The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-24

CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-vIewed from
Various standpoints to-day's proceed
inrs in the Luetgert murder trial were
the most remarkable that have occurred
within three weeks. In the face OF the
saosational circumstantlal evidence
tbat has been produced 10 prove that
Nrs Louise Luetgert met death In her
husbands sausage factory on May l.
three witnesses testified to-day that
they saw the woman alive on May and
one OF these witnesses talked to her.
and believed from a description and n
photograph OF Mrs. Luetgert that' the
woman he saw was Mrs Luetgert. This
witness was Matt ]. Sholey, barkeep-
or at the Hotel Maple, Kenosha, WIS
lie said he saw q strange woman at the
Hotel Maple on the evening OF May D.
ua talked with her nearly ten minutes.
Shs asked 20 be directed to the farm or
one Mueller, in the nelghborhood, out
MS no one seemed to know of such
nerson. the woman left. The following
dnv sholey again saw the woman, He
descrtbed her general appearance ana
her clothlnq and identified a photo
graph OF Mrs. Luetgert as the woman
he saw. a.
on cross-examinatlon by States At
torney peenan, witness Sholey at frst
fixed the weight OF the woman he saw
Mt one hundred and thirty or one hum
dred and forty pounds. Then he hesita-
ted-snid he had got mixed up-and re-
marked that the woman weighed one
hundred and fifteen TO one hundred and
eighteen pounds, which was about Mrs.
Luetgert's weight. This hesitation and
correction was made much of by the
prosecution which lntinated that II In
dIcated that Sholey had forgotten the
weight that had been probably told him
at first,
Claim They Saw airs. Lustgsrt
Policeman Henry Feldshaw, of Ke-
nosha, wis, testified that he saw
strange woman at the Hotel Maple, and
the following day at the railway sta
tlon. He described the woman ns
blonde, and said she wore sailor hat
and slippers. One of the slippers she
had worn was found In the police sta
tion after she had left. The witness
Identified the picture OF Mrs. Luetgert
as closely resembling the women he
saw.
william j. Grunsten, a clerk in the
Grant hotel. Kenoshn, identified the
photograph as the picture of a woman
he saw in his hotel on May 3. He said
she came into the hotel and remained
zen minutes and left, He described the
woman and corroborated the evidence
OF the other witnesses.
Emma Schimpke came to the court
room in the afternoon to hear Rosa
Gleich iinpeach her evidence given on
wednesday She was ilghtlng mad
when she heard herself made out fab
slfler. Attorney Phalen discovered her
presence in the room and called her to
the witness stand. When asked II she
had not told Rosa Glelch she had lied
on the witness stand. the witness re-
piled: II don't remember"
did you not tell Harry Fielder You
lied when You said you saw Mr. and
Mrs. Luetgert May 1?'
"I don't remember"
Did you not tell Rosa Gleich YOU did
not see Mr. and Mrs. Luetgert the night
OF May II"
~ may have said So"
Mrs. Matte Scherer, the last witness
of the day. testified positively that En-
ma Schlmpke told her that the testi-
mony the schimpke girl had given on
the witness stand was untrue.
Intimidation or Witnesses Charged.
The trial opened In the morning with
n Sensational lntImatlon by ex-Judge
Vincent that the police were lntimidat-
ing the witnesses for the defense. Ex-
Judge Vincent soon after court opened,
asked that the jury be excluded while
he made statement 90 the court After
the jury had retired. ex-Judge Vincent
with Indignation In his tones, ana force
In his declaration, said:
"ff the court picnse there IS strong
reason to believe that tho police nre In
terfering with witnesses for the defense.
and trying 10 intimidnte them. do not
cav absolutely that this Is true, but the
Indications point almost directly to
that conclusion I desire on order OF
court, prohibiting such action on the
part Of the police or the prosecution.
why not make the Injunction cover
both sldcs?" suggested States Attorney
Becnan
THE court does not require lnsiriic-
ton from any OF the attorneys engag-
cd, sharply responded Judge Tuthlll
~ VIII make tho charge that Witness
~ for the defense have been interfCrcd
with aud harasscd by the police" said
Attorney phalcn, of the defense
"lf that ls truc, there should be an
investigation" remarked states Attor-
ney DeCucn.
"if any witncsB for the defense hns
been lntlmldnted," continued Attorney
Dccnen. "lt has been done without
knowledge of che state, and we do not
approve uf IT,"
- win say now. FOR the bcncHt Of the
police" said Judge Tuthlll with scvcr-
ny In hls tones. that n I hear of any
Interference with witnesses ON either
eide In this case ! viii deal with the
offender and my dealing viii not be-
npntie This defendant hnH riThtn hero
and they Will be- protected"
why not order an lnvc'tlgnllon2"
qucrlcd states Attorney Dcencn,
"Mr Docnon, this court win mnkc tho
order II deems proper Thnt VIII do
Correction with VonueAnso,
Late In the nttornoon the wlnoaF,
who had testified that he saw Mes,
Luolgcrl In Itcnoshn nnd that she wnl
a waman Weighing ouc hundtod aud
forty pounds announced that ho dpHlr.
pl l0 correct hla testimony lia took
the stand nnd delivered himself OF the
following.
when I Hall the woman weighed
put Iutunrp1 and FYVIV pDuu1u I unUuuf