Evening journal., 1897-09-24
SAY THEY SAW HER.
Kenosha (Wis.) People Claim to
Have Seen Mrs. Luetgert.
TWAS AFTER HER ALLEGED DEATH.
The Defense Produces Some Startling
Evidence and Impeaches the Testi-
mony Given by Emma schimpke,
a Star Witness For the state.

star witness For the state.
CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-Yesterday's pro-
eeedings in the Luetgert murder trial
were the most remarkable that have
occurred within three weeks. In the
face Of the sensational circumstantial
evidence that has been produced to
prove that Mrs. Luetgert met death in
her husbands sausage factory on May
three witnesses testified that they saw
the woman alive on May and 4.
One of these witnesses talked to her
and believed from description and
photograph of Mrs. Luetgert that the
woman he saw was Mrs. Luetgert The
witness was one Sholey, a barkeeper at
the Hotel Maple, Kenosha, Wis. He
said he saw a strange woman at the
Hotel Maple on the evening of May 3.
He talked with her nearly 10 minutes.
She asked to be directed to the farm of
one Mueller, in the neighborhood, but
as no one seemed to know of such a
person the woman left on the follow
Ing day. He described her general ap-
pearance and her clothing and identi-
fed a photograph Of Mrs. Luetgert as
the woman he saw.
On cross examination by State At
torney Dineen. Sholey also fixed the
weight of the woman he saw at 100 or
i40 pounds
Then he hesitated, said he had got
mixed up and remarked that the wo-
man weighed rs to 11S pounds, which
was about Mrs. Luetgerts weight. This
hesitation and correction was made
much Of by the prosecution, which init
mated that Sholey had forgotten the
weight that probably had been told him
at first.
Policeman Henry Feldshaw of Keno
sha, Wis, testified that he saw astrange
woman in the police station Of his town
on May 3. The witness said he after
ward saw the woman at the Hotel Ma
pie and the following day at the rail-
way station. He described her as a
blond and said she wore q sailor hat
and slippers One of the slippers she
had worn was found I'm the police sta
tion after she had left. The witness
Identified the picture of Mrs Luetgert
as closely resembling the woman he
saw.
William J. Grunsten, a clerk in the
Grant hotel, Kenosha, Identified the
photograph as the picture of a woman
he saw in his hotel on May 3. He said
she came to the hotel and remained ten
minutes and left. He described the wo-
man and corroborated the testimony OF
other witnesses
Emma Schimpke came to the court
room in the afternoon 10 hear Rosa
Gleich impeach her evidence given on
Wednesday. She was fighting mad
WHEN she heard herself made out a
falsifer Attorney Phalen discovered
her presence in the room and called her
TO the witness stand. When asked if
she had not told Rosa Gleich she had
lied. the witness replied, Il don't re-
member"
Did you not tell Harry Fielder you
lied when you said you saw Mr.. and
Mrs. Luetgert on May u"
Il don't remember"
Did you not tell Rosa Glech you did
not see Mr.. and Mrs. Luetgert the
night of May II"
II may have said So"
Mrs. Matte Sherrer. the last witness
Of the day. testified positively that EN-
ma Schimpke told her that the testi-
mony the Schimpke girl had given on
the witness stand was untrue.