The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-04

the Scene Of the Crime
Chicago, Sept. 3,-Ihree. women gave
damaging evidence against the defend
ant IN the Luetgert trial today.
| They positively identified the rings
found in the vat as being the property
of Mrs. Luetgert. and said that they
had seen them on her hands. and one of
them had talked with her about the
rings at one time. and SO felt sure that
the rings found in the vat and those
she saw on Mrs. Luetgert's fingers were
TIE same.
The defense made a desperate effort
to break down the evidence of the three
woman, but thy all stuck TO their
stories and swore the rings were those
the wife Of the sausage maker he'd
worn before she Disappeared.
| Inc session of court was short i'm the
I afternoon, as Judge TuthiH said that he
| QesIred 10 make d personal visit to the.
Factory and see for himself where the
murder is said to have been Committed
| He took with him an attorney from tI1a
side of the defense and one from those
| engaged in the prosecution, and dur
! ms their visit to the factory no other
| person was allowed around the prem
lsec-
SAUSAGE AND POTASH.
Carl Yoelker. d chemist who had been
at one sine engaged with I.us.cert.
when he manufactured pernansauate
OF potash, and who was at one time a
shipping clerk in the factory. testified
during the afternoon session that he
WAS Familiar With all of the number of
PROCESSES of making sausage. and he
cd not have any occasion to use any
C1us'tic potash around the place The
defendant could not, he said. have Sc
cured &c for the purpose Of using it in
the making of sidJ1zage- During all of
the time that VCalloer was around the
factory, tne said, the vats were never
used.
USED VIOLENCE.
voelker told the jury that on one
occasion he saw Luetgert use vioIence
toward his wife She and another
woman came into the Office of the fac
tory one afternoon. and Luetgert ap-
Feared to be in a rage The witness was
not in the office, but he saw Luetgert
push his wife and her companion out
of the door of the office. Mrs Luetgert
and tine lady with her hurried away,
much excited, and he heard Mrs. Luet-
CERT say:
He has revolver. and viii kill u.s.
The witness said he did not see the
revolver.
The crush around the court room has
| increased to such proportions ttnat it
was eOuud necessary TO take active
measures today 20 keep the crowd away
from the trial. The court room is on
the third floor of the criminal court
building, and orders were given that
none of tLae passenger elevators should
stop except at the second and fourth
floors.
officers we're then stationed at the
stairways and nobody who did not have
business in The court room WIS allowed
to oass-
WINDING THE COIL
The REORGANIZATION of Police Cap
tain Schae'.tler was resumed.
Att0rne1 Vincent for the defense
, asked to have stricken from the case
the CAPTAINS statement that he did
not so TO New York to find out whether
Mrs Luetgert had been seen there alive.
but to lock up the reputation of Grotty,
who said ne had met her on Broadway
Attorney Vincent said the statement
: was -lreiuddcial.
The court refused to sustain the mo
tion.
Captain Schuettler told of his trip to.
New York and his investigation Of
Grc.ty's reputation. He SAID the state
wanited to be prepared to prove Grotty
Il PerjUrGr if he appeared rs a witness
for The defense. Captain SchuettleF was
asked about The visit of Attorney Vim
| cent ito the East Chicago avenue police
station en- the day of Luetgert'S ar
l rest, but the state objected. Mr.. Vim
= cent stated ne expected to prove by
Luetgerlt that when ne was arrested IN
spectCr Shack refused TO permit amy
= person to see him until the next DAY.
Ill
to see him and WIS compelled to begin
habeas corpus proceedings Judge Tut
hill refused to admit any evidence re-
gardfng these mabters.
Inspector Shaack is not on trial."
said the court.
Police Lieutenant George Hutchfns
corroborated the testimony of Captain
SchuettIer as to the visit made by him
and Scha1ettIer on May 8 to Luetsert at
the latter's home. to secure from him a
statemant regarding the disappearance
Of his wife. He said Luetgent said ne
had hirsd detectives to look for his
wife. although ne had previously told
P5cknest that he mad engaged two pri-
waite detectives.
RINGS IN THE VAT.
officer Waiter s. Dean. of the Shelf
field station, who found the two gold
rings in the middle VAT in which it is
charged Mrs Luetgert's body was dis
solved in caustie potash, testified con-
corning the discovery.
He was followed by Mrs Ida Harris
who was the first OF a series of Wit
nesses who identified the rings as hav-
ing been worn by Mrs. Luetgert. Mrs.
Harris said she mad known Mrs. IJI1et-
CERT seven years and had often visited
her at her home. She was positive
that the large gold band with the mi
tails "L L." and the mark us k in
the inside was Mrs Luetgerts wedding
ring. About five years ago, she said
while sitting with Mrs. Luetgert IN
her kitchen. the sausage makers wife
took off her rings and showed them
to her. The smaller ring was worn
as a guard to the wedding ring on the
finger. The guard ring had lniIIed