Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-04

CoIbuiou frequently with his CouDsp'
snu once rose up In his plecla d care
iuny cS"minei the rlug with b.,
initiate Ia Ia. on tho inside, which
sccofGihe 10 the Witnesses for tbt
state, was Mira. Luetgert's wedding
fiuc.
Friedn Mueller, n niecs OF Mrs.
LueteeFi, was the fret witness, She
said the rings were the ouos which
MIS-. LIeigfrt wore habliually.
Mfs. Chri.lina Pehtce said she hs
known mts. LIetgrrt since rho, the
SilDess, was email gil. Mrt. Luet.
ser', bsl re her marriage to the s,u.
sage naktr, lived at the house Of the
witnesA' mvthes She saiJ, chat at a
picnic yosr ago, which Mrs, Luet.
CERT attended, the Wedding ring wa
the subject OF conversation In
which IL was remarked that Mr.,
Luelgert wore no other leweIry EXCEPT
het Weddlog ring. On cross examlua.
ZION the witness said Bhe had never
seen the welding ring Of Mrs. Lust-
gefVs HAND, knew nDtuiDg of the
initials on 1t but Identified It frim iIs
slzs ana general appearances.
Mis-, Anna Gleser OF CbicaRo
HeIghts was servant in the LIet.
geri hou ell I'D up to the fall VI 1889.
she Identified the wed ling ring auu
The email guard ring worn with 1t
p0sititeIy' Inc witness Produced q
photograph OF herself taken IN 1855
when she wore the two rlngr. MIR.
Lustgert, s1e said, fitred h.r The
rinas 10 nave her picture tsktn.
There whe sensation when Mr.,
| Christina Fel1t was Gale as wit.
ness Tor the state. Mrs. Felut is the
widow whose name has been 20 often
mentioned in connection with the
| Gaze. IL was believed she would be
| Que OF The main witnesses for the de.
ense, but she had not besn beiors the
Jury two minutes when 1t became an.
psrent thai sue had gone over to tue
prose Sac proUu ed a bundle
letters written to her ny Luetger,'s
son, Arthur. The letters w,Te filled
WIN endearing terms. They began
Bel we'd, dear CnfisGlne," or "B,.
I've Chiisiinr," ami In them Lust.
CERT told OF tuGeIings he was enduring
as an nCcent prisoner In the jail.
lnspt ctor ScnRaCk 1nJ hie officer.
were IeierTe1 to as the "gHns" thu W. 80
ter him, and the police were ire.
quently roterr5d to as Clogs" Llr'.
ert over and over again assured hiU
correspondent that lie would overcome
'he police al! "be Win her sgaI.
rec mAD.o
Mts. Feldt test fiei that Luetgert
toli ner months a4o that he CARED
m re Tor Mary SIN merirg, the servant,
nan he uid IvT his WE. She said sn.
visited bis huuse MAJ 8 h md a,Rei
Merry Simmeriug whsrs Mrs. Luetgeit
wac. Mary replied That she taG 20,
downtown aud would he back shortly. |
Tee witness then askej Lueigert about |
u and he told her Mary mad ! ei to
bet emu that his wife hsI disappeared.
Luelgeit esid his wife hhI on former
Uccasious lett him Tor several uays
without any explanation AM he Old
not know where she han gjne. He
then maus The stale ment that he cared
more tor Mary thaE he did ior III |
vie. |
The witness told OF visit ~ Luet- |
CERT AZ tie Jail. The prise er sent h.I |
a quest through Judte Vincent, his
atty..ey, 10 &c ms 10 the jail. Lue CERT
theD endeavureu TO persuade her T.
loan him mobey to pay TOR us de,ense.
He atkeI ner, she sail, tU put mori-
.ase on ter house IN Ordrr t. rate The
money.
MrP. Feldt said she told Luetgert T.
apply 10 the other fiiends tor mo- ey
aud he told here he hal been unable
TO find anyone WIN woul help him
'li you 70 back on me-" he said, al
W IN take my liie."
The witness saiu he ought TO ~,
ashamed TO tslk that way on account II
his cnilutun and he replied that even
his children diJ not care for his life.
Sue cay chs then left him.
Mrs. Feldt wae not crose.exsmineu
'or me ress1n that trsnsittions OF the
etters had not bsso verified aud the
et eis could not be read to the jury nj
mo rhsy Will De glvsn to the larry
anu Lexl week the witness Will be re.
called l5r crJss.txsmiuauon. The
ett.rs Of Luetgerl consainsi many
eques.t Tor mouey iutereperseI with
OF II cIloD. ThT ugh
VI he protested th.s his was innocsut
'nd persecuied.
Toe next witness was little OUT.
ieke Schri.npke. Sae Is IUurleen
'ears old una her testimony was that
~ the night OF M0y /, shortly after
l O'CLOCK, shs and Ger sister A mi.
eturne1 from dance on Belmont
venue, past the Luetgert factory.
der own home Is upIo,lle the Tnsch
aloon and is close ~ the Sausage fac
oily. Inc gitl ssys she Jaw Luetgert
Inu HE vile walk afOunt the corner VI
be factory INFO tie alley iU the rear
I the factOy. THIS evidence suslg .
he theory VI tue state that LuetgsTi d
lok his wife into the factory Oy tue ,
psy Ut tas iurnDce fOUm In tue ab. {
encs VI the Waterman whom he hau {
eut to the drug stofe.
While being crost.i Z amined the
irl became hystetiCal and had 10 be
vmoved from tue Wines chair.
! tier her cOmpOture had been re.
tored the cross.exsaiiDati0n pr ceeueu
Id she tsid she wSs token away nom 4
er h, me by the police Huu locked vi 1
. n wItness. She LoDteU nut Police o
APT. SchueItleT as the officer VINO a
Did her she would be given money n d
be rtmalUed with the police. This I
'as when sBe cried and wanted 10 20 q
ome 10 her mother. On cross.exRIn. !
cation the girl esid sno knew NTH. q
,g about the LupigeIt case, exert Il
nat the officer, told her. Iusn the
urt took her in hand ana she saiI
be did not swtar that ehe did not see
uslgert and his vile.
Subsequently she said It was her
slsf, 20 years OLD, wDo saw Mr.. anu
Ire. Juete at that night am toid her c
other about IL. +.
Tue state put In evidence = statf- L
ent IN writing, supporting 10 have y
sen maUo by the girl. Another u