The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
DONE WITH EXPERTS
rrrreFRT DEFENSE DROPS THE
uoNE QUESTION.
The Accused Sausage Maker VIII
Probably Take the stand and Tell
Hs. >sery some Trmr the f'rcsent
week->tow sawbones Rcbukrd.

CHICAGO. Oct Am unexpected turn
o. Affairs occurred IN the L1stgert trial
GrrinE the afternoon session OF court me
defense sud 5aaly dropped It's line Ok expert
testimony ant psR on witnesses % I'M
peach the esttezace o. witnesses Tor the
state. IL was apparent that eA~Juass
Vincent cAfsf counsel Tor the defense Aaa
a. last tired of expert svidence The tesff-
Fncny OF each succeeding WITNESS VAS
practically a repstsAcn ~ that Of TIE pse-
ceeing witnesses, Nothing was heang
gained. while the reccya % thu case was
being swelled with a volume 81 technical
medical VerRsag@
Fer a week bones had xattled before tho
fury and eminent experts had dispHted
about them. The testimony ASd necssn@
tlresenie 70 tho jury The eaunseA Ter the
defense observed this and Sterped. hr.
Resse may Ne called upon 10 tell Of tbs
reSuIt a another experiment. bar tha real
story OF the experts a. 20 seSanctass se-
rnurs. rnetacarpals. teznporals and otaer
bones has been ta}a.
This Afternoon ex-Judre Nineent. After
ney Phalrn. Arnold lsuatgert ard others
who ara Interested in the defense bold =
consultation as 30 whether I4aetg0rt should
10 on tAe stand. Ar the close o. the con-
ference fonignt ex-Judge Niucent said -
had not decided upon The matter. IL was
TO the witness stand tomorrow; IN fact. IL
- expected he VIII. states Attorney
Deenen sought information upon this Sub
iect tonight hQt learned only that tas
counsel for the defense woela anaonnce
their decision tomorrow morning IL
expected that Judge Vincent would
rather that I.uetgers remained on the W.T.
ness stand. Attorney Phalen, his &sscct-
ate desires that tne hsw sas1Sa ge-FnAkFr
tell his story 20 fne iuxy. f.setgsrs -
anxious TO explain MASTERS. ard the iead-
ing counsel Ger she defense seems 10 fear
the prisoner VIII talk too much II nc Eoes
on the stand and thus iniure his case
Pref Ecktsy. OF the school OF physs-
clans and surgeons, 81 Chicago. was r~-
called for cress-examination upon several
matters tn connection with his identiitea-
ton OF the bones. His testimony was
simply j repetition Of that OF other Wit
nesses along TIRE same liaes. Prof Plum
naer. ofthc Northwestern Medical eoalege.
gave evidence much TO the liking az tho
defense. After brief examination Of
the temporal homes positively Identified
hy Prof Dorsey. Of the Field Columbian
Museum as the right temporal bone OF =
woman Dr. Plummer. with emphasis. de-
clared the bone was not the temporal
hone Of a human being. The bone which
has been sdontifieA by the experts OF thu
prosecution as a human femnr. was hand
cd 10 Plummer and. without hesitation.
he denied that II vas the femnr OF hu-
man. SIT resembles I'm a slight degree n
human femur." said the witness. 'hut
the bone is much smaller than the aver
age feTnnr OF a human. There are no
other distinct characteristics of a human
femur"
one OF the incidents OK the trial today
was the saving o. a temporal bone ny
Or Pierce and DR.. Riesc. The operation
was watched by Assistant States Attor-
ney McExan. for the prosecution. and ex-
Judge Vincent. for the defense. and was
done ia the waiting room near the court
room. The surgeons were slow, and
Judge TuthiIl frownlng impatlently. sent
a bailiW after them. remarking. those
fellows have been out there long enough
70 saw cord OF wood"
Luetgert is not likely 10 so on the wit
ness stand until next week. I'm three
hours time I could convince the tury OF
my innocence" said he today. II wia
give II TO them straight and make liars
OF many people when | get on the stand.
Ny story VIII make everything plain
During the afternoon session Prof Eek
ley was recalled a second time and adj
United that upon enc occasion he did say
that Prof. Dorsey, whose evidence he tes-
tined against. was one OF the best men the
state could have procured as an expert.
Prof William Mail. one OF the North
west Dental College experts in chemistry.
gave scientific testimony with reference
10 the action OF potash upon false teeth
ard the plates 70 which they are attached.
II was his opinion that the potash solution
IL the vat sn which Nrs. Iuei gert's body
IS said 10 have been dislntegrated. was not
of sufficient destructive power 20 seriously
afYefs the teeth but IL would undoubtedly
either destroy or greatly damage tho
mouth plates.
pax1d Victor. a carpenter. who lives In
the vicinity OF che LuetEert sausage fac
tory, WAS called upon 20 tell whether he
had ever observed Mrs Lgetgert in a sad
or morasa condition of mind. He said he
had not. She was always cheerful and
happy when he saw her.
Druggist II. r. Kruger. at whose store
Frank rialk bought bottle ~ Hunyadi
water on the night Of May ]. explained
that there were six different varieties OF
tfsis water. and BiaIk called for a bottle
OF the variety for which Btietgerf had ex-
pressed a preference. Then II was sought
10 show why Lueigsrt sent FOR the water.
as he had forsy-nlne bottles Of the water
IN his factory.
Frank Gelaay. who vas employed IN the
grocery department Of Luetgert's sausage
factory. told OF seeing Ju@tgert around the
factory during the forenoon 81 May = 50
usual. The sauEagc maker seemed 20 be
Ia his usual frame OF mind. according TO
The witness.
There - a rgmor 70 the effect that wo-
nan has bean found a. Lincoln. H.. who
viii 20 on the witness stand ana testify
that she was the woman seen by the po-
Ice ard others 81 Kenosha, Wis. on May
q and S Capt. Schuetier had a talk with
this woman on Sunday.