The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-12
The LUETGERT TRIAL
CLOSING TESTIMONY OF AN I'M
PEACHING CHARACTER
The Evidence Of the Prosecution Now Be.
fore the ~sJury-Mary siemmering Now
Says She Was Not Mistreated by Police
Oficiais h Defense Will Undertake
the Unusual Task Of Impeaching q Judg.
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Chicago, October 8.-The evidence of
the prosecution in the trial Of Adolph
Luetgert is now before the jury. The
state rested it's case this afternoon. The
closing testimony was of the same i'm
peaching character that marked the
evidence of the preceding day.
Professor Dorsey had his innings dur
ing the afternoon session of court and
he mad matters u~npleasantiy warm
for DR.. Airport. Professor Dorsey
could have talked for hours upon the
subject of osteology. He was primed
with bristling facts concerning bones
but the prosecution confined the young
astrological expert to matters lending
to counterfeit and refute the state
ments made by DR.. Airport, the chief
expert Of the defense. :,
Then Judge Arthur H. Chetlain was
called to the stand to add the finishing
touch to the impeachment Of Mary
Siemmering. When this young woman
was first arrested and charged with a
guilty knowledge of the disappearance
of Mrs. Luetgert, her attorneys applied
to Judge Chetlain for a writ Of habeas
corpus. The judge sitting in chambers
had Mary Siemmering brought before
his and questioned her. His honor tes-
tilted today that she told him that she
had not made the application for re-
lease, but that her lawyer, Arnold
Trip, had done so, and had set up the
charges in the petition. She told Judge
Chetlain she had not been mistreated
at the police station and that she had
gone tn the east Chic9 90 aVpnIp nn1icp
station voluntarily and was willing to
return there, as she knew she would
soon be discharged because she a
done nothing wrong. Owing to his
state Of affairs. Judge Chetlain dis
missed the petition and the young
woman returned to the police station.
This evidence demolished the story Of
Mary Siemmering who declared while
on the witness stand that she was sub
jected to indignities at the hands of
Inspector Schaak, Captain Schuettler
and other policemen.
Angelica Schader, a nurse who was a
member of L~uetgert's household for
three months. said that the missing
woman was a most affectiOnate mother.
Mrs. Wilhemina Miller, a sister Of
Mrs. Luetgert, was the next witness.
SO firmly impressed is she hat Mrs.
Luetgert is dead that she some weeks
e dOnned a garb of mourning in
m of her sister. Mrs. Miller tes-
tilted while her eyes were ixed Upon
the face Of Luetgert. The big sausage
maker returned the gaZe of his sister
in-laW cOOlly. Mrs. Miller told of the
kindly disposition of her sister and as
serted that no mother was ever more
patient or more kind to her children.
Fred Miller, nephew of Luetgert, and
Diedrich Bickness, a brother of Mrs.
Luetgert, testified to having been fire.
quent visitors to the home of the Luet-
gerts' and to the kindnes they had
witnessed Mrs. Luetgert bestOw upon
her children. This evidence was called
out to combat and impeach the evil
Mary Charles, who testified that Mrs.
Luetgert treated her children cruelty.
With this evidence the state rested.
Judge Tuthill at once adjourned court
until Monday morning and hurried
away to catch a train for Nashville,
Tenn.
Next Monday, ex-Judge Vincent an
nounced, sur-rebuttal evidence would
be put on. The defense will undertake
the unusual task Of impeaching a
judge. A witness will be called to tes-
tify in rebuttal to Judge Chetlain's evil
dence as to Mary Siemmering's state
ment to him. This witness will be a
newspaper reporter who is said to have
heard the young wOman's statement.
states Attorney Deneen estimated
tonight that the prosecution Of Luet-
CERT would cost the county about 5000
over $4,000 was saved by the states
attorneys own corps of stenographers
taking the evidence for him..