Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-06

Inc WIDOW TO w nom he O0CldT0S
His Love and Unhestatingly Pro-
tests Hatred for His Wife-Called
His Wife Carcass and Other
Vile Names and Said He Would
Settle With Her-The Trial Fur
nishes Fruitful Field for News
paper Takers.
Chicago, September 5.-All in all,
last week was a bad week for the
defendant in the Luetgert murder
trial. The strongest evidence which
has yet been given against him was
brought out and some of it was dam
aging.
The witness who gave the strongest
evidence against the sausage maker
was Mrs. Christina Feldt, a widow,
with whom the prosecution alleges
Luetgert was infatuated, and to whom
it is claimed he has written a num-
Der of love letters since he has been
confined in the Jail. Mrs. Feldt said
that on various occasions Luetgert said
to her that he did not care for his
wife and once said that he thought
more of the domestic in the house
than of Mrs. Luetgert. He also said
that he had many quarrels with his
wife, and when Mrs. Feldt asked him
why he did not secure a divorce, he
CoiH tbat fyo o1
bles were over ''he would settle with
her." He repeated this several times,
and called his wife a carcass" and
other names equally pleasant: 1t was
said to be the object of the prosecution
in having Mrs. Feldt on the stand to
show that Luetgert was DESTROYS of
getting rid of his wife for the pur-
pose of marrying the widow, but this
was not made clear. Mrs. Feldt said,
however, that he had made threats
against his wife many times.
! A niece of Mrs. Luetgert and two
other women identified the rings taken
from the vat as being the property Of
Mrs. Luetgert. The niece said she at
one time had borrowed the rings and
worn them.
Gottlieba Schimpe, IA years Of ace,
testified that on the night of the dis
appearance Of Mrs. Luetgert she saw
about IL o'clock, as she was returning
from dance, the defendant and his
syiff, G'dtef'gert having sent him on an
errand to the drug store. On cross ev-
animation, the girl broke down hadIv
and denied several things she had nre-
vlously said. She was given time n
compose herself and took the chair
again. She broke down a second time
and then the court took matters into
MS own hands, and asked her if she
saw MRS. Luetgert enter the factory
that night in company with her hus-
pdlIu. ohe was very positive that she
I had seen them.
The State, it is said, will in short
tiine' produce as evidence the portion
Oh human skull, a number of teeth
ana ~2ger joint, which were found
IN the factory, and will endeavor to
snow that they belonged to the missing
woman.
One of the features of the sensational
trial is the hooking in from all portions
OF the country of newspaper CORE
spohoents, VINO crowd the regular press
seats ana throng the space within the
Ialllng, where lmprOvised desks have
been placed for them. The majority
ma all the features necessary in the |
SURFING incident of the trial but some |
OF the reporters have found it neces- |
sary TO call upon their imagination for |
kstrlklng scenes and coloring. Luetgerts |
\most prominent characteristic is bic /
[oild, unfinching bearing, his face
[eiy showing more expression than
PACK OF MS massive neck, yet in |
blank countenances. enternrsino
lallsts ind daily depicted all the
n passions from desire for glass
10 abJect terror and soul tor
At recent session an outland-
et band, short on melody and
breath, stopped beneath the
m window and turned loose
popular airs. Luetegrt. with
else present, was amused at
Fry interruption. but in the
(elancholy correspondent or
ne OF morbid interest. Ont
\lng strains of Sweet
and my Gal is a High
lev conjured a funeral
narrowing minuteness
ed the convulsion of
across the prisoners
To the average :
tenance was rather
result of the high
crowded court |
1t was none the
respondents re-