The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-14
.LU{TGER' MURDAR TRIAL
taking OF TESTIMONY MOVING
p.pIDI,y-sHORT, CRISP I'M
PEACHING TESTIMONY.
DEFENDANTS TALK IS NOT CHEAP
Efforts to Get Him to Talk into
phonograph Had to BE Accompa-
MED by Assurances of Pecu-
MARY Returns.

Chicago. Oct 6-T'he taking of testi-
mony in the Luetgert trial moved with
refreshing rapidity today. The mysti-
flying technical scientific. dissertations
of astrological experts gave place TO
short, crisp, impeaching testimony.
The reputation of Matt Scholey, who
testified that he saw Mrs Luetgert in
Kenosha on May 3 and 4, was attacked
today and witnesses followed each other
on the witness stand rapidly to say they
would not believe Scholcy under oath.
Several of the witnesses were not of
high order of intelligence. The word
"Veracity" tioored one of them COM
pletely. This witness would not be-
lieve Scholey under oath because he
said the latter had been his partner in
saloon venture and they had quar-
relied and dissolved partnership in a
, saloon.
William r. APPEL, Andrew Larsen.
Peterson Wagner and other neighbors
of the man who was so positive in his
Identification of a photograph of Mrs.
he said he saw in Kenosha two days<
after Mrs. LuetgCrt disappeared as
serted without reservation that they
would not believe Scholey under oath.
Sharp and sarcastic crCss-questioning
| by Attorney Phelan brought out the
! fact that ut one time or another the
| impeachng witnesses had experienced
trouble at the hands of Scholey. Wit
nesses were called to impeach other
witnesses who had testified on behalf
of the defendant.
States Attorney Deenan announced
! today that he would introduce eighty
| five rebuttal witnesses. 1t is expected
that the prosecution will spring sur
prise upon the defense by producing
4 hn p-h u-D m ID &c M
and identified by means of Il photograph
as Mrs. Luetgert. This woman was
traced to Joliet She is said to be in
Chicago now. She is described as
travelling evangelist of somewhat &C.
centric disposition.
The photograph men are having fun
with Luetgert. Yesterday afternoon
into IL monograph until a contract was
made that would assure him 5 per cent
of the receipts. 1t had been agreed
| by Arnold Luetgert, son of the prisoner,
that the Columbia Photograph com
phny should have an option on the
talk" for two weeks ut $4,000, and if the
| company declined to buy at that time
the 80 per cent contract should remain
in force. But Luetgert upset all nego-
tiations by refusing to talk.
Talk is cheap as general thing,
he said, but my talk costs money to-
| day
CORTLAND Shaw, manager of the pho
nograph ompany. made the following an
nouncement in the monograph machine
which had been carried to Luetgert's
cell:
''Adolph l.. Luetgert's denial of his
guilt taken in the Cook county Jail, De-
tober ., 1897"
Then Luetgert was urged to make Il
statement in ten-minute talk.
Not on your life." quoted the sau-
sage maker. 81 want the contract
made and signed before | say word in
that funnel. take no mans word for
anything. | been lied to and lied about
ever since I've been here
Luetgert's son tried to persuade his
father to talk to the machine. The
prisoner turned upon him with "Ill do
nothing of the sort. You are at liber-
ty. | am locked up. | need money
and you bet I'll get it before l speak in
that tube"
SO the machine was carried away.
Late this afternoon matters were
patched up and Luetgert was to have
told the story he did not tell upon the
witness stand.
The photograph men have spicy
talk among physicians, reporters and
others. taken at the Luetgert factory
last Sunday. during an experiment
which was conducted by DR.. Riess.