The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-07
THAT KENOSHA STOR Y
STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST MRS.
LUErGERTS ALIBT.
Veracfty of the Sausage Makers
witnesses Attacked - Evidence
Against Luetgert's seap-MakinS
ssorr-Seufux Photograph Talk.

story-SeIIfng Photograph Taik-
CHICAGO. Oct. 6.-Ths testimony IN the
Luetgert trial today was more interesting
70 the general public than IL has been az
any time for the past two weeks. The
dry technical evidence OF the experts gave
way 70 impeachment evidence e1Sred %
the state against the witnesses for the oe1
Tense. who had stated on the stand that
Mrs. Luetgert had been seen In the vicin-
ity OF Keuosha, Wis, within a few days
after the murder is said 10 have been
committed Several of those who claimed
TO have seen the woman around kenosha
Jared badly ar the hands OF their neigh
bors, and Matt Scholey. the principal wit
ness for the defense on the Kenosha story,
had his character torn into shretis. One
OF his neighbors. who testified against
him. said he did rot know what was
meant By Scholey's ''yeracity," but made
himself clear in the next breath by add
ing:
II do know. though. that scholey IL no
good"
Several Of the witnesses were not OF a
high order OF intelligence. and sharp ana
sarcastic cross-examination by Attorney
Phalen usually brought out the fact that,
at one time or another. they had expert
enced trouble with Seholey.
LuetGert Did Not Make Soap
Evidence was introduced to show that
Luetgert had not put any grease or CHIP
ped bone IN his watts for making soap on
the night OF May I. as has been said, be-
cause il had all been carted away on the
morning before. II was also shown that
Luetgert had no occasion to make any
soap, for when the factory was seized py
a deputy sheriff. four days after the muir
der is said 10 have been committed, a
great many barrels OF soap belonging TO
him were found in the basement OF the
factory.
Gordon Clark. who is connected with the
firm of Lord, Owen & Co. from whom
Luetgert purchased the barrel of potash,
testified that he had explained 10 Luec~
CERT that there was no difference between
the different brands of Hunyadi water.
This evidence was introduced in rebuttal
OF the story that on the night of May l
Luetgert sent Frank Bialk, Waterman, 10
the drug store twice to get HunyaGi
water because upon the first trip Bialk
had secured the wrong brand.
Soap Material Taken Away
One Of the strongest features in the re-
buttal evidence offered in the trial today
was the evidence OF Adam Brinker a team
ster for soap factory. 1t was in refer
ence to the tallow. grease and Clipped
bone which George Fland said he delivered
al the factory on May ], and which VIII
liam Charles testified was procured as
some of the ingredients OF soft soap
which was to be made for the purpose of
thoroughly cleaning up the big sausage
factory preliminary to its prospective sale
70 an English syndicate. Brinker said he
hauled all the tallow-66 pounds-and $50
pounds of bone away from the factory on
May l. He explained that il was his duty
81 a y,T- -
day Of the week. He conveyed the ma
terial TO soap making firm, by which he
was employed.
did YOU see bones, taliow or mixed
grease in barrels, other than the grease
YOU handled on May 1?'' asked Assistant
States Attorney McEwen.
NO. the barrels were all empty that 1
saw in the factory that day"
did you ever put any bones or tallow
in the ice house?" NO"
This evidence was considered important,
as contradicting the story OF the defense
to the effect that Luetgert had used bar
rels of grease and tallow IN the factory
on the night of May In making soft soap.
According to the story OF Brinker. there
was absolutely no tallow, bones or grease
in the barrels which are alleged to have
been rolled into the basement and after
wards dumped into the middle vat. Brink
er added that he knew Mrs. Luetgert quite
well and had seen and talked with her
just prior to her disappearance. lie said
that she talked nationally and that she did
much OF her own Homework. This latter
statement was in contradiction OF the
story Of Mary Simmerlng.
He Had Plenty of Soap.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Doan was called
to tell what he found in the Luetgert
sausage factory on May 4, when he made
the seizure under foreclosure. He said
that he took possession OF everything in
the grocery store connected with the fac
tory. He found. among other things. one
hundred boxes OF soap Of different brands.
This point was brought out to impress
upon the jury that Luetgert did not re-
quire the soap II IS asserted he proposed
making.
Emma schimpke was recalled to the
witness stand and an effort was made TO
show by her that all the impeaehing evil
deuce that had been produced by the de-
Tense on her testimony was the result OF
a misunderstanding of her story. On d.
rect examination she had stated that she
saw Luetgert and his wife going to-
ward the sausage factory at 1880 o'clock
the night Of May i. She was asked upon
examination IL she had not testified
10 seeing Iuetgert and his wife on May
q The witness said she hsd not She
had said, however. that on the night Of
May q she met Harry Fielder and other
boys at about the same point she met them
on the night Of May 1, upon which date
she had seen Luetgert and his wife. At
toTney Phalen showered questions upon
the witness relative to her meeting boys
ar night. Her face became scarlet and
she became angry and snapped back her
replies IN a manner that amused Judge
Tuthill. while the spectators smiled broad
".
Tomorrow witnesses from Kenosha,
Wis. viii be called to the stand TO refute
the stories Of the persons who stated pos
ltiveiy that they saw Mrs Luetgert in
the Wisconsin town on May g. and 8.
II Is expected that these witnesses VIII
he confronted with the woman they mis-
took for Mrs. Luetgert.
Good Money I'm Luetgert's Talk.
Arnold Luetgert, son OF Adolph Luet-
CERT. gave a photograph company an op-
tion for two weeks at s. 90, and after that
date an outright purchase on 80 per cent
of receipts on a ten-minute talk from
LuetEeTt telling the story he would have
told on the witness stand but the prisoner
refused 10 talk until the contract was
signed and money paid. The matter was
settled this afternoon. and LuetgeFt Will
tell his story 10 the photograph.
Football. Football. Saturday. October
8. 5 o'clock.
Or. Hunter. OF Kentucky. wiu receive