The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-20
LUErGERTs IAMENEss
Due to Fight with a Fellow Prisoner,
aud Not RheumatI.m.

DUG To FlEnN WIN u
and Not Rheumati,m.
CHICAGO ,Sept.19-It came to lightto-
day that Luetgert, the alleged wife MUIR
derer, INDUCED in a fight last Wednesday
afternoon with William Young, prison.
err confined In the same tier on the charge
of robbery The ex-sausage manufac-
turer's lameness is not due to rheuma-
tlsm. as was given out by himself and
his guards, but the result Of Young'S
hurting him backwards against the
pavement Of the jail corridor to save
himself from Luetgert's big fists. The
affair started I'm friendly scutlle, but
when Luetgert saw that his opponent
was getting the better of him, he lost his
temper and began rushing" his man
Young, however. who is quick and mus.
cular, caught his opponent around the
waist and literally hurled him backwards
almost twenty feet against the tile pave
ment and steel door. Luetgert had to
be helped to his feet and almost carried
to his cell. The Jail physicians say the
fall wrenched one at the llgaments of the
thigh and 1t may be many weeks before
he fully RECEIVERS.
When the trial is resumed Tuesday the
prosecution is expected to consume only
the morning session in winding up It's
case.
The defense will divide It's rebuttal into
two parts. First they will attempt to
show that Mrs. Luetgert was seen and
talked with after the night she Is said Ia
have been murdered. If the Kenosha
abb is touched upon at all II will be but
lightly, and this will probably be held III
reserve. The principal part OF the evil
dence will be an attempt to explain thu
remarkable chain of circumstances
which. the state claims, shows MIS-
Luo tgert was murdered by her husband
Mrs. Louisa Johnson, who lives near
the Luetgert home. will be placed on the
stand by the state whether the motive
witnesses are admitted or not. Mrs.
johnson would have testified before but
she was seriously III. She VIII tell Of see
ing Luetgert chase his wife at the point
Of revolver.
At yesterdays session Of court Abra-
ham Seeiey, butcher. caused a mild
sensation when he announced that at the
public sale at LuetEert's factory, same
weeks ago he purchased thirty-nlne bot.
ties OF mineral water. 1t has been the
contention Of the defense that on the
night Of May l. when Mrs. Luetgert Is
said to have been murdered. Luetgert
not feeling well sent Frank Blalk to a
drug store for medicine. Bialk himself
confirms this and declares Luetgert told
him to get bottle Of mineral water. The
sausage maker had at least thirty-eight
bottles OF this water on hand when he
sent Bialk away after more that night.
When the prosecution called Frank
Blalk to the witness stand. to show tho
motive for the alleged murder Of Mrs.
J.uetgert, In Luetgerts relations with
Mary SImmering and other women the
defense entered an objection. Attorney
Vincent protested that this line OF EVIL.
dence was only collateral and that its
only affect would be to blast the reputa'
ton OF Mary Slmmcrlng, who was to be
a witness for the defense
Judge Tuthlll took the disputed point
under advlscment and adjourned court
until next Tuesday morning. The ad.
journment over Monday was taken 10
permit the defense ample time to prepare
for its opening statement aud the line OF
defense to be adopted.