, 1897-10-07

ing dissertations OF astrological testi'
mOny and scandal was dragged forth to
destroy. if possible. the reputation for
truth and v~eracity of the witnesses who
had testified for the defense.
Luetgert came INFO court smiling. He
has swallowed his disappointment at not
being allowed to testify in his own be-
hall. Apparently the desire OF the big
sausage-maker to go upon the witness
stand was genuine. bu there are thOs,
who profess to know that LAetgert
really never intended to tell his story to
The jury. and that his Show OF anxiety
10 do SO was ,niy a ruse to gain public
sympathy.
The reputation of Matt Scholey, who
testified thai he saw Mrs. Luetgert in
KenOsha on May 8 md 4, was attacked
t1iay and Witnesses followed each ON,
er up1n The witness sand rapidly 20 say
they would not believe Scholey under
oath. Several Of the Witnesses were MOI
q: a high order of intelligence. The
word "veracity" nC1red one % them
completely under oarh, because. he said,
the later had been MS partner in a
saloon en;ure and they had quarreled
and dissolved partnership.
William T. Apiell, Andrew Larson.
Peer Barbos, Peter Wagner and o.hei
naighbors OF the man who was so posi-
tive in his identification Of a photograph
OF Mrs. Luetgert as the picture of the
woman he said he saw in Kenosha Two
days after Mrs. Luelgert disappeared,
asserted wichout reservation chat they
would not BELIEVE Scholey under oath.
Sharp and sarcastic cross-examination
by Attorney Phalen usually brought OF
the fact thai ut one time or another The
trouble at The hands of Scholey. Wit
nesses were called to impeach other wit
nesses who had testified in bshalf OF che
defendant.
Gordon Clark. who is connec;ed with
the firm OF Lord. Owen 4 Co., from
whom Lue,gert purchased the barrel OF
po;ash. which he is said to have used
to destroy the body o, his wife. testified
that he fully explained TO Luetgert that
there was no difference between the d.
:ereut brands Of Hunyadi water. This
evidence was introduced in rebuttal %
the story that on the night OF May |
Luetgert sent Frank Bialk, the wI.ch,
man at the sausage factory, 20 a drug
sore twice 10 get Hnnyadi water be,
cause upon the first rip Bialk had Sc,
cured the wrong brand.
Sta,e's Attorney Den5en announced
thai he would have So rebu;-al Witnesses
and that 10 or Is of them would come
from ken-ala, Wis.
Il is expected that the prosecution vii
spring a surprise upon The defense by
producing the woman wac was seen in
kenosha and identified by means OF a
Photograph as Mrs. Luei CERT. This wo>
man is sad 10 be in Chicago now. she
is described as a travelling e%vangelis. OF
somewhat eccentric disposition.
The p~honograph men are having IN
wan AZ 'S''' 49,
ernoon the sausage-maker refused To
talk into a phOnograph receiver uni!
a contract was mad that would assure
him 50 per cent OF the receipts. Il had
been agreed by Arnold Lnetgert. son o.
he prisoner, that the Columbia Phone,
graph company should have an option
upon the talk" for two weeks at SO. 900,
and if the company declined to buy al
that time. the 80 per cen; con,ract
should remain in force. But Luetgert
upset all negotiations by refusing to
talk.
Talk is cheap as a general thing
said he, but my talk costs money to-
day"
Courtland Shaw. manage OF the pho.
nograph company. made The following
announcement in the photographic ma,
chine. which had been carried 10 Luet>
gert's cell: "Adoiph L. Luetgert's WI
denial 0: his guilt, taken in the Cook
county Jail October 5. 1897" Then
Luetgert was urged TO make his state
merc in a 1O-minute talk.
NO on your lie" replied the sau,
sage maker. 81 want the contract made
and signed before I say a word in that
funnel. ! take no mans word for any
thing. I been lied to and lied abou,
ever since I've been here
IAetgert's son tried to persuade his
father to talk to che machine. The pris>
oner turned upon him with:
I'll do nothing OF the sort. You arc
at liberty. l am locked up. ! need
money and you bet I'll get it before I
speak in that tube"
So the machine was carried away.
Late this afternoon matters were patch
ed up and Luetgert was to have told the
story ne did not tell upon the witness
stand.
The phonograph men have a spicy
talk among physicians, reporters and
others. taken at Luetgert's factory last