The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-04
DUMB DOCTORS.
They Seem to Abound in the
Luetgert Trial.
Another Expert Testifies for
the Defense.
FLATLY CONTRADICTS
Prof. Dorsey of the Field Col
umbian Museum.
Says Two Bones Have Been Ar-
tificially Joined.
FLATLY CONTRADICTS

Chicago, Oct. 4.-The seventh week of
the trial of Luetgert, the alleged wife
murderer, opened today with undimin-
ished crush of people at the criminal
court building.
All kinds of schemes were resorted to
by the throng in their efforts to reach
the second floor of the criminal court
building, upon which Judge Tuthin's
court room is located. The police and
deputy sheriffs experienced great diff
Guilty in handling the crowd. Only
those who possessed tickets were ad-
mitted- Less fortunate people tried to
squeeze their way in with the lucky
ticket holders. This plan brought sew
eral enthusiastic citizens into violent
collision with the officers, and hot ar
guments ensued, in which the right of
the sheriff to exclude anyone from
public court room was excitedly disput-
ed.
But the officers in charge of the en-
frances were ineXorable and hundreds
of men and women slowly filed out of
the court house, when the court house
had been filled to it's utmost capacity.
Luetgert and his inseparable cigar
reached the court room half an hour
before the opening hour. The sausage
maker was cleaned shaved, neatly at
tired and apparently in the best OF Sp1r-
it's. He greeted his attorneys and
friends pleasantly and grinned at PO-
lice Inspector Schaak, who regarded
him cOOlly.
I can stand this sort of a thing life
time, so far as the physical endurance
is concerned said Luetgert when COM
plimented by Attorney Phalen upon his
personal appearance. But 1 wish it
was over with" continued Luetgert, as
he sent a cloud of tobacco smoke in the
air.
1T wears on a mans nervous system,
p ie- ea-11
has been most of the time during my
trial I feel much better since 1 re-
covered sufficiently from the injury to
nv leg. to abandon that crutch.
'"Fhe trial will last at least three
weeks longer" said States Attorney
Deneen today. when the defense
closes we shall have at least week
of rebuttal evidence. Then the deIeHSe
will come alng with another week OF
the same kind of evidence. If we get
through with the speeches IN a week 5
time we shall be doing WELL
Newspaper reporters who have been
reporting the Luetgert trial have or
ganized a ''SesamOid club" The mem
bers meet daily at the close of the att
ernoon session of the court and shake
the bones for refreshments and Gig
arS.
Several dogs owned by persons
around the criminal court bu ldlng
have been rechristened of late and now
'Femur'' and ''Articulater."
Prof Eckley of the college of phySl-
clans and surgeons of Chicago was re-
called today for crOss-eXaminatlon up
on several matters in connection with
his identification of bones. HIS teStl-
mony was simply a repetition of that
of other witnesses along the same line
and he was not kept upon the witness
stand long.
Prof PIummer of the Northwestern
Medical college, the second witness of
the day gave evidence much to the hk-
ing of the defense. After a brief eX-
Of TRnnOT9l bone.
duced by the state and positively lden-
tilted by Prof Dorsey of the Field Col
umbian museum as the right temporal
Of a woman DR.. Plummer with empha-
sis declared the bone was not the tenn
poraI of a human being 1T bears but
a very superficial resemblance to the
human temporal" said the witness
THAT which has been identified as
facial nerve is simply trace which in
dicates that two bones have been join
ed, or glued together L notice Wnat
aDDears to me to be Vegeta BILE matter.
1t is of somewhat greenish tint, pecu-
liar to vegetable matter-and to no
other matter.
The bone which has been identified by
the experts of the prosecution as a hu
man femur was handed to DR.. Plummer
and without hesitation he denied that
it was femur of a human.
TT resembles in a slight degree
human femur" said the witness, but
the bone is much smaller than the av-
erage femur of human. There are
other distinct characteristics of the hu-
man femur missing"
The battle of the bone was waged all
| day, one set of experts disputing the
| identiffcations and theories of another
Luetgert is not likely to go on the
witness stand until next week The
| prisoner is still impatient to tell his
| story On this point his enthusiasm
never coOls. In three hours time I
could convince that jury of my innO-
cence" said Luetgert today. Il win
give it to them straight and make liars
of many people when I get on the
stand. They can't lie Luetgert to the
gallOws. My story win make every
thing plain