The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05

Chicago, Sept. An in all it was a
bad day for the defendant in the Luet-
ger. murder trial
The strongest evidence which has yet
been given against him was brought
out. and some of it was damaging.
The witness who gave the strongest
evidence against the sausage maker
was Mrs. Christina Feldt, widow
with whom the prosecution alleges
Luetgert was infatuated. and to whom
81 is claimed, he has written num-
Der os love letters since he has been
confined in the Jail.
Mrs Feldt said that on various occa-
sions Luetgerr said to her that he did
not care for his wife, and once said
that he thought more of the domestic
in the house than of Mrs. Luetgert He
also said that he had many quarrels
with his wife, and when Mrs. Feldt
asked him why he did not secure a di-
vorce. he said that as soon as his
financial troubles were over 'she would
Settle with her.
A CARCASS.
He repeated this several times, and
called his wife a carcass" and other
equally unpleasant names.
1t was said to be the object of the
prosecution in having Mrs. Feldt on
the stand TO show that Luetgert was
DESTROYS OF getting rid of his wife for
the purpose of marrying the widow, but
this was not made clear.
Mrs. Feldt said however, that he
had made threats against his wife
many times.
A niece Of Mrs. Luetgert and two
other women identified the rings taken
from the vat as being the property of
Mrs. Luetgert. The niece said sac at
one time had borrowed the rings and
worn them.
Gottlieb r. Schimpeh. IS years of age,
said that on the night of the disappear
ance Of Mrs. Luetgert, she saw about
il O'Clock, as She was returning from a
dance. the defendant and his wife en-
ter the factory. This was at the time
when the watchman was absent, Luet-
CERT having sent him en- an errand to
The drug store. On DISCRIMINATION
the girl broke down badly and denied
several things she had previously said.
She was given time to compose herselF
and took the chair again. She brok-
down a second time. and then the court
took matters in hand and asked her If
she saw Mrs. Luetgert enter the fac
Tory lNdl nlSnl III COMPANY Win uSE
husband. She was very positive that
she had seen them.
SKULL, PROBABLY.
The state. it is said, VIII in short
time produce as evidence the portion
of a human skull, a number of teeth
and finger joint which were found in
the factory, ana viii endeavor to show
that they belonged to the missing
woman.
One of the features Of the sensational
trial is the flocl1ing in from all por-
tons of the country Of newspaper cor
respondents. who crowd the regular
press seats and throng the space with
in the ratings where desks have been
placed for them. The majority find all
the features necessary in the stirring
incidents Of the trial. but some of the
reporters have found il necessary to
call upon their imagination for striking
scenes ana coloriEg. Luetgerts most
prominent characteristic is his stolid,
unhinching bearing, his face rarely
showing more expression than the back
OF his massive neck, yet in his cOun-
tenance enterprising journalists find
daily depicted all the human passions
from desire for glass of beer TO
abject terror and soul torture. At q
recent session one outlandish street
band, short on melody and long on
breath. stopped beneath the court room
windows and turned loose a stream of
popular airs