The times., 1897-09-28
WITNESSES IN REBUTTAL
Preparations of the State to At.
tack Luetgert's Defense.
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DAY
Testimony Given Strongly Favor
able to the Sausage Manufacture r.
Theory That Mrs. Luetgert Is
Alive aud Somewhere in Hiding

Chicago, Sept. 27.-One hundred wit
Luetgert case when the prosecution begins
it's rebuttaI. These witnes ses, men. wo-
men. and children, are expected to give
testimony contradictory to that presented
by the defense, TO impeach that evidence
and BY the prepouderance OF numbers sj!s-
tain the contentious OF the lawyers who
areadvocattngth the conviction Of the sausage
ma ker.
Mary Siemering's reputation will be at
tackled when the rebuttal witnesses are
called. Her appearance on the stand
Saturday has given the State the oppor-
| tunity 1t wished, and a great mass OF
testimony is TO be offered for the purpose
of showing that her relations with Luetger
were more than is or dinarily expected from
domestic.
The story OF Matthew j. Scholey, the
| bar keeper in the Maple Hotel at Kenosha,
| Wis, is TO be refuted. Iu is asserted that
| the State VIII be able TO show that he
was i'll the city the day that he swore was
the one on which Mrs. Luetgert called at
| this hotel and asked for lodging.
Attorneys for the Luetgert defense re-
| cefved the following letter yesterday morn
! ing;
Omaha, Neb., Sept. &c. william A.
| Vincent, Chicago: 1 saw Mrs. Luetgert
| alive and well on May ~ Signed,
H. WADE GILLIAs, ,Tekanab. Neb.'
Two young men picked up a sealed bottle
in Rock River, at Rockford, Ills, yester
day, with the folio wing note in it, Have
| got the worst OF il. Am going TO die. Good
| bye to all good friends.
MRS. LOUISE LUETGER
Near where the bottle was picked up
| was found a womans Fedora black hat,
| with a velvet ribbon on it. The Luetgert
! lawyers are pa wing noattention to thefind,
and the States attorney pronounce it the
work of joker.
| At the opening of court this morning the
| usual crowd throneed about the inots
| of the criminal court buildings. Miss
| Siemering took her seat in the witness
chair aud gIared defiance at Attorney
| McEwen, who resumed the cross-exami-
nation.
she was asked If she did not testify
before the grand jury that Mrs. Luetgert
was kind to her children. Yes" an
swered the witness. II did testify to
that effect, but Inspector Setback told
me to do so unless l wanted to be pun
ished."
Jacob Melbur, OF Wheaton, H., was the
next witness He identified portraits Of
Mrs. Luetgert as portraits of woman
whom lie Sd " ON roadway near Wheaton
| early IN the morning of May s. He spoke
| to the woman, wEo inquired OF hin. the
way to the town.
Charles Vehnke, an employe of the Luet-
CERT factory, testified that the loose doc :,
| which the State attempted to show was used
to cover the vat " hile Mrs. Luetgert was
boiled was in reality used as table 10
hold sausage caslngs. Mrs. LuetgerU had
told witness that she intended to leave
home,
Hrs Augusta Stocks also swore that
Mrs. Luetgert told her she was dissatisfied
and was going away.
William Charles, Luetgert's s business man
ager, was most Important witness. He
explained 20 the jury that shortly prior
to May / he and Luetgert talked of clean
ing up the factory. On May l he saw
the potash solution in the vat and helped
Luctgert dump three barrels of grease
and bones into the vat to make soft soap.
The next morning the vat was cleaned
up BY means of a hose.
| Cross-examination failed to lessen the
effect OF Charles testimony, though Mr.
| McEweu tried to get him to acknowledge e
that he had ordered the bookkeeper OF
the company to falsify the books to show
largely increased profits. This was, il
was intlmated, to dazzle an English syn
dicate vi hich contemplated buying the
factory.