The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
STOOD cRoss-ExAMINATIoN WELL.
.sVery SeIf-Possessed Young Wom-
an the Comment of the States
Attorney-DaH's Detail.

mentS before the Sfo!lu JIiH +lHu ~ IiiC
states attorney before the. trial began,
and when her assertions on me stand
today differed from tae statements ,ffe
is said to have made at that tinc, she
had not the slightest hesitation III re-
anything that she h1ight
have said when not under oath.
The cross-exam:nat;un during the at
ternoon and up 70 the moment Of aG-
journment did not break Ter down. She
clung to the more important elements
of her story, though contradicting her.
self upon points of little material value.
States Attorney Deneen, whose mode
of cross-examining is ofthe electrical
order. remarked tonight that Mary
Siemmering passed through the ordeal
we'll. She is a remarkably self-pos-
sessed young woman for person OF
her station in life" saidthe states at.
torney. "but we are not through With
her yet
Mary Siemmering reiterated her story
on cross-examination to the effect that
Luetgert and his wife lived together
happily. She declared positively that
the stories of frequent Domestic b.oils
were exaggerated. She also said that
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terms. and Mrs. Luetgert often paid
her extra wages because she pleased
her with her work. The witness said
that Mrs Luetgert told her to say
nothing to Luetgert about the extra
pay.
Last January the witness stated, she
made up her mind to leave the Luet-
CERT household, but Mrs. Luetgert OBJ
1ao md Sh
sidered here determination and re-
NAMED She told of a Christmas pres
ent of So Mr. Luetgert gave her last
Christmas and said he gave Mrs. Luet-
gert a watch and chain
The witness was somewhat bitter
in her narrative of her alleged eX-
prience with the police. While under
threatened by policemen who inform
ed her that they knew she and Luet-
gert had been guilty of wrong doing
and that to save herself she had better
desert the Dutchman" as they called
Luetgert, and testify against him. The
witness declared positively she never
was in Luetgert's sausage factory
alone with Luetgert either day or
night, as had been testified to. She
also denied that she was ever in the
factory with Mrs. Luetgert and that
Luetgert kissed here in the presence
Of his wife and that~the latter wept
as was testified to by a witness for
the prosecution. In fact, her testi-
mony was a complete denial of all the
evidence of the prosecution in any way
lmplicating her in a compromising
manner with Luetgert
AFRAID OF HAINES.
States Attorney Deneen. Assistant
states Attorney William NJ. McEwen
and Inspector NJ. j. Setback had a
consultation this morning. during
which the matter of calling Fred
Haines, an eX-newspaper writer, to
the witness stand was discussed
Haines is under conviction for forgery
Last August he was sentenced to the
penitentiary by Judge Needi After
ward, through the influence of friends,
the sentence was vacated and the case
taken under advisement Haines has
acted as a sort of confidential secre-
tary for Luetgert in Jail. and has writ
ten a number of letters for him. 1t
is said that Haines asserts that he
wrote letters to A. w. c. Grottey, of
New York, for Luetgert in which
Grottey was urged to come to Chicago
and testify that he saw Mrs. Luetgert
in New York a week after her disap-
pearance. 1t is known that Haines
told this story to States Attorney De-
The prosecution hesitates about call
ing Haines to the witness stand. State
Attorney Deneen is not exactly salts
fed with the statement of the man
I may call him as a rehuttal witness
if Grottey is produced by the Defense
said the states attorney this morning.
''but 1 do not believe the defense will
call Grottey. In that event, we will
not need Haines"
by the court to the matter yesterday
taken under adVisement. This was
whether the defense will be allowed to
produce witnesses to show that Mrs.
Luetgert threatened to leave her home
six months prior to the date of her
disappearance. A rule on this point
is expected on Monday
The first witness called this morning
was Mary Siemmering, Luetgert's ser
want girl, for love of whom it is alleged
he killed his wife. There was a gem
eral craning of necks, and many of
the people in the court room rose to
get a better glimpse of the young wom-
an as she ascended to the witness
stand. The face of Mary Siemmering
was flushed, as she held up her right
hand to be sworn by Capt. Knocn, the
court clerk. She was evidently under
suppressed excitement. The young
woman was neatly attired in a brown
costume. and wore a small chip hat Of
the same color
Attorney Phalen conducted the direct
examination. Under his guidance the
witness related what she said was the
whole truth about her experience with
the Luetgert family. She said she had
lived with the Luetgerts seven or eight
years as a domestic. During all that
time, the witness said, Luetgert had
treated his wife kindly, and there was
none of the quarreling or pickering
the prosecution charged. Coming down
to May l, the date cf Mrs Luetgert's
disappearance, the witness said that
on the afternoon of that day Mrs.
Luetgert said to her:
Mary, L am going to leave. My
husbands money is all gone, and
am going, too."
MARY ON THE STAND.
At Z o'clock Saturday evening, May
1, the witness said, Mrs. Luetgert took
from closet a cloak, and, looking at
it, remarked with considerable inn
patience that moths had eaten the
cloth The witness said she went to
her room and to bed shortly after s
o'clock that night.
The following morning Mrs. Luet-
CERT was missing and the little bank
of one of the children was broken open
and the small sum of money it had
contained was gone. The witness said
that Mrs. Luetgert had acted queerly
for some time prior to May 1, and had
often whipped her children. With some
show of feeling the witness said she
was arrested on May 10 and taken to