Show HER finder RINGS r ere before the jury in trial A that the rings in the vat in tho sausage factory were not mrs luet eats ew ts and causes a sensation aa lajca 8 the defense in the murder trial rested its case to cafter st 0 o witnesses bad testified norgo u the witness bland in defense court convened ex judge and attorney phalen asked per mireion with their client anthill Tn thill eaid they do and luetgert Luet eert and his lawyers retired to discuss whether or not luetgert Luet cert would ao on the witness egand ex judge vincent vigorously opposed the suggestion he pointed oat to luetgert that wm charies bifi business partner had told practically the etory luetgert would tell you cannot add to it anything that will benefit ou said andge vincent if you upon the witness stand you will be subjected to a cross examination fleeting days and coveting the entire period of your life you will get excited and you will say things which will injure your case my advice to you is keep mum attorney phalen waa inclined to favor Luet gerta desire to go upon the witness stand he thought the big ea usage maker might be able to 1 1 things more satisfactorily gnau obber witnesses had he also believed that iad absence from the witness stand of he principal actor in the great tragedy might prejudice him in the eyes ot the jury bat attorney phalen was willing to admit the logic ot ex judea vincents proposition and luetgert said he would abide by bis counsels advice when the lawyers and luetgert returned from their consultation alnet berte countenance bore the expression of a martyr the greatest disappointment of the trial to him was apparently the fact that he was not to be permitted to testify in his own behalf and address the jury as he said be would the first witness called today was henry J cox of the united state weather bureau he came with cards and data to prove thai the night ot may was cloudy in chicago and vicinity his evidence was brought out by toe defense to counteract the testimony of witnesses who had that they acroca the street at 11 at night of may 1 and saw luetgert and hie wife walking toward the factory the first witness called after the con of Luetger tj and his attorneys was mrs mary a charles nife of wm charles Luet gerta business busi nees partner mrs charles sad that upon several oc luetgert Luet gerb had eaid to her 1 I am going away my husband has tailed in ba and people will now point their finger at ine and she is the wife of the sausage maker who failed I 1 cannot stand that on may lahe witness said she saw luetgert the last time it was about 11 in the morning luebert Luet ert again laid she was going away and repeated repe aed that she could not stand the disgrace di fgrace ite tailor bid brought upon her family she turned away and I 1 never baw her again concluded the witness wit nesa A dramatic acene followed it has been agreed that luetgert has in explanation of the evidence of tie prosecution except the rings found in the vat la which the body of mrs luetgert is alleged to have been disintegrated the ricce were stuck according to the story of Io swan who found them examined them eaid the ricca together by human flesh pt these rings were engraved the L the initials of mrs houlbe the theory of the prosecution was that they had dropped the dissolved finger of mrs luetgert in the vat and had been glued together by flech tissues have you ever seen these finger aked attorney icalea after r charles bad finished telling about the missing womans to leave home 1 I have replied the J how many blat she wore two were they gold ring u they were yoa saw them often yes very often describe them can you both were plain gold artnes nearly width I 1 mean of them I 1 am sure perhaps both contained Luet gerte initialed le did you efer aea ahta ring I 1 now land you it was one of the rings found in the vat people in the courtroom stood up and craned their necks with breathless interest while the witness examined the ring the courtroom waa hushed as the crowd of spectators strained strai oed their ears to catch the reply of mrs clariee Cb ariee sir I 1 never saw that ring before she finally answered it ia narrower than either of those mrs luetgert wore the other ring was handed to her and the witness gazed at it for some time this ring is about the size of ano of the rings she wore said mrs clariee Cb ariee finally but I 1 cannot tell I 1 do not think it is one of them states attorney deenen cloae exam ined the witness sharply he asked her who she did not tell this story to the police or to juanice bereten long ago she replied that she had told it to luet gerts attorneys and was not asked to tell it again fied miller a nephew of who bad worked for the latter in the factory testified that be had the watch of mr luetgert he produced it on the witness stand he said mrs luetgert gaye it to him to carry saying she feared luetgert would take it away from ber as be scolded about her having eo much jewelry wuen as a matter fact her watch and rings were ail the jewelry the had tha unexpected cessation cf the evidence of the defense found the prosecution unprepared to go 06 ith its re li k 1 1 1 court was adjourned until tomorrow morning states attorney deenen eaid today be would put on eighty in rebuttal and ten of them would be from kenosha Ken osba wi where it was eaid by mrs was may 3 4 and 5 |