The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-18
STATE WILh REST
TWO MORE WITNESSES AGAINST
LUETGERT TO RE
HEARD.
MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER.
AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW 1T WILL
BE THE CLOSING
EFFORT.
Sat Beside the Judge for Hour
and Watched the Proceedings
Dry Day.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE prosecu-
ton will rest it's case in the LuetGert
trial tomorrow, after three weeks Civ
en- to the presentation of evidence
against the prisoner and four weeks
spent in the trial. The prosecution
will close it's case with some strong
evidence tending to prove the motive
for the alleged crime. The state will
endeavor to show that infatuation for
Mary Siemering, the servant girl in
the Luetgert house, was the cause of
the murder. 1t will be claimed that
the sausage maker desired to make
the girl his wife, and that he put Mrs.
Luetgert out of the way in order to
permit his marriage with the girl. To
prove this theory Frank Bialk and
Frank Odorofsky, employees of Luet-
CERT, who have already testified in the
case, will be put upon the stand and
will give evidence relating to the do
nestle affairs of Luetgert. They are
expected to testify as to the fondnesS
of Luetgert for Mary Siemering and
the opposition to the girls presence in
the house made by Mrs. Luetgert.
Both men will tell of seeing Luetgert
chase his wife upon one occasion with
a revolver, and they will tell of threats
which they heard him make. With
this evidence in the state will rest.
Today was given up to technical
evidence, and there was little of inter
est in the trial for the outsider. The
closing hour of the afternoon session
was devoted to the identificatin by
Prof Della fontaine, Prof. Haines, Ser
geant Spangler and other witnesses of
the prosecution of exhibits used in the
trial, all of which will go into. the jury
room when the case is submitted for
the jury's consideration.
The most notable visitor to the fam
Gus trial today was United States SEN
ator VIM. E. Mason. Senator Mason
came into court at 1870 p. m, and was
escorted to the bench by court bail
if. He sat beside Judge Tuthill for
over an hour interesting observer of
the court proceedings 1t was the op-
fnion of the attorney in the case today
that the trial would last at least three
weeks longer.
There is said to be a difference be-
tween Luetgert's council with refer
ence to the defendant taking the wit
ness stand in his own behalf. Attor-
ney Vincent is not inclined to permit
Luetgart to do so. Attorney Phalen
believes the sausage maker should tell
his story to the jury. Luetgart him
self is quite determined to go upon the
witness stand, but he also wants to ad-
dress the jury. In all likelihood he will
testify.
When Attorney Vincent completed
his cross-examination of Prof. Dorsey,
he moved that the court exclude from
the records all the evidence Of the wit
ness, and also all of the evidence of
Dr. Norval Pierce, in connection with
the Identification of the femur and
temporal bones, on the ground that
the identificatf0ns were not based upon
a legitimate or substantial basis, but
merely upon the opinion of the experts
ON certain alleged conditions. The mo-
ton was overruled. The attorney then
moved to exclude all of the evidence
of Prof. Dalafontaine, in which the lat
ter had stated ''these may be human
bones" This was approved and sus-
tanned, and the motion allowed.