Mrs. Luetgert Alive

Chicago, Dec. 28.- Whc-r, Aclolph Luetgert piesents his defenfe lo the charge of murder his mest forrr dable weapon will be weilded by witnesses who sweai they saw his wife alive and vvell within six weeks. James M. Gary. a detective, emplcyed by the dffense, has returnod to Chk-aso from a trip in northwestern Illinois and sjutherr. Wiseonsin, v.here he has been searching- for Mrs. Luetgert. It is said he found a family in whose home Mrs. Luetge'rt wcrked as a servant for four months - a period extending from two weeks after her disappearance until the latter part of November. It was in a small town of Wisconsin that this evidence was found. According to the story of these witnesses the servant's identity was suspected and she, beeoming alarmed, departed suddenly for parts unknown. Xo Kenosha Alibi. The Kenosha alibi wlll not be utilized, it having been learned the state has in concealment the tornan who was mistaken for Mrs. Luetgert by Kenosha witnesses the recent mistrial. John Bialk, son of the old watchman, r?sumed the stand for cross-examination upon the details of his story ol how he summoned Luetgert to the home of his father, when Detective Klingel was eoncealed beneath Bialk's bed. State's Attcrneys Deneen and Mcr Ewen began the introduction of neiv testimony bearing upon the identification of the two rings alleged to have been found in the sausage factory vat. Frank Henkei, Joseph Dedlof, Lena Bleinking and Miss Schroeder, a nurse who attended the Luetgert children, are the new witnesses who swear the rings are those worn by Mrs. Luetgert. Their testimony strengthens that of Mrs. Ida Harris, Mrs. Wilhemma Mueller and others" who identified the gold circleta in the former trial. Mauv New Witnesses. Many new witnesses material to other phases of the case have been found, ut Mr. Deneen mistrusted many and e.ieoted Jnspeetor Schaack's suggesion to utilize their testimony. One of :hese was a woman who volunteered he information that she saw Luetgert eseorting his wife into the factory by the rear entrar.ce the night of May 1. Mr. DenSen piaces more oredence in the story of a man, whose claims are siniiar. and who will be used as a witness. Gottliebe and Emma Schimpke will not be used as witnesses during the present trial, but Nlck Faber, whose story was not impeached. will testify. Attorney Harmon saya Frank Bialk, the okl watchman, admitted under cross-examination, that all doors save :he front office door, were locked when ie returned from the drug store. During Bialk's trip Luetgert was in his house, and if Bialk's story conoerning the' door be true. Luetgert would have been compelled to enter the factory by the front door. Lnetgert's PovertyDistrust over a receñí forgery story and lack of immediate funds has crippled the defense to such an extent that aB appeal for assitance may be issued to the public. Burton & Wesener. stenographers, who have reported the case for the defense, refuse to continue the work. fearful that the $3,500 promisory note, signed by Luetgert, may not materialize, at maturity six months henee. In the emergency, Attorney Harmon asked Judge Gary to compel the state's attorney's stenographer to furnish the defense with copies of the report of the evidence as thê trial proceeds. Statements that Attorney Vincent, Luetgert's former counsel, was swindled by a forged note, frightened the stenographers, and they refused to continue unless money was forthcoming.