Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-09

self an important Witness, anu
a Backward Girl With an Uncer-
tain Memory.
Chicago, September S.-The alleged
wife murderer, Luetgert, seemed pleas
ed at the comments of the papers to-
day regarding his entrance in to the
court room yesterday. Accordingly,
when, this morning he stepped into
Judge Tuthills court room for the
thirteenth day of his trial, he repeated
his smiling salute to the jury and lg-
nored the spectators. who evidenced
ehir disappointment at the slight.
The prisoner attempted to catch the
eye of the presiding judge, but the lat
ter dignatary completely ignored the
attempt of the big sausage manufac-
turer to bid him good morning.
Luetgert held a familiar converse
ton of minutes length with the
newspaper reporters near his seat and
then settled down to consultation
with his attorneys. He seemed to be
in unusually good spirits, despite the
damaging evidence during yesterdays
session.
The spectators continue to be mostly
of the fair sex, and the crowds are
growing larger daily.
A greater crowd than ever before
congregated to-day at the huge stone
entrance of the Criminal Court build
ing, aad score fbailiffs and many
of Inspector Schaak's officers were re-
quired to keep open a passageway.
The first witness called was Eugene
B. Palmer "a reporter for the Chicago
Journal. Palmer testified to having
held small bottle under the stream
of pinkish matter which flowed from
the sluice way of the vat when the po-
lice opened the valve. Palmer was fol-
lowed by w. H. Stuart. also Journal
| reporter. who corroborated the evil
dence of his conferee, and also testi-
fed to having delivered this bottle of
pinkish slime into the hands of an
expert who will be called later in the
case
Policeman Bernard Press was called
and identified two steel bits as nieces
he found in the ashes where the sup
posed residue of bones and other MA,
terial which was scooped from the
vat was dumped.
Policeman Fred. Talworitz testified
as to having found a hairpin in the
same pile OF refuse and the hairpin
was produced as evidence, after an OBJ
lection by Attorney Vincent to the eff
feet that it was improper to introduce
as evidence every and any object
which owing to its similarity to sub
jects worn by any and, every woman,
could never be identified as having
been the property of Mrs. Luetgert.
Then came the sensation Of the day
]. H. Odenhrett and w G.. Cadv.
corset makers, were placed on the
stand in succession, and positively
identified the two alleged corset steels
as having been the product Of their
factory. Two certain marks on the
bits Of metal were shown to CORE
spond with new steels which were
produced in court. The witnesses
each testified positively as to the SINH
larity and also to the nact that the
new steels were of the pattern usually
sold by their factory. 1t was consid-
cred by the State to be a great blow
to the defense and was unexpected by
the latter, who hoped to prove that
the two pieces of steel were of scale
band.
Carl Lein, Jr., who is employed by
dentist, described a set Of false teeth
which he had sold to Mrs. Luetgert.
Lein seemed TO be burdened with a
sense of his own importance in the
case, and in the cross examination by
Attorney Vincent, chief counsel for the
defense, he continually objected to the
questions asked and refused to answer
several questions until the court order
ed him to do so. His conduct on the
stand caused considerable merriment
among the lawyers and spectators.
Emma Schimpke, sister to Gottliebe
Schimpke, who testified to having seen
Luetgert and his wife enter the sau-
sage factory on the fated evening. was
placed on the stand to corrobarate the
testimony of her sister She was
very faltering witness and suffered un-
der the scathing cross-examination TO
which she was subjected.
Emma Schimpke was apparently i'm
bued with the idea that, she must tes-
tify only to those matters which hurt
the case of the defenf- Judge Tut
bill administered kim by but firm lee
ture to the trembling ri.
From her the defe Be secured the
admission that she IS not sure she
saw Luetgert and h wife enfor tha