The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
MORE PROFESSORS GIVE THEIR
TESTIMONY IN THE LUETGERT
MURDER CASE.
BAD FOR THE PRISONER.
FRAGMENTS FROM THE VAT POSI-
lively IDENTIFIED AS HU-
MAN IN STRUCTURE.
INSPECTOR scHAAcK ON STAND.
1t Is Now Expected That the State
Will Rest ON Monday-Line of
Defense.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE state put
in it's time today in the Luetgert case,
proving that the bones from the vat
in the susage factory were those of
human being, and the evidence which
was produced was strongly against the
prisoner. Prof. George V. Bailey, os-
teclogist Of the Field Columbian
museum, testified positively, that of
the bones shown him in the court, one
was from the hand of a human being,
one from the foot, one part of a hui
man rib and one fragment of the hui
murus of the forearm. The witness
did not qualify his evidence in any de-
gree, but stated his conclusion in the
most positive manner, driving his tes-
timony home with the assertion they
are bones from the skeleton Of small
person, probably a woman" After
Prof. Bailey came DR.. Robert A. Howe,
who has for many years been connect
ed with the leading hospitals of the
city, and he gave the same evidence as
Prof, Bailey, also saying that the bones
were from the frame of a small person,
probably from woman. Portions of a
skeleton We're brought into court and
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where the fragments of the bone We're
to be found in the human body.
After the conclusion of the expert
testimony Police Inspector Setback
took the stand and identified the bones
that had been shown as those that
were taken from the vat in his presence
by the officers working under his di-
rection. 1t is now likely that the state
will rest its case on Monday, if the
defense does not prolong the cross-ex-
animation of the three men who testi-
fed today.
Attorney Vincent made move in
court today which he believes to be
one of the important points of the de-
Tense, He estimates from the capacity !
of the vat in which the body is said to
have been dissolved and the amount
of water said to have passed through,
that the amount of animal flesh dis
solved must have amounted to nearly |
$50 pounds in weight. Assistant States
Attorney McEwen says that the large /
amount of water was not admitted to
the vat until after the pinkish brown
slime had collected in the Sluice and !
that therefore the theory which the de-
Tense intend to advance is built upon
false assumption.
Prof. George Vincent Bailey, whose
direct examination was begun yester- /
day afternoon, was placed on the stand
as the first witness today. Prof. Bailey /!
occupies the position of psychologist for /
the Field Columbian museum and is
the expert witness for the state in !
bones. The witness identified a small |
bone as a portion of the hand of Il |
woman. He then took a portion of a |
mounted skeleton and indicated there |
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the hand The particle was then pass
ed among the jury for inspection. Later
the witness said that the bone was
from a small skeleton, probably that
OF a woman. Other particles of bone
were identified as different portions of
the skeleton of a human being.
OsteolOgist Bailey proved to be q
very important witness on direct eX-
animation. With reservations. he as
serted that one of the bones found In
the ashes of the street near the factory
Iesembled a certain bone in the second
toe of the left foot of human being,
possibly a woman.
He very positively stated his ability
to distinguish between the bones of Il
human being and those of an animal.
He also identified the several pieces of
bone previously identified by Prof.
Bailey as being portions of the skeleton
of small human being. His cross
examination was postponed until Mon
day.
Then came the event which has been
expected since the beginning of the
trial, the hearing of Inspector Schaak.
The inspector told of his first visit to
the factory in company with Watch
man Frank Bialk on May Is. and his
inspection of the vat and the finding OF
the bones. flesh and rings. He also
testified as to having received the
hloodstained knife from the hands of
Mrs. Christine Feldt.
TIC demonstrate the fallacy Of the
identification as human. of the bones
introduced by the prosecution. DR.. ".
H Airport acting for the defense. to-
day killed a dog and extracted from
one of its feet a sesamiod bone. This
bone, to all appearances the defense
claims, is like that introduced by the
prosecution yesterday, and it was sub
jccted to the action of a boiling solu
ton of crude potash. 1t is little larger
than a bean and was carefully laid
away. 1t WILL without doubt, be used
IN the effort to clear Luetgert.
In connection with this line of de-
Tense it transpired today that the de-
ferse will claim that the bones and
decomposed flesh which the police took
from the factory yard. were the re-
mains of a Great Dane dog, which had
been buried there three months before.
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