The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-09-29
.IRE LUETGERT TRIAL.
rso Sausage Maker Says He Has
'D' something Hot Coming.
|Mg SERNERING UPON THE STAND,
g.. Made a Good Witness for the De-
,ose Until the Cross Examination
Came Denied Improper Re-
latons with Luetgert.

ru,clGo. Sept 25. Adolph l.. Luet
VI allered wife-murderer, suffered
mncb pain from the injury to his
.,bt leg that Masseur Peter j. Pee
"a, called in to give him treatment.
The massage expert succeeded in re-
having the pain in the right side and
30 Of the big sausage-maker and
r1en court opened Luetgert hobbled
with the aid of his crutch
much better humor than he had
shawn during the early morning hours.
Ipetgert processes to be much pleased
Ian the developments thus far in the
i.iense.
I'VE have something hotter coming, s.
rd the accused man. There will be
,rhoe lot Of things explained away
uben yet on the witness stand"
The first witness called to the stand
Iva, Mary siemmering, Luetgerts
|qrant girl for love of whom, it is al
bred. he killed hls wife. There was a
4 general craning of necks, aud many
4 the people in the crowded court
room arose to get better glimpse of
. NE Young woman as she ascended to
. he witness stand.
4 The face of Mary Siemmering was
flushed as she held up her right hand to
s l. sworn by the court clerk. She was
sdiently under suppressed excitement,
Attorney Phalen conducted the di-
rect examination. Under his guidance
+ he witness related what she said was
. The whole truth about her experience
! with the Luetgert family. She said
he had lived with the Luetgerts
even or eight years as domes-
1 lie During all that time, the wit
less said Luetgert had treated
/ |hSwife kindly and there was none of
| The quarreling or pickering the prose
cation charged, Coming down to May
u, the date of Mrs. Luetgerts disap-
|Farance, the witness SAID that on the
afternoon Of that day Mrs. Luetgert
said to her; MARY, | am going to
leave, My husbands money is all
gone and am going too" At
seven o'clock Saturday evening,
May /, the witness said that
Mrs. Luetgert took from IL closet a
cloak, and looking at it remarked with
considerable impatience that moths
had eaten the cloth. The witness said
Sle went to her room and to bed short
II after eight o'clock that night. The
following morning Mrs. Luetgert was
missing, and the little bank of one of
the children was broken open and the
small sum of money it had contained
was gone. The witness said that Mrs.
Luetgert had acted queerly for some
time prior to May 1, and had often
whipped her children. With some
SHOW Of feeling, the witness said she
vas arrested on May Is and taken
% the East Chicago avenue station,
Where she was kept two days. She |
aid the officer who arrested her |
called her liar when she said she did |
lol know where Mrs. Luetgert was,
a0d that at the station the matron took |
III her clothing from her. While at |
lne station Inspector Schaacls aud AS
'Stant States Attorney McEwen ques-
aoled her sharply, accusing her
D improper relations with Luetgert,
'nlch She denied. inspector Setback
ad to me; The old man tmeaning
.letgert will never see the light OF
ay again, and if you don't tell the
run III punish you, Wen lynch you
aa Luetgert together,'" said the wit
eS and he held up his hands and
ao"ed me how it would be done.n
Inc witness, with a show of spirit,
Flled that she ever visited Luetgert
DIS factory at night, except in the
'enlhg occasionally when others were
resent Even then she said she did
" 20 to see him particularly, but
~ look a walk from the house.
le denied emphatically that she ever
en' INTO the factory through win
wy Or That Luetgert was in the hab-
VI y Kissing her when she was in his
Hce' She declared that Mrs. Feldt
S 0usybody and that her story
smtrue.
''a'e Attorney Deneen went at
''y olemmering on cross-examina-
u " n lively manner. The rapidlty
'ue states attorneys seemed to stun
: { witness. She soon became confused
\ !, made damaging admissions de-
,c , Ihe appeals of counsel for the
i'use that she take her time to con-
81 .'S ner reply to each question. The
:. "a woman was so badly confused
= sue paid no attention to the
"Oultlon Of the counsel for
ueiense not to answer until
Ia'ter had an opportunity
-, make objections and the
! nao ao passed upon them. The wit
! ! oumitted that Luetgert and his
~, = 9uarreled occasionally, but she
's'cu IN her denial that she had in
!. way been guilty of improper con-