The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-23
.LUB9GERT'S WEAK CASE
Prosecution Demolishes Rosa
Gleieh = Pitiful Evidence
That the Woman Is
Still Alive.

CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 1897.-The Luetgert
trial opened today with a sensational in
timation by ex-Judge Vincent that the
police were intimidating the witnesses for
the defense. Ex-Judge Vincent soon after
court opened asked that the jury be ex-
cluded while he made a statement to the
Court. After the jury had retired, ex-
Judge Vincent, with Indignation in his
tones and force in his declaration, said:--
If the Court please, there is strong reason
to believe that the police are interfering
with witnesses for the defense and trying
to intimidate them. / do not say abso-
lutely that this is true, but the indica-
tions point almost directly to that con-
clusion I desire an order of Court pro-
hibiting such action on the part of the
police or the prosecution.
sWhy not make the injunction cover
both sides?" suggested States Attorney
Deneen.
THE Court does not require instruc-
tions from any of the attorneys engaged, .
responded Judge Tuthill
81 will make the charge that witnesses
for the defense have been interfered with
and harassed by the police said Attor-
ney Phalen of the defense.
IL lLetL 10 True There SuOulQ D0 du III
vestigation," remarked States Attorney
Deneen.
''If any witness for the defence has
been intimidated it has been done with
out knowledge of the State, and we do
not approve of it,.
II will say now, for the benefit of the
police" said Judge Tuthill, with severity
in his tone, that if hear of any inter-
- = ~,
either side of the case, l will deal with
the offender and my dealing will not be
gentle. This defendant has rights here
and they will be protected
why not order an investigation?
queried States Attorney Deneen.
Mr.. Deneen, this Court will make the
order de-, it deems proper. That will DO
When the jury was recalled, Rose
Gleich was placed on the witness stand
for croSS-eXamination.
This witness was called yesterday to
given on the direct examination by the
prosecution. She stated that she was with
Emma Sehimpke- on the night of May ]
until eleven o'clock and remained with
the Schimpke girl until the latter entered
her home. She denied emphatically that
either of them had seen Luetgert and his
wife leave the latter's residence and go
to the sausage factory as described.
She denied also that Gottlieba Schimpke
who testified that she also knew Luetgert
and his wife, were with Emma and her
ness said that Emma Schimpke since she
testified in the case had admitted to the
witness in the presence of others that
she had lied.
States Attorney Deneen went at this
witness with one of the most remarkable
cross-examinations ever heard in the
criminal court. His questions were fired
at her with the rapidity of repeating
rifle worked to the limit of lie speed. The
witness was quick witted and re-
piled promptly for while, but
she was not as resourcefuI as
the lawyer and after an hour she be-
came confused and her face blazed with
excitement. Then she began to contradict
herself as to important particulars and
made corrections which weakened her
evidence.
Harry Fielder corroborated Rose
GleichS story and asserted that the
mother of the Schimpke girl compelled
the later to tell the story she did.
George Sholey, bartender at the Maple
House in Kenosha, Wis, testified that
he saw Mrs. Luetgert on the night of May
3. He said she came into his saloon
weary and with bedraggled skirts, as If
she had walked far. She inquired the
direction to the house of a farmer named
Mueller.
The following day, sholey said, he saw
the woman again at Spring Bluff, a SUI
burb of Kenosha. Sholey was not ac-
quainted with Mrs. Luetgert but from
the description of her he was positive the
woman he saw was she.