The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-25

Chicago, Sept 24.-The testimony for
the defense in the Luetgert trial today
was for the most part that of witnesses
who said that they had seen Mrs. Luet-
CERT in the vicinity of Kenos:ha, Wis.
within a few days after the date on
which it is claimed by the state that
she was murdered. An effort was made
to introduce evidence regarding threats
that Mrs Luetgert is said to have
made of leaving he1a home. When this
question was first brought up the court
ruled that threats of this kind, when
made not longer than one week prior
to the disappearance of the woman,
would be admissible, but that he could
not permit testimony on this point dat-
ing back further than a week The
witnesses for the defense who were to
testify regarding the intention of Mrs.
uuetgert to leave her home had heard
her make the threats several months
prior to May l and the court threw out
their evidence. Tomorrow the defense
viii make a strong effort to get the
court to alter his ruling on this point
The fact that Juror William Harley
was indicted in 1887 for conspiracy and
bribery in connection with the Cook
county commissioners scandal was
dragged to the front today. There
were no new cases pending against
Juror Harley and he was never put
on trial on the indictments against
him. States Attorney Deneen stated
tonight that ne had known for a
month all about the former charges
against Juror Harley.
THE JURORS RECORD.
Had l been full advised at the time
he was chosen l might have objected
TO him." said the states attorney. Il
have since spoken to eXState's Attor-
ney Longenecker, who had charge OF
the county commissioner Doodle cases,
and he assured me that Juror Harley
was a perfectly honest, honorable and
reliable man and that all the charges
against him had been wiped out. He
was indicted at a time when all men
holding any kind of a county contract
were looked upon with suspicion. The
state is perfectly satisfied With the
makeup of the jury"
States Attorney Deneen was appar-
emily not disturbed by the evidence of
the witnesses from kenoSha, Wis, who
identified the picture of Mrs. Luetgert
as that of a strange woman they saw
in the Wisconsin town On May 3, 4
and 5. Wait until we put on our re
buttal evidence" said the states at
tcrney. I'VE will show this defense up
in a way that will be surprising"
Tomorrow witra,Sas VIII be called to
SHOW Luetgerts treatment of his wife.
IL Will be Sought to be shown thai ne
was a model husband and that his
tlClne life was pleasant, Cr reasonably
50, ard TIA. there was no UNUSUAL
b.ckerinls or quar-. cling between himself
and his wife. Next week tne testimony
of experts in regard TO the homes found
in the factory Will be heard.
SHE TESTIFIED FALSELY.
Mrs. Ma3Ie Scherrer, Miss Maud
S0ilsrveT and Miss Gertrude Mllaer,
testified 1tlts nnrutng that Emma
sthimpke since she had testified fer the
prosecution mad said in their GIelarlng
that hier evidence was entirely false.
St1a said the only reason size testified
falsely was to support the evidence of
her SISTER who had first FED.
Frank Stialebe, a farmer, vino lrves
near KerlJchae Wis. and VINO mad
known Mrs. Luetgert fer seven years,
testified hat he met her ON a. country
read near that town ON May 4. He
shld he did not recognize the woman,
but ne was attracted by her WORN and
generally exhausted appearance. After
ward Wtlen he learned that Mrs. Luet-
e5lit was missing and received descTGp-
5i0n of lyhe ciotI1,rg she Wore When she
disappeared, he WIS confident he had
seen lhEC and that the strange woman
he met on the road was she.