Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-23
NTIMIDATING WITNESSES.
Charge Of the Defense Made in the Lieut.
CERT Case.


Chicago, Sept 23.-The Luetgert trial
opened today with sensational init
nation by ex-Judge Vincent that the
police We're intimidating the witnesses
for the defense. EX-Judge Vincent
asked that the jury be excluded while
he made a statement. Afer the jury
retired, eX-Judge Vincent with indignn-
tion In his tones and force in his
declaration. said: IF the court please.
there is strong reason to believe that
the rollce are Interfering with Witness
es for the defense and trying to intiml
date them. | do not know absolutely
that this is true, but the Indications
point almost directly to that conclu-
sion. l desire an order Of court pro-
hibiting such action on the part of the
police or the prosecution"
why not make the injunction cover
both sides?" suggested State'sAttorney
Deenen.
1.-THE court does not require instruc-
tions from any Of the attorneys en-
gagged" sharply responded Judge Tut
hill.
nesses for the defense have been inter-
fered with and harassed by the po-
lice" said Attorney Phalen of the de-
| Tense.
"If that is true, there should be an
investigation" remarked States Attor-
ney Deenen.
IF any witness for the defense has
been inundated 1t has been done
without knowledge of the state and we
do not approve of it,"
81 will say now for the benefit of the
police" said Judge ruthill with sever
! ity In his tones, that If | hear of any
Interference with witnesses on either
old GV, latg 1 Attl Volt a
offender. and my dealing viii not be
gentle. This defendant has rights here
and they will be protected"
why not order an Investigations"
queried States Attorney Deencn.
MIR. Deeuen. this court Will make
the order IL deems proper. That twill
/ do
When the jury was recalled Rosa
Gleich was placed on the witness stand
| for cross examination. This witness
was called yesterday to impeach the
| evidence of Emma SChimpe given on
the direct examination Of the prosecu-
| ton. She stated that she was with
Emma Schimpke on the night of May
! LIST until IL O'Clock and remained with
the Schmpke girl until the latter en-
| tered her home. She denied emphati-
! cally that either of them had seen
Luotgert and his wife leave the lat
| ter's residence and go to the sausage
factory as described. She denied that
Gotlieba Schimpke, who testified that
! she also saw Luetgert and his wife,
! was with Emma and herself that night.
| Furthermore, the witness said that
| Emma Schimpke, since she had testi-
] fed, had admitted to the witness In the
! According to the witness Emma
Schimpke said she lied because Got
lieba. her weak-rninded sister. had got
her into the Luetgert case and she
would not testify on LuetGert's side.
The witness also said that Emma
Schimpke tried to get her to tell the
same story Emma did to save the lat
ter's reputation.
states Attorney Deenen went at this
witness with one Of the most remark
able cross-eNaminatlons ever heard In
the criminal court. His questioning
was aimed ut her with the rapidity OF
a repeating rifle, worked to the limit
OF Its speed. The witness was quick
witted and replied promptly for a
while, but she was not as resourceful
as the lawyer, and after half AN hour
she became confused and her face
blazed with excitement. Then she be-
gan to contradict herself as TO Inn
portant particulars, and made correc-
lions which weakened her evidence.
Harry Fielder corruborated Rosa
Gleich's story and asserted that the
mother of the Sohimpie girl had COM
PEELED the latter to tell the story she
did.
George S. Haley, a bartender at the
Maple House in Kenosha, Wis. testi-
fled that she say Mrs, Luetgert on the
night of May 3rd. He said she came
into his saloon, weary, as II she had
walked far She inquired the direc-
tion to the farm house Of n farmer
named Mueller The following day
Shaley said he saw the woman again
at Spring Bluff, a suburb OF Kenosha.
He was not acquainted with Mrs
Luetgert, but from the description OF
her he was positive the woman he saw
was she.
The crowd at the court house today
was larger than usual and the strug-
gle to secure admission to the court
room partook of the nature of "A riot.
Hundreds We're turned away and the
officers on duty at the door had sew
eral encounters with unruly visitors.
Dom Kruger Not Sick.
London. Sept. GA special dispatch
from Pretoria, 1ransvaal, contains a
denial of the statement that the an