The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-06

as the crowd OF spectators strained their
ears to catch the reply OF Mrs Charles.
No, sir; / never saw that ring be-
fore" she finally answered. 1T is mar
rover than either OF those Mrs, Luet-
gert wore"
The other ring was handed Go her and
the witness gazed al Il for some time.
This ring Is about the size of one OF
the rlngs she wore" said Mrs. Charles,
finally, but l cannot teff-do not
think It ia one OF them"
States Attorney Deneen questioned
the witness sharply. He asked her why
she did not tell this story TO the police
or to Justice Kersten long ago. She
replied that she had told II to Luet-
gert's attorneys and was not asked TO
tell It again.
Fred. Miller, nephew OF Luetgert,
who had worked for the latter In the
grocery department OF his sausage fac
tory, testified that lie had the watch OF
Mrs. Luetgert he produced upon the
witness stand, The witness said that
Mrs, Luetgert gave 1t 20 him 10 carry,
saying she feared Luetgert would take
II away from her, as he scolded about
her having SO much jewelry when as a
all the tewelry she had,
The unexpected cessation of the evil
dence OF the defense found the prosecu-
tlon unprepared to 80 on with its re-
buttal. Court was adjourned until TO-
morrow morning. States Attorney De-
neen said to-day he would put on
eighty witnesses In rebuttal, and that
ten OF them would be from Kenosha,
Wis, where, 1t was said by witnesses.
Mrs. Luetgert was seen May 3, and 5.
REVIEW OF THE CASE.
As the evidence in this famous trial
Is now practically all in an estimate OF
the relative strength OF the prosecution
and the defense respectively is the sole
topic of discussion around the criminal
court building. The attorneys engaged
are probably the best judges of the
weight OF the evidence. All OF them
have made close analytical study OF
every bit Of evidence produced on the
trial They are likely TO be biased and
one or the other OF the eontending sides
must be entirely wrong for both are
sure OF winning.
I'VE have made out as strong cir
cumstantIal case as It was possible to
present." said States Attorney Deneen
tonight. "The evidence was connected
and the story moved along in a smooth,
natural groove. cannot conceive of a
case being made out more completely on
purely circumstantlal evidence. Our
case will be strengthened by the rebut-
tai evidence yet to be heard. The iden-
tiflcations OF women at Kenosha, Wis,
and Lake Zurich, Wis, will be abso-
lutely obilterated before the end OF the
present week. That will add another
link to our strong circumstantial chain
We are fully satisfied with the sltua-
tlon. do not care to enter upon a de-
tailed discussion OF the case in ali fts
varied features inasmuch as It Is still
open and we are yet to present more
evidence. OF course II would not be
proper for me to express an opinion rel
ative to Luetgert's failure to 60 upon
the witness stand"
Ex-Judge Vincent was apparently
highly pleased over the status Of the
case 1--WE have met them at every
point and checked them" said he.
1--WE have impeached several Of their
witnesses and they have failed to show
beyond reasonable doubt chat Mrs.
Luetgert is dead In mg judsment a
case has not been established under the
indictment. And we are not through
yet" ~
Iuetgert Is confident that he will be
acquitted. While apparently regrettlng
that he had not had the opportunity to
tell his story 10 the jury the big saus-
age maker said he was satisfied that the
Jury would not convict him under the
evidence presented, Luetgert was In an
ugly humor during the afternoon and
not inclined to talk much.