Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-09-10
HE IS ANNOYED.
Luetgert Exhibits Restiveness
When His Letters Are Read
HE SHOWS HIS TEMPER TO A BAlLIFF

Mrs. Eelut 0m1neU-AnOthef
Witness Who Saw the Couple To-
gethcr-Nan Tells of a Cry
on the Fatal Night.
Chicago, Sept. s.-The second week
of the Luetgert murder trial began
Tuesday, with the prisoner in not the
best of humor. Several times during
the morning session he showed that
the ordeal is wearing away his self-pos-
session, and nobody wondered at it, for
the proceedings were not calculated to
add to his serenity of spirit. To be-
gin with, the love letters he wrote to
Mrs. Feldt-"his we'll beloved Chris
tine" as he called her-were read In
open court to the jury, and Luetgert
was obliged to sit and hear ill-sup-
pressed smokers from various parts Of
the audience room, That was rather
trying on his nerves, and it was partic.
ularly disagreeable when the reader
reached the epistle in which Luetgert
expressed his disapproval of his attor-
neys, who were at his side.
The defense fought hard to prevent
the introduction Of the letters Luetgert
wrote to Mrs. Feldt while in Jail. At
every turn and on every pretext Attor-
ney Vincent objected to the epistles 60
lug before the jury. He knew that the
state will base motive for the alleged
wife murder on the contents of the
letters, and did all he could in Luet-
gert's interests to keep them out, but
Judge Tuthill allowed them to go in.
Mrs. Feldt Again Testi1ics.
Mrs. Christina Feldt, the wealthy
widow to whom Luetgert wrote the
ardent letters which were read to the
jury, was the first witness placed on
the stand. She came to be cross-ex-
amined.
The position in the witness chair for
Mrs. Teldt was most trying one. At:
torney Vincent continued the fire Of
questions, one after another. AT times
her usually forid face became as red
as beet and beads of perspirations stood
out on her forehead. Luetgert seemed
to enjoy the widows discontinue, and
smiled when his attorneys inquiries
seemed to cause her the most annoy
ance. Mr.. Vincent endeavored to show
that the police had intimidated the
witness and had forced her to take the
stand against Luetgert. One question
that was especially annoying to Mrs.
Feldt was this:
did not the police say they would
cause your arrest as an accessory to
the murder of Mrs. Luetgert If you did
not turn against him?"
The witness promptly replied that
it was lie to suggest such a thing,
az the police had made no such intima-
ton. II have sense enough to tell
what know without being told by the
police" she replied.
Saw Them on the Fatal Night.
Nicholas Faber, an ex-employe of
Luetgert, testified to having seen Luet-
CERT and his wife enter the factory on
che night of May 1. Under cross-eAam:
tnation Faber was forced to admit that
he did not know anything that hap
pened on any other particular date near
May /. He was also unable to tell
whether the night was moonlight OF
cloudy. He simply stuck to the fact
that he had seen them enter and heard
the two talk. The defense expects te
controvert in many minor points Fa
ber's testimony.
accused Shows His Temper.
An incident occurred during Faber',
testimony that showed that Luetger
possesses a high temper when aroused
The bailiff in whose custody the pris
oner is placed, attempted to restrain
his charge from crossing to the witnes!
stand with his attorneys for the purpose
, of watching Faber designate on tn.
map the location where he asserted h,
saw Mrs. Luetgert enter the factory
, and turned on the bailiff with his fac,
flushed with anger and denounced tn,
attempt to deprive him of what he con
sidered his rights. Attorney Tincen
appealed to the court and the judge per
United the defendant to examine tn,
map.
Heard IL Cry.
} Charles Hengst, the first witness II
{ the afternoon, told about having heart
!, the cry of person. but was consider
: ably confused when cross-examined a
to his testimony at the preliminar,
a hearing. 1t was shown from the recort
f of the hearing before the justice tina
0 Hengst had admitted his ignorance a
i to whether the cry was that of human
e being or an animal. Tuesday he sal,
e he was positive it was the cry of hu
J, man being.
o Fritz Figel, who worked for Luet
n CERT May 4, told how he had emptied
t barrel of ashes in the alley, and Office
+ James Smith testified as to havin
n found particles of bone and two corse
steels in pile of debris where th
i ashes were emptied.
6 The Deaf Hear.
e Frederick Augustus Schultz testifie
+, as to former quarrels between Luetger
II and his wife in which Luetgert ha
l. threatened to take her life. The wi,
d ness is II years old and is so deaf tina
r Interpreter Liebig was compelled t
O stand close to him in order to repeat til
II questions of the attorneys. The d.
II Tense felt they had undermined hi
= testimony to large extent when the
r. gained from the witness that he we
d 100 feet away from Luetgert at the tim
q of the quarrel How so deaf man coul
d hear at such distance mystified til
|. defense, and they felt exultant over S,
II curing the evidence.
Dervishes Evacuate Berber.
lie Cairo, Sept. s.-The Dervishes hay
a. evacuated Berber and have retired 1
x Matonlmeh. Maj. Gen. Hunter, wit
le four ollnbOats has pona tn Rerho