The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-08

the care of his children. She also festi-
fed as to the substance of the letters
and asserted that she had refused 10
lend Luetgert her own money upon the
requests which she had received from
him in the letters. She testified 10 nav
ing received in all eight letters from the
big sausage manufactures.
The state regards Mrs. Feldt as one Oh
their most important witnesses, az
through her testimony they expect 10
establish the fact of Luetgerts motive
in the alleged murder of his wife.
FABER SAW THEM.
Nicholas Faber, an eX-employe Oh
Luetgert, was next put on the stand de
testified to having seen Luetgert ana ms
wife tner the factory on the evening OF
Nav l. Under cross-examination Faoer
was forced 10 admit that he did not know
anything that happened on any other
particular date near May 1. He was also
unable 10 tell whether ii was moon
:,ieht night or cloudy. He simply stuck
l-o .be fact that he had seen the woman
,snd heard two talk The defense expects
ito controvert many minor points OF ia
ber's testimony.
An incident occurred during Fabers
testimony that showed that Luetgert was
Dossessed Of a high temper when arous-
ed. BailiT Reid, the colored oincer IN
whose custody the prisoner is placed at
tenpted to restrain his charge from
crossing to the witness stand with mis- at
rorneys for the purpose Of watching fd-
Der designate on the map the iocanon
where ne asserted he saw Mrs. Luetgert
enter the factory. Luetgert would mol
brook the restraint and turned on the
bailiff with his face flushed with anger
and denounced the attempt 10 deprive
him Of what ne considered his rights N
the trial Attorney Vincent appealed 10
the court and Judge Tuthill permitted
the big defendant 10 examine the maps
in company with his attorneys
HENGST HEARD THEM.
Charles Hengs:, who was the first wit
ness at the afternoon session. is an nom
est appearing German and one OF the
few witnesses who rendered his tesu-
mony in English. He told about having
heard the cry of a person, but was con-
.siderabiy confused when cross-eXamlned
,bv Attorney Phelan as to his testimony
lat the preliminary hearing. II was SHOWN
IRON the record Of the hearing before the
Justice that Hengst had shown his ignor-
lance as to whether the cry was OF nu-
man or an animal. Today, he said ne
was quite positive that il was the cry Of
a human being.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Fritz Figel, who worked for Luetgert
MAY 4. told how he had emptied barrel
Of ashes in the alley. and Officer James
Smith testified TO having found particles
of bone and TWO corset steels in the Pile
OF debris where the ashes were found.
Frederick Augustus Schuetz testified
as to former quarrels between Luetgert
and his wife, in which Luetgert mad
threatened 10 take her life. The witness
is II years old and feeble. He is so deaf
that Interpreter Leibig was compelled TO
stand close TO his side in order to repeat
the questions OF the attorneys
The defense felt that they had under
mined his testimony to a large extent
when they gained an admission from the
defendant that he was 100 feet away
from Luetgert at the time Of the trial
How so deaf man could hear low tones
100 feet considerably mystified the de-
tense. and they felt exultant over secur-
ing the evidence.