Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-03
WITHOUT Parallel
Chicago's Big Murder Was
Never EquaIIed in the
Annals of Crime,
A MOST STRANGE REQUEST
President Selaya Denies That
Japan Wants to Build the
Nicaragua Canal.
MCKINLEY IS THREATENED

CHICAGO, ILL.,, September 8 =
When the real manner OF the taking
off of Mrs. Lue.gert is known, provid
Ing Of course, she fell before the wrath
of her husband, the world will read
the history of crime without parallel
Not in the memory Of the present
generation, or OF ths closest student Of
criminology, has such a strange case
been brought to the attention of the
officers Of the law. Adolph Leutgert
is charged with the murder of his wife
in one Of twelve ways, yet there is no
corpse to prove that the murder has
been done, or that the woman is real.
ly dead.
In the indictment returned against
Luetgert, he is charged with numbering
his wife in every conceivable manner,
except with the use of firearms or
poison. Death by drowning, stabbing,
beating and kicking in various forms,
are said to have been her portion.
Did Luetgert throw his wife into q
vat filed with caustlc solution, while
she was still alive, or did he first kick,
beat, stab or strangle the life out Of
her, then dismemaering the corpse,
throw the gruesome relics in the vatP
MaYhap, the indictment contends, he
choked her, inducing uuconsciousness.
and threw her into the vat. This CON-
tention, however, is hardly borne out
by The evidence which the state wal
addueing yesterday and to-day. Ais
the testimony goes to snow that blood
was let, but in what manner is mat
ter of conf ;cture.
Showing no trace OF the awful, sick
enink fear which he exhibited, wien
the rings of his wife were displayed in |
conrt, yesterday, Lustgert entered the
court room this morning, smiling
Captain Schuetler resumed the stand, |
and the d5fense Immediately com
msnced its cross examination. The
captain refused to be ssrattled."
Detective Daan testified to the man.
ner ir which two rings, belonging to
Mrs. Lnetgert, were found. With
Inspector Sehaack, Captain Schustler
and Detective Render. he went to the
sausage factory. Setback said to
Schuetler, p ,iuting to the middle of
the vat: "rhis is the vtt." Setback
took out the bung,, while the Others
held bottles to catch the liquid. Dean
went into the vat to force out the sedi-
-ment at the bung, and about an inch
from it he found the two rings, and
some particles of bone, and the sedi
ment had a sickening smell. He ident-
fled the rings.
IL was crucial N oment for Luetgert.
He sat without moving muscle while
Dean scrutinized the rings In his
deep set eyes was an expression of fear
and dread, and to relieve bis agitation,
he turned and conversed with his son,
Arnold. The situation, aggravated by
the silence in the court was dramatic,
and to make it more tense, a band
passed the court building at that mo-
ment, playing a funeral march.
sWhat's the music, Mr.. BaiiffP Have
it stopped" said Judge Tuthill, break
ing awful stiffness The prosecution
mercilessly pushed Its advantage.
Luetgert's attorneys hava received
kilograms from Tonawanda, New York,
saying the detectives believe they have
found the missing Thos. Luetgert.