The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-18

| Pouch's suicide-Crime and Catastrophe
| Chicago, May T.-Adolph L. Luetgert.
was arrested this afternoon on the
charge of having murdered his wife.
| Luetgert made an assignment about ten
days ago and about the same time Mrs.
Luetgert disappeared. II was at first
| supposed that she had committed sui
eide as a result Of her husbands failure.
The river was dragged but with no re-
suit and for several days detectives have
been working on the murder theory.
The police claim 10 have direct evidence
that Luetgert killed his wife in the
| basement of his sausage factory on
Diversey strees and that the body was
destroyed with the object of hiding all
traces Of the crime
The place where the murder and the
destruction OF the body of the woman
was believed to have taken place IS the
factory a. Diversey and Hermitage ave-
nues near the tracks of the Northwest
err road
1t is stated by persons connected with
the case that the dead body was placed
in vat and burned by the use Of chem
icals. 1t is said that several bones are
all that has been found and that these
were taken from the vicinity Of the va..
Two finger rings belonging to the dead
woman were also found in the vat.
AHVOTE'S VICTIMS.
Kingman, Ariz., Nay 1.-THE sher-
ifs posse has returned from White hills
from the chase of Ahvote. the Piute In
dian murderer. They report that the
body Of Judge ]. NJ Morton was found
IN a cabin at Goidbug, seven miles be-
low FL Dorado canyon, shot through the
head. Morton had lived thirty-six hours
after being shot and was not cold when
found. Ahvote was killed on Cotton
wood Island in the Colorado river. thir-
" miles below the canyon. The bodies
OF five Of his victims have been found
Deputy Sheriff Rosborough left here last
night with posse to arrest Mouse; the
other Piute Indian murderer. The Wall
pin Indians held big powwow yester-
day and expressed desire to go out and
eXterminate the Southern Nevada band
o. Piutes. They say that for years In
dams reported the killing Of whites by
this band Of renegades. Chief Levy
Levy offered the srvices of 10s warriors
TO the whites for the purpose of driving
all the Piutes away from the Colorado
river.
A BAD DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Little Rock, Ark. May 1.-THE ex.
citement created by the murder of Liv-
eryman Blair Sunday evening by Depu-
~ Sheriff Hurd has not yet subsidized.
No attempt at lynching was made last
night, owing, no doubt, to the fact that
the news Of the crime did not become
generally known until this morning.
The sheriff took advantage OF this fac:
and late last night quietly took him to
Texarkana to prevent lynching tonight.
Hurd has quite record as a desperate
man. He is the deputy sheriff who
threatened TO shoot Jim Corbett and
Bob Fitzsimmomns when the pugilists
were in Little Rock under arrest. He
also is the officer who came near chok-
ing Miss Anna Eva Fay to death in an
attempt TO tie a knot about the spiritual |
lists neck in such a manner as 10 upse.
her performance. Joseph Blair, the muir
dered man, was a north Carolinan and |
was well connected in that state. His
wife is Frustrated at the shock and may
not recover.
A KENTUCKY FEUD.
Lebanon, KY, May IA serious |
shooting ARRAY occurred at Newmarket. |
village situated six miles from town, |
yesterday afternoon, between George |
Sturgeon and William johnson and his |
two sons, Henry and John. in which |
John Johnson was fatally wounded in |
the left breast and George Sturgeon re- !
ceived a painful flesh wound in the left |
arm. II is claimed that the Johnson fac
ton were the aggressors and that Stur-
geon acted in self-defense The difficulty
has been one of long standing and mat
ters were brought TO a climax when /
Sturgeon, who lost his barn and con-
tents by fire last week, accused the
Johnsons of incendiarism The two
men were brought 10 town. bu:
nave skipped. Both parties are farmer.
and we'll known.
REWARD OFFERED.
St Paul, Mimi, May l7.-Governo-
Cough today issued a proclamation Of
ferng reward OF $3.50 for the ca pture
md conviction OF the murderer of ". D.
LoAell and his wife near Howard Lake
No further reports have been
from the scene OF the tragedy.
HE RAVES OF MARION"
Chicago, May 17.-One night last week
| young man, with a bullet wound near