The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-24
WOMAN AT KENoSHA, WIS.,,
THE ACCUSED SAUSAGE
MAKER.
DAY FILLED WITH SENSATIONS.
Police Charged by Defense With In
timidatfnE Witnesses-Court
Lays Down the Law.


ings in the Luetgert murder trial were
the most remarkable that have oc-
Cured within three days. In the face
of the sensational circumstances EVIL
dence that has been produced to prove
that Mrs Louise Luetgert met death
In her husbands sausage factory Oh
May 1. three witnesses testified today
that they saw the woman alive on
May and 4. One of these witnesses
talked to her, and believed from a de-
scription and photograph of Mrs. Luet-
CERT that the woman he saw was Mrs.
Luetgert. This witness was Mat ).
Sholley, a barkeeper at the Hotel Ma
pie, Kenosha, Wis. He said that he
saw strange woman at the Hotel Ma
pie on the evening of May 3. He
talked with her nearly ten minutes.
She asked to be directed to the farm,
of one Mueller in the neighborhood,
but, as no one seemed to know of such
a person, the woman left. The follow
ing day Sholley again saw the woman-
He described her general appearance
and her clothing and identified pho
tograph of Mrs. Luetgert as the wom-
an he saw.
On cross-examination by States At
torney Deneen, Sholley at first fixed
the weight of the woman he saw at
$50 or 40 pounds. Then he hesitated-
said he got mixed up-and remarked
that the woman weighed lis to lis
pounds-which was about Mrs. Luet-
gert's weight. This hesitation and
do Of hU
prosecution, which intimated that
Sholley had forgotten the weight that
had probably been told him at first.
Policeman Henry Feldshaw, of Ke-
nosha, Wis, testified that he saw
strange woman in the police station
of his town on May 8. The witness
said he afterwards saw the woman
at the Hotel Maple and the following
day at the railway station. He de-
Scribed the woman as a blonde, and
said she wore sailor hat and slippers.
One of the slippers she wore was found
in the police station after she had left
The witness identified the picture of
Mrs. Luetgert as closely resembling
the woman he saw.
William J. Grunsten, a clerk in the
Grant hotel, Kenosha, identified the
photograph as the picture of a woman
he saw in his hotel on May s. He
said she came into the hotel and re-
mained ten minutes and left. He de
scribed the woman and corroborated
the evidence of the other witnesses.
Emma Shimpke came to the court
room in the afternoon to hear Rosa
Gleich impeach her evidence given on
Wednesday. She was fighting mad
when she heard herself made out
faIsifier. Attorney Phalen discovered
her presence in the room and called
her to the witness stand. When asked
if she had not told Rosa Gleich she
had lied on the witness stand, the wit
ness replied:
Il do not remember"
Did you not tell Harry Fielder you
lied when you said you saw Mr.. and
Mrs. Luetgert May II"
Il do not remember"
did you not tell Rosa Gleich you did
not see Mr. and Mrs. Euetgert the
night of May II"
'I may have said so.''
Mrs. Matte Scherer, the last witness
of the day, testified positively that
Emma .Schimpke told her that the tes-
timony the Schimpke girl had given on
the witness stand was untrue.
ANOTHER SENSATION.
The trial opened today with a SEN
sational intimation by ex-Judge Vim
cent that the police were intimidating
the witnesses of the defense. EX-Judge
Vincent, soon after court opened, asked
that the jury be excluded while ne
made a statement to the court. After
the jury had retired, eX-Judge Vincent,
with indignation in his tones and force
in his declaration, said:
"If the court please, there is strong
reason to believe that the police are
interfering with witnesses for the de-
fense, and trying to intimidate them.
1 do not say absolutely that this Is
true, but the indications point almost
directly to that conclusion. I desire ali
order of court, prohibiting such action
on the part of the police or the pros
ecution"
why not make the injunction cover
both sides?" suggested States Attor-
ney Deneen.
''The court does not require instrue-
tions from any Of the attorneys en-
gagged sharply responded Judge Tut
hill.
Il will make the charge that wit
nesses for the defense have been inter
fered with and harrassed by the po-
lice" said Attorney Phalan, of the de-
fense.
IF that is true, there should be an
investigation" remarked States Attor.
ney Deneen. "If any witnesses for the
defense have been intimidated. it has
been done without knowledge of the
state, and we do not approve Of it,
II will say now. for the benefit OF
the police" said Judge Tuthill. WITH
severity in his tone, that if I hear of
any interference with witnesses on
either side of the case, will deal with
the offender, and my dealing will not
be gentle. This defendant has rights
here and they will be protected"
Why not order an investigation,
%O1c
Mr.. Deneen, this court will make the
order it deems proper. That will do"
WITNESS CONFUSED.
When the jury was recalled, Rosa
Gleich was placed on the witness stand
for cross examination. This witness
was called yesterday to impeach the
evidence of Emma Schimpke. given ON
the direct examination by the prose-
cution- She stated that she was with
Emma Schimpke on the night of May
until il o'clock, and remained with
the Schimpke girl until the latter en-
tered her home. She denied emphatic
ally that either of them had seen Luet-
CERT and his wife leave the latter's res
idence and go to the sausage factory,
as described. She denied also that
Gotlieba Schimpke, who testified that
she also saw Leutgert and his wife.
was with Emma and herself that
night. Furthermore, the witness said
that Emma Scbirnpke, since she had
| testified in the case, had admitted to
the witness, in the presence of others,
that she had lied According to the
witness, Emma Schimpke said she had
lied because Gotlieba, her weak-mind-
ed sister, had got her into the Luetgert
case-and she would not testify on
Luetgert's side The witness also stat
ed that Emma Sehimpke tried to get
her to tell the same story Emma had
told to save the latter's reputation.