Show a F B SS rt F n E fi ft f LEU I 1 CERT GASE evidence of prosecution presented THE derenne DEFENSE der ENNE NOW BEGINS trouble with lais wife V I 1 fe was caused by ili his constant flirtation CHICAGO sept 21 the direct evidence iu the luetgert case is in and the state baa closed shortly this afternoon the laet witness of the 0 o was heard this witness ws mrs louise johnson she came KO azo coutt court supported by captain her tn of the sheffield avenue police palice station elation mrs alm johnson has haa been 1 ifor several weeks and the i n feared the woman would not cot be S ala a to appear to testify her evidence was important as showing Luet gerta gerts attitude towards hia wife A carriage waa sens ren to her home on the north bide and mrs johnson made the trip to the court honsa attended by a friend alfriend she was vaa quite exhausted when she reached the criminal court building and almost f dated at the elevator leading to judge rit r it hills courtroom court room when sworn mis johndon testified that upon one occa ision eion she saw luetgert luet in a rage chase bs wile cifa out of 0 their thair housa the big sausage sau sagra maker the witness said was armed with a revolver volyer re Hs he called his wife names and threatened to shoot hut nt did not ex judge vincent did not cross examine this witness wit nesa when ehe be left the stand states attorney I 1 deenen beenen said baid it if the court pleases the state ests eats there was a general movement in the crowded room af the spectators glanced oward jward and bis counsel leut aleut gert leased leaned forward and whispered to ex judge vincent the latter acore arad and made a formal motion that the case be from the jury on the ground that the state had bad fa failed ailed to make out a case judge tuthill promptly overruled the motion without argument then ex judge vincent stated that owing to the late lateness at eness riess of the hour he would like 0 o postpone his opening address until tomorrow morning 1 there Ther ewas was boob no objection to this and an adjournment was taken it required juat 20 days for the presentation sen een tation of the evidence of the prose cation ex judge vincent eaid tonight rne me defense would present its side of vae tae case casein in just halt half that time my address to the jury in opening will be short and directly to the point je a said asid we deny the murder the corpus delicti has not been proved as the law requires this fact cannot be assumed nor inferred from such sue 1 testimony t sti as has been presented here we will explain away all the evidence drought out hare by the police department after months of investigation and manipulation I 1 do not care to give out n full our oar defense until we get started but I 1 promise some startling develop coenis before we are through the prosecution scored an important point in the luetgert case this morning judge tu tuthill thill ruled that the motive evidence of frank bialk and fraud frand Oro former employees of the big sausage maker was admissible ad as long as it was direct this was the matter taken under advisement last saturday the evidence of these two men is in relation to the frequent visits to Luet 0 aerts sausage factory of mary simmering Luet gerts servant it is the theory of the state that Luet gerts alleged attentions to other women was the original ause ausa for the triable with his wife and his fais persistence in open flirtations with ther women culminated in a continued warfare between husband and wife luetgert it is believed by the prosecution in order to pursue his course un lis conceived the idea of getting id of his wife and did so besides watching the factory at a t night kept fires burning in the furnaces was the first witness to be called today to show the motive he said that mary simmering ering paid frequent visits to luet luct gert in the lat tatters office in the sausage factory at night luetgert because of his unpleasant domestic affairs had a bed placed in a small room just off his om office ce and slept there the last time the witness remembered seeing mary simmering there was one week before may 1 the date of the disappearance of mrs luetgert etwas it was in the evening and luetgert and the young woman retired to the bedroom and closed the door the witness said that mary simmering visited Luct luetgert gert on an average of three nights each week for months before mrs luetgert disappeared this had been going goin on for three or four years before may 1 of the present year upon one oc cassion tho witness said luetgert called him about 10 at night and told him to go and got gel s mary luetgert said he was ill bialk said he went to marys bedroom window and tapped upon it with a stick when she appeared he told her that luetgert wanted her she soon appeared at the sausage factory and entered through a window and went to Luet gerts bedroom ex judge vincent sharply cross exam ined bialk he asked him if he be had not been constantly with klinger since a month before the trial opened and the witness said he had then the lawyer wanted to know if he was not telling a story prepared for him the old man shook his head slowly and re plied no I 1 lam am telling the gods truth frank Oro testified to substantially the same story the prosecution in the famous case closed its evidence with the testimony of bialk and Odo and the battle of the defense be began bean an with the opening statement by Luet gerts attorney the defense will introduce evidence in an attempt to show that mrs luetgert is alive and in germany |