.MOIIVIIIOII LUII’IGIIIII
The Widow 'Feldt’s Testimony Very
Damaging to the Defense.
CASE or “WOMAN SGORNED."
She Was Steadfast to the Sausage Man
Until She Learned of His Devotion
to a Domestic—Then She Tried to
Send Him to the Gallows.
Chicago, Sept. 7.—There was no hear-
Ing in the Luetgert trial .today, and
bone of the lawyers regretted it. The
attorneys of the sausage maker are
glad of an opportunity to rest. They
laced time to recover from the effect of
the testimony Which so unexpectedly
confronted them at» the last session.
Then the state had supplied the mo-
live for the murder Of~Mrs. Luetgert._
This Was the one part 9f the chain of
wrcumstantial evidence which the
risoner’s lawyers said could not be es-
tablished. They laughed at the stories
et afloat that the rich manufacturer
'as planning to get rid Of his wife to
Marry another woman. 7
There was seemingly no 'One to stand
sponsor for these rumors, which—were
so persistently told, and the defense
Seouted the idea that any basis for
them could be established.
Then came the sudden appearance of
Mrs. Catharine Feldt as a witness.
Until the moment she took her seat in
the Witness chair Luetgert and his law-
yers had regarded her as one of their
strongest supporters, but their mistake
Was soon evident.
Coolly and in a way which made it
Impossible to break dOWn her state-
ments the black gowned widow told of
her relations with Luetgert.
She told how he had frequently bor-
rowed money from her and how he
talked of marrying he; so soon as he
should be free from his wife..
Ever since he was arrested he has
beEn writing letters to her asking for
money and reiterating the statements
she made on the stand. These letters
Were produced and identified by the
witness as those she had received from
the prisoner. Some of them had come
through the mail, some had been per-
;onally delivered by Luetgert’s lawyers
or by his son. But in each he spoke of
his love and asked her for money with
which to conduct his defense.
' The Cost of Perfidy.
"I shall be convicted unless you come
to my aid,” was the burden of each as
he pleaded that she mortgage her home
to as to raise the thousands of dollars
lie wan-ted.
And had it not been for Luetgert’s
perfidy. he might haVe received the
money and the black gowned woman
Would have stuck to him instead of be-
coming the most dangerous witness
against him. Had he been faithful to
her .he might have escaped. But he
oetrayed her as he had others and she
determined to tell all.
It was for Mrs. Feldt that Luetgert
practically deserted his Wife long be—
fore the time he is charged with killing
her. It was for Mary Siemering, a
servant, that he betrayed Mrs. Feldt.
Mary Siemering worked as a domestic
.n Luetgert’s house at the time of the
alleged murder. She is one of the wit-
385585 for the defense, but it is doubtful
now if she will be put on the stand.
Her relations with Luctgert are now too
well known and her cross examination
{might do more harm than could be
:ounteracted by any other testimony
the might give.
Mrs. Luetgert learned of her hus-
band’s infatuation for the pretty serv-
tnt weeks before she disappeared. She
'eproached her husband with it and said
that the girl .must be sent from the
house. Luetgert grew angry and said
Mary should stay. Then Mrs. Luetgert
said she would exercise the right of any
lousewife to select her own servants.
“Send her from the house,” answered
.ier husband, “and I willgive her a
Dam in the factory."
“A \Voman Scorned.”
All this has now become part of the
evidence against the sausage manufac-
turer. But 'it would not have been
known had Luetgert been able to con-
:Onceal his treachery from Mrs. Feldt.
She was the only one who could tell of
at, and so long as she thought Luetgert
was faithful to her, her lips were
sealed. -
But once , satisfied that he was
:hrough with her and wanted only her
money, she determined to tell all she
knew. SO it was that she went on the
witness stand, and so it was that the
Iawyers for the state came into pos-
session of the letters which the prisoner
mas been writing from his cell in jail.
“I now lay all in your hands,” writes
Luetgert in one of his letters. “You
sold all, my fortune and my misfortune,
and I am satisfied with all as you want
it. My life and death are now in your
hands.” -
Now Mrs. Feldt has decided to aid
the state, and all she knows has been
told to the jury.
She said that long ago she had known,
that Luetgert wanted to get rid of his
wife. He had frequently told her so,
and had talked of divorce and of other
oossibilities that might make him free.
She told of a visit to his house. on
tiay.‘5. She found Mrs. Luetgert was
not there and asked where she was.
Mary Siemering, the servant, replied
that she had gone down town and
would be back shortly.
”I suspected that she was not telling *
the truth, and when I saw Luetgert I
charged him with the falsehood. He
admitted it and told me he did not
know where his wife was. He said she -'
had been gone three or four days, but
he did not want anything said of the
matter yet.
”It was after this that I found out
that he cared so much for Mary Sie-
merlng. I accused him of it, and he
finally admitted'it to me."
' She Gave Luetg‘ert Money.
Then the witness told of Luetgert’s
pleading for money. He had sent for
her to come to the jail and see him,
and she had done so on several Occa-
sions. Each time he had asked her for
money. Then he had written letters in
which the plea was repeated. In one of
the letters he Wrote:
“Now, beloved Christine, one thing is
in the play, and that is that the trial
costs Moneys—much money. But be
comforted. The factory is closed, but
that does not matter. We have 15
months still to keep possession of it,
consequently time enough to make
. ; \,.
money out of it. I have two people on
band who want to buy the place for
$150,001 The entire debts amount to
only $75,000. Certainly they only want
the business. I should run it for them,
and that shouldleave a nice surplus for
us.”
At first Mrs. Feldt sent Luetgert
money. At one time since he had been
In jail she gave him $1,400I Then came
the full knowledge of his love for Mary
Siemering, and she turned from him.
Another sensation which the state is
preparing to spring will, it is believed, .
clinch the evidence that Mrs. Luetgert
was murdered and her body disposed
of in the vat. This evidence is a por-
tiOn of a human skull, a number of
teeth and what is believed to be the
first joint of the index finger of the
left hand.
It is said that all these were found in
the vat. Several witnesses have testi-
fied to finding pieces of flesh in the
slimy residue in the vat, but there was
nothing to show that this flesh was hu-
man. These pieces Of bone, the state
says, will prove beyond all doubt that
a human body was disposed of there,
and, that fact established, they claim
Luetgert’s conviction is assur (1.
THE BIG GOAL STRIKE.
Mass Meetings in the Tittsburg District
-—Settlement Opposition.
Pittsburg, Sept. 7.-—Mass meetings
were held today all over the Pittsburg
district by the striking miners for the.
purpose of appointing delegates to the
district convention, which meets here
to consider the Columbus compromise
and elect delegates to the national con-
. vention at Columbus.
While some of the leading miners
have stated that they will contend for
instructions to the Columbus delegates
to vote for 69 cents or nothing, it is
thought that the 69 cent men will be in
a minority and unable successfully to
urge their plan.
A number of operators have received
assurances that the miners formerly
at work for them will ratify the agree-
ment arrived at in Columbus, and will
2933 return to work at the 65 cent
rate. resident Dolan, Secretary VVil-
Elam Warner and District Organizer
Cameron Miller all say that they feel
sure the great majority of the miners
will vote to accept the 65 cent rate.
President Dolan is of the opinion that
:he settlement of the strike on this basis
,5 the very best that can be accomplish-
ed at this time. At that rate the big
lake shippers can be got in line and
nearly all of the mines in the district
will be at work within a week from the
time of the acceptance of the operators'
terms by the miners.
The mining officials say that the
struggle against the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal company will be
pushed up to the end of the year unless
the company is beaten before that time.
The acceptance of the 65 cent rate, they
say, in no way affects the price to be
paid the diggers at the mines of this
company, and until the mine workers
can force President \V. P. De Armitt
to pay the district price without the
differential in his favor the fight
against him will be continued.
New York's Population Over 2,000,000.
New York, Sept. 7.——According to the
estimate of Roger S. Tracy, registrar of
vital statistics for the health depart-
ment of this city, the population of New
York is 2,000,916. Dr. Tracy compiles
his figures each week as a basis for an
Official statement of the death rate,
and he gets his estimate by the Farr
system, by geometrical progression,
from the average between the census
of 1880 and the police census of 1895.
Wants Mrs. Nook Discharged.
New York, Sept. 7.——Emanuel Friend,
counsel for Mrs. Augusta Nack, said
today that he will ask Judge Cowing
for the dismissal of the indictment
against Mrs. Nack, in accordance with
section 668, chapter 7, of the code of
criminal procedure, which states that
when an indictment is found against a
person and is not called to trial in two
sessions of the court the presiding jus-
tice may dismiss the indictment.
Settlers Fear Apaches.
Globe, A. T., Sept. 7.-—-About 1,000
Apache Indians are off the reservation
and are scattered through the Final and
Superstition mountains, killing deer
and gathering wild fruits. None of
them are provided with passes, and all
are armed. They have committed only
minor depredaticns around the ranches
of the region, but the settlers are alarm-
ed and are on guard.
The Gate City Collision.
'Pliila'lv'flphia. Sept. 7.—The schooner
Jcel Cook has arrived from New York
with her jibboom, bowsprit and all
headgear carried away as a result of
having been in collision on Friday
morning last with the Ocean line
steamship Gale City, from Savannah,
if.“ Egg Harbor light. The jibboom and
iiowsp'zit were snapped off when she
struck the Gate City.
A Hyn n For Organized Labor.
Kansas City, Sept. 7.—At the Build-
Trades council here it was sug-
grt rte—d that organ zzd labor should have
-1 hymn rcnaprsrd and dedicated to-it,
to lie surn‘ for all time to come as its
tat'cnal s .,._“. It was proposed to ask
Isiah Phiup Sousa. thc'composer, to
write the words and music, and if it.
.: acts with the approval of labor unions
.0 adopt it officially.
arr,
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Death of Robert Bleakley.
New Orleans, Sept. 7.~—-Robert Bleak—
cy. president of the advisory board of
he inter-narEonal commercialfcongre'ss
".ich met in Philadelphia in June.
, sidtnt of the local dock commission
.‘~..:‘.Il vex-president of the Commercial
"lull. died here after a brief illness.
lilealaiey was one of the .best known
men in the city. ‘
Morq Vim-k in Norwich, Conn.
x,{.r—.vj.j~h, Conn, Sept. 7.—The Falls
gumlmny, manufacturers of cotton
goods, started up on full time today in
all departments, giving employment to
50;. hands. The plant shut down Aug.
.14 for the annual repairs, but prior to
the shut down the concern had been
operating short handed.
Carey and Garvin Sold.
Reading, Pa, Sept....7.——Manager D.
A. Long of the Reading Athletic League
club, ‘writes from Paterson, N. J., that
the Baltimore club has bought First
Base Man Carey and Pitcher Garvin,
who were recently awarded to the
Reading club by the national board.
in J J 1",: ..
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lad l. r {1.4: night‘s coming, he went to
it. with lul'l'Ul‘, realizing that another
long. weary. wakeful night. and a
struggle to breathe was before him.
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THE MUTUAL I
OF NEW YORK.
. J RIGHARDA.MOCURDY,Pres-.'1dent. 1
Statement In the Year *Endint Daeemhlr 3Isl, lllII.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Departmentof the. State" of New York.
IN C O M E,
Received for Premiums - - - V. -
From all Other ources ‘ " - - .- -
$ 39,593,414 20'
l0,l08,28l 07
WEE—27
. DISBURSEMENTS,
To Policyuholders fcr claims by Death
To Policynl-p "tr Endowments, Dividends, etc. - - -
For all Gilt-f - - - - - - .
ASSETS.
United tales . ends and other ecuriiie -> 7
First lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage
Loans on Stocks and Bonds - — - - . -
Real Estate - ‘
flash in Banks and Trust companies - - - - .
Accued lnieesi, Net Uefeed Pemiums, etc. ' - ' - -
s l2,595,ll3 39
' l2,842,456 u
washout s4
SEWER—Ia
s I I o,|25,oaz" I4
1|,543,92 s
",0
22,161,666 to
I2,680,390 no
6,5355 6 '
$.23Z7747EZEE
205,0I0.633 12
9 29,133,514 1—0
3 9l8.698.338 45
I 1
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities -
‘ Surplus ‘- - - - - - '- . . -
Insurance and Annuities iii force - ' - - -
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual
Report. of the Examining Committee
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
'i 0 THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE UUMPARY 0F REVI YORK ,
Theundersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twentv-
third day of December, 1896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, and
verify the same, respectfully
REPORT
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates betweent . ate of the
said reference and the date cf this Report attended at the office of the Company. and have been waited on by 1 he freasu'rer,
the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashier, together With the the respective aSSIStauts u" such officers, and have care-
fully gone over all the items contained 1n the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. They have examined
and counted every. certificate of Stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price at which the
same are carried in said Statement With the market quotations and find the same not exceeding such quotations—in fact, in
many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company,
and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuations of the Company’s holdings of real estate and have
verified the deposits of money 111 the various banks and trust companies, and have counted the caSh on handheld by the
cabh‘éfii the Committee certify that all th-e bOOkS’ papers. documents and evidences of title of every description necessary in
such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said oflicers and their assistants, and that the same are
accurate, in good order and well kept . ‘ . _ . . '
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the Syst em and
methods adopted by the Company In recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
ROBERT OLYPHANT , J. HOBART HERRICK
JAMES N. JARVIE CHARLES D. DICKEY. JR.
JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON
All of which is respectfully submitted
NEW YORK. J ANDARY 25, 1897.
The company has issued an order whereby women can be insured without the eRtra
charge heretofore required. More definite information on the subject will be furnished by
the local agent, Mr. A H. Camp,
‘ Board of Trustees _
GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN IsEL'IN J 12.:
GEORGES. BOWDOIN
THEO. A. HAVEMEYER '
WILLIAM' C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLEB
JAMES N. J ABVIE
CHAS D. DICKEY JR.
_,ELBRIDGE T. GERR‘I
HENRY H. ROGERS
J NO. W AUCHINCLOSS
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH .
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E, MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB
FREDERIC CROMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
ROBERT SEWELL
S, V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PEOKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICR
WM P DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS
ROBERT ‘A-GRANNISS Vice-President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
ISAA'C‘ F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. / HENRIE. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding Secretaiy
WILLIAM J. EAS’L‘ON, Secretary. .ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary
FREDERIC CROMVI ELL. Treasurer.
JOHN A..FONDA,-Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MCCLINTOCK, Actuary. "
‘ JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIFFORD GRETSIN GER, ASSistant Auditor. HENRY 8. BROWN, Assistant Comptrollei
. - JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitorm
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D_ GRANVILLE:M.|WHITE, A" t“
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK
RICHARD A. MCCURDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HEBMANN C. VON POST
LEWIS MAY
OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLcoTT
GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D.
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JOHN w. NICHOLS '2
: . - A.OHuQAMP. Lccpi Agent
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