The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-27
MARY WEARS 4 BLUSH.
Luetgert's Friends Cross Ex-
animation Ends Very
Gently.

day brought to the court room d idiSS
and more heterogeneous crowd than usual
Long before the court room doors We're
open. men, women and children Surgeo
about the main entrance of the Criminal
Court building on Michigan street ana
made violent efforts to get in. Policemen
and court bailiffs on duty at the doors
had much difficulty in handling the crowd
and admitting those with tickets. Ihe
States Attorneys office was overrun py
people who importuned Assistant state
Attorneys for passes. States Attorney
Deneen and Assistant States Attorney
McEwen avoided the solicitations only py
locking themselves in the States Attor-
ney's private Office, where they consulted
for half an hour with Police Inspector
Setback and Police Captain Schuettler
Never before at criminal trialS IN Chl-
cago, sthe Anarchists trial not excepted,
has there been more widespread lnterest
than has been aroused by the Lueigerl
trial All classes of people have been
attracted including politicians, ministers,
actors, juristS and men and women OF
prominence in other walks OF lie, TO say
nothing about the thousands OF the NOR
bidly curious people whose frantic ef-
ferts to gain admission to the court room
daily inject almost the only comedy eie-
ment Of this ghastly affair Durlng the
ator several ministers of national repula-
ton, visiting judges from other States
and attorneys of high repute nave peen
among the interested listeners TO the EVIL
dence.
Among those who gained admission to
the court room today was fuil Dlooded
Eskimo. He is a Klondiker, his home
being at Auvik, on the Yukon River. The
man, who was attired in his native garb
of furs, is Simon Kacik. He came 20
Chicago recently with Captain j. s. Llgnt
with pack of Eskimo dogs which are
now at Lincoln Park, in this city kaclk
could not understand anything concern
ing the trial. but he wanted to see Luet,
CERT, "the big meat man Kill WIFE,
as he expressed 1t.
States Attorney Deneen expressed the
belief today that at least three or pos
sibly four weeks more would be REQUIRED
Improvement due to Sunday rest ana
massage treatment was noticeable in
Luetgert's appearance as he entered tne
maker still used his crutch, but did not
suffer the pain he experienced on oc-
casions last week Luetgert came into
court smoking a cigar ana greeted ms ms
The alleged wife-murderer seemed to pc
in an exceptionally pleasant frame of
mind and joked and laughed with his son
and William Charles his business partner,
until Judge Tuthill appeared upon the
bench.
Mary Siemmering, the servant girl,
whose cross-examination was in progress
Saturday when court adjourned, was re-
called. Around this witness, according TO
the theory of the prosecution, the motive
for the alleged murder Of Mrs. L99eigsrt
pretty servant girl is claimed oy the
prosecution to have been the melting mo-
tive of this celebrated crime ..a
When she went on the witness stand To-
cross-examination Of States Attorney
Deneen, which is electric in its rapidity;
Mary Siemmering appeared composed and
defiant Her cheeks We're flushed.
This indicated apparently some mental
excitement but the woman, 1t was evil
dent had made up her mind to control
her feelings and not permit the states
Attorney to confuse her. Greatly to her
surprise and apparent relief, Assistant
States Eve ba askea en- the me Wit
ness stand long. Hiss cross-examlnaton
was not severe.
Did you mot say before the Grand
Jury that Mrs. Luetgert was good ana
kind mother?'' asked Mr. McEwen.
81 did," confessed the witness.
"Now, you say she beat her children
and was cross with them?
to testify, Inspector Setback was there.
He told me if l did not say what did,
he would punish me-" said the witness.
The photographs which were identified
by witness from Kenosha, were handed to
the witness and she identified them. The
picture which included Mrs. Luetgert and
her two children was taken Two years
the witness said.
Several questions of an impeaching
character was asked and Mary Seimmer-
ing was excused. She left the witness
stand with smile and took a seat within
the inclosure and remained to listen to
Jacob Melber, of Wheaton, ILL.,, testified
that on May 6, he saw woman at the
depot in Wheaton, at five O'Clock in the
morning, whose description resembled
that of Mrs. Luetgert. She inquired the
way to Elmhurst Melber is butcher.
He said he saw Mrs. Luetgert only last
March. When asked, upon cross-exami-
nation to describe the missing woman,
he could not do so and was excused.
Charles Boehnke, who had worked for
Luetgert for sixteen years, testified that
on April 28 he had brief conversation
with Mrs. Luetgert and she seemed much
depressed and remarked that things
were going bad in the house.. She said,
according to the witness, that she would
go to the country and go to work as
1--WE are about ruined and I will go to
the country and work out; cannot stay
here the witness said were the words Of
her that times were as hard in the coun,
try as they were in the CITY," said
Boehnke, and advised her not to go
If when the Lmetgerts I s who vi knew Mrs. Luet-
CERT well, was called to the witness stand,
Juror William Harler was called upon to
act snne e trial BEGAN that ne Juro
Harler had been similarly called upon,
despite the fact of the discovery that he
was indicted ten years ago in connection
with the Cook County Commissioners
Doodle scandal. States Attorney Deneen
has the utmost faith in Juror Harlers
honesty and today gave out for publica-
tion a letter from ex-State's Attorney
Longnecker concerning the Indictment OF
Harler.
that Harler should never have been IN
dicted.
After a thorough investigation of the
case. he says he entered a nolle PROSE-
aui of the case and Harler was never ar
raigned for trial
Mrs. Koch said she had known Mrs.
Luetgert for IL years, and had lived near
her most of this time. She saw and
talked with Mrs. Luetgert the last week
in April. Mrs. Luetgert was depressed
and taxed about going away. She told
the witness, according to the statement
Of the latter, that Luetgert had been
swindIed by man who had promised to
nav him a big sum for an interest in the
Sausage factory. Luetgert had let the
man have a large amount of money and
the man had run away. This evidence
was in support of the statement of ex-
Judge Vincent at the opening of the
trial to the effect that a promoter had
swindled Luetgert out of $4,000 and that
this was the beginning of the troubles
Of the sausage maker. Other witnesses
testified along this line later in the day.
WARsHIPS' FLITTINGS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. 1897. The
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