The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-24
Defense Produces Three Witnesses Who
Say They Saw Her After May Ist.
BARKeEpER, HOTEL CLERK, POLICEMAN
All Described n Woman Resembling
Mrs. Lue.Ecrt nnd identified IIcr
with the Supposed Dead Womnn's
Photograph = a States witness
TUDElcd.
Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 23, 1897


viewed from various stacldpoints to-
days proceedings in the Luetgert muir
der trial were the most remarkable that
nave occurred within three weeks. In
lace OF sensational c1rcumstantial evil
dence that has been produced to prove
that Mrs. Louise Luetgert met death in
ner husbands sausage factory on May !,
tnree witnesses testified to-day that
they saw the woman alive on MAY 3
and .. One Of these witnesses talked 10
her and believed from dcscription
anu photograph Of Mrs. LuetEert that
tnc woman she saw was Mrs. 1,uetgert
rms witness was Matt j. Sholey, a bar
Keeper at the Hotel Maple, Kenosha,
WIS. t1e said he saw strange woman
q. INC Hotel Maple on the evening Of
may 3d. He talked with her nearly ten
minutes. She asked to be directed TO
inc farm of one Mueller, in the neigh
noou Dut as no one seemed to know
OF such person the woman left on the
following day. Sholcy again saw rhc
woman. He described her general APP
pearance and clothing and identified a
photograph or Mrs. Luetgert as the
woman he saw. On cross eXamlnat ton
Dy states Attorney Deneen, witness
Sholey at first fixed the weight of the
Womacl he saw at 100 or 40 pounds
Ihen he hesitatedShe said he had got
mixed up-and remarked that the
woman weighed 115 TO lis pounds, which,
was about Mrs. Luetgert's weight. This
hesltation and correction was made
much OF by the prosecution, which inti-
mated that it indicated that Schoey had
forgotten the weight that had been pro-
bably told him at first
P3liceman Henry FeIdshaw, of Keno
sha. Wis. testified that he saw n strange
woman i'll the police station Of his town
on May Sd. The witness said he after
Ward saw the woman nt the Hotel Ma
PIE ana the following day at the rail-
way station. He described the woman
as blonde and said she wore sailor
nat and slippers. One of the SINNERS
She had worn was found In the police
station afte: she had left. The wit
ness Identified the picture of Mrs Luet-
Gert as closely resembling the woman
he saw.
William i. Grunsten. clerk I'm The
Grant hotel, kenosha, identified The
photograph as the picture of n woman
he saw i'll his hotel on May Id. He said
shc came into the hotel and remained
Ten m:rlutes. He described the woman
ana corroborated the evidence of tho
other witnesses.
Emma schmpke came to the court
room in the afternoon TO hear Rosa
G!eich impeach her evidence given on
Wednesday, Attorney 1=halen discover
ed hcr presence in the room and called
nef 10 the witncss stand When asked
IL she had not told Rosa Glcich she
had lied on the witness stand She re-
pied: II don't remember"
:. Did you not tell Harry Fielder YOU
l!ed when you said YOU saw Mr., and
Mrs. Luetgert May lst?"
don't remember
DID you not tell Rosa GIeich you
dld sec Nlr. and Airs. Lue,gert the night
of May 1st?" g '''
may have said So.
iMrs Matte Sherrer the last wit
ness ness OIL lhe day. testified positively that
Emma Schimpke told her that the tcs.
.imohy the Schimpkc girl had given on
lhe WltelesS stand was untrue