The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-07

currAGo oct. 5.-The testimony in
che Luetgert trial to-day was more IN
,@resHng to the general public than II
,as boen at any time for the last two
r,sts The dry technical evidence OF
~. oyperts gave way to impeachment
evidence offered by the state against
,oo witnesses Tor the defense who had
stated on the stand that Mrs Luet-
rsrt had been seen in the Vicinity OF
Tsnosha. WIS. a few days after the
murder Is said to have been committed
several of those who claimed TO have
s.en the woman around Kenosha Jared
t,,dIv at the hands OF their neighoors.
and Witness Sholey, the principal VIII
moss for the defense, had his character
,orn 10 shreds. one OF his neighbors
Who testified against him, said that he
dld not know what was meant by Sho-
Isv,s "yeracity," but made himself
clear in the next breath by adding: Il
do know though that Sholey Is no
good" , A. .t
That LuetBeEl Hftu Hob Put AtJ b'N
cblppcd beef into his watts for making
soap on the night OF May l, as his BUS
mess partner, William Charles, had tes-
tlhed, because ii had been all carted
away on the morning before. II was
also shown that Luetgert had no occa-
sion to make any soap, FOR when the
factory was seized several days after
the murder Is said to have been commit
ted. great many bars Of soap belong
ing to him were found In the basement
Of the factory,
WITNESSES NOT VERY BRIGHT.
The reputation of Matt sholey, who
testified he saw Mrs. Luetgert in Ken
osha on May and 4, was attacked to-
day and witnesses followed each other
upon the witness stand rapidly to say
they would not believe Sholey under
oath
Several OF the witnesses were not OF
high order of intelligence. The word
"veraclty' floored one of them COM
petey This witness would not believe
the latter because he had been
his partner In saloon venture,
and they had quarreled and dis
solved the partnership. William
n. APPEL, Andrew Larsen, Peter Bar
bos Peter Wagner and other neighbors
Of the man who WIS 80 positive IN his
Identification OF picture of Mrs. Luet-
CERT as the picture Of woman he saw
'in Henosha two days after Mrs. Luet-
CERT disappeared, asserted without res
ervatiOn that they would not believN
ShOley under oath. Sharp cross ques-
tloning by Attorney Phelan usually
brought out the fact that at one time or
another the impeaching witnesses had
had experienced trouble ut the hands OF
Sholey. Witnesses were called to I'M
peach other witnesses who had testified
on behalf Of the defendant.
A STRONG FEATURE.
one Of the strong features in the re-
buttal evidence offered to-day was the
evidence OF Adam Brinker, a teamster
for soap factory. 1t was In reference
10 the tallOw, grease and chlpped beef
which George Eland said he delivered
az the factory on May !, and which
William Charles testified was procured
as some Of the ingredients of soft soap,
which was to be made for the purpose
OF thoroughly cleaning up the big sau-
sage factory, preliminary to It's pros
pecliye sale TO an English syndicate.
Brnker said he hauled all the tallow-
&C pounds and $50 pounds OF bone
away from the factory MAY l. He ex-
planned that 1t was his duty to do this
once each week. usually the last day OF
The week. He conveyed the material to
a solp-making firm. by which he was
employed.
Did you ever see bones, tallow
or mixed grease In barrels other than
the grease you handled on May II"
asked Assistant Attorney McEwen.
NO. The barrels were all empty that
saw In the factory that day"
"DIl you ever put any bones or tallow
In the ice house?"
No"
This evidence was considered import
ant as contradlCting the story Of the de-
iense to the effect that Luetgert had
used barrels OF grease or tallow in the
factory on the night Of May In making
sot, soap. According to the theory OF
Brnker there was absolutely no tallow,
bones or grease In any OF the barrels
Which are alleged TO have been rolled
into the basement and afterwards
dumped into the middle vat. Brinker
added that he know Mrs LuctEprt quite
well and saw and talked with her prior
10 her disappearance. He said she
talked nationally, and that she did much
of her own house work. This latter
statement was in contradiction to the
story ot Mary SimmorIng.
DIDN'T REQUIRE SOAP.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Moan was
called 20 the witness stand to state
wat hH found Mt the Luetgert sausage
factory on May 4, when he made the
'..A.iro under the foreclosure. He SAID
,hA' ha took posscsRlon OF everything In
lh' grocery store connected with the
il0lon lie found among other things
NN boxes Of sDnp Of different brands
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