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inal Court building were women. They
were attired as ii for matinee per-
Torrance; but the rain drops had in
some instances played havoc with
| the flowers and feathers of their hats.
The injury to their plumage did not
ruffie their tempers. and they chatted
| spiritedly as they stood in line wait
ing for the chief bailiff to order the
Z, doors leading to Judge Tuthills court
room to be opened. When this order
the court room which the officers in
! charge were unable to check, and in
few minutes the room was packed
and the guards closed the corridor
| doors. Then followed the usual flow
! of original and grotesque profanity
| from those who were shut out. The
oft-repeated cry of favoritism on the
part of the deputy sheriffs was raised,
| but it had no effect, and the disesa-
| tented throng slowly sought consola-
I ton by going into other court rooms
to listen to the trials OF less noted
cases.
| Luetgert expressed his pleasure over
the fact that to-day marked the OPEN
ing of the last week of his trial. He
was not alone in his appreciation OF
this fact. Every one connected with
the proceeding is tired of it. ut has
been long-drawn-out and hard trial.
said States Attorney Deneen. II am
positively elated over the fact that we
are so close to the date when the case
will be given over to the jury"
When court opened the taking of sub.
rebuttal evidence began.
Fred j. Swift, court stenographer
was called to the witness stand to i'm
peach Frank Odorofsky, Ham Frank"
who was employed by Luetgert at the
latters sausage factory. StenographeN
Swift reported Odorofsky's evidence be-
fore Justice Kersten. He testified that
Odorofsky testified before the Justice
that he was not at the Luetgert san.
sage factory on May 1, but on the day
prior to that date. During the presen,
trial Odorofsky testified that he waA
there May 1.
VIM. Lester and Fred Lester web
called successfully and testified thu
saw tallow and grease lying beside the
ice box in Luetgerts sausage factory.
1t was brought out on cross-examina.
ton that the grease was observed on
May II, and the evidence of these two
witnesses was of little value.
Then the defense started in to re-
pulse the attack which had been made
upon the reputation of William Char
les, Luetgert's business partner, and ons
of the strongest witnesses the sausage
maker had. d. H. Brown, resident OF
Chicago for as years, said he had known
Charles intimately for four years and
that the reputation for truth and hon.
esty of Charles was good.
The prosecution took the witness
through lively cross-examination. II.
was led to confess that he had nevei
had any business relations with Char.
les and only met him occasionally.
Chicago, October IA letter adj
dressed to Chief Of Police Ripley and
purporting to be from Mrs. Louise
Luetgert, was received at police head
quarters to-day. The letter was dated
October 9, and was sent from New York
city. Little IL any attention will be
paid to it by the police. The signature
is spelled 'Lutrigart," and this alone,
they say, is enough to brand the letter
as fraud The letter is quite long
and is written in English, which. 1t Is
said, the missing woman was unable to
speak. 1t states that the writer is now
living with family at 304 Palisade
avenue, Jersey City, and that she was
doing chamber work at the Metropole
hotel. The writer implored Chief Kip
ley to save Luetgert, as, she said, he
was innocent Of the charge against him
L ne IeLter stated thdt aFs. buetSefs
would never return to her husband, be-
cause she was afraid he would kin her
and that she was going to Germany as
soon as she could earn money enough
to take her there. Her whereabouts
since her disappearance last May u
also given. According to the letter Mrs
,,o+,er. arg+ ,r,ar+ m wisconsin thor
to Flint, Mich, then Detroit and from
there to New Yor.
+ New York, October 11.-There is a va.
cant lot at 304 Palisade avenue, Jerae,
City. The janitor Of the apartment
house at 302 has no knowledge OF thu
alleged Mrs Luetgert.
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