The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25
LuETeERT.s TURN COMES.
Defense begins Examination of Wit
nesses In the Great Trial.

nesses In the Great Trial.
Chicago. Sept. 23.--Adolph l.. Luet-
CERT had his inning in court Wednes-
day. His chief counsel. William
a. Vincent. addressed the jury
for three hours and more. telling them
how much the sausage-maker had been
misrepresented by the state and prom
ising TO explain away the chain of evil
dence that has been wound around him
during the last month of the trial. The
attorney outlined only portion of the
defense. He admitted much OF the evil
dence introduced by the state, but de-
clared confidently he would put an en-
tirely different construction on the
facts proved and show the jury that
however ingenious the states theory
may be considered. il is not the correct
one.
In the course OF his address Attor-
ney Vincent formulated the following
propositions on which the defense will
mainly depend in proving Luetgert's
innocence:
That Mrs. Luetgert is still alive, that
she was highty and had threatened to
leave home.
That the potash used was to make
soft soap TO clean the factory, prepara-
tory TO its being sold.
Concerning the rings found in the vat,
Attorney Vincent said they are not
those OF Mrs. Luetgert and assured the
jury he would produce evidence to that
effect. lie also declared that four OF the
bones identified as human by the ex-
perts OF the state are really those Of
lower animals. With the utmost conf
dence counsel for the defense asserted
he would bring witnesses TO testify 10
seeing Mrs. Luetgert since May and
that proof would be presented that she
is alive. Not the least interesting devel-
opment of the day was the plain intima-
tion of Mr.. Vincent in his address that
Luetgert will go on the stand in his own
defense.
During the afternoon session OF court
four witnesses were heard. The first
witness called was ex-Judge A. A. Good
rich, law partner of ex-Judge Vincent,
chief counsel for the defense. The
witness said that on May 3 Luetgcrt
came TO his Office and with tears i'm his
eyes Informed him that Mrs Luetgert
had disappeared Luetgert said his
wife left on the Saturday night previ-
Gus, May ]. Luctgert told the witness
that his wife was angry because he had
lost his money, and had left him. II
advised him 10 keep the matter out Of
the newspapers" said Goodrich IL
told him IL his creditors, TO whom he
owed some $4,000, heard Of the dsap-
pcarance, they would foreclose imme-
diately." Ralph r, Bradley, another
law partner Of Attorney Vincent, testi-
fed in similar strain to the evidence
of ex-Judge Goodrich.
Adolph Flandt, draymnn, testified
that on May / he took three barrels of
grease and tallow 20 Luctgert's sausage
factory. He understood the stun was
TO be used in making soap. One day
toward the close OF April the witness
said he was at the Luetgert factory and
saw Mrs. Luetgert, who seemed TO be de-
pressed. She remarked during con
versation that nearly everything was
gone, and she thought she would go,
too, pretty soon, and work on a farm
where no one knew her.
Rosa Gleich was called TO the witness
stand TO impeach the evidence OF Emma
Schimpke, who testified for the prose
cutiou that she saw Luetgert and his
wife going from the Luetgert residence
to the sausage factory about ten o'clock
on the night Of May /. Rosa Gleich said
that she was with the Schimpke girls
ON the night OF May 1. They had all
been TO dance. She declared positive
~ that neither OF the Schimpkc girls
had seen either Luetgcrt or his wife that
night and that since she had testified
Emma Schimpke had admitted 10 the
witness that she had sworn falsely and
tried 10 get her to do the same, telling
her she must not be ION Luetgert's
side"