Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-05
GET A REST.
Variation in the Bony Monotony
of the Murder Case That Is
Entertaining Chicago.
MRS. LUETGERT QUITE A DWARF,

As Estimated by an Expert from Her Al
legged Femur-Bone-Sawing That Is a
Delight to the Defense-From Osteology
to Soap Making-Maker of the Sapon-
aceous Product Sheds Light on the Sau-
sage Makers Experiment.
Chicago, Oct. 5.-An unexpected turn
in affairs occurred in the Luetgert trial
during the afternoon session of the
court yesterday. The defense suddenly
dropped its line of expert testimony and
put on witness to impeach the evil
dence Of the witnesses for the state.
Ex-Judge Vincent, Attorney Phalen,
Arnold Luetgert and others who are
interested in the defense, held a con-
sultation relative to whether or net
Luetgert should go on the witness
stand. At the close of the conference
last night eX-Judge Vincent said he
had not decided upon the matter. 1t
was intimated that Luetgert might be
called to the witness stand today. In
fact 1t is expected that he will be. The
turn taken in the proceedings Yesterday
permitted counsel to get a line upon the
probable length of time it will require
to finish the trial. States. Attorney
Deneen said that three weeks more
ought to see the end of the case.
Mrs. Luetgcrt Made Out a Dwarf.
For the time being counsel for the
defense in the Luetgert case Yesterday
assumed that the bones offered by the
state as evidence We're human, and then
showed that if the theory is correct the
murdered or missing woman was but
lorty inches in height. Attorney Vim
cent had planned the effect with great
care. and although the state ridicules
the proposition the bold, fiat statement
created no little furry in the court
room. Assistant States Attorney Nc
EVEN was equally sure the states case
was not injured by the development of
the height question. He holds that the
femur in question is so changed by the
potash that its original size can only
be guessed at AS a matter of fact the
femur is not as much changed as those
the defense put through the alleged
process in the vat
Went Out 10 Saw "A Bone.
At one point in the court proceedings
yesterday Vincent asked the court to
allow Professor Ecl1ley- to saw a real
human temporal bone used in the de-
fense's experiment in the same manner
as was done by the states expert when
the alleged temporal bone in evidence
was sawed. The purpose of this was to
compare the two fragments. The result
obtained was not given in court, but
the defense's experts say it completely
overthrows the states claim that its
bone was from a human being. I'VE
had Dr. y. ID. Pierce [expert for the
state1 saw the bone for US" said DR..
B. l.. Riese, so that we would be sure
the states treatment of its exhibit
would be duplicated. Our human bone
is entirely different from the one in
troduced by the prosecution The ar
rangement of the cells is dissimilar and
the articular surface shows no re-
semblanCe to that of the states bone"
Summary of the Expert Testimony.
As to the rest, the experts of the de-
fense yesterday continued to drive nails
in the coffin Of the states bone case.
Eckley declared that the temporal bone
aEd femur are not from a human be-
irE. Samuel c. Plummer, anatomist. testi-
fled that the states exhibits were not
human bones. Louis Gottschalk, soap
manufacturer, described the probable
result of such an attempt to make soft
soap as Luetgert is alleged to have
made, and his description fitted the
story told by the defense.