The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-07
Character of One OF the Men who
Says He Saw the Missing woman at
KenOsha Torn to Shrcds.
ANOTHER POINT FOR STATE
NO SOAP BOILED IN THE SAUSAGE
MAKERS FACTORY MAY1.
All Grease Hauled Away the Morning
BefOre-The Defendant and the
Photograph People.

to the general public than it has been at
any time for the last two weeks. The dry
technical evidence of the experts gave way
to Impeachment evidence offered by the
State against the witnesses for the defense
who had stated on the stand that Mrs
Luetgert had been seen in the vicinity of
Kenosha. Wis, within a few days after the
murder is said to have been committed.
Several of those who claimed to fave seen
the woman around Kenosha faied badly
at the hands of their neighbors, and Wit
ness Schoiey, the principal witness for the
defense on the Kenosha story, had his
character torn to shreds. One of his neigh
bors who testified against him said he did
not know what was meant by Scholey's
veracity, but made himself clear in the
next breath by adding, II do know, though
that Scholey is no good"
Evidence was introduced to show that
Luetgert had not put any grease or
Clipped bone into his watts for making soap
on the night of May /, as his business part
ner. William Charles, had testified be-
cause it had been all carted away on the
morning before 1t was also shown that
Luetgert had no occasion to make any
soap, for when the factory was seized by
deputy sheriff several days after the
murder is said to have been committed a
great many barrels of soap belonging to
him were found in the basement of the
factory.
The first witnesses were those who at
tackled the evidence of Matt Scholey, who
testified that he saw Mrs. Luetgert in Ke-
nosha on May 3 and 4. Witnesses followed
each other on the stand rapidly to say they
would not believe Scholey under oath. Sew
eral of the witnesses were not of a high or
der of intelligence. One would not believe
Scholey because, he said, the latter had
been his partner in a saloon venture and had
quarreled and dissolved the copartnership.
Wlllam r. APPEL Andrew Larsen Peter
Barbos, Peter Wagner and otner neighbors
OF the man who was so positive IN his
identification of photograph OF Mrs. Luet-
CERT as the picture of the woman he said
he saw in henosha two days after Mrs
Luetgert disappeared asserted without res
erVatlon that they would not believe Scholey
under oath. Sharp and sarcastic cross
questioning by Attorney Phalen brought out
the fact that at one time or another the i'm
peachlng witnesses had experienced trouble
at the hands of Scholey.
witnesses were called to impeach other
witnesses who had testified on behalf of the
defendant. Gordon Clark, who is connected
with the firm of Lord owen q Co. from
whom Luetgert purchased the barrel of Not
ash which he is said to have used to destNDy
the body of his wife, testified that he once
difference between the different brands of
hunyadi water. This evidence was intro
duced in rebuttal of the story that on the
night of May l Luetgert sent Frank Bialk,
the Waterman at the sausage factory to a
drug store twice to get hunyadi water be-
cause upon the first trip BiaIk had secured
the wrong brand.
A TRANSFERS EVIDENCE.
One Of the strongest features in the re-
buttal evidence offered to-day was the evil
soap factory. 1t was in reference to the tall
low, grease and Clipped bone which George
Eland said he delivered at the factory on
May and which William Charles testified
was procured as some of the ingredients of
soft soap which was to be made for the
purpose of thoroughly cleaning up the big
sausage factory preliminary to it's pros
pective sale to an English syndicate Brink
er said he hauled all the tallow-sixty- six
poundS-and $50 pounds of bone away from
the factory May l. He explained that it
was his duty to do this once each week.
usually the last day of the week. He con-
veyed the material to soap making firm by
which he was employed.
Did you see bones, tallow or mixed
handled on May 1?'' asked Assistant States
Attorney McEwen
mo; the barrels were all empty that I
saw in the factory that day."
Did you ever put any bones or tallow in
the icehouse?
mo"
This evidence was considered important as
contradicting the story of the defense to the
effect that Luetgert had used barrels OF
grease and tallow in the factory on the
night of May / in making soft soap Ac-
cording to the story of Brinker there was
absolutely no talloW, bones or grease in the
barrels which are alleged to have been
rolled into the basement and afterwards
dumped into the middle vat. Brinker added
that he knew Mrs. Luetgert quite well and
had seen and talked with her just prior to
her disappearance. He said she talked ra-
tionaIlv and that she did much of her own
house work This latter statement was in
contradiction of the story of Mary Stem
ering.
the witness stand to tell about what he
found at the Luetgert sausage factory on
May a. when he MADE the secure nnuel tnIe
sion of everything in the grocery store con-
nected with the factory. lie FOUND among
other things 100 boxes of soap of different
brands This point was brought out to I'M
nress upon the jury that Luetgert did not
require the soap it is asserted he proposed
making. -, IL.
ness stand and an effort was made to show
nv her that all the impeaching evidence
that had been produced py tne ueLe,se OH osl
standing of her story. On direct examlna-
ton she had stated that she saw Luetgert
and his wife going toward the sausage rae
torv AT 1890 O'Clock the night of May ].
She was asked upon cross examination II
She had not testified to seeing Luetgert and
his wife on May %. The witness said she
had not She had said, however, that on
the night of May % she met Harry Fielder
and other BOYS at about the same point she
met them on the night of May !, upon
which date she had seen Duetgert ana ms
wife Attorney Phelan shoWered queS-
tions upon the witness relative to her meet
ing bovs at night. Her face became scarlet
ard she became angry and snapped back
her replies in a manner that amused even
Judge Tuthill while the spectators smiled
broadly.
MRS. LUETGERTS DOUBLE.
Tomorrow witnesses from Kenosha,
Wis. will be called to the stand TO refute
the stories of the persons who stated posi-
lively that they saw Mrs Luetgert in the
Wisconsin town on May 8. and 5. 1t is
expected that these witnesses will be con-
fronted with the woman they mistook for
Mrs. Luetgert. This woman was traced to
Joliet by Detective Decele She is said to
be in Chicago now. She is described as
travelling evangelist or somewhat eccentric
disposition.
The photograph men are having fun with
the I.uetgert case. Yesterday afternoon the
big sausage maker refused to talk into
made that would assure him so per cent. of
the receipts. 1t had been agreed by Arnold
Luetgert son of the prisoner. that the CO.
lumbia Photograph Company should have
an option upon the talk" for two weeks at
$1,000 and if the company declined to buy
at that time the 80 per cent. contract should
remain In force. But Luetgert upset all
negotiations by refusing to talk. Talk is
cheap, as a general thing" said he. but
my talk costs money to-day. CORTLAND
Shaw. manager OF the photograph COM
pany, made the following announcement in
the photographic machine. which had been