The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-03
ALONG A MONTH AND A
HALF.
NO END is IN SIGHT.
WILL OCCUPY AN ENTIRE
WEEK.
THE STATE HAS THE BEST OF 1T.
Such Seems to he the Opinion of
Those Who Are Following the
Case Closely.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-The close Of the
sixth week of the celebrated trial CT
Adolph L. Luetgert for the alleged
murder of his wife found the case far
from completed Luetgert's story has
not been heard. The big sausage max
er may be on the witness stand a week
1t will take him over one court day
to tell his story under the lead of his
counsel. Then will come the cross
examination of States Attorney Den
cen, who is recognized as one Of the
best cross questiopers at the Chicago
bar. Luetgert will be carried through
history of his life in Whirl-wind fash
ion Then he will experience cycloniC
sweep through the important matters
brought out by his direct examination.
Luetgert has all along expressed an III
tense desire to talk. He has repeated
ly declared that he wanted to tell his
story to the jury. 1t is predicted that
that the anxiety Of the accused man to
talk will be fully satisfied before his
cross-eXamination is closed, if he goes
on the witness stand, and eX-Judge
Vincent, chief counsel for the defense,
has promised that Luetgert will be
heard.
The greater part Of last week was
devoted to threshing over old straw
Tt was another battle of the experts
fought along the old line, with vary
ing results. The concensuS of opinion at
the close of the week this afternoon
by close observers of the trial since
the opening, was that the prosecution
had the better of the argument as t"
seamoids, demurS and other bones OF
the human body, as well as the lower
order CT animals Experts for the de-
tense have contradicted each other on
cross-examination. They have also
made plumbers in the Identification CT
bones which amused the jurors and
apparently weakened their testimony
DR.. Airport made two bad mistakes on
Friday Today DR.. Merillat added to
the confusion of the defense by 1denu-
flying hog femur in a manner IN OIL
rect conflict with the identification OF
Dr. Airport of the same bone on FIJI
day. DR.. Airport said the bone in evil
dence was the upper or hip joint por-
ton of the femur. DR.. Merillat testi-
fled positively that the bone was the
lower end of the femur.
DIR. V A. Merillat was the first wit
ness on the stand today He was called
upon to identify various bones placed
in evidence by the prosecution and de-
clared by the defense to be the bones
of the lower order of animals. Like his
predecessors on the stand in the ex-
pert line, the witness was inclined to
lecture and demonstrate his remarks
to a degree that became somewhat tire
some But he spoke in a clear, loud
tone of voice which was entertaining
to the experts in the room.
WARY EXPERT.
DR.. Merillat was less confident in his
identificationS than other experts who
have been heard during the trial. Bene
fitting by the amusing and at times
humiliating blunderS, the witness
avoided the cleverly laid technical pit
falls arranged by Prof. Dorsey, of the
Field Columbian museum, and led up
to by the questioning of Assistant
States Attorney McEwen. DR.. Meril-
lat refused to Identify the gorilla femur
which yesterday proved a stumbling
block to DR.. Airport, who said it was
the femur of a strong man who in life
had probably been five feet four inches
tall. In reality the gorilla whose bones
rested in the Field Columbian museum
was six feet six inches tall when he
roamed the jungles.
The witness also refused to commit
himself as to a temporal bone handed
him. He gave his reasons for these