The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-08
Ills LOVE LETTERS
THE EPISTLES FROM LUETGERT
TO MRS. FELDT OFFERED IN
EVIDENCE.
STRONG POINTS SCORED.
WITNESSES SUBMITTED BY
THE STATE.
SAUSAGE MAKER VERY UNEASY.
Proceedings of the Day EImbarrass-
ing for the Defeninnt-Show
of Temper an Episode.

CHICAGO, Sept 1.-Two strong
points were scored by the prosecution
in the LuetgeTt trial today, and unless
the defense is able TO impeach the testi-
mony of the witnesses their evidence is
likely to have considerable weight with
the jury. The two witnesses were Mich
olas Faber, who testified that on the
night of May 1 he saw Luetgert and
his wife enter the sausage factory, and
Charles Hengst, who swore that on the
night of May l he passed the factory
and heard a cry from within as though
some one was in pain. AT the hearing
before the police justice by whom Luet-
CERT was held to wait the action of the
grand jury, Hengst said that he could
not tell whether the cry was that of
human being or of an animal. Today
he said, however, that he was confident
that the cry came from human be-
ing The defense relies greatly on the
statement he made before the trial to
impeach his testimony. Faber grew
confused somewhat on cross examina-
ton and could not tell whether the
moon shone or whether it was a cloudy
night when he saw Luetgert and his
May 1, but he stuck stoutly to his story
that he had seen the two people enter
the factory shortly after 10 o'clock on
the night Of May 1.
The reading of the love letters which
had been written by Luetgert to Mrs.
Feldt was great fun for the crowd in
the court room and it was very embar-
raising for the defendant. In several
-, l. L. -1i iTCr
manner of the lawyers who are now
conducting his defense, saying that
they were greedy. and mot able to
handle trial of such Importance" He
laid particular stress on the incompe-
tence of Judge Vincent, who is now the
leading counsel for the defense. When
these portions of the letters were read
the lawyers laughed, and nobody enjoy
ed them more than Judge Vincent, but
it was not pleasant for Luetgert, who
twisted around in his chair covered
his face with his handkerchief and
seemed to be uncomfortable generally.
The defense made a strong fight
against the Introduction of the letters,
and when the court decided that they
were proper evidence, the defense
asked that they be read in German,
as they might lose some Of their orig
inal meaning by being read in Eng
Iish This the court also overruled,
and the letters went before the jury
as9the translator made them out he,
however, swearing that the translation
was entirely correct. After the letters
We're ALI reads the recipient, Mrs.
Christine FeIdt, a n1iddle-aged widow,
was called to the witness chair for the
purpose Of finishing her testimony for
the state.
When Mrs. Feldt was called to the
stand her former lover, to whose case
she has done SC much damage, re
fused to glance in her direction. He
twisted uneasily in his chair and then
leaned over to Attorney Vincent and
q consultation was held. Meanwhile
Assistant States Attorney McEwen
proceeded with the direct examination,
which dealt largely with the financla!
relations between Luetgert and MIS-.
Feldt. The latter admitted having re
ceiVed funds from Luetgert prior 10
his arrest, and said that she had with
drawn the money at his demand from
a safety deposit vault for his use. The
sums she had withdrawn at different
times footed up $4,000, the entire
amount which she had received. She
asserted her ignorance of how this
money was used by the prisoner, but
admitted that portions of it had been
retained by her on his order for the
care of his children. She also testi-
fed as to the substance of the letters,
and asserted that she had refused to
LEND Luetgert her own money upon
the requests which she had received
from him in the letters. She testified
to having received in all eight letters
from the big. sausage manufacturer.
The state regards Mrs. Feldt as one
of it's most important witnesses, as
through her testimony it expects to es-
tablish the fact of Luetgert's motive
In the alleged murder of his wife.
An incident occurred during Faber's
testimony that showed that Luetgert
was possessed of a high temper when
aroused Bailiff Red, the colored Of
ficer in whose custody the prisoner is
placed, attempted to restrain his
charge from crossing to the witness
stand with his attorney for the pur-
nose of watching Faber designate on
the map the location where he assert
ed he saw Mrs. Luetgert enter the
factory Luetgert would not brook
the restraint and turned on the bal
lift. his face flushed with anger, and
denounced the attempt to deprive him
of what he considered his rights IN
the trial Attorney Vincent appealed
to the court, and Judge Tuthill per-
mitted the big defendant to examine
the maps in company with the attor-
news. After Faber left the stand the
court took a recess.
ElHD2SI, WHO WAS the lIISl W1l1lSSS
at the afternoon session, is an honest
appearing German, and one of the
few witnesses who rendered testimony
in English. He told about having
heard the cry Of a person, but was
considerably confused when cross-eX-
amined by Attorney Phalen as to his
testimony at the preliminary hearing.
Tt was shown from the record of the
hearing before the justice that Hengst
had admitted his ignorance as to
whether the cry was that Of human
being or an animal. Today he said
he was positive it was the cry of hu-
man being.
The witness is seventy-one years Old
and feeble. He is 50 deaf that In
spector Bebig was compelled to stand
close to his side in order to repeat the
questions of the attorneys The de-
Tense felt that they had undermined
his testimony to a large extent when
they gained an admission from tho
witness that he was Ice feet away
from IHetgert at the time of the quar-
rel. How so deaf q man could hear
low tones 100 feet considerably nysti-
fed the defense, and they felt exult-
ant over securing the evidence.
MAN RENoUNCE CONFUCIUs