The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
INTIMIDATION.
Luetgert's Servant, Mary Sim
mer ing, Testifies
That Police Inspector Theaten-
ed Her With Harm.
FEARED TO SPEAK OUT
Another Witness Testifies to
Seeing Mrs. Luetgert.
At Wheaton, Illinois, ON May
Sixth.

Chicago, Sept. 27.-The beginning of
the sixth week of the Luetgert trial to-
day brought to the court room a large
and more heterogeneous crowd than
usual. Men, women and children surg
ed about the main entrance of the
criminal court building on Michigan
street and made violent efforts to get
1n Policemen and court bailiffS on
duty at the doors had much difficulty
in handling the crowd and admitting
those with tickets
Never before at criminal trials in
Chicago, the anarchist trial not ex-
cepted, has there been more widespread
interest than has been aroused by the
Luetgert trial.
All classes of people have been at
tracted, including politicians. ministers,
actors, juriStS and men and women of
prominence in other walks of life, to
say nothing about the thousands Of
morbidly curious people, whose fran
tic effort to gain admission to the court
room daily, inject almost the only COM
edy element in the whole ghastly af-
fair.
During the progress of the trial
United States senator, several minis
ters of national reputation, visiting
judges from other states and territories
of high repute, have been among the
interested listeners to the evidence.
the court room was full blOOded ES-
quimaux. He is a Klondilzer, his home
being at AnVir on the Yukon river.
The man who was attired in his ma
tive garb of furs is Simon Kacik. He
came to Chicago recently with Capt.
J. P. Light, with pack of Eskimo
dogs, which are now at Lincoln park in
this city.
Kacik could not understand anything
concerning the trial, but he wanted to
see Luetgert, the big meat man k1lla
WIFE" as he expressed it.
States Attorney Deenan expressed
the belief today that at least three ana
possibly four weeks more would be re-
CURED to complete the presentation of
the case.
Physical Improvement, due to Sunday
rest and massage treatment. was no
ticeable in Luetgert's appearance as
he entered the court room today. The
sausage maker still used his crutch, but
he did not suffer the pain he experienc-
ed on occasions last week. Luetgert
came into court smoking a cigar, ana
greeted his attorneys and his son Arm
old pleasantly. The alleged wife muir
derer seemed to be in an exceptionally
pleasant frame of mind and joked and
laughed with his son and VIM Charles,
his business partner, until Juose Iul-
hill appeared upon the bench.
Mary Simmering, the servant girl
whose crosS-examinatlon was IN pro-
erress Saturday when court adjourned,
was recalled. Around this witness, ac-
cording to the theory of the prosecu-
ton, the motive for the alleged murder
of Mrs Louise Luetgert, centerS
Luetgert's infatuation for his pretty
servant girl is claimed by the prosecu-
ton to have been the melting motive to
this celebrated crime.
When she went on the witness stand
TODAY to again endure, as she supposed,
the ross-examination of States Attor-
ney Deenan, which is electricity in It's
cononosed and defiant. Her cheeks were
flushed. which indicated apparently
some mental excitement by the young
woman. 1t was evident she had made
nm her mind to control her feelings and
not hermit the states attorney to con-
frse her Greatly to her surprise and
annarent relief, Assistant States At
torney MeEwan aseeu her on 9hf the qugie Witness
stand long. His cross-exam1natlon
was not severe -, .z
.'Did you not say before the grand
i11rv that Mrs. Luetgert was a good ana
Iind 1nother?" asked Mr.. McEwan.
at did confessed the witness.
Now YOU say she beat the children
and was cross with them
ssWhen 1 went to the grand jury
roo1n to testify, Inspector Schaak was
there. He told me if did not say
what I did he would punish me-" said
the witness.
The photographs which were iAntif1ed
nv witnesses from Kenosha, We're
handed to the witness and she 1dentlned
them. The picture which 1nciuoed mrs
III
ken two years ago, the witness said
Several questions of an impeach1ng
character were asked and Mary SIM
mering was excused She left the wit
ness stand with a smile and took a
seat within the inclosure and remained
to listen to other witnesses
Jacob Melber, of Wheaton, Ills, tes-
tified that on May he saw woman
at the depot in Wheaton at o'clock in
the morning whose description resem-
bled that of Mrs Luetgert; She IN
ouired the way to Elmhurst. Melber
Is a butcher. He said he saw Mrs.
J,1etgert once last March. When
asked upon croSs-eNaminat1on to de-
scribe the missing woman he could not
do so and was excused.
Charles Boehnke, who had worked
for Iuetgert for sixteen years testified
that on April 28, he had a brief con-
yersation with Mrs. Luetgert. She
seemed much depressed the witness
said and remarked that things were
going badly in the house. She said ac-
cording to the witness that she would
60 to the country and go to work as a
servant I'VE are about ruined and
will go to the country and work out,
I cannot stay here" were the words of
the apparently distracted woman. Il
told her times were as hard in the
country as they were in the city, said
Boehnke, "and advised her not to 60"
When Mrs. Augusta kOSh, a neighbOr
of the Luetgerts, who knew Mrs. Luet-
CERT we'll was called to the witness
stand Juror William Harler was called
upon to act as interpreter. This was
the second time since the trial begun
that Juror Harler had been similarly
called upon despite the fact of the dis
covery that he was endicted ten years
ago in connection with the Cook coun-
ty commissioners Doodle scandal |
States Attorney Deneen has the utmost
faith in Juror Harler and today gave
ont for notification. a letter from eX-