, 1897-09-23
.FLhTTERED HIS VANITY.
HOW THE SAUSUAGE MAKER WAS
INDUCED TO COUGH UP"
s25. 900.
He Was TO Be Made Presiden, .: the
Luelgcrt Sausags Company. win r
Capital Of $500. OO0-Julga Vincent
Tells What the Defense Expects 20
Prcvt-Lue,gert vii! Testify.

Prcyc-l.ue,gert VIII Testify.
Cn!csgo, Sep. 22.-Ex-Judga Vincent
sprung a surprise on the prosecution in
ing STA emeni. today. by reference to A
man named ROLert Davey. who, he said.
was the original medium through which
all Of Luetgcrts trouble arOsa. and
whose actions resulted in Luetgert be
ing ar;aigned before the bar o: justice
today, charged with murder.
A little over a year ago Sa an. N the
shape Of a medium-SiZld, well-dressed
and educated Englishman named RoberI
Davey. came 10 Lue,ger, and Was the
cause of all his trouble" said ~eX-Judge
Vincent. This man came with forged
letters o. Introduction, representing
himself as a man OF great means. Luet-
CERT has always carried his heart on his
| sleeve. as you will see when he goes on
the witness stand"
This was the first official notice that
Lue;gert would testify n his own behalf
with a show 0: interes; by tle prosecu-
ion and the spectators.
''Davey told Luetgert h. could be the
sausage king OF the world" went on
Judge Vincent. and LueCger, believed
him. for Davy was an artisl IN painting
glowing pictures OF wealth and fame.
He told Luetgert he represented an Eng
lish syndica,e, and uhat a company
would be organized Win a capital OF
$500. 600. and bonds Tor an additional
$500 900 would he Issued. The company
would he SHOWN as the a. l.. Lue;gert
Sausage and Packing company, Davey
said, and Lueigert would be given $780,
900 cash and $10O, 900 worth Of stock.
Out OF the cast he could pay off $50, 900
of Indebtedness. which was covered by a
mortgage on his factory.
Mrs. Luetgert was delighted over the
visions Of wealth revealed by Davey's
picture. and Luetgert. uneiucated. ION
est and without suspicion. was pleased
over The prospect of ranking with the
A.rmours. the Swifts and Nelson Morris
in the meat world. Oavey had expenses
during the time he was negotiating with
Luetgert, when he had induced to close
his factory preparatory to the change
which was to have taken place January
|. 1897.
He called upon Lue,geri for money
and got tin all about $25. 00O-and
finally Davey told Luetgert the money
and bonds were in the custody OF the
Continental Bond company OF New
York. Luetgert and Judge Goodrich. to
whom Luetgert had tod his story, went
10 New York, but none of the bankers
or bond companies Of that city had ever
heard OF Davey. and Luetgart had been
swindled."
The attorney told OF Lue;gert's strug-
g.es after this. How his business mad
been injured by the closing of the fac
tory. and, in addition 10 the loss Of s25,-
WV u DdNtS, Nt lUSL IL liIlult U l..
S. Dreyer & Co.'S bank. Then he Dor
rowed 100000 from Foreman Bros.
bankers, placing another mortgage or
his factory. Finally the failure anne.
and the disaster drove Mrs. Lue CERT to
the verge OF insanity. Later the woman
became insane. the lawyer said. and
wandered away. The life Of Lue5gert
was briefly sketched:
He arrived in America 80 years ago,
without a dollar" counsel said, and by
industry and thrift had built up an enor-
pounds Of sausage a year. and sold it
all over this country and Europe. Often
there were lO0. 900 pounds OF meat in the
factory at one time. and the sales from
the factory to local consumers averaged
$3.50 per day.
Nineteen years ago Luetgert married
Miss Louise Bicknese, the woman he is
said TO have killed. She was his second
wife. They had four children, two boys
and two girls. The latter are now dead"
EX-Judge Vincent denied tina the cou-
pie lived unhapp:ly. He sale their lives
were not a continuous honeymoon. but
the couple lived as happily as people in
their station usually do.
During the afternoon session the first
evidence for the defense was introduced.
The crowd at the criminal court build
ing this morning was great. and the off,
GERS experienced much trouble in pre-
serving order. Attorney Vincent start,
led the prosecution by the magnitude OF
his claims in the last few minutes OF the
morning session. That Mrs. Luetgert is
alive he said he would prove by wit
nesses who have seen her since May l.
and he would also prove that the bones
found in the vat were not human, but
were put there by the police authorities.
The attorney said ne would show that
the rings were not Mrs. Luetgert's, and
that she had never seen them. The at
torney's speech made an impression on
those in the court room and there vas a
more cheerful smile on iLuetgert's face
as he limped back to Jail.
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