Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-12
THEY HIT HIM HARD.
Witnesses for the State Damage
Chances Of Luetgert.
PROSECUTIONS REBUTTAL ENDED.
Expert Dorsey Riddles Testimony OF
Expert Allport-Story of Mary
Siemmcring Is Torn Into
Shreds-Other Evidence.

Chicago, Oct. o.-The evidence for the
prosecution in the Luetgert trial is now
before the jury. The state rested its
case Friday afternoon. The closing tes-
timony was of the same impeaching
character as that which marked the evil
dence of the preceding day. Prof.
George Dorsey had his innings during
the afternoon session, and he made mat
tiers unpleasantly warm for DIR. Airport.
Dorsey called attention to the fact that
during his examination Airport had
identified the femur of guerilla as
that of man; that he identified
human femur as hogs fcmur;
had declared that the sesamoid
of IL buffalo was the patella of dog, and
had given IT as his opinion that a piece
of temporal bone of a shepherd dog was
the temporal of monkey. Ex-.Judge
Vincent cross-cNamincd the witness
briefly without material benefit and let
him go.
MarH's Story Torn to Pieces.
Then Judge Arthur H. Chetlain was
called to the stand to add the finishing
touch to the impeachment of Mary
Sie1nmering. When this young woman
was first arrested and charged with
guilty knowledge of the disappearance
of Mrs. Luetgert, her attorneys applied
to Judge Chetlain for writ of habeas
corpus. Judge Chetlain sitting in the
chambers had Mary Siemmering
brought before him and questioned her
His honor testified OH Friday that she
! told him she had not made application
| for release, but that her lawyer, Arnold
| Trip, had done so and had set up the
! charges in the petition. She told the
| Judge she had not been mistreated at
the police station, and that she had
! gone to the East Chicago avenue police
| station voluntarily, and was willing to
! return there, as she knew she would
soon be discharged because she had
done nothing wrong. Owing to this
state of facts Judge Chetlain dismissed
the petition, and the young woman re
turned to the police station. This evi,
dcncc demolished the story of Mary
/ Siemmering, who claimed while OH the
witness stand that she was subjected to
irdignities at the hands of Inspector
Schaal1, Capt. Schuettler and other
policemen.
Other Evidence.
Another telling shot was fired by the
state to destroy the effect of Matthew
scholey's identification of Mrs. Luet.
! CERT. Detective Frank De Cclle sworc
that he saw Scholey at Kenosha before
the trial began and that lie declared he
expected to receive 81 500 for testifying
in the case.
I Another important point brought ou;
a.. the morning session was given by
Mrs. Schimpke, mother of Gottliebe and
Emma, the girls who swore to seeing
Luetgert and his wife enter the factory
the night of May !. Rosa Gleich, sum
moned by the defense. declared the girl;
were out with her that night, and thai
! she fixed the day by seeing a "for rent
, sign in window on the Schimpk,
, house. The state contendcd that i
was after May that the girls were on
together, and Mrs Schilnpkc corrobo
. rated that by swearing that the sig,
: was not put up until May is.
In Mourning for Her Sister.
: A sensation was created in the court
room when a woman attired in mourn
ing garb assembled the witness stant
and held up her hand to be sworn
$ Tears were in her eyes as she sank int
g the witness chair. The woman was Mrs
: Wilhelmina Miller, sister of Mrs. Luet
9 CERT. SO firmly impressed is she tina
y Mrs. Luetgert is dead thai she som
). weeks ago donncd the gnrb of mourn
: ing in memory of her sister, Mrs. Mil
j Ter testified while her trimming eye
were fxeds-upon the face of Luetgert
The big sausagemaker returned tn
gaze of his sister-in-law coolly. Mrs
Miller told of the kindly disposition @
y her sister, and asserted that 10 mothe
u was ever more patient or more kind t
: her children.
= Fred Miller, nephew of Luetgert, an
= Diedrich Bieknese, brother of Mr.!
, Luetgert, testified to having bean fre
. quent visitors at the home of the I.uet
gerts, and to he ltindncsses they ha
witnessed Mrs. Lueteert bcstow ,lpo
e her children. This evidence was callc
Il out TO combat and impench the evidenc
j of Mary Siemmering and Mrs. Mar
d Charles, who testified that Mrs. Luet
It CERT treated her children crllelly. vii
$ this evidence state rested. Judge Tn
e hill at once adjourned court until MOI
day.
Next Monday ex-Judge Vincent q,
nounced that snr-rebuttnl evidenc
g would be put on. The defense will II,
dertake he unusual task OF impeacl
} ing a judge. A witness will be calle
to testify in rebuttal to Judge Che
y lain's evidence as to Mary Siemme
:. ing's statement to him.
Cost of tne Eg.nl.
States Attorney Deneen and FIRST i
sjstant States Attorney M.Ewcn n,
g. both pleased over the status of the cas-
1t will be Submitted to the jury ne,
,r Friday. States Attorney lsfpea est
1t mates TINT the prosecution of Luetge
" will cost the comfy about $4,000. 0y.
4 $500 was saved by the sia.e's attorney
own corps of stenographers taking c,
dence for him. The cost to the count
: in this trial lasting two months is abol
- cnefourth Of tie cost of the Cronin al
~ anarchist trials.
II broke the Record.
Glens Falls. N. Y, Oct. 9.-At the mi
track Of The Northern Horse Breeder