Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-09-24
WITNESSES SAY THEY HAVE SEEN
MRS. LuETGERT SINCE MAY L.
ONE SAYS HE TALKED WITH HER
TESTIMONY OF ONE WITNESS FOR
STATE BADLY SHATTERED.
Judge Vincent, Attorney for the De-
ieasc. infinatcs That Police Are
illuminating His Witnesses
Larger Crowds Than
Ever on Hand.

., ,-,o,,,,5 grow, ,,ar;o,,s
..Ss.tS;,s.. ~ da,.,s ,,rocoedings i'm the
uu'otiits =, - ~ most re-
..,t',.,o III. - oo.,rred within the
-. g. go rr tho sensation
liifee ~eehs. IN sie - " .t,at has been
q, s,,,,,os -. 80 that ,sre T,o,ise Luet
~ l'. '. ~ -. i,,,r,,,nS.s sausage
So So ltel "e'. 80 80 - -,.t.,o,sos +9stif,ed
ae.ois oh aat = '.- r. ,,.a,,,or a1iye ON
tiia' ny 9'l" -, ,,i,,,assos taIl,
-n"s anu !. ~ ,r,.,s % a. -, - ,.sor;rtion
GU ~ -tet anu ,Ir pe'i. ~. rart nat the
.hiiu ~ a piIo.0st --ptI % r., ,,etger+ Tbfs
. MoiiaH ne sam w. Shc,ri b.rteener
". W. -, I-,as1,., yt-is ua said
a. tile flotei 1nap.e 4,a Hotel Mamie
nc sd" slfaHse ~o,ha- ,1 ~ ,o,,,aa Vii,
ei liie eNeiiiiis ot 49, :" e.,,a ,s,,ad 70 he
lei - No. - i I.Ir - ,,,,oI1.r g., tho
uiiesteu 10 'iie iatii VI o..e ..sa,,a5 70
neieHpothoou' put as ~ On ,aft rho
hiio" oh sueh pc a Pc t'i' i .i,e - -, -,
IoiioWlns aay shoiti asaii, saw .,e cd
he described her senesai tipr .-.N',. - IS
her ciothlhs anu iaeiiti'ep q -
MRS. Luetgert as lIe woiPah nc a
On cross-examinatoh oy state Atloines o.e.
Deneen, witness at nfsI. piaceo hei M.!she
at lSo or is9 pouhos.i iAeii ne iN,.e,
said he had got mixed up-and reiiiafhea
that the woman weighed iia OF iS pouhus'
which was about Mrs. lsGetserts ~sisht'
This hesitation and correction was maae
much of by the prosecution, which intimat-
ed that it indicated that sholri had for
gotten the weight that had been propaoiy
told him at first.
Policeman Henry Feldshaw, of Kenosha,
Wis. testified that be saw q strange woman
in the police station. of his town ON May
3. The witness said he afterward saw the
woman at the Hotel Maple and the follow
ing day at the railway station. He de-
scribed the woman as blonde. and said
she wore a sailor hat and slippers. One Of
the slippers she had worn was found in the
police station after she had left. The wit
ness identified the picture of Mrs. Luetgert
as closely resembling the woman he saw.
= William J. Gunsten a clerk in the Grant
hotel Kenosha, identified the photograph
as the picture of a woman he saw in his
hotel on Maya He said she came into the
hcfel and remained ten minutes and left.
He described the woman and corroborated
the evidences of the other witnesses.
Emma Schimpke came to the courtroom
in the afternoon to hear Rosa Gleich i'm
reach her evidence given on Wednesday
She was fighting mad when she heard her
self made ont a falsifier. Attorney Phalen
discovered her presence in the room and
called her to the witness stand. When
asked If she had hot told Rosa Gleich she
had lied on the witness stand, the witness
replied: II don't rernember.r
did you not tell Harry Fielder you lied
when you said you saw Mr.. and Mrs. Luet-
CERT May 1?'
Il don't remember"
Did you not tell Rosa Gieich you did
not see MT. and MRS. Luetgert the night Oh
May i!
may nave SAID SO.
mrs. Matte scherrer, the last witness OF
senimpke told her that the tes.lmony the
Schimpke gifl had given on the witness
stand was untrue.
,,atio,, h,, ~ I,,sre vin,s,t tbat tbe noIice
haioh ny eA-1uuse Nanoen. .ha' 'iiS poi,Se
were intimidating witnesses Tor the oe-
/, feEse. Ex-Judge Vincent, soon after court
: orened, asked that the Jury be excluded
while he made a statement to the court
Af,ar tha i,,r,, ra,ired .ex-1rfpa Vincent
after the july re.reu. s siieenI y.
Win lhuignaeoh IN ms tones anu ioree IL
his declaration, said: III the court please
b. there is strong reason to believe that the
police are interfering with witnesses for the
defense and irving to fntimidate them
a. 80 Gov ohsoIuta,,, tb,t tbys &c fr,,a bp,
uo Iot s."., ...,.,.,,,.,as+ ,;rao.,, ~ 49,,
ihe lndiealions point aiihoss uneelis u .ha ina
h;biting such action on the part of the po
lice or the prosecution"
..Whv not make the iniunction cove,
why NJ A r..,... 80
both sldes! suggested STATE Attorney
Deneen.
THE court does not require instruction.
1ror, arv nj tho attornevs engaged
- -, s I,,aao rr,,th,u
Sharply Responded 'uuse iuehii
Il will make the charge that witnesse
for the defense have been interfered witt
a,a ha-assed t,,, tbe r,oIice - said Attorpe,
a.u i"i 81. " ~ p''e>' -.
Pnaien, Oh the ceIehse-
IF that is true, there should be an in
yestigatiop'' remarked States Attorne,
1,,oe, ..ye ,,,,, ,,,;,naS- for the defens
ios baar in,;n,ida%ad If has been don
,xitbnmt tnnuiaIee of fbe state ana W
~ ,,ot ,nnrn,,a af ;,r s'
w ..I M u-;ii saH nou for tba benefit of tb
,is9S "i I,. to, NJ T,t;II ,,-itt sa,,ari,,
pouSe, t,, ne sau .,. ;f haa ~ ar,, snta,
t ~ u.e 'otS, ;..s,s r,e - ~, e;thar s;aa q
M. -. WIN LII al 7ritb tto nffonder an
M, daaSina Will not he eentIe Thi, dc
my ueains VIII not pe Ssal'isI. Sa MI ,;,, Gs =,
i lenuant mas iishts heie aiiu ''ies WIZ
pio.sSeeo' pa,es .,,;a,;o o
ct nv o,uei @ an r, I,ne nv -.
querIed Stale Attoriley DeIlsSh. -,
oI4sL ~ ueeuis ~ M VII , uo'
When .ns jury WIS Iosa s,,,. Greae LEI
Mas Pidcsa oh .,e ~lthess stato ~, Sioss
examination. rms witness was called yes
terday 70 nnpeaeh me eNlaence OF brnn
Schlnphe, gwen on the difect eSaninato
py ehe prosecution; an, stated thas sn
was with Emma Sehiinpke on .he hight Q
May 1 Ilui III o CLOCK ana remained VII
tfle Schlihphe siiI uii'ii tie latter sntere
her home She denied enphatically tina
other OF them hao seen i-uetgert ana hi
Miie at the hlttef S residence ana go I
the sausage factory as described. She dc
lned also that Gotiiebs Schlmpke, VIII
testified that she also saw Luetgert an
his wife; was with Emma Ian: and his VIII
Emma Schimpke. since she had testitie
in the case, had admitted to the witness
in the presence of others, that she ha
lied According to witness. Emm
SchimnEa said she lied because CotIieh;