The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-09

CHICAGO, Oct. s.-The evidence Of
the prosecution Ia the trial OF Adolph
L. Luetgert, is now before the jury. The
state rested its case this afternoon. The
closing testimony was of the same i'm
peachlng character that marked the
evidence of the preceding day.
Professor George Dorsey had his IN
nlngs during the afternoon session of
court, and he made matters unpleas-
antly warm for DIR. Allport Professor
Dorsey could have talked for hours up
on the subject OF osteology. He was
prlmed with bristllng facts concerning
bones, but the prosecution confined the
you1; astrological expert to matters
tending to counterart and refute the
statements made by Dr., Airport, the
chief expert of the defense.
Professor Dorsey called attention 70
the fact that during his examination
DR.. Alltort had Identified the femur OF
gorilla as that of man; that he had
identified human femur as a hogs fe-
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buffalo was the patella OF a dog, and
had given II as his opinion that a piece
Of the temporal bone Of shepherd dog
was the temporal of monkey,
DR.. Airport listened to- this evidence
with n half incredulous smile playing
upon his lips. Rut the evidence was
not productive OF anything bordering
upon merits with the attorneys for the
defense. Ex-Judge Vincent CroAs eS-
amlned the witness briefly without ma"
terlal benefit and let him go.
Then Judge Arthur II. Chetlaln was
called to the stand to add the finishing
touch 20 the impeachment OF Mary
Slemmering. When this young woman
was first arrested and charged with
guilty knowledge of the disappearance
of Mrs. Luetgert, her attorneys applied
TO Judge Chetiain for writ of habeds
corpus. Judge Chetlaln, sitting in
chambers, had Mary Slemmering
brought before him and questioned her.
His honor testified to-day that she told
him that she had not made the appiIca-
tioR for release, but that her lawyer.
Arnold Trip, had done so and had set
up the charges in the petition. She
told Judge Chetlaln she had not been
mlstreated at the police station, and
that she had gone to the East Chicago
avenue police station voluntarily, and
was willing to return, there as she
knew she would soon be discharged, be-
cause she had done nothing wrong. Ow-
ing to this state OF facts, Judge Chet-
lain dismissed the petition and the
Young woman returned 10 the police
station.
This evidence demolished the story OF
Mary Slemmerlng. who declared while
on the witness stand that she was sub
jected to indignlties at the hands of
Inspector Setback, Captain Schuettler
and other policemen.
Angelica Schrader, nurse who was
a member of Luetgert's household for
three months, said that the missing
woman was a most uffectionate moth
er.
A sensation was created In The court
room when a woman attired In MOURN
ing garb assembled TO the witness stand
and held up her hand to be sworn.
Tears were In her eyes MS she sank in
TO the witness chair The woman was
Mrs. wilhelmina Miller. sister OF
Mrs. Luetgert. She is so firmly Impress
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weeks ago she donned garb OF
mourning In memory OF Ger sister Mrs
Miller testified while her brlmmlng
eyes were fixed upon the face Of Luet-
CERT. The big sausage maker returned
the gaze Of his sister-ln-law coolly.
Mrs. Miller told OF the kindly dlsposi-
tion OF her sister and asserted that no
mother was ever more patient or more
kind to her children.
Fred Miller, nephew Of LHetgeft, ana
Dledrlch Blcknese, brother of Mrs,
Luetgert, testified to having been fire.
quent visitors to the home Of the Luet-
gerts and to the Kindness Mrs. Luetgcrt
had for her children. This evidence
was called out to combat and impeach
the evidence of Mary Slemmerlng and
Mrs. Mary Charles. who testified that
Mrs. LuetEert treated her children
cruelty. With this evidence the state
rested.
Judge Tuthlll at once adjourned
court until Monday morning, and hur-
rled away to catch train for Nash
vile, Tenn.
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