The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
LUETGERTS SIDE SCORES.
SON OF THE ACQUIRED sTlGGBRs
THE PROSECUTION.
The Lad Teu,,nes on Behalf or the state That
Hin Mother was alive, and That she speko
TO Him After tho Tino when II IL Declared
That she Hruat Have Beon Murdered.

His Mother was Alive, ana Thnt bho bpoho
to Him After tho limo when II Il Declared
That she Must Have Bees Murdered.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3O.-Adolph l.. Lueteert and
his attorneys were greatly elated this afternoon
at the results OF the first days proceedings In
tho Luetgert wife murder case. Loutgert's son
Louis, aged IL, testified that at an hour whom the
State has constantly contondea that Mrs. buet-
CERT was dead and her body being disintogratod
In the basement vat at the Luetgert sausage fac
tory, his mother was alive, and that she spoke
to him. Louis Luetgert's testimony was q sur
prise to the attorneys for the State.
Although 1t was beloved that tho boy would
be an unwilling witness. tho State had to use
him because he was thought to be tho last po~-
son to sec and speak to the missing woman,
excepting tho prisoner himself. Louis 10 Q
bright lad. That no ls shrewd nobody could
doub: after noting tho skilful manner in which
he phrased his telling testimony. Louis was
the third witness in the case. He went to the
witness box without any show Of ombarrass-
ment. He rctold tho story OF his doings the
night of Mayl.
IL vent to n circus near our house" he said.
"and came home q little after 10 o'clock. Ny
mother let me in at tho kitchen door. She was
reading n newspaper and was dressed in q loose
wrapper-calico. l think 1t was-and wore cloth
slippers. She asked me IL tho show was worth
ten cents and l said 1t was worth moro.
MY father. who was in the bathroom. came
out. He had a lantern lighted standing on tho
steam radiator. and was ready to go to tho fac
tory. He told me 1t was timo for me to go to
bed. and l went TO my room and got ready. 1t
took mo four or hve minutes to undress and
get to bed. In a few minutes my father went
out of the house. He went by the back door. as
he always did when he went to tho factory. and
Isupposed he went there. l then went to sleep"
DO you know whether he went out alone or
States Attorney McEwan..
HE went alone, | know"
You say you know Now. how do you
Because some time during the night think
1t was between midnight and morning. awoke.
a noise of somebody stirring around outside my
door In the hall awakened me; l thought 1t was
my father, and called out: is that you. papa =
A voice which recognized as my mothers an.
again"
The lawyers for the State werc amazed at this
testimony, Judge Tuthill hitched his chair
nearer to the witness stand and showed his sur
prise. LuetRert, the prisoner. was the coolest
p prnacn ii hi his 'P hands clssp ped i behind pf his h b al
and a smile played over his features. His attor-
neys did not manifest surprise at the testimony.
Now. Louis" he began. you have never
told OF this before. have your
You have testified twice. before Justice
k s1e and before Judge Gibbons yet neither
Il wasn't asked, - said the lad.
You were. asked to tell all you know. You
more than you had told about. Weren't you !"
NO. sir. l was asked II / had seen anything
more Of my mother. and l answered that I
Have you talked of this episode with your
ste..pnrotheT. Arnoldf
with no one -
Yes. sir; told Judge Vincent" Iuetgert's
Mr.. McEwan started to question Louis further.
but the prisoners counsel objected, on tho
ground that the State had no right to cross.
his mothers wearing apparel, jewelry. &C.. In
the sr fSSTly Part ri Of + his na;d sx Nm MuH ,ttor con.
sulting his associates.
Cross examination waived, said Judge Vim
cent; and the boy left the stand; Court ad-
meeting his son, took the boy in his arms and
kissed him fervently on the lips and embraced
noted the incident. Assistant State Attorney
McEwan was seen later and asked what he
'n q enn' TS Sny'" 10 he . Tep fifec' q We i EneM tbsy DO,
to be a hostile witness. but We had to use him to
show when Mrs. Luetgert was last seen alive:
or course 1 believe the testimony was prepared
to injure the States case. We got OF as easily
"W S2T'G yo oaS rc eaRed the 'eFi boy for the purpose of
ideptifying the rings found In the vat T.
No: sir; you can bet we will not" said the
The events otthe day leading up to the testi.
mony OF Louis Luetgert were Of a rather tedious
nature. The defence waived the right to the
opening address until ready to present its case.
and Mr.. McEwan opened on behalf OF the State.
His speech outlined the case OF the prosecution.
lie gave a narrative of events from the time OF
Mrs; Luetgcrt's disappearance up to the finding
OF alleged circumstantial evidence OF her death
ut her husbands hands and the destruction OF
her remains in the vat Mt tho factory. He de-
clared that LuctRcrt ~despised his wife. HI said
that pie ees OF Mrs. Luetgert's stays were found
In the ashes OF the furnace, ms well as chCrred
human bones, and that two rings. identified as
Mrs. Luetgcrt's, and a piece Of an artificial
tooth were found in the vat, in which were also
the remains OF a solution OF caustic potash that
showed plain traces of human flesh.
Fred Haaf, a city drauGhtsman testified as to
the correctness OF n set or charts or maps Of the
and which were hung upon the wall near the
jury box.
Dicdrich Bicknese. Mrs Luetgert's brother,
Luetgcrt had made no effort to find his wife up
10 May 4. when Bicknese called at the Luetgert
residence and found that his sister had disap.
t~ectives So each to look for her. He said that
Luetgert manifested the utmost Indifference as
supposed she was at Bickneses home In the
country. Continuing the witness said:
told him believed Mrs. LuetEert was dead.
as ! knew she would not leave the children for
three days unless she was forced to. / said that
II one OF his dogs was lost he would turn up the
whole police force. but that, he seemed to think
something must be done and II he would not
notify the police | would. He said something
about the disgrace that would follow II l notf.
fled the police and tried to induce mo to keep
quiet. but was determined to have the matter
fully investigated. called at the Sheffield ave.
nne station. and notified Capt. Schuettier.
also told him that ] suspected that my sister
had been murdered"
.Crosse1amination OF the witness failed to
alter his story. and then Louis LuotRert was
called TO the stand.