The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
TOLD DAMAGING TALE.
Latest Sensation in luetgert
Murder Case.
STORY OF THE NIGHT wATCHMAN.

Night His Wife Disappeared and That
His Actions Were Unususi-Attorpeys
for the Defense Try to Break Down the
witness-How the State Hopes to Estab-
lish Corpus Delicti.
Chicago, May 27.-When the 1relm-
mary hearing of Adolph l.. Luetgert on
the charge Of numbering his e as
resumed at 1880 o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon before Justice Kersten the cor
ridors of the criminal court building
were filled with people anxious TO gain
an entrance to the courtroom and listen
10 the examination of witnesses. Only
a limited number were admitted, and
when the seats were filled the officers
at the door were instructed 10 turn the
rest away. In spite of the fact that not
a word of testimony could be heard in
the hall the throng crowded about the
door all Afternoon, eager TO see the witt
nesses as they left the courtroom. The
prisoner was brought TO the room by the
rear elevator and through the jury
room, and hence the curious crowd was
disappointed by not seeing the man who
is making the fight for his life against
the gravest charge that is possible TO
be made.
Cross-E Examination by Defense.
The state had rested on its examina
tion of Frank Bialk when the adjourn
ment was taken Tuesday night, and
when the court reconvened Wednesday
the defense took up the cross-eXamina-
tion of the night watschman of the fac
tory. Bialk was one Of the states prin-
cipal witnesses His testimony on the
direct examination was to. the effect
that Luetgert was IN the factory Sat-
urday night May I, from 9 O'clock un-
til o'clock Sunday morning, and that
his actions were unusual. Several state
ments of the old night watchman are
considered OF a very damaging nature
by the prosecution, and when the cross
examination opened the attorneys for
the defense went to work to break down
the witness and shake his testimony.
Upon Professors, Mark Delafontaine
and Walter $. Haines, the expert an
alytical chemists. the prosecution de-
pends to establish the corpus deficit.
In their search for evidence OF this hor-
rible crime, which the police believe was
committed in the basement of the saus-
age factory the night of May ], num-
ber of grewsome articles were found.
These will be introduced as evidence
and will have a great weight in the
trial if it is proved that they are really
( what the state claims they are, namely.
portions of human body.
List of Articles Found.
The list of articles which will be ex-
hibited in court as evidence that the
| fearful crime charged was committed,
( is as follows port on of a human
| skull. several human rrertebrae. a por-
tion of an artificial tooth, corresponding
J to a tooth worn in ar aluminium plate
! by the missing wor IAN. Hair. which
) evidently once belon ged to a woman 5
J switch, from the fac that there are no
| indications of roots. In color IL corre-
J spends to the hair of Mrs. Luetgert;
! and there is already evidence TO show
! that she wore a sw Itch. Several bones.
thoroughly desiccaicd by heat and the
/ action Of Chemicals. which will be
J shown to be the bones ofsa human be-
ing. The com position of the solution OF
| caustic soda, fourd in the vat in the
| basement of the factory. and evidence
! that such a solution will disintegrate
flesh within few hours. BLOOD stains
! from the immedilte vicinity of the
| sleeping room of IL factory where the
murder is supposed to have been com
! mtted. and along the passage where
the bleeding body Is supposed to have
J been carried. 1t is doubtful, however
whether these stains can be proved to
be the stains OF human blood, for the
, reason that they were rather too dry
al the time they were discovered tc
admit of a perfect analysis. A bar OF
iron bearing supposed blood marks and
| found in the sleeping room. A piece oi
| cloth, partly burned by contact with
caustic chemical. and similar to the
dress worn by Mrs. Luetgert on the
night of her disappearance.