The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-12

Luetgert heeeiHed ny the Shiei"h E"t,e0
OF ChicAgo-A Fake Oh Its Face.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE final argu-
ments have commenced in the Luet-
CERT trial and the case will be given to
the jury by the end OF the present week.
This at least is the expectation of the
attorneys. The defense expected TO-
day to take most of the session of court
in offering sur-rebuttal evidence, but
some of its witnesses were not present
when their names were called and 1t
was decided that the case might "a well
go on. Assistant States Attorney Nc
Even began the opening address for
the state, and he will speak for two
days at least. He wifi be followed by
Attorney Phalen, for the defense, and
Attorney Vincent will close in behalf
of Luetgert. Then will come the clos
ing of the state. which will be made
by States Attorney Daneen.
Assistant States Attorney McEwen
addressed the jury for three hours this
afternoon and had hardly outlined ms
argument at the hour Of adjournment
for the day. He will resume the argu-
ment tomorrow morning and Will tax
all day. "The state was conservative
In its assertions as to what 1t would
prove on the witness stand some weeks
ago." said the speaker in his opening.
1--WE made no boast" he continued.
eve told you In the simplest language
we could employ Just what the evidence
would disclose. Our promises have
been fulfilled. Testimony given from
the witness stand has disclosed and de-
yeloped more than we promised you.
No stronger case under similar evidence
was ever presented to jury.
search the law books the world over
and YOU will find no clrcumstantial
case to equal the now world-famous
Luetgert trial. The crime Is one OF
the most remarkable In criminal an
nails, yet when the details are followed
up and linked together In circum-
stantlal chain the motive and the act
are extremely plain and undeniable'
The claim has been made here that we
have failed to establish properly the
corpus delIcu and l suspect you VIII
hear much about this from the attor.
neys on the other side. The BODY OF
the crime has been sufficiently shown
by the circumstances which establish
that Mrs. Luetgert met her death
through criminal agency. There Is
no more necessity OF proving the cor
nus dellcti further than there would be
10 produce house in court to prove
that a person on trial for burglary
broke into 1t. or 10 produce the horse
before the jury which a thief is alleged
to have stolen"
The speaker referred TO the fact that
nearly six months had elapsed since
Mrs, Luetgert had disappeared from
her home. "she still remains absent
and will remain absent as long as the
world endures," shouted the assistant
states attorney staring at Luetgert.
Then the case was taken up chronology
Ically and all the Incidents traced
briefly down to the date Of the opening
OF the trial This started with the In
auIry of Dledrlch Bicknese for his sis
ter and Luetgert's Indifferent reply
that she had left home in temper
and would return when she got over
her mad" Finally came the notiH-
cation of the police and the subsequent
things. All these were traced bg the
speaker, who praised the police for the
excellence OF their work. "The convlc-
ton Of Innocent people on circumstan-
tlal evidence has sometimes occurred"
said Assistant States Attorney Nc
Even, "but such men died as truly to
support law and order as the soldier
or the sailor killed in battle" The al
legged relations OF Luetgert and Mary
simmerlng were touched upon and
were declared to have furnished the
motive for the crime. Then law was
read to impress the jury with the scope
and Significance OF clrcumstan.ial evil
dence.
Tomorrow especial attention will be
paid 10 Mary Slmmerlng ana William
Charles and DR.. Walter II Airport,
the bone expert, will also be considered
at some length. Attorney Phalen Will
follow Assistant States Attorney Me-
Even.
CHICAGO, oct. II. - A letter ad-
dressed 20 Chief OF Police Ripley and
purportlng to be from Mrs, Louise
Luetgert was received at police head
quarters today. The letter was dated
october o and was sent from New
York city. Little II anV attention will
be paid 20 II by the police. The sigma
uIre Is spelled "Lutrlgnrt," and this
alone Is enough TO brand the letter az
n fraud. The letter In quite long and
Is written In English, which Il IS said
the missing woman was unable TO
speak. II states that the writer In now
living with family Mt aOi pallsade
avenue. Jersey city, and that shc was
doInu chamber work nt the Mctropoll-
tan hotel. The writer lmplored Chief
Kipley to save Luctgcrt. as she said
he was Innocent Of the charge against
him. The letter stated that Mrs Luct-
gert would never return to her hus-
baud because che was afraid he would
kill her and that she was going TO Cor
many nH soon ns she could earn enough
money to take her there. Her where
nbouta since last May nrc also given,
According to the letter Mrs Luctgcrt
first went to Wisconsin, then TO Flint,
Mich, then Detroit aud from there to
New York.
NEW YORK, oct 1i,-Thcro Is va
cant lot at 8Oi Pnllando avenue Jersey
Cllg, The lnntor of the apartment
house at 3O2 has no knowledge Of the
alleged Mrs Luctgcrt.
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iIinnco viii Act with Energy.
MADRID, oct ii,-Gcnornl Ramon
Blnnco, tho new captain Ronctnl of