, 1897-09-01

Lcu.g ger Called His VIE a Beast.
Chicago. Aug. 3l.-Wneu thc Lue,-
s,I, murLcr ,r.Jl vas resumed, THIS
MGru.Hg. .A- defense asked ne court 10
,g.mppl he $ L,e 90 sci torch ~ whaD
means. according 10 the theory OF inc
prosecution. The lie Of Mrs. LueJger,
vas taken before her body was paced
N the vat. Judg5 NincCnl CHAINED IN
ear Of The coIrl At the beginning OF the
proceed Ags, AMI sad The Indictment,
which contained l. Csuts. does nJt state
he manner Of Mrs. Lue,gert's death.
The first com :. ,ie Attorney said. al
Egp JhAt she WAS drowned in a vat con-
aiming wI;Cr ana clust.c soda or p0;-
lsh. The seventh count charges that
he was srn"k and knocked down by
zone h,uH- Instrument: the eighth al
,eges striking ana Instantly killing her;
hP nina c5un, alleges striking her with
soma deadly instrument or bit; the
Fnth charge hat she was stabbed with
1 knife: ne eleventh says she was chok-
a and hrr life thus taken, and the
welsh and las, alleges that life was
AIKEN by some means unknown.
THE SAFE has alleged the manner IN
which :, is believed the remains of Mrs.
ln5,gar, wrre destroyed. We are en-
t.,led to The knowledge the state has as
% he mems O: her death"
Judge Tn,hfll promptly decided that
The sta;c was not bound to specify the
means IF death. There was a greater
pressure ihan ever this morning for
seats in M" court room and a great
crowd s.c.i III the outside, unable to get
IN. one nc icearle feature was the large
number OF women who succeeded in Sc
curing sens in the carr room before
he proceedings began. Women OF all
lgfs were among the spectators.
The frs witness was Charles P. Me-
lander. 1 photographer. who identified a
dozen views of the Luetgert factory
There were pictures OF the building and
surroundings. and tiashlight photo
grapls Of ;le basement and the fatal
va.
Mrs. Agatha Tosch, wife Of Michael
rJsch. salDJnkeeper at G29 D.versey ave
nue. was called next. She was a friend
D. Mrs. Luo-gerJ and visited the latter
occasionally al her home. Mrs. Tosch
sud that on Sunday afternoon, May 2
Lu-,gert came TO her husbands saloon
lad bau.h a glass of beer. He was pale
and excited. and she asked him what
va he matter with him, a question
which he did not answer. May Is, she
said. Sle saw him again and asked him
lh6ut he disappearance Of his wife. He
sad he did not know where his wife was
auG was Is innocent as the sun in the
sky. She told him she believed he was
suii y. ana LueIgert replied that he fel
Ike -k..s q. l5vc.ver and killing him
ali. He would do so, he said, but fol
he oh 'ldren. Mrs. Tosch said Luetger'
ak her what she had heard from TIT
le i YES wac were about her saloon
AMI wlI she had seen or heard herself
Ms. TJsyh. in her testimony. showed
4 deadly hostile spirit toward Luetger
md in 4 number OF details she improv'
ed in JAe sorry she told TO Justice keer
sen ana in Judge Gibbons court in thu
r,I,is rlTDnS proceedings.
sac said Mrs. Lue.sert once mad an ali
-ack @. .Ar"A' 'rouoie and Lne.gert to.'
ne w.,l.,ss in a conversation nat il h
mad de.ayed i mindse longer in calling
/ ist.or ne "roaen beasA' (mean-ns n
NI.-y would have been dead. In her pre-
.uns testimony, Mrs. Tosch did not us
..c.e words. Il said that in her con
,ersation with him on May Is she ask
Il h.m what caused the smoke from III
,Iy,Ory furnace ON the morning OF Ma.
:, and h asked her not 70 say anything
About the smoke. In her tormer test
n0ny she said that Lue.gert once toll,
ler that he sometimes became so angr:
at his wife thai he could take hold O
ler, and Indicating by a geayure) crus.
ler. This morning she swore he sal
ne could crush her, using the wor,
crush in the German, and not merely in
d!cating it by a gesture.