Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-24

OaOl OAy 6A4UOI Ul1S 1lL110 IN4t ooOb"
CERT is Alleged to Have Been
Murdered, Who Looked Like
Mrs. Luetgert's Photographers
Of Them Became Badly Ratified
When it Came to Summing Up
on the Woman's Weight and Age.
The Schimpke Girls Evidence
Badly Torn to Pieces "A Sensa-
tiOnal Charge Against the Police.
Chicago, September 23.-Viewed
from various standpoints. to-day's pro-
ceedings in the Luetgert murder trial
were the most remarkable that have
occurred within three weeks. In the
face of the sensational circumstantial
evidence that has been produced to
prove that Mrs. Louise Luetgert met
death in her husbands sausage fac
tory on May l, three witnesses testl-
fled to-day that they saw the woman
alive on May and 4. One of these
witnesses talked to her and believed
from a description and a photograph
of Mrs. Luetgert that the woman he
saw was Mrs. Luetgert. This witness
was J. Sholey, a bar-keeper at the Ho-
tel Maple, Kenosha, Wis. He said he
saw a strange woman at the Hotel
Maple on May 8. He talked with her
nearly ten minutes. She asked to be
directed to the farm of one Mueller in
ha ;pbh 0r h,1f ~
ed to know Of such a person the wO-
man left. The following day Sholey
again saw the woman. He described
her general appearance and her cloth
ing and identified photograph OF Mrs.
Luetgert as the woman he saw. On
cross examination by States Attorney
Deneen witness Sholey at first fixed
the weight of the woman he saw at
100 or 140 pounds. Then he hesitated
said ", had got mixed up-and re-
marked that the woman weighed ll5
to 11S pounds, which was about Mrs.
Luetgert's weight. This hesitation
and correction was made much Of by
the prosecution, which intimated that
it indicated that Sholey had forgotten
the weight that had been probably told
him at first.
Policeman Henry Feldshaw, of
Kenosha, Wis, testified that he saw a
strange woman in the police station
of his town on May 3. The witness
said that he afterward saw the woman
at the Hotel Maple, and the following
day at the railway station. He de-
scribed the woman as a blonde and
said she wore a sailor hat and Slip
-Is CHI h q RI
worn was found in the police station
after she had leE. The witness iden-
titled the picture of Mrs. Luetgert as
closely resembling the woman he saw.
William ]. Grunsten, clerk in the
Grant Hotel, Kenosha, identified the
photograph as the picture Of woman
he saw in his hotel on May 3. He said
she came into the hotel and remained
ten minutes and left. He described the
woman and corroborated the evidence
of the other witnesses.
Emma Schimpke came into the court
room in the afternoon to hear Rosa
Gleich impeach her evidence given on
Wednesday. She was fighting mad
when she heard herself made out a
falsifier. Attorney Phalen discovered
her presence in the court room and
called her to the witness stand. When
asked if she had not told Rosa
Gleich she had lied on the witness
stand. the witness replied: II don't
remember"
did you not tell Harry Fielder you
lied when you said you saw Mr.. and
Mrs. Luetgert May 1?''
81 don't remember"
fo1l C1oinh
did not see Mr.. and Mrs. Luetgert the
night of May II"
81 may have said So"
Mrs. Matte Scherer, the last witness
of the day, testified positively that
Emma Schimpke told her that the tes-
timony the Schimpke girl had given
on the witness stand was untrue.
The trial opened to-day with a SEN
sational intimation by ex-Judge Vim
cent that the police were intimidating
the witnesses for the defense. Ex-
Judge Vincent soon after cturt opened
asked that the jury be excluded while
he made a statement to the court. At
ter the jury had retired ex-Judge Vim
cent, with indignation in his tone and
force in his declaration, said:
IF the court please there is strong
reason to believe that the police are
interfering with witnesses for the de-
Tense and trying to intimidate them
do not say absolutely that this is true
but the indications point almost direct
ly to that conclusion. | desire an or
der of court prohibiting such action on
the part of the police or prosecution. "
why not make the injunction cover
both sides?" suggested States Attorney
Deeneen.
The court does not require instruc-
lions from any of the attorneys en-
gagged sharply responded Judge Tut
hill. Il will make the charge that
witnesses for the defense have been in
terfered with and harrassed by the
police" said Attorney Phalen, of the
defense.
IF that is true there should be an
investigation" remarked States At
torney Deneen.
IF any witness for the defense has
, been intimidated it has been done with
out the knowledge of the State, and
We do not approve of it,
Il will say now for the benefit of
the police said Judge Tuthill with
severity in his tones, that if l hear OF
any interference with witnesses on
either side in this case will deal with
the offender, and my dealing will not
be gentle. This defendant has rights
here and they will be protected.
Nv NJ.