
to have heard the young woman's statement
States Attorney Deenen and First Assist
ant States Attorney MoEwen are both
pleased over the status of the case. 1t viii
be submitted to the jury a week from to-
day States Attorney Deenen estimated to-
night that the prosecution of Luetgert would
cost the county about $500. over $1,000 was
saved by the states attorneys own corps
of stenographers taking the evidence for
him The cost TO the county in this trial,
lasting two months, is about one-fourth the
cost of the Cronin and the Anarchist trials
Not Mrs. Luetgert.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KClKOMO, Ind, Oct. S.-The woman de-
tanned here by order of Chicago authorities
as a possible Mrs. Luetgert turns out to be
Lillian English, of Anderson. who has
been strolling around the country for three
months. officer Secrist took the demented
woman to Anderson to-day.