Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-09-02
THE UNLUCKY NUMBER Thirteen Shows Up in the Leut1 1
 gert Case.
 LEUTGERT FEELS IT. The Great Murder Case Will Open
 Next Monday at Chicago.
LEUTGERT FEELS IT.

CHICAGO, Aug 2S.- State Attorney
 Deneen today began preparations for
 ths presentation of evidepce in the
 Luetgerb murder osse, whIch beglna next week. Plans end pictures of the
 big esusage factory at Armitsge heve
 been made, carefully arranged and she
 line to be pursued in presenting the
 case to the jury discussed. Is was de-
 cided to pressnt the details of the Blleg
 ed murder of Mrs. Luaiserb n ss brie
 as possible a msnosr coneistsnt with | oleaR statement of fsc;s which the pro-
 secutiou expects to prove. The defense
 will probably reserve it's statement un Gossip has ie that the number thirteeu
 has shown itself frequsntly in this case
 and although be will not admit i(
 Luetgert is said 10 fear the alleged un
 ucky influence. Luetsert said hs ws l born on thei bhlPseenth day of th Z
 month sud CTR F;uaily spelled his peu{ Adolph Lu;tgert, with thirteen lettersl Is is saiu the most important bit of evS dsnce WAS the ficding ot the gold Rlng,
 which occurred tbiftesn days after the| sllsged murdsr took place. United States Attorney, assIsrauts and three o4 the prose cution witnesses have tbirteeu| letters in sheir Dan.s and the csbalIstic
 number mas bocOSd up serenely in ssv-
 ersl other instances. The twelfth juror having been accepted She court instructed she jury not to read the| newspapers and Instructed them on the| importance ot she case they were to try ] and shen adjourned until Monday.
 CHICAGO Aug. 3O.-Ths trial o4 Adolph Luatga.e began in earnest to-I day the preliminary work of securing jury having been com mpIeted. LonR| before the csse was called the corri1
 psople anxious ho gain admitbance. Contrary to the expectation of tbeI state the jory viii he asked by the del fense to witness an experiment. in theI vat in the basement of the sausage fsc | tory. This to bs the result of sn ex- pertinent conducted by Luesgert's st7 sorney Saturday ard yesterday. TbeI body of man about Mrs LustgeFys sgs and weight, who met his dssth byI violence Thursday was taken to theI factory at GOT University avenue and immersed in to solution of osustio pot-I ash. The rasuis excaeds expectations Experts reported that after boiling the body n s fifteen per cent solution of potash for the same IsDgb of time, three and one bali houFe and uDdsrl the sSms circumstances Rs ths state alleges Luesgere disinssgrated the body of his wife the complete skeleton of the osdavsrsrsmRlnsd intaot and the solu- tion had but lis$le effecs upon the clothing. As the reeult of the test the defense will ib Is said ask Judge Tutt- bill to remove the court end jury to the basement Of the big sausage fsc- tory for 8 feV hours aud witness RD- other experiment. which the dsfenee stete's theory ot disioiegratior. Lieut. gert Ves csin nId c,nL,ssd NlsnI brought .nto coure ;- cd had ef,'srst y beea GFaetiy rsfrssted hy Scr days respia from The iAiiy court rooa, ordeal.
 The hr=s witness exsmined during she afternoon ssseipn wss DFe0zsch Bicknes. brother of Mrs. l. utgeI !, who testified 90 visiting rhs house on May 4th. when Leutsert toid him of his wife's disappearance.