The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-29
MRS. LUETCERT ALIVE.
Detective Claims to Have Made a
Discovery.
WOMAN WAS SEEN SIX WEEKS AGO.

Alleged That the sausage-Makcr's Wife
Worked for "a Family in Wisconsin for
Four Months and Then Left for Parts
Unknown The Prisoner Contempiates an
Appeal to the Public for Financial Aid
-Derense's stenographers Desert
Chicago, Dec 29-When Adolph Luet-
CERT presents his defense to the charge
of murder his most formidable weapon
will be welded by witnesses who swenf
| they saw his wife alive and well With
| in six weeks. James NJ. Gary. de-
tective, employed by the defense. has
returned to Chicago from a trip in |
northwestern Illinois and southern |
| Wisconsin, where he has been search-
ing for Mrs. Luetgert 1t is SAID ne
| found a family in whose home Mrs.
Luetgert worked as a servant for four
months-a period extending from two
weeks after her disappearance until
the latter part of November 1t was In
small town of Wisconsin that this
evidence was found. According to the
story of these witnesses the servants
identity was suspected and she, becom-
ing alarmed. departed suddenly for
1
| parts unknown.
No Kenosha Aiibi.
The Kenosha alibi will not be util-
/ ized IL having been learned the state
has i'm concealment the woman who was
t mistaken for Mrs Luetgert by Kenosha
witnesses during the recent mistrial.
John Bialk. son of the old watchman'
e resumed the stand for cross-examina-
s tion upon the details Of his story OF
n how he summoned Luetgert to the nome
q of his father, when Detective knnger
d was concealed beneath Bialks bed.
!. States Attorneys Deneen and NC
II Even began the introduction oil new
testimony bearing upon the ldehliiiea-
tion of the two rings alleged 10 haV'
been found in the sausage Factory Na'
- Frank Henkel, Joseph Dedlof' Lena
Bleinking and Miss Schroeder a nurse
A. who attended the Luetgert children arr
70 tha new witnesses who swear the rlng'
II are those worn by Mrs. Luetgert' 1nei
,s testimony strengthens that OF Mrs' iu'
Harris. Mrs. Wihemma Mueller am
u othars who Identified the gold clrclet
- in the former trial.
Many New Witnesses.
~ Many new witnesses malerlai 10 o'i
ar nhases of the case have been iouh'
y" hut Mr.. Deneen mistrusted many an
IL reiected INSPECTOR Schaack's sugges
Ie ton 10 utilize their testimony. one
m ,m thaea was n woman who volunteers
the information that she saw Luetse
eecorting his wife into the Factory
the rear entrance the night OF May
", Mr. Deneen places more creuehce III
A. story Of a man, whose claims are siii
~ lar and who will be used as WitheS
Gottliebe and Emma Schlmpke
| not be used as witnesses uulins
- nresent trial, but Nick Faper' WIZ
80 story was not impeached, VIII 'es.l' ,
Attorney Harmon says FRANK p'a
the old watchman, admllteu '
cross-examination, that al uooiS %,
ert. the front office door, were iocheu WI W.
the he returned from the drug s'ole
bair to Rialk's trip Luetgert was IN
the house, and If Bialks story III III 10
,roi Tho door be true, Luetgert woulo lid
on haen compelled to enter the iactolS
,ern | the front door.
and Luetgert's Poverty
,,tal o,,.rrst over a recent forgery st'
over I and lack of immediate iuhus na =,
rage pied the defense to such al a.,
900 an appeaI for assistance may pe '
nor ~ nrhlic Burton e. Wesener, ST
ooronhers. who have reported the
g. tbo defense. refuse to continue
work, fearful that the ss'5Oo promis
'am- note. signed by Luetgert, may not
for terialize at maturity six months me-
gers 49,, anarpency. Attorney Harr
'rses asked Judge Gary to compel the sta
OF attorneys stenographer to furn'sh
e 10 defense with copies of the report -,
pas .,sno "a the trial proceeds. ST
cker, 49, ,hot Attorney Vincent, l.
goes ~. i tor,,er counsel, was swindlec
IN a forged note, frightened .he
pur- aSars and they refused to cont
route , ,,orev was forthcoming.
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