The San Francisco call., 1897-09-03

briefly without changing his testimony
and Vas sue eded in the witness box by
Detective Charles Gribenow OF the Police
Department. The detec i've said that in
May, the day before the arrest OF Luet-
CERT, he met the latter in the saloon OF
Mrs. Tosch, near the Luetgert factory.
Luetgert asked him what the police had
discovered and what he might expect.
The witness told him he might expect to
be arrested. Griebenow said that when
be first met Luetgert the latter asked him
if he had warrant for him. The witness
said Luetgert shook him by the hand and
said: "You are my friend. Do whatyou
can for me-"
At the conclusion of the officers testi-
mony the court took a recess.
Ths feature of the afternoon session
was the testimony of Police Captain Her
man Schluetter. Before the Captain was
called to the witness chair the State
proved the purchase OF barrel of caustic
soda by Luetgert in March last, and Off
GER Klinger detailed the conversation be-
tween Luetgert and Watchman Bialk in
the latter's house May 16. when Klinger
was concealed in bed. This was simply
Captain Schluetter said he was first in
formed of the disappearance of Mrs.
Luetgert on May bv Deidrich Bick-
nesse, her BROTHER, and Fred Miller. They
gave him a description of the missing
woman. That night the captain said he
detailed Officer George Smith to make in
quiries in the neighborhood of the factory
regarding Mrs. Luetgert. The next DAY
Officers Dean and Qualey were detailed TO
investigate the case. Shortly after that
the captain said he and Lieutenant
Hutchinson visited Luetgert at his home.
The witness told the sausage-maker that
they had heard OF the disappearance of
his wife ana called to see what they could
do for him.
Luetgert was asked to tell his theory of
his wife's disappearance. and he told the
officers he believed she was insane and
had wandered away. He said she had
been acting strangely for some time. The
witness asked Lue;gert why he had not
notified the police, instead of keeping ST.
lent. Luetgert said he felt it was a dis
grace to him and his children that his
wife had become insane, and did not like
10 tell about it. He said he had last seen
her shortly after 10 o'clock on the night
OF her disappearance. before he went to
the factory for the night.
Captain Schuettler said that Luetgert
gave him the names of friends of the
missing woman, and he sent officers to
visit all OF them and make the inquiries.
Search was made for Mrs. Harris on Cleve-
land avenue, who was not found, and
visits were made to Wheaton, Elgtn,
Kankakee and other places. The police
dragged the river and searched the clay
hills in the vicinity of the factory. Luet-
CERT, the witness said, took no part in the
attempts to find his wife, and failed to in
quire whether any information regarding
her had been found. Once he called at
the Sheffield avenue police station to COM
plain of a newspaper article, intimating
that his wife had not died a natural
death, but while at the station he did not
inquire whether he police had found any
trace of the missing wife.
The witness then told of the visit of him
s-lf, Inspector Shack and a mum Der of
officers 10 the sausage factory, the exami-
nation of the smokehouses and vats and
the finding of the rings in the middle vat.
L
Officer Dean, who was in the vat examining
the bottom. Both of the rings were
covered with the reddish substance which
was in the vat The rings, one plain
gold wedding ring, the other guard ring,
were put in evidence.
Attorney Phelan began the cross
examination of CAPTAIN Schuettler, and
asked him to tell the jury all the police
mad done to ascertain whether Mrs. Luet-
CERT had been seen at Kenosha, or in that
neigh borhood. The captain said the
police had received letters, most of them
anonymous, stating that Mrs. Luetgert
had been seen wandering near Kenosha,
and he sent to officers there to investigate.
The officers discovered no trace of Mrs
Lue CERT.
Attorney Phelan asked the witne IS
fur her about trips which he himself had
taken on the Luetgert case, and the cap
tain said he had gone to New York to in
.vestigate a rumor that Mrs. Luetgert had
been seen there May 8. Chief of Police
Kipley, the witness SAID, had received a
message from the New York police that a
man whose name was Grattey had met
Mrs. Luetgert before her marriage to the
sausage maker, and had met her on Broad
way. The captain said be had not gone
TO New York to find out whether Mrs.
Luetgert had been there or not. He went
to find out something about Grattey, so
that if he appeared as witness in the
case to give periured testimony. his testi-
mony could be met.
Attorney Vincent asked to have the
statement as TO the object of the captain S
visit to New York stricken out, but the
court said the defense bad called it out.
There was a wranglc between the attor-
neys, in the midst of which the court ao-
iourned for the day. Judge Tuthill said
he would either strike out all the testi-
mony concerning the trip 10 New York,
or have the whole story told tie jury.