Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-04
THOSE FATAL RINGS.
Supposed to Have Been on Mrs.
luetgSrt's Fingers When She
Disappeared Last May.
THEY MAY HANG HER HUSBAND.

SEVERAL Women Identify the Gold Circles
Found i'm the Vat of Horrorx In the Sau-
sage Factosy ss Those of the Missing
"oman-Her Initials Engraved Inside Of
One OF Them, the Wedding Ring Other
Testimony Presented.
chicago. Sept. 4.-Briei1y stated the
following We're the features yesterday
IN the Luetgert trial:.The defense failed
20 have important points in Captain
Sehuettler's testimony stricken from the
record. Officer Bean identified Mrs.
I.uctgert's rings and described their
discovery in the middle vat. Mrs. Ida
Il. Harris dealt the defense a severe
blow by her positive Identification of the
rirrgs. Mrs. Alvira STANCE told Of quar-
rels between Luetgert ard his wife, and
partly Identified the rings. Carl Voelker
testified that he taught Luetgert many
of the mysteries Of chemistry and told
OF an instance when the sausage-maker
attacked his wife and another woman in
the factory.
State Not Looking for Mrs. Luctgert.
The cross-examination of Police Cap.
tain Schuettier was resumed where 1t
was left Off Thursday. Attorney Vim
cent. for the defense. asked to have
stricken fror. the case the captains
statement tfat he did not go 20 New
York TO find out whether Mrs. Luetgert
had been seen there, but to look up the
reputation Of Grotty, the man who said
he had met her on Broadway. Attorney
Vincent said the statement was prejud.
cial. The court refused to sustain the
motion and Captain Schuettler told Of
his trip to New York and his investiga-
tion Of Grot,y's reputation. He said the
state wanted to be prepared to prove he
was a perjurer If he appeared IL The
case as witness for the defense.
Gold Rings That Were in the va..
Lieutenant George Hutchinson corrG-
torated the testimony Of Captain
Schuettler as TO the visit made by him
and Schuettler on May 10 Luetsert at
the latters home TO secure from him a
statement regarding the Disappearance
Of his wife. lie said Luetgert stated that
he had hired no detectives to look for
his wife, although he had previously
told Bickrese he had engaged two pri-
~ate detectives. officer Walter s. Dean
Of the Sheffield avenue station. intro
duced the subject of the rings found in
the vat in the sausage factory. 1t was
officer Dean who found the two gold
rings in the middle vat In which II is
charged Mrs. Luetgert's body wGs dis
solved in caustic potash. The officer told
of the examination OF the vat and the
discovery of the trinklets in the same
manner II had been narrated by other
witnesses.
Mrs. Harris and the Rings.
He was followed by Mrs. Ida Harris,
who was the first of series of witnesses
who identified the rings as having been
worn by Mrs. Luetgert Mrs. Harris
said she had known Mrs. Luetgert for
seven years and she had often visited
her at her home. She was positive that
the large gold bard with the initials Il.
L." and the mark '1SK" in the inside
was Mrs. Luetgert'sw wedding ring. About
five years ago. she said. while she was
sitting with Mrs. Luetgert in her kitchen
the sausage-maker's wife took off her
rings and showed them to her. The
smaller ring was worn as a guard to
keep the wedding ring on the finger.
The guard ring had milled edges. but
the milling was more distinct five years
ago than 1t is now. The witness could
not tell vher she had last seen the rings
on the hand OF Mrs. Luetgert.