The San Francisco call., 1897-10-09
Professor Dorsey Re-
flutes Statements of
DR.. Allport.
Points for the Defense of
Luetgert Shattered in
Rebuttal.
An Impeachment of Testimony
Makes the Case Look Dark
for the Sausag g. Maker.
Special Dispatch to T HE CALI.

CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 8.-The evidence
of the prosecution in the trial of Adolph
l.. Luetgert is now before the jury. The
State rested its case this afternoon. The
closing testimony was of the same i'm
reaching character that marked the evil
dence on the preceding day.
Professor George Dorsey had his innings
during the afternoon session of court, and
made matters unpleasantlY warm for DR..
Airport Professor Dorsey could have
talked for hours-upon the subject of oste-
ology, but the prosecution confined him
to matters tending TO contradict and re-
fute the statements made by DR.. Airport,
the chief expert of tie defense.
Professor Dorsey called attention to the
fact that during his examin alton DR.. ALL
port had identified the femur of gorilla
as that of a man; that he had identified a
human femur as a hogs femur; had de-
clared that the sesamoid of buffalo was
the patella of dog, and had given it as
his opinion that piece of the temporal
bone of a shepherd-dog was the temporal
of a MONKEY.
DI. Airport listened to this evidence
with half incredulous smile playing
upon his lips. ExJ udge Vincent cross
examined the witness briefly without ma
teIial benefit and let him go.
Then Judge Arthur H. Chestlain was
called to the stand TO add the finishing
touch to the mpeschment of Mary Siem-
mering. When the Young woman was
first arrested and charged with a guilty
knowledge of the disappearance of Mrs.
Luetgert. her attorneys applied to Judge
ChetIain for writ OF habeas corpus.
Judge Chetlain, sitting in chambers, had
Mary Siemmering brought before him and
questioned her. His Honor testified to-
day that she told him that she had not
made the appl alton for release. but that
her LAWYER, Arnold Tripp, had done so
and had set up the charge in the petition.
She told Judge Chetiain she had no,
been mistreated at the police station, and
that she had gone to the East Chicag o
avenue police station voluntarily, as she
knew she would be soon discharged, be-
cause she had done nothing wrong.
Owing TO this statement OF facts Judge
Chetlain dismissed the petition, and the
Young woman returned to the police sta
tion.
The evidence demolished the story of
Mary Siemme-ing, who declared while on
the witness stand that she was subjected
to indignities at the hands of Inspector
Setback, Captain Schuettlet and other
policemen. Angelica Schrader, a Hurae,
who was MEMBER of Luetgert's house
hold for three months, SAID that the miss
ing woman was most affectionate
mother.
a sensation was created in the court
room when woman attired in mourning
garb assembled to the witness-stand and
held up her hand 10 be sworn. There
were tears in her eyes as she 81 nix into he
witness chair. The woman was Mrs. Will
helmina Miller. a sister of Mrs Luetgert
so firmly i'm pressed is she that Mrs. Luet-
CERT is dead that some weeks ago she
donned mourning III memory OF her sis
ter. Mrs. Miller testified while her
brimming eyes were fixed upor the face
of Luetgert. The biz sausage maker re-
turned the gaze coolly. Mrs. Miller told
OF the kindly disposition of he- s- ter and
asserted that no mother was more patient
or kind to her children.
Fred Miller, nephew of Luetgert. and
Deldrich Backner, a brother of Mrs. Luet-
CERT, testified 10 having been frequent Wis.
ltors 10 The home OF the Lueiger and to
the kindness they had witnessed Mrs
Lnetgert bestow upon her children. This
evidence was called out to com bat and
impeach the evidence of Mary Siemmer-
ing and Mrs. Mary Charles, VINO testified
that Mrs. Luetgert treated her children
cruelty.
Policemen were called to impeach GER
tain witnesses for the defense who had
identified u pictule OF Mrs. Luetgert as
that OF woman in Ksnosha, Wis, on
May 3, 4 and 5
Detective Edward WaIbaum testified
that Matt Scholey of kenosha had told
some weeks ago that the picture did not
look like the woman Scholey saw at Ken
osha. According TO the witness, Scholey
said he had not noted the appearances of
:he strange woman he saw in Kenosha
sufficiently to be able to identity her.
much less a photograph.
Detectives de Celle and Dean gave i'm
reaching evidence with reference to other
Kenosha witnesses who had said the
woman they saw was to the best OF their
knowledge and belief. Mrs. Luergert.
Professor Mark de la Fontaine was
called upon 10 impeach the evidence OF
Professor Long of the Northwestern Uni
versity with reference to bones. He ex-
pressed views on the subject directly at
variance with The ideas of Professor
Long.
With this evidence the State rested.
Judge Tuthill at once adjourned until
Monday morning and hurried away 10
catch train for Nashville, Tenn.
Next Monday, exJudge Vincent an
nounced. the sur-rebuttal evidence will be
put on. The defense will undertake the
unequal task OF impeaching a Judge.
witness will be called to testify in re-
buttal to Judge Chetlain's evidence as to
Mary Siemmering's statement TO him.
This witness will be newspaper reporter,
who is said to have heard the young wo.
mans statement.
States Attorney Deenen estimated to-
night that the prosecution of Lueteeri
would cost the county about $4,000. Over
$3O99 was saved by the States attorney.
own corps OF stenographers taking the
evidence for him. The cost TO the county
in this trial. lasting two months, is abou,
one-fourth the cost o. the Cronin and the
anarchist trial.
ANOTHER EAGLE ARRIVES.