The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-03

stroyed. The backs were wet and the
theory of the prosecution was that
Leutgert used them and the doors to
cover the watts and increase the heat.
NOW A DETECTIVE.
Sewandowsli was cross examined
briefly without changing his testimony,
and was succeeded in the witness box
by Detective Charles Griebenow. of the
police department The detective said
that in May, the day before the arrest
OF Leutgert. he met the latter in the
saloon of Mrs Torscl, near the Lieut.
CERT factory. Luetgert asked him what
the police had discovered and what he
might expect. the witness told him he
might expect to be arrested, Griebenow
said that when he first met Luetgert
The latter asked him If he had a war
rant for him.
The witness said that Luetgert shook
him by the hand and said: You are my
friend Do what you can for me-
At the conclusion of the officers testi-
mony the court took a recess
When the trial was resumed this after
noon, Gordon B. Clark salesman, fer
Lord, owen & Co., wholesale druggists,
testified that in March last Luetgert
purchased of the firm a barrel of
caustlc potash and 80 pounds of ar
sanic. The articles were to be delivered
at the Luetgert factory.
HER DISAPPEARANCE.
The feature of the afternoons session
Of the Luetgert murder trial was the
Schuetter Before the caotain was
called to the witness chair officer
KIinger detailed the conversation be
tween Luetgert and Watchmdn Bialk
in the latter's house on May 16, when
Rlinger was concealed under a bed
This was simply confederation Of the
testimony of Bialk.
Captain Schuettler said he was first
informed of the disappearance of Mrs.
Luetaert on May by Deidrich Bick-
nes5e, her brother, and Fred Miller
They gave him a description of the
missing woman. That night the cap
tain said he detailed Officer George
Smith to make inquiries in the factory
regarding Mrs. Luetgert. The next day
Officers Dean ard Qualey were detailed
to investigate the case. Shortly after
that. the captain said he and Lieut.
enant Hutchinson visited Luetgert at
his home. The witness told the sausage
maker that they had heard of the dis
appearane of his wife and called to see
what they could do for him
Luetgert was asked to tell his theory
Of his wife's disappearance and he told
the offers he believed she was insane
and had wandered away. He said she
;had been acting strangely for some
time. The witness asked LuetSert why
he had not notified the police. instead OF
keeping silent. Luetgert said he felt it
was a disgrace to him and his children
that his wife had become insane, and
did not like to tell about it. He said
he mad last seen iner shortly after 10
O'clock ON the night of her disappear
ance before he went to the factory for
the night.
Captain Schuettlar said that Luetgert
gave him the names of friends of the
missing woman and he sent officers to
visit all of them and make the inquiries.
DRAGGED THE SEWER.
Search was made for Mrs. Harris in
Cleveland avenue, who was not found,
and visits were made to Wheaton, Ell
gin, Kankakee and other places. The
police dragged the river and searched
the clay hills in the vicinity of the fac
tory, Luetgert, the witness said, took
no part in the attempts to find his wife
and efailed to inquire whether any in
formation regarding her had been
found Once he called at the Sheffield
avenue police station to complain of a
newspaper article intimating that his
wife had not died a natural death, but
While at the station he did not inquire
whether the police had found any
trace of the wife who was missing.
The witness then told of the visit of
himself, Inspector Shack and a num-
Der of officers to the sausage factory,
the examination of the smoke house
and watts and the finding of the rings
in the middle vat. The witness said
the rings we're found by officer Dean,
who was IN the vat examining the bot
tom. BSTl of the rings were covered
with the reddish substance which was
in the vat. The rings, one a plain gold
wedding ring, and the other a guard
ring, we're put in evidence.
Attorney PhaIen began the cross
examination of Captain Schuettler and
asked him to tell the jury all the police
had done to ascertain whether Mrs
Luetgert had been seen at Kenosha or
in that neigh borhood. The captain
said the police had received letters,
most of them anonymous, stating that
Mrs. Luetgert had been seen wandering
near Kenosha and he sent two officers
there to investigate. The officers dis
covered no trace of Mrs. Luetgert.
Attorney Phalen asked the witness
further about trips which he himself
had taken in the Luetgert case. and
the captain said he had gone to New
York TO investigate a rumor that Mrs
Luetgert had been seen there Oh May.
8. Chief of Police Ripley, the witness
said. had received message from the
New York police stating that a man
whose name was Grattey had met Mrs.
Luetgert before her marriage to the
sausage maker, and had been seen with
her on Broadway. The captain said
'he had not gone to New York to find
out whether Mrs. Luetgert had been
there or not. He went to find out
something about Grattey. so that if he
appeared as a witness in the case to
give perjured testimony, his testimony
could be met.
Judge Vincent asked to have the
statement as to the object of the cap
tain's visit to New York stricken out,
but the court said the defense had
called it out. There was a wrangle
between the attorneys. in the midst of
which the court adjourned for the day
Judge Tuthill said he would either
strike out all the testimony concerning
the trip to New York or have the whole
story told the jury.
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