Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-06
Prosecution in Luetgert Case Tries to
Impeach His Testimony.
EIGHTY MORE WITNESSES TO TESTIFY
Defendant Wants Good Pay for
Talking in Phonograph.
kENOSHA WOMAN FOUND

CHICAGO, October 6.-The taking of tes-
| timony in the Luetgert trial moved with
| refreshing rapidity today. The mystifying
technical scientific dissertations Of osteo-
logical experts gave place to short, crisp
impeaching testimony.
Sesamoids. femurs, temporals and other
bones were stored away in the judicial
cupboard and scandal was dragged forth
to destroy. If possible. the reputation for
truth and veracity of the witnesses who
he'd testified for the defense This sort of
thing interested the crowd ir the court
room vastly more than the exposition of
profound learning by the eminent oppos-
ing experts.
Luetgert came into court smiling He
had swallowed his disappointment at not
being allowed to testify In his own behalf.
Apparently the desire of the big sausage
maker to go upon the witness stand was
eenuine but there are those who profess to
Know that Luetgert really never intended
10 tell his story to the jury, and that his
snow OF anxiety to do so was OILY a ruse
to gain public sentiment.
scholcy's Reputation Attacked.
The reputation of Matt Scholey, who tes-
titled that he saw Mrs. Luetgert in Keno
sha on May and 4, was attacked TODAY.
and witnesses followed eaca other upon
the witness stand rapidly to say they would
not believe Scholey under oath.
Several of the witnesses were not of a
high order of intelligence.
The word .'verac.ty' fioorei on. of them
completely. This witness Mouid not he
heVe Schoiey under oath, because he said.
the latter had been his partner in a saloon
venture and they had quarreied and ,lis-
solved the co-partnership. william T APP
lei, Andrew Larson, Peter Barbos Peter
!" asher, ana other neighbors of the man
wEo was SO positive in his Identification OF
photograph of Mrs. Lueteert as the pic
tire of the woman he said he saw ia
kenosha two days after Mrs LuetSert dis
appeared, asserted without reservation thai
1ney would not believe Scholcy under oatn.
ohdrp anu sarcastic cross questioning by
attorney Phela2 usually brought uut the
TACT that at one time or another the inn
peaching witnesses had experienced trouble
at the hands OF Scholey. Witnesses we're
called to impeach other witnesses who
mad testified on behalf of the Defendant
Gordon Clark, who is connecuel witl the
nrfn OF Lord, owen K Co, from whom
Luetgert purchased the barrel of potash
which ne is said to nave used to DESTROY
the body of his wife, testified thar he once
explained TO Laetgeru -has here was no
aiHerense between the liferent brands Of
duryadi water. This cyidene. was intro
duced in fcbuttal of the story that ON he
night OF May 4 LCe;gert sent Frank Bialk.
the watchman at the sausage factory, 20 a
drug store twice 10 set Hun.aIi water be-
cured the wrong brand.
Eighty Witnesses to Testify.
States Attorney Deneen announced TO.
DAY that he would have eighty-five rebuttai
witnesses and that ten OF fifteen of these
would come from Kenosha, Wis 1t is ex-
pected that the prosecution will spring
surprise upon the defense by producing
tie woman who was seen in Kenosha and
1dentlhed by means of a photograph as
Mrs. Luetgert. This woman was traced
to Joliet by Detective Decelle. She is said
10 he in Chicago now. She is described as
travelling evangelist of somewhat eccen-
trio disposition.
The photograph men are having fun viii,
the LuetSert case. Yesterday afternoon
the big sausage maker refused to talk into
photographic receiver until contract
was made that would assure him 80 per
cent of the receipts. 1t had been agreed
by Arnold Luetgert, son of the prisoner,
that the Columbia Photograph Company
should have an option upon the talk for
two weeks at $1,000, and if the company
declined to buy at that time the 30 per cent
contract should remain in force. But Luet-
gert upset all negotiations by refusing to
talk.
His Talk is Valuable.
Talk is cheap. a general thing" said
he. But my talk costs money today
COURTYARD Shaw manager of the phono-
graph company, made the following an
nouncement in the photographic machine.
which had been carried to Luetgert's cell:
"Adolph l.. Luetgert's denial of his guilt
taken in the Cook county Jail October .,
1897
Their Luetgert was urged to make his
statement In a ten minutes talk.
Not on your life" quoti the sausage
maker Il want the contract made and
signed before say word in that funnel
l take no mans word for anything. 1
nave been lied to and lied about ever since
I've been here.
Luetgerts son tried to persuade his father
to taM to the machine The prisoner turn
ed upon him with ''Fll do nothing of the
sort. You at liberty. 1 am locked Up.
l need money. and you bet I'll get it be-
fore / speak in the tube
So the machine was carried away. Late
this afternoon matters were patched up
and Luetgert was to have told the story he
did not tell Upon the witness stand.
The phonograph men have a spicy talk
among physicians, reporters and ctEers
taken at the Luetgert factory last Sunday
during an experiment which was conducted
by DR. Riese.