The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-29

CHICAGO, Sept. 2S-The battle be-
tween the experts has begun and from
now on there will be denials thrown at
the evidence OF the medical and chem
ical wise men who testified for the
state in the Luetgert case. The defense
nut It's first witness In the expert line
on the stand to-day and he will be fol-
lowed by a long string of Others. The
witness OF to-day was DR.. B. L, Relse,
who boiled two bodies in caustic potash
IN the vat In Luetgert's sausage factory
and obtained results different from
those who boiled bodies in caustic pot
ash In behalf OF the state.
Another witness OF the day was Ar
madale opdyke. peddler, who testified
that long after the murder is said to
have been cOmmitted,he saw Mrs. Luet-
CERT In the neighborhood OF GAINESVILLE,
wis, He said that there was no chance
OF his being mistaken and he identified
the photograph OF her which he was
shown In court, In the most positive
manner.
Two girls were placed upon the
stand to Impeach the testimony OF EN-
ma Schimpke. who said that she saw
Luetgep and his wife enter the factory
on the night on which the murder is
said TO have been committed.
There Is q strong probability that
Mary siemmerIng viii be called upon TO
answer charge of perjury. In her tes-
tImony she gave evidence rejecting on
the manner In which she had been
treated by Inspector Setback and AS
sIstant States Attorney McEwen be-
fore the trial, and as she gave sworn
evidence on the witness stand directly
contrary to the sworn evidence she gave
at the preliminary hearing, the assist
ant states attorney says that he will
bring a charge OF perjury against her.
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
The court proceedings opened to-day
with the appearance upon the witness
stand OF Dr. Clarence Rutherford, the
Luetgert family physician. He testified
as to Mrs. Luetgert's physical condition,
stating that she was in fairly good
health. Attorney Phalen inquired as TO
the woman's mental condition. States
Attorney Deenen objected to the ques-
ton unless the witness qualified as an
expert upon mental diseases. Or. Ruth
erford could not do this and after stat
ing that he visited the Luetgert fam
fly twice each month and never saw
any unpleasantness in the family, he
was released from the witness stand.
An interesting witness was Armadale
Opdyke, fruit vender from near
GAINESVILLE. Wis Opdyke was positive.
He said that on May lie was In the vi
cinlty of Lake Zurich. near GAINESVILLE.
with horse and wagon. on the night
Ut May he camped out, sleeping in his
wagon. In small grove near him he
saw two women. They were lying on
the ground and said they were going TO
remain there during the night. Opdyke
said he carried an armful OF hay from
his wagon TO the women and they made
n bed OF II. The witness positively and
Internationally identified a photograph
Of Mrs Luetgert as one of the women
he saw in the woods near Lake Zurich
on the night OF May .. Opdyke said he
could not be mistaken. He was abso-
lutely sure that one OF the women was
Mrs. LuetRert. on cross examination,
he acknowledged that his Identification
was based purely upon the resemblance
Of Mrs. Luetgerts picture TO one Of the
women
Maggie Shaughnessy,of No. 12iS North
Robey street, was put on the witness
stand to strengthen the impeachment
evidence against Emma Schlmpke. Wit
ness was with Emma SchImpke and
Rosa Glech at the dance in WeBtig hall
opposite Luetgert's sausage factory, the
night OF May 1. She said she saw Luet-
CERT IN the bar room OF the place and
that she and Emma Schimpke left the
hall about 0 O'Clock and went home
Consequently, Emma Schimpke could
not have seen Luetgert and his wife at
II o'clock.
Marcus Heinneman added the weight
Of his testimony TO that OF others who
have told how Mrs. Luetgert had fire.
quently said she was going away from
home because Luetgcrt had failed On
April 2S, the witness said Mrs. Luetgert
told him she was going away.
FIRST MEDICAL EXPERT.
The defense in the case of Adoiph
Luetgert introduced It's first medical ex-
pert witness DIR. Bernhard L. Rlese
was called to the stand to tell OF cx-
perIments he had made In dlsintcgrnt-
Ing human bodies with ten per cent
solution OF caustic soda or potash. Dr.
liIogo FIRST experimental In the middle
vi,-thc one the body OF Mrs. LuctEcrt
Va alleged to have been dlslntegrated
lie said that tho first experiment was
made with the body Of womn five feet
two inches tail and weighing ninety
pounds The crude potash was emptled
INTO the vat In the manner Luetgert IN
alleged 90 have placed the potash In The
same receptacle on May /, and tho
steam was turned on. In few minutes
the body was put In the vat then tn"
steam was turned on and the vat was
covered with gunny sacks. The boiling
process was continued FOR several hours
with the result that very little Of the
Hash was boiled into the vat The fat
dld not amount 10 over thlrtlcth part
of an inch the physician said, EX-Judnc
Vincent declared this statement stub
Stimulated tho story Of the defcnso that
Luclgcrt was making soap IN the vat
and that the grease IN the soap boiled
uvor and flowed on the floor
ldn Larson, who was nc the dance In
Divor7y hall, opposite LuelRcrt'B fac
tory, on the night NJ May !, was called
10 the stand 10 lmpeach Emma
Srhlmpkc relative 10 the lnttor seeing
Lurtgort and wife wnlitlng toward The
factory at n o'olocl, that night She dc.
rlnrad lhni Emma SchImpko was not nl
The hii, of near II nj II O'Clock She
added Dl7o that LnOtEcrl bought beer
Tor some N The Rlrla who were dancing
That night.
iuclpert win pfob1blv 20 On the
''lnd IN hIa own boh1lf Thuudny
A GTOUy FUON TFfJENATt