Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-18
MOTIVEFOR THEMURDER |
SUCH is THE STORY OF THE PROSECUTION
Family WIN be Gone
Into.

Chicago. Sept. 1.-THE prosecution
viii rest its case in the I.uetgert trial
tomorrow after three weeks given to
the presentation of evidence against
the prisoner and four weeks spent in
the trial The prosecution will close its
case with some strong evidence tend
ing to prove the motive for the alleged
crime. The state will endeavor to show
that infatuation for Mary Siemering,
the servant girl in the Luetgert house,
hold, was the cause of the murder. 1t
will be claimed that the big sausage
maker desired to make the girl his
wife, and that he put Mrs. Luetgert
out OF the way i'm order to permit his
marriage with the girl. To prove this
theory Frank Bialk and Frank Odor-
ofslSy. employees of Luetgert who have
already testified in the case, VIII be
put upon the stand and will give evil
dence relating to the domestic affairs
of the Luetgcrts They are expected
to testify as to the friendliness Of
Luetgert for Miss Mary Siemering and
the indignant opposition to the girls
presence In the house made by Mrs.
Luetgcrt The frequent visits of Mary
Siemering to Luetgert in the sausage
factory at unusual hours of the night
seeing Luetgert chase his wife upon
one occasion with a revolver and they
Will tell of threats which they heard
him make With this evidence in, the
state VIII rest.
Today was given up to technical evil
dnece and there was little of interest
in the trial for the outsider.
When Attorney Vincent concluded
his discrimination of Prof. Dorsey.
he moved that the court exclude from
the record all of the evidence OF the
witness and also all of the evidence
of DR.. Norval Pierce In connection with
the identification of the femur and
temporal bonse, on the ground that the
identitications We're not based on a le-
gal or substantial basis, but merely
upon the opinion OF the experts. based
upon certain alleged conditions. The
motion was ovcrruled. The attorney
then moved to exclude all of the evil
dence of Prof. De la Fontalne in which
the latter had stated, these may be
temporal bones, on the ground that the
and sustained and the motion allowed.
capt. Scheuttler was called to the
witness-stand to testify as to collat-
eral facts.
During the closing session OF court
| policemen We're called to the witness
| stand to Identify and describe where
| they found the various exhibits which
have figured in the trial up to date.
The closing hour Of the afternoon ses-
| sion was devoted to the identification
| by Prof De In Fontaine, Prof. Haines.
| Sergeant Spangler and other witnesses
| for the prosecution of exhibits used in
the trial. all Of which will go into the
| jury room when the case is submitted
| to the jury.
The most notable visitor to the ia
NOUS trial today was United States
| Senator William r.. Mason. Senator
| Mason came into court at 1870 o'clock
y. m. and was escorted to the bench
| by II court hailiff. He sat beside Judge
| Tuthlll for over an hour, an interested
observer Of the court proceedings.
II was the opinion of the attorneys
| in the case today that the trial would
last at least three weeks longer.