The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-30

Chicago. Sept. 29-Hog or human That
is the issue in the Luetgert case at pres
ent. and according to the view of the
case adopted by the jury. is the fate Of
the defendant likely to be. II hog, he
will, in all probability, go free If hu-
man, there is no telling what viii :2-l-f-
pen to him, or rather what may not nap
pen to him The defense proved tocaY
that the bone which Dr.. Dorsey, the os-
teologtst or the Columbia museum de-
clared WIS the femur Of a human oeln9-
of a woman, ana OF a woman OF aellcstIe
physical structure, as was MIS- Luetgert,
is nothing but the bone of a hog lt came
from a hog of delicate organization. SO
said the expert for t1a defense, but 1t
was nothing but a hog for all that. me
femur was rather small for the usual
run of hogs. but this was a small Doned
hog and there was no doubt OF the origin
of the bone The witness VINO deciared an
uhis for the defense, was Or. W. n AL
port. professor of descriptive ana compdr-
alive anatomy in the Northwestern uni
versity. He declared IN the most - 1sliIVe
manner that the fenur was that OF hog
and that there was no cnance of his being
mistaken IN the matter Dr.. Dorsey, VINO
proved for the state that the feI1Fr vas
that OF q woman, was in the court room
his face flushed when the expert for the
defense declared that the bone came from
hog.
DEFINES THE ISSUE.
The declaration OF Dr.. Airport clearg
defines an issue between himself and Pro
fessor Dorsey. They are the respective
leading experts of the defense and prose
cution. Both pride themselves on their
regulations and battle royal VIII be the
result. Dr.. Airport drew pictures OF what
he said represented human femur and d
hog 5 femur, and explained to the Jury
the difference between them. Tie differ
ence was principally in the socket OF t3e
nip Joint. according 10 the witness. He
declared that the knob. or joint end, of
the feEnur in evidence was much smaller
than that of the average person and that
undoubtedly the bone was the feInur or a
small bOned hog. Tomorrow Dr. Airport
viii be cross examined after he has teStf-
fed further concerning metacdrDdl. Sesd-
mold and temporal bones. Previous 10
DR.. Allport's testimony Professor J. a.
! Wefseuer gave evidence in support OF Dr.
Riese's testimony in connection with the
experiments with human bodies made IN
the vat in the LuetSert factory carry IN
the present month. His testimony was OF
a corToborative character.
ATTORNEY DEENEN SMILES.
States Attorney Deenen srnilfngly de-
ciared tonight that Professor Dorsey
would Settle The question as u the 5den-
! r.ty of the bones beyond a question whSn
next he appears on The witness stand.
LUetgert and his lawyers were satisfied
WA Jhe showing made ana Judge Nln-
cent said ne couid not see the necessity of
LuetSertS going on the witness stand
There is nothing for MIN 70 deny. re-
marked eX-Judge Vincent Luetgert was
n rare good humor. He is recovering
from the injury TO ais right leg ana he
! scarcely needs a crutch now. The teStl-
moly i'll his behalf recently mas had re-
wing effect upon mis- spirits and the
scoWI which characterized his features for
a month past has given away 10 decid-
eddy cheerful expression. LuetSert ex-
preSSe his earnes.HesS this morning 10
90 upon the stand. He proposes TO -'un-
talk the jury, as Ae expresses II rs
lawyers, ex-Judge Vincent and Attorney
Pnalen, apparently feel somewhat ler-
VOLS about putting Luetgert on cfle stand
7 The big sausage maker Is as relentless as
an Indian in his demand to be called. He
wants TO get even with the police and
some of the people who have lied about
MIN. as he declares. LlSsSert s counsel
have q greag deal of respect Tor State 5
Auaouney Deenens ability IS eross-eX-
am3ner. Tney appeaer TO fear Shat under
( the rapid s-quest.cninS of the s<ate' 8
attorney, Luetgert may make admissions
or be led INTO statements that viii E1oll
muca Of the important evidence given in
RS behalf.
MAY BE CALLED TODAY.
Iuetgert may be called tomorrow. If
he is not he will not be ca1~S until Sat-
urday, as he is SuperStit.ods about ap-
pedrng for the first .ime on Friday. Dr.
I d. L.. REESE was called today, az 70 his
experiments with human bodies boiled in =
10 per cent solution of caustic soda The
important matter brought out was his
declaration that the bones produced by
the prosecution mad never been subjected
TO the test of potash solution. He said
that the surface and general appearance
of the bones which the prosecution main
ta+nS were found in and around the va,
did not Indicate that they <ad ever come
in contact with a potash solution.