Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-05
THE DEFENSE RESTS.
Sausage Maker Does Not Go on the Wi,ne,,
Stand After All.
HIS ATTORNEYS ADVISED AGAINST 1T.


i4NctbeTt murder trlul rested Its case
today after two witnesses had testi-
fled. r.uetrer, di1 not 49,, 49,, a.. ID,
~ NV " ." 'ne VIII
mas Atoi'u IN ms own defense.
soon after court convened ex-Judge
! Vincent and Attorney pbalen asked
pgrruiysion to c,nouit ,,t,h ,,,a,, ~,
- " S"'iout WIN Nhef ell
ent privately. Judge Tuthlll said
! they might do so. and Luetgert and
his lawyers retired 10 diarnss r.bo,bor
M. not ! .,,,,.,r, -,
"'u'u ~ On inc WIZ
ness staha' EN-Judge Vincent Vlsor-
uusly opposed the suggestion, He
pointed ONT Ia tnetgort ,ha, w.,
! f,,,rt,., ,.t, -,
iiis pus'Hess partner had tolu
practically the story Luctgert would
tell.
You cannot add to Il nnytbine, ma.
| will ba,,s, o., b, -, -.
w Neieh' Sou' Sa'i Judge vincent
II you go upon the witness stand you
! Will be subjected to a cross-examina-
| ton lasting dova and covsrt,,- ,b., an
| H., ,,or.,,1 81, - ,,,
"a ''N' "te' iou "'h see
excited ana you VIII say things which
| will injure your case. MY advice to
Won is Keen mum "
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"SS "1''" Was ilSllheu 10 Lh-
/ Nor Luetgerts desire to 30 upon the
] Witness stand. He thought the big
| sausoga ,naisc, mich, ho mic 80
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pam some 'hliisS more satisfactorily
than other witnesses had. He also
believed that the absence from the
/ v.itpess stand ar tb, ,,r,,,ot,,,t ,c,,r ,r
the great traeeay m,Fht '' 4reeIudiee bIm
| in the svas al ma ,,r,. pug Attnrnc,,
| pbnIen yyns vyiIiiny H. admit no iagic
OF ex-Judge Vlncents proposition. aud
T.uptrert snid he womb abide hv rio
r0unseis ndvIce -
Wher tho lav.yrrs md I.uetpert re-
turnrl From thor ,cnsultntion I.ust-
sorts countcnarc, bore Inc expres.
SION OK II nnrt,.r. The nreatest dis
nppoirtment of the trial To- him was
apparently tho fact that he was not 10
be psrmittcu To testify lu his own be-
halt and address tho jury as he had
said lac you'd.
Henry j. Cox Of she United states
. vrlti,e. burenu. He came with cards
, and data 10 prove thnt the nirht OF
Nay :. 1877. was cloudy in Chicago
md vicinity. Ills evidence was brought
, out by tie ocfrnse To- counterfeit the
testimony OF wttnessep who had sworn
. that they stood across the street at
ii O'Clock at right Of May l and saw
I.uetgcrt and his wife walking toward
the sausage trctcry,
Inc first witness called after the
consultation of Inctgert and his attor-
Win. charles, i.,ictserts business
PARTNER Mrs Charles said that upon
several occasions Mrs. Luetgert had
aald to htr: 81 am going away NY
husband has failed Ia business and
peuIIe VIII now Ioiut their finger at
nc and say She Is the wife OF tho
SAUSAGE maker who failed | cannot
stand that" on May | the witness
said she saw Mrs. l.uctgert the last
time 1t was about II o'clock in the
morning. Mrs. I.uetrCrt again said she
was going away and icpeGted that she
could not stand the disgrace the failure
had brought ulon her family. she
turned away and I never saw her
again" concluded the witness.
a dramatic scene followed. 1t has
been agreed that Luctgert has of
fered an explanation OF the evidence
of the prosecution except the rings
found In the vat in which the body OF
Mrs. Luetgert is alleged TO have been
torether. according TO The story of
Policemen swan. who found them.
Experts who examined them said the
rings were glued together by human
iiesh. In one of these rings were en-
srraVcd the letters ~. I" the initials
OF Mrs. Louise I.uetgert. The theory
of the persecution was that they had
drained from Inc dissolved finger Of
Mrs I.uetgert In tho vat aud had been
glued together by flesh tissues.