The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-29

Chicago. Sept. 2S.-The battle between
the experts has begun and from now on
there VIII be dentaIs thrown at the evi-
dence of the medical and chemical wise
men who testified for the state in the
Luetgert case. The defense put its hrst
witness in the expert line on Ahe stand
today and ne viii be followed by long
string of others. The witness OF teday
was Dr. B. L. Riese, who boiled Two
bodies in caustic potash N behalt OF nle
state Another witness OF the dAy was
Armadale Opdyke, peddler, WIG y. , leS- -
fled that long after the murder Is sal1 70
have been committed, he saw Mrs Luet-
gert in the nelghDorhood or Ja1iesVlAe.
Witness SAID that there were no chances
of his being mistaken, and ne identnled
the photograph of her winch ne was
shown in court in the most positive man man
ner. Two gtrlS were PLACED on the S.aAu
to arnDeacl the testimony OF MISS Emma
SchMnpke, who SAID tnat she saw LuetSert
and his wife enter the factory on Nle
night on which the murder is sad 70 4lave
been commgtLei- IAeFe IS q sLlons pto H
ability unat Mary Sismmering Will oe call
ed upon to answer TO the charge OF per
jury. In her testimony she gave evidence
rejecting On the manner in Wnlen sLle hd9
been treated by Inspector SShaach ana
Assistant State Attorney McEWan De
fore the trial and, as she gave kS0rn eVl-
dcQce on the witness stand Directly coil-
trajectory to The sworn evidence she gave
at tine preliminary hearing, the assistant
states attorney says that he will bring a
charge of perjury against ner
COURT PROCEEDINGS OPENED
today with the appearance on the witness
/ stand of DR.. Clarence Ruunertord. u1e
! Luatgert family physician he teSllfled as
stating that she was in fairly good headtn.
| Attorney Phalec inquired as 70 t!le W.
mans mental condition. States attorney
| Deenda objected to the lesson, Unless
sd a ,AXn
| tai diseases. He could not DO fLls, a-Yd,
! after stating that ne visited the Luel9srI
| family tw:ce each month and never saw
! any INCONSISTENCIES in the FANNY, ne was
/ released from the witness stand
/ Armadale Opdyke, fruit vendor from
I near JanesVille Wis, was positive that
! on May he was IN the ylchlty OF ha an
( Zurich near GAINESVILLE. with horse emo
| wagon On the night OF May ne Campva
! out. Sleeping in wagon. In a grove , near
/ MIN he saw two women. 1ney were ly1.lS
I ON the ground and said they were 8oljl6
I to remain there during the night. OpdyKe
( said ne carried an armfW OF nay from
| his wagon and tAey made bed on It
! The witness positively asld uncohdluIIIdiy
/ .dentided a pnotogr4Dn of Mrs. LueLgerC
| as one of the women tie saw in the WOODS
/ near Lake Iuricn uhat night Opdyke saIu
! ne could rot be mistaken He was aoso-
! luteiy sure that one OF une women was
/ Mrs LuetgerU. On croSS-exanl.latl0A ne
I announced that mis- identification was
( based purely upon the resemblance Oh
Mrs. Luetgert's picture to one OF the wo-
! Maggie Shausnnessy was put on the
witness stand to strengthen the linpeaeil-
ment evidence against Emma Scn-ihp PIX PIX
She was with her at the dance nah ople-
site Luetgerts sausage factory the ngnl
OF May l. Size said she saw Luetgert IN
the bar room of the place. and tnat sac
and Emma Sch.mpke left the hdH aoout
q o'cIoex a1d went home. Consequently
Emma Schimpl1a could not nave seen
Luetgert and his wife at II O'Clock.
Marcus Heinneman added the we.Snt o.
his testimony tn that of the others VINO
have told how Mrs. Luetgert had Ire
quently said she was gong away rom ON
home because Luetgert had failed OF
| April 2S, the witness said, Mrs. AuelSef'
tod MIN she was going away
A MEDICAL EXPERT
The defense introduced its medical ex
! pert witness. DR.. Bernard l.. Riese was
called to the stand to tell of experiments
ne had made in dtsintegrdting human
bodies with q 10 per cent s0tuuon OF
caustic soda or potash Dr. REESE f1ra
exuerimenusd in the middle vat-the ont
the body of Mrs. Luetgert is alleged u
{ have been disintegrated in. He said tina
5 tine first experiment was maze with IN
: body of a woman I'VE feet, tWo .nche'
: tail and weighing so POUNDS, Inc Crude
r potash was emptied into the vat in fn'
manner Luetsert is alleged to nave placed
, the potash in the same receptacle OF
May l. and the steam was turned on
= Within few minutes the body was pu
in the vat, then the steam was turTae'
on, and the vat was covered wrdn gum.
sacks. The boiling process was continue
for several hours, with the result t6a
4 very little Of the flesh was left. :
$ physician described the color OF IN
E liquid. It resennbIed, he said, vinegar
Y on the surface of this liquid was fatt.
, substance, the twentieth Part OF an me
deep. The expert said that the teeti
of the subject. extending from the gum
:, we're not injured, but the roots OF tines
a teeth which had been covered with hes
g we're crumbled and in some instances bril-
5 bones of the arms still remained .ntne
It or nearly so. The hair almost ent:rel
: disappeared. In the vat at the begin
ming Of the experiment TWO gold hnge
= had some difficulty in getting them OF
: of the vat as the alkali water burned ri
: hands 1t WIS found that the soiu5io
q had not affected the rings DR.. Pes
q also testified gnat ne had ex9erfnente
? with hair pins. and corset-tne latte
- Mrs. Luetserl's wardrobe. Dt
ferent hlnds of hairpin5 were used. mos
e which were jaDanned came OF the te:
:, minus the japan. Bone ceilWoid -
Il rubber hair1ins were tested and it wa
d by the solution A hard rubber butto
x was placed in the liquid, but it was NJ
~ destroyed.
GREASE FROM THE VAT.
: This was owing, the expert explaine
i to its structure The second exDermeJ
= with the BODY or man was muoA u
" same with the execution that tne VI
n was left uncovered. The process did II,
y require much longer. despite this fac
The effect of this testimony, which
, fact bore out 20 a considerable deg-e
= the statement of the prosecution. W
- to establish an important paint the d
= Tense has kept IN view from the besi'
e. ming. Frank Odorofski' and Frank B-8
:, testified that the floor of the baserei
~ near the middle vat was covered w!
/ grease which had flowed from the VI
L Dr. Rtese testified that the residue fro
both bodies boiled in the vat was We
,e little The fat did not amount to over
X twentieth part Of an inch. the uhystcl,
sc said Ex-Judge Vincent declared tn
a. statement substantialed the story of t
w defense that Luetgert- was making sos
to in the vat and that the grease In q
so SOAP boiled over and flowed on the floor
Ir Ida Larson who was at the dance
IliIrar-ra1r hill -nunngitn I.uaf rart,l faatA