The San Francisco call., 1897-10-07
MOnOtOny of the Luet-
CERT Trial Slightly
Relieved.
SCholey'S Character Is Torn
into Shreds by His
Neighbor
Important Testimony Of Teamster
Who Was Employed by the
Sausage Man.
specIal pIspatch % THE CALL

CHICAGO, ILL, Oct 6.-The testim ony
to-day in the Luetgert trial was more in
teresting to the general public than it has
been at any time for she past two weeks.
The dry, technical evidence of the experts
gave way 10 mpeach ment evidence offered
by the Slqte against the witnesses for the
defense who had stated on the stand that
Mrs. Luetgert had been seen in the vicin-
Ity OF Kenosha, Wis, within a few days
after the murder is said to have been
committed. Several of those who claimed
10 have seen the woman around Kenosha
Jared badly at the hands of their neigh
bors, and Witness Scholey, the principal
witness for the defense on the kenosha
story, had his character Torn into shreds.
One of his neighbors who testified agansJ
him said he did not know what was
meant by Scholey's ''veracity," but made
himself clear in the next breath by add
ing: Il do know, though, that Scholey is
no good
Evidence was introduced to show that
Luetgert had not put any grease or chipped
bone into his vqts for making soap on the
night of May l, as his business partner,
William Charles, had testified, because it
had all been Carted away on the morning g
before. 1t was also shown that Luetgert
had no occasion TO make any soap, for
when the factory was seized by Deputy
Sheriff several days afier the murder Is
said to have been committed great many
barrels of soap belonging to him were
found in the basement OF the factory.
One of the strongest features in the re-
buttal evidence offered in the trial to-day
was the evidence OF Adam Brinker, a
teamster for the factory. IL was in refer
ence to the taliow and grease and Clipped
bone which George EIand said he deliv-
ered al the factory on May l, and which
William Charles testified was procured as
some of the Ingredients OF soft soap, which
was to be made Tor the purpose of thor
oughly cleaning mp the big sausage fac
tory preliminary to its prospective sale
to an English syndicate. Rrinker said he
hauled all the tallow-66 pounds-snd $50
pounds of bone away from the actory
May !. He explained that it was bis duty
to do this once each week, usually the last
day of the week. He conveyed the ma
terial to soap making firm by which he
was employed.
"Dia you see bones, tallow or mixed
grease in barrels other than the grease
you handled on May 1?" asked Assistant
State Attorney McEwen.
mo; the barrels were all empty that
saw in the factory that day."
did you ever put any bones or talIow
in the icehouse2"
No"
This evidence was considered important
as cOntradictlng the story Of the de ense
to the Elf ct that Luetsert had used bar
rels of grease and tallow in the factory on
the night of May 1 in making soft soap.
Tomorrow witnesses from Kenosha
Wis, will be called to the and to reiute
the stories of the persons who stated posi-
lively that they saw Mrs. Luetgert in the
Wisconsin town on May g. 4 and 5. 1t is
expected that these witnesses will be con-
fronted with the woman they mistook for
Mrs. Luetgert