, 1897-09-28

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Chicago, sep. Il IAe heg.nning OF
the sixth week Of ,he i-uetscrt rial to-
day brought 10 -Ie c1nIt a large
ana more heterogeneous crowd than
wire ur@n. m0a. women and children
SuIsei th,u, HE mann entrance Of the
criminal cour building on Michigan
street. and made violent Efforts TO get
in. Policemen and court bail ifs on duty
ii he doors had much difficulty in
handling the crowd ana admitting those
win ilcke's. The s,aie'S attorneys Of
nee WAS ov"rrhn by people who impor-
tuned everybody FOR passes. safes At
'orney DolHen and Assistant Safes Al
Jorney Mcliwan avoided The solicitations
only 10y locking themselves in Deneen's
private 0lfice. where hey consulted :or
h4lf an h2nr with Police Inspector
HclA4ck ana Captain Schurt;ier.
Never before At criminal trials in Chi
cAg0. the anarchtst rial not excepted.
las there been more widespread inter-
e., han has been aroused by the L.uet,
CERT trial.
All classes Of people have been attract
Cd. including politicians, ministers. ac-
tors, jur'S'S and men and women OF
prominence in other walks OF life, to
say nothing about III" thousands Of NOR
bidly curious people, whose frantic ef-
forts to gain admission 20 ohe court room
daily inject almost tn" only comedy ele.
m"nt in the whole ghastly affair.
During he progress OF the trial. an
tn!ied safes senator, several ministers
0f national reputation. Wishing judges
from O.her states and attorneys OF high
repnts hav" been among the interested
listeners to The evidence.
among those who gained admission
10 he court room today was Il full
b.cOded Esquimo. He IS a klondiker,
his home being At Anvir. on the Yukon
river. The man. who was attired in his
naive garh OF turs. is Simon kacik. He
came to Chicago recently with Captain
J. p. Light. with a pack of Esquimo
dogs, which are now At Lincoln park in
this city.
kacik could not understand anything
concerning the trial, but he wanted to
see l.uetgert. the big meat man killa
wife" as he expressed it.
States Attorney Deneen expressed the
belle: today that at least three, and pos.
s!bly four weeks more would be requir-
ed to complete the presentation OF the
case.
Physical improvement. due 10 Sunday
rest and massage treatment. was notice.
able IN Leutgcrt's appearance as he en-
tered the our room :oday. The big saul
sage maker. still used his crntch, but
he did not suffer the pain experienced
on occasions last week. Luetgert came
i&ip rcnrl smoking a cigar and greeted
his attorneys and his son Arnold pleas
antly. The alleged wife murderer seem-
ed , Re N an exceptionally pleasant
frame OF mind and jJked and laughed
viii his son and William Charles. his
business partner, until Judge Tuthill ap-
pared upon the bench.
Mary Simmering, the servant girl,
whose cross-eXAminaaiOn was in pro-
gr@ss Saturday when cDur, adjourned.
was recalled. Around his witness, ac-
cGrding TO the theory If the prosecution.
NE motive for the alleged murder OF
Mrs. Louise Lne;gert centers. Luet-
gert's ~infatuation Cor his pretty servant
girl is claimed by the prosecution to
have been the i"nciting motive for this
celebrated crime.
When she went on the witness stand
today TO again endure, as she supposed.
me cross-eXaminatlon OF States Attor-
ney Deneen when is electric in is ra-
pldItF. Mary Slmnlfr:hg appeared COM
posed and tenant Her cheeks were
inshed' wh!ch indicated apparently
some mental excitement, nut ne Young
woman II was evident, mad made up her
Inlnu 10 tDnLTDl ner Feelings ana ilN %