Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-07

testimony in the Luetgert trial moved
wit refreshing rapidity to-day. The
IMPLYING technical scientific disser
tabns Of astrological experts gave
Pile to short, crisp approaching testi-
my. Metacarpals, sesamoids, femurs,
taporals and other bones were
sired away in the judicial cupboard
ad scandal was dragged forth to de-
s'oy, if possible, the reputation for
ruth and veraeity of the witnesses
kho had testified for the defense.
This sort of thing interested the crowd
in the court room vastly more than
the exposition of profound learning
I by the eminent opposing experts.
Luetgert came into court smiling
He had swallowed his disappointment
at not being allowed to testify in mis-
own behalf. Apparently the desire of
the big sausage maker to go upon the
witness stand was genuine, but there
are those who profess to know that
Luetgert really never intended to tell
his story to the jury and that his
show of anxiety to do so was only a
ruse to gain public sentiment.
The reputation of Matt Scholey, who
testified he saw Mrs. Luetgert in Ken
osha on May and 4, was attacked to-
Gay and witnesses followed each other
upon the witness stand rapidly to say
that they would not believe Scholey
under OATH
Several of the witnesses were not
of a high order of intelligence. The
word ''veracity" fioored one of them
completely. This witness would not
I. believe Scholey under oath, because,
he said, the latter had been his part
er in saloon venture and they had
uarrelled and dissolved the co-part-
ership. William T. APPEL, Andrew
4arsen, Peter Barbos, Peter Wagner
and other neighbors of the man who
was SO positive in his Identification
of a photograph of Mrs Luetgert as
the picture of the woman he said he
saw in kenosha two days after Mrs.
Luetgert disappeared, asserted without
reservation that they would not be-
iieve Scholey under oath.
Sharp and cross oss-questioning
by Attorney Phalen usually brought
out the fact that at one time or an
other the impeaching witnesses had
experienced troubles at the hands Of
Scholey. Witnesses were called to
,mpeach other witnesses who had tes-
titled on behalf of the defendant.
Gordon Clark, who is connected with
The firm of Lord, Owen & Co., from
whom Luetgert purchased the barrel
Of potash which he is said to have
used to destroy the body of his wife.
testified that he once explained to
Luetgert that there was no difference
between the different brands of hun
yadi 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, because upon
the first trip Bialk had secured the
wrong brand.
States Attorney Deneen announced
to-day he would have eighty-fve rea
buttal witnesses, and that ten or IF
teen of these would come from Ken
osha, Wis. 1t is expected that the
prosecution will spring a surprise
upon the defense by producing the wo-
man who was seen in Kenosha and
identified by means Of photograph as
Mrs. Luetgert. This woman was
traced to Joliet by Detective Decelle.
She is said to be in Chicago now She.
is described as a travelling evangelist
of somewhat eccentric disposition.
One of the strong features in the re-
buttal evidence offered in the trial to-
day was the evidence of Adam Brinker.
q teamster for soap factory. 1t was
in reference to the tallow. grease and
Clipped bone which George Eland said
he delivered at the factory on May /,
and which VIM 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
its prospective sale to an English syn
dictate. Brinker said he hauled all the
tallow-66 pounds. and $50 pounds Of
bone away from the factory, May /.
He explained that it was his duty to do
this once each week, usually the last
day of the week He conveyed the
material to soap making firm by
which he was employed.
Did you see bones, tallow or mixed
grease in barrels other than the grease
you handled on May 12'' asked Assist
ant Attorney McEwen.
mo, the barrels were all empty that
saw in the factory that day"
did you ever put any bones or tai
low in the ice house,"
NO"
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