The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-09
CUTION SUBMITTED TO THE
JURY.
Her Story OF III Treatment ON the
Part of the Police Proved
False.

day Prof George Dorsey had his in
ming during the afternoon session of
the court, and he made matters un-
plea sanity warm for DR.. Airport. Prof.
Dorsey could have talked for hours
upon the subject of osteology.- He was
prined with bfistling facts concerning
bones. But the prosecution confined the
young astrological expert to matters
tending to counterfeit and refute the
statements made by Dr.. Airport, the
chief expert of the defense. Prof. Dor
sey called attention to the fact that
during his examination DR.. Airport had
identified the fenur of a gorilla as
that Of a man; that he had identified
the human femur as a hogs femur;
had declared that the sesamoid of a
buffalo was the patella of a dog, and
had given it as his opinion that a piece
of the temporal bone Of a shepherd
dog was the temporal of monkey.
DR.. Airport listened to this evidence
with a half incredulous smile playing
upon his lips. But the evidence was
not productive of anything bordering
On mirth with the attorneys for the
defense. EX-Judge Vincent cross-eX-
amined the witness briefly, without
material benefit, and let him go.
Then Judge Arthur H. Chetlaine was
called to the stand to add the finish
ing. touches to the impeachment of
Mary Siemmering. When this young
woman was first arrested and charged
with guilty knowledge Of the dis y
pearanee of Mrs. Luetgeft, her attor-
neys applied to Judge Chetlaine for a
writ of habeas corpus. Judge Chef
laine, sitting in chambers, had Mary
Siemmering brought before him and
questioned her. His honor testified to-
day that she told him that she had lot
made the application for release, but
that her lawyer, Arnold Trip, had
done so and had set up the charges in
the petition. She told Judge Chetlaine
she had not been mistreated at the Pc
lice station, and that she had gone II
the East Chicago avenue station vol
UNFAIRLY. She said she was willing
to return there, as she knew she would
soon be discharged, because she had
done nothing wrong. Owing to his
state Of facts, Judge Chetlaine dismiss
ed the petition, and the young woman
returned to the police station.
MARY'S STORY DEMOLISHED.
This evidence demolished the story Of
Mary Siemmering, who declared, While
on the witness stand, that she was sub
jc cted to indignities at the hands of
Inspector Setback, Capt SChuettler and
other policemen.
Angelica Schrader, nurse, who was
a member of Luetgert's household for
three months, said that the missing
woman was most affectionate mother
A sensation was created in the court
when d, woman attired in mourning
garb ascended to the witness stand
ard held up her hand to be sworn.
Fears were in her eyes as she sank into
the witness chair The woman was
Mrs. Wilhelmina Miller, sister of Mrs
Luetgert. So firmly was she impressed
that Mrs. Luetgert is dead that she
some weeks ago donned garb Of
mourning in memory Of her sister. Mrs.
Miller testified while her trimming eyes
were fixed upon the face of Luetgert.
The big sausage maker returned the
gaze of his sister-in-law coolly. Mrs.
Miller told Of the kindly disposition Of
her sister, and asserted that no mother
was more patient or more kind to her
children.
Fred Miller. nephew of Luetgert and
Diedrich Bicknesz, a brother of Mrs
Luetgert, testified to having been fire.
qaent visitors to the home of the Luet-
gerts, and to the kindness they had
witnessed Mrs. Luetgert bestow upon
her children. This evidence was call
{ ed out to combat and inpeach the evil
dence of Mary Siemmering and Mrs
Mary Charles, who testified that Mrs.
Luetgert treated her children cruelty
With this evidence the state rested
Judge Tuthill at once adjourned court
until Monday morning, and hurried
away to catch a train for Nashville,
Tenn.
Next Monday. ex-Judge Vincent an
nounced, sur-rebuttaI evidence will be
put on. The defense will undertake the
unusual task of inpeaching a Judge
A witness will be called to testify in
rebuttal to Judge Chetlaine's evidences
a.; to Mary Siemnering's statement to
him. The witness will be a newspaper
reporter, who is said to have heard the
young woman's statement.
States Attorney Deneen and First
Assistant States Attorney McEwen
are both pleased over the status of the
case. It will be submitted to the jury
q week from today. States Attorney
Deneen estimated tonight, that the
prosecution of Luetgert would cost the,
county about IS 000 Over $1,000 was
saved by the states attorneys own
corps of stenographers taking the evil
In this trial, lasting two months, is
about one-fourth of the cost of the
Cronin and the anarchist trials.
SMOKE HOUSE FRANK
As a preliminary to DR.. Dorsey's on
slaught, policemen were called early
today to impeach certain witnesses for
the defense who had identified pic
ture Of Mrs. Luetgert as that of a
y1-o77aa n saeT1 in Wis on Nav
3, and 5.
Detective D. Ward Wallbaun1 testi-
fed that Matt Scholey, of Kenosha
had told him some weeks ago that the
picture did not look like the woman
Scheley saw at Kenosha. According to
the witness, Scholey said he had not
noted the appearance Of the strange
woman he saw in Kenasf1a May to be
able to identify her, much less a photo
graph.
Detectives De Celle and Dean gave
impeaching evidence with reference to
other Kenosha witnesses who had said
the woman they saw was, to the best
of their knowledge, Mrs. Luetgert.
Prof Mark Deiafontaine was called
upon to impeaeh the evidence of Prof.
Long, of the Northwestern university
with reference to bones. He expressed
views upon the subject in scientific
terms directly at variance with the
ideas of Prof. Long.
Prof Dorsey followed Prof Delafon-
tame on the witness stand, and had
just got his impeacling battery in
good order. when it was discovered
that Dr. Airport was not in court. The
defense desired that the chief osteolo-
gist of Luetgert's side of the case be
here to hear himself roasted" and
Prof Dorsey was withdrawn tempo
rarily.
Frank Odorofsky, alias Smoke
House Frank" furnished the comedy