The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-09
A JUDGE ON THE STAND
AND AN ATTEMPT MADE TO I'M
PEACH HIS TESTIMONY
VICTIMS SISTER IN MOURNING
Gives Evidence That Mrs. Leutgert Was a
Kind and Afectionate Mother--fWe
Thousand the Cost of Trial,

Chicago, H., Oct. S.-The evidence Of
the prosecution in the trial Of Adolph
l.. Luetgert is now before the jury. The
State rested it's case this afternoon. The
closing testimony of the same impeach-
ing character that marked the evidence
of the preceding day.
Prof. Dorsey had his innings during the
afternoon session Of court, and he made
matters unpleasantly warm for DIR. ALI
port. Prof. Dorsey could have talked
for hours upon the subject of osteology.
He was primed with bristling facts con-
cerning bones, but the prosecution CON
fined the young ostelogical expert to
matters tending to counteract and re-
fute the statements made by DIR. ALL
port, the chief expert of the defense.
Then Judge Arthur III. Chetlain was
called to the stand to add the finishing
touch to the impeachment of Mary Stem
mering. When this young woman was
first arrested and charged with guilty
knowledge of the disappearance of Mrs.
Luetgert, her attorneys applied to Judge
Chetlain for writ of heabas corpus.
Judge Chetlain, sitting in Chambers,
had Mary Siemmering brought before
him and questioned her. His Honor tes-
tilted to-day that she told him that she
had not made the application for re-
lease, but that her lawyer, Arnold
Trip. had done so, and had set up the
charges in the petition. She told Judge
Chetlain that she had not been mistreat-
ed at the police station, and that she
had gone to the East Chicago Avenue
police station voluntarily and was will
ing to return there as she knew she
would soon he discharged because she
had done nothing wrong. Owing to this
statement of facts, Judge Chetlain dis
missed the petition and the young wo-
man returned to the police station.
This evidence demolished the story of
Mary Siemmering who declared while
on the witness stand that she was sub
jected to indignities at the hands of In
spector Schaak, Capt. Schuettler and
other policemen. Angelica Shrader, a
nurse who was member of Luetgert's s
household for three months, said that the
missing woman was most affectionate
mother.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Miller, a. sister Of
Mrs. Luetgert, was the next witness.
So firmly impressed is she that Mrs.
Luetgert is dead that she some weeks
ago donned a garb Of mourning in
memory of her sister. Mrs. Miller tes-
titled while her 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 as
serted that no mother was ever more
patient or more kind to her children.
Fred Miller, nephew of Luetgert, and
Diedrich Bicknez, a brother of Mrs.
Luetgert, testified to having been fre-
quent visitors to the home of the Luet-
gerts' and to the kindnesses they had
witnessed Mrs. Luetgert bestowed upon
her children. This evidence was called
out to combat and impeach the evidence
OF May Siemmering and Mrs. Mary
Charles, who testified that Mrs. Luet-
CERT treated her children cruelty. With
this evidence the State rested. Judge
Tuthill at once adjourned court until
Monday morning and hurried away to
catch train for Nashville, Tenn.
Next Monday, ex-Judge Vincent an
nounced, sur-rebuttal evidence would be
put on. The defense will undertake the
usual task Of impeaching a judge. A
witness will be called to testify in re-
buttal to Judge Chetlain's evidence as
to Mary Siemmering's statement to him.
This witness will be a newspaper re-
porter who is said to have heard the
young woman's statement.
States Attorney Deneen estimated to-
night that the prosecution of Luetgert
would cost the county about $1,000. Over
$4,000 was saved by the States attorneys
own corps of stenographers taking the
evidence for him.