The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-03

to see what they could 60 for him. He was
asked to tell his theor-- of his wife 8 dis
appearance and he told the officers he be-
Heved She was insane and had wandered
away. He said she had been acting strange
~ for some time The witness asked Luet-
CERT why he had not informed the police
instead of keeping silent. Luetgert said
ne felt it a disgrace to him and his children
that his wife became insane and did not
like to tell about it; He said he had last
seen his wife shortly after 10 O'Clock the
night of her disappearance before he went
to the factory for the night.
Captain Schuettler said that Luetgert
gave him the names of friends of the miss
ing woman and he sent officers to visit all
of them and make inquiries. Search was
made for Mrs. Harris in Cleveland avenue.
who was not found. and visits were made
to Wheaton, Elgin, Kankakee and other
places. The police dragged the river ana
searched the clay hills in the vicinity OF
the factory. Luetgert, the witness said,
took no part in any of these attempts to
find his wife, and never inquired whether
any information regarding her had been
found. Once he called at the Shetheld-aVe-
nue. police station to complain of a news
paper article intimating that his first wife
had not died natural death but while at
the station he did not inquire whether the
police had found any trace of the wife who
was missing.
The witness then told of the visit of
himself Inspector Shack and a number of
officers to the sausage factory, the exam
ination of the smokehouses and Tats and
the finding of the rings in the middle vat.
The witness said the rings were found by
Officer Dean. who was in the vat eXamin-
ing the bottom. Both the rings We're COW
cred with the reddish substance which was
in the vat The rings, one plain gold
wedding ring and the other guard ring,
were put in evidence.
Attorney Phalen began the cross-exam-
ination of Captain Schuettier. and asked
him to tell the jury all the police had done
to ascertain whether Mrs. Luetgert was
alive or dead. The witness again detailed
the various steps he had taken in the in
vestigation. Mr.. Phalen asked If he had
not heard that Mrs Luetgert had been seen
at Kenosha or in that neighbOrhood. The
captain said the police had received letters.
most of them anonymous. stating that
Mrs. Luetgert had been seen wandering
near Nenosha and he sent two officers there
TO investigate The officers discovered no
trace of Mrs. Luetgert.
Attorney Phalen pressed the witness fur
Their about trips which he himself had TAX
en- in the Luetgert case and the captain
said he had gone to New York to inVesti-
gate rumor that Mrs. Iuetgert had been
seen there MAY s. Chief of Police Ripley,
from the New York police that man
whose name was Grattey had met Mrs.
Luetgert before her marriage to the saus-
agemaker and had met her on Broadway.
York to find out whether Mrs. Luetgert
had been there not He did not believe
she was alive May s. but he went to find
out something about Grattey, so that if he
perjured testimony his testimony could be
met.
Judge Vincent asked to have the state
ment as to the object of the captains visit
to New York stricken out. but the court
said the defense had called 1t out. There
was wrangle between the attorneys. in
the midst of which the court adjourned
for the day. Judge Tuthill said he would
ing the trip to New York or have the whole
story told the jury.