The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-24
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.
THREE WITNESSES WHO SAW
MRS. LUETGERT ALIVE.
A Barkeeper Who Talked to Her in
Kenosha, Wis.-Charge of Tam
pering With Witnesses for De
Tense.

Chicago, Sept 2S.-Viewed from va
rioua standpoints. today's proceedings
IN the Lnetgert murder trial we're the
most remarkable that have occurred
Within three weeks In the face of the
sensational circumstantiaI evidence
tending TO prove that Mrs. Luetgert
met her death 81 her husbands sausage
factory on May 1, three witnesses tes-
titled today chat they SAW thu woman
alive On May and 4 One of these
witnesses talked to her and believes
from description and a photograph
of Mrs. Luetgert that the woman he
saw WAS Mrs. Iuetgert- This witness
was Matt J. SlToley, q baTl1eeper at the
Hotel Maple, Kenosh, Wis. Re said
ne saw q. strange woman at the Hotel
Maple on the evening OF May .. de
talked With her nearly ten minutes She
asked to be directed 20 the farm OF one
Mueller in the neighborhood, but as no
one seemed to know of such person,
the woman left.
The following day Sholey again saw
the woman He described her general
appearance and her clothing and iden-
titled a photograph Of Mrs. Luetgert
as the woman On cross examination
by States Attorney Deenen the witness
ct first placed her weight at 100 or 140
pounds. Then he hesifafed- said he
had got mixed up-aud remarked that
the woman weighed rs to rs pounds,
which was about Mrs Luatgerts
weight. This hesitation ard correction
was made much of By the prosecution
which inIimated that it indicated that
Sho-ey had forgotten tile weight that
had been probably told him at first.
Policeman Henry Fe!dsha.w of Ken
oSha, Wis, testified that he saw a
strange woman in the police station of
lliS town On May 3. TIE WtVaess said
he afterY ards saw the woman at the
Hotel Maple and me following day at
the railway station He described the
woman as q blonde ara said sha wore
a sailor h2r ard slippers. one of the
slippers She had Wcrn was found in
the police station after she had left.
The witness Identified the picture CT
Mrs LueJgert as closely resembling the
woman he saw.
William Gunsten. d cielh In the Grand
Hotel henosha. identified the photo
gram as the picture of q woman he
saw in the hotel on May 8 He said she
came into the hotel and remained ten
minutes and left. He described the
woman and ccrroburated the evidence
of tlle other Witnesses
The LeutSsTt trial opened today With
a sensational intinlaIl1ia by ex-Juige
Vincent that the police were h13lmatng
IIle WITNESSES fCT- Tll2 lCil1utSa
Rosa Gleteh was placed on sChe wit
mess stand for cross-exanlinaiasons she
Stated THAI she mas with Emma
ScfiHnpl0e on the night of May l ual q
II O'clock and remained with yG.e
Sollicnplle gilg until the latter emse~s.!
her home. She denied elnphaticalty ma.
either of then had seen Luetgert ana
mis- wife leave Ila la1terS residence and
go up to the sausage factory as de
seribed.
Harry Fielder. ccrroborated Rosa
Gleich's story and asserted that TIE
mother of the Schlmpke girl had COM
PEELED the latter TO teN the story SIM
did.
George S. Haley. q bar tender at tle
Maple House in Kenos.ha Wis, test
fed that NE saw Mrs. LuetSerl on the
night Of May 3. He sad she came taiso
ms saloon weary as If she had walked
TAR. She inquired the direction 10 the
house OF q farmer named Mueller The
following day Haley said he saw the
woman again at S151-iE1s Bluff. asuburb
of henOsba. He was uct acquainted
with Mrs. LuetgerG hut from the de-
scr1ptfon of her ha was positive the
woman he saw was she.
The crowd at the court house today
Was larger than usual and the struggle
10 secure admission to tina court rcuUn
p2rtook of the nature of a GTot. Humid
reds were turned away and the officers
on duty at the door had several en-
counters with unruiy visitors.