WITHOUT PARALLEL. THE MURDER OF MRS. LUET CERT IN CHICAGO. Tli* Chan*** Ara. llowrv*r. Tlial Warder Cannot lla Pro»*il and If It Could Ih* Murd.or Would liar* to It* Con victed. police of Chi cago claim they are satisfied with the chain of evidence they have drawn about Adolph I.. Luetgert, the weal thy sausage manu facturer who Is un M der arrest for klll lug his wife, as de tailed In last week's World. The ordinary person, how ever, Is not so confident. He sees only a mystery, which, while It points toward Luetgert In many details. Is still enough of an uncertainty to class It among the famous cases In crimin ology which remain unsolved. This Is the statement which Is made by the prosecution: "Mrs. Luetgert was last seen alive at 10:30 o'clock the night of May 1. Hhe was of domestic habits, a woman of Intelligence, of timid nature, and seldom went out after dark. Luetgert did not live happily with his wife and slept In the factory, where the names of several women are associated with him In an unpleasant way. Immediate ly following the disappearance of the woman, the defendant liegan sleeping In the house. The sheriff did not take possession of the factory until the fol lowing Wednesday, The defendant manifested utter Indifference as to the fate of his wife and before being r ADOLPH L. LUETQERT. charged by anyone with the crime went around to see those who might be Interested In order to get their views of the matter. Not until six days after her disappearance was the case report ed to the police, and then by the broth er of the missing woman. The officers found blood stains on the panel of the door in Luetgert’s sleeping room and an Iron rod covered with blood. The stain on the panel Is Just such as might have been made by blood drip ping from the head of a body as It was carried from the room. No killing was ever done In the factory, and there Is no reason for having blood In the office. When the custodian took pos session of the building the floor of the office had been thoroughly scrubbed, a proceeding uncommon with the condi tion of the place in general. In the basement, where the vats for cooking sausages are, were found evidences to confirm the opinion that Mrs. Luet gert was foully dealt with. In the west vat was found a solution of an alka line nature. In the bottom of the vat two rings were found, one of 18-carat gold and the other of poor quality. The 18-carat ring is still In good condition, and bears the initials of the woman. The larger ring has been completely identified as that of Mrs. Luetgert, Willi ii our wuic luufliamij, ill in« vut have been found fragments of bone, some of which resemble the pieces of a human skull. In front of the furnace upou the floor are stains apparently made by the same alkaline substance used In the vat. The furnace Are. whic h had been kept going for seven weeks following the khuttiug down of the factory, was drawn after the disappearance of the woman. In one of the smokehouses several pieces of bone were found tcear tng a strong resemblance to portion* of a human akeleton. hut they were charred, and to determine with accur acy what kind of bone* they are must be reported upon by Ihoee skilled In human anatomy. The defendant *|M-ut several hours In the basement of the factory id# night of the supposed mur der. and nny one who baa seen that grewsome place and la familiar with tbe fact that Ibe fac tory was shut down will wonder what legitimate purpose any man bad there at that time The itoeetkona which will naturally arise for Milutlun are Was a human body de «ll«V*d* Whoae body was It* The pullet rwafldsaily aspect to show that a human body was destroyed lit vt night and that It was the body of |*hi im t,cieigen and that such dost rut t ton • a« caused by Ibe defendant A great many rlrt wactoccu at la amt around Ibis tbevecy of Ibe cnee. which seualte* the p**tt»* that they hive nut gog# sa lt gy There Is bo oge connected with Ibe prose*ull«» but would to* gtu,| to team that Mrs l.ustgert la alive, but ta ike faew of all ibe c tic umeiahree igey ran bat fcaitew sn*b ta Ibe vase lb addition to Ibe above evidence, n tooth from b pint* •** found and un der Ibe vat baa bee .1 .. * a tap si human hair said to yeeemble lira I ociueri n tin n uit 4-w »*c found g sleln renembllng bb -»* end 11 has baeb d .covered lhal !.»»• mad. c» quiries of an expert chemist as to the operation of strong acids and alkalis on the human body. The theory is that Luetgert killed his wife in his sleeping room, placed the body in a vat previously filled with a destroying fluid; then, after several hours, drew ofT the liquid, took out what was left of the bones and burned them In the fur nace. The defense says that Mrs. Luetgert had often threatened to leave her homo if her husband ever became a bankrupt, which condition was pending when she disappeared, and did In a few days be come a fact, Luetgert making an as signment. It is strongly asserted that the woman is alive and has been seen. On the night of May 4 a woman in deep distress was noted by several persons In the depot at Kenosha. WIs., and on seeing a picture of Mrs. Luetgert de clared that there was a decided resem blance. Women resembling Mrs. Luet gert have been seen in other places, but the attorneys for the defense say they are positive she was seen In Ken osha and that either she herself will he found or her body. If Mrs. Luet gert Is dead, the attorneys say, she killed herself. Luetgert, meantime, maintains a stolid front, and asserts that his wife will be found in time to save hint from the gallows. Ill* Narrow Lsmpc. Many times Hlondln walked across Niagara on the tight rope: lie carried a man across on his shoulders, pushed a loaded wheelbarrow, and did all sorts of tricks out there over the roar ing foaming current, und did similar feats throughout the country. While here it McVlcker's Thettter he told an attache of (hat establishment of an Incident connected with Ills Niagara performance that the attache, now an elderly man, repeated to this writer within the last few days. Hlondln said: "Ze people at Niagara one time present me a vera beautiful medol of gold, set wlz diamond, and when I was carry ze man on my shoulders across Niagara I wear ze medal. One time when we were 'bout half way 'cross, I think I feel ze medal slip, as eef he was falling to ze watars below. My first Impulse was to catch at ze medal, him to save, but I think bet tars and say to myself, bettara let ze medal zan ze man. Zat man nevare know, to zees day, how near he come to go to ze bottom. But, after all, ze medal not slip, and him 1 have yet. Of course, I could ze rope have caught and save myself had I loze ze bal lance, but ze man on ray shoulder, ht would not have seen his home som< more.”—Chicago Times Herald. Slept While HU Lege Hurneil. William McLaughlin of New York lost a leg by Are while he was asleep, but as he had another In reserve he was Inconvenienced only while Fire man Lane was dragging him out of the flames. Mcl^iughlin had spent a jolly night at the rooms of the Azalon social club in Brooklyn. Long after midnight he reached home and hung his rain soaked clothes before the stove to dry, and fall asleep on the floor. Fire was afterwards discovered issuing from his rooms. The timely arrival of the flremen saved McLaughlin from death and the dwelling from destruction. The only damage was the loss of Mr. Mc Laughlin's wooden leg and the clothei he put before the Are to dry. Jersey lluril Luck Htory. D. W. P. Murphy, editor of the local paper at Burlington, N. J., lost a barn by fire. In hla paper he refers to his hard luck thus: “Since moving from the city the editor has had hard luck. F.rst, fractured his arm by a fall from a wagon. Next Mrs. Murphy had a seri ous spell of typhoid: next two children MHH Ll'KTOKRT. taught ih* >*«• 4 !***•* n*tt Trank, the Urn. 4te4, neat the elllar we* lilUen by tk cat; ant the i tng h*4 *ni*r#4 Ihe atere to poi, b*. 4 pelf al ahoee ewl Ihel lleelln h*4 le'mel bet whan aha nee not look* Ing On Ihe aillnge green m MeiMen In W erwigbehlfe, I* n Urge *>on* trua* • hl«I* U aoppoeel lo mark Ihe eeg •ml point of Ti *'»eJ WITH HIS BOOTS ON CAPTAIN STRONG. NOTED KEN TUCKIAN. SURRENDERS. The Wealthy Mountaineer Shot llavn Near 111* Home by I’artle* In .tnibovh Seven Bullet* I'lerretl theOlil federal Soldier Before He Could "Braw.” APT. WILLIAM Strong, the great est mountain light er In eastern Ken tucky, died with Ills boots on Sun day after success fully dodging Win chester bullets for 25 years, lie had left his home, which Is about ten miles east of Jackson, to go to the house of a neighbor. He had been gone but a few minutes when his fam ily was startled by a fusllade. which ap peared to be not more than half a mile away. Members of the family ran to ward the point from which the sounds of musketry came and found (’apt. Strong dead on the roadside, shot to pieces, seven bullets having penetrated his body. He was lying on Ills bark with his eyes wide open and his revolver clutch ed In his right hand, which had barely been drawn from his pocket when a bullet l.rrke the arm. Not a shot had been fired from the revolver. Investi gation showed that a “blind" bail been constructed on a point Immediately above the road, commanding a full view of the th >: otighfare for a distance of several hundred yards. Scraps of I CAPT. WILLIAM STRONG. bread and meat were found behind the blind, and other signs, which showed that seven or eight men bad been "lay ing out,” as the mountaineers call it, for Capt. Strong. His relatives In Jackson were quickly notified of the tragedy and a large posse began searching for the assassins. Capt. Strong was credited with kill ing and having killed more than a score of men during the feuds in which he has participated for more than a quarter of a century. He never admit ted having killed any of his enemies, but on one occasion he told the story of the death of several of the Amos fcction who were trying to assassinate him at his home. He said: “I looked out at some little holes I had made in my house and I saw a number of men with guns.” "Did you kdl any of thc-m?” asked j the reperter. “Well, they didn't all get away.” j Further than this he would say noth- ! ing about the men being killed. On j one occasion a citizen of Hreathitt ' county was sentenced to two years in ' the penitentiary for killing a man. He met Capt. Strong a few minutes after the sentence had been passed and ask- ! ed: How is it, Capt. Strong, that i when I kill one man they Hr.n(i m(, to ! the penitentiary and when you kill twenty men you are not even indict ed?” The captain replied: ”1 was right when I killed my man and vou were wrong.” This is the only admission he was ever known to make that he had killed a man. Capt. Strong was one of the wealthiest and miwit enterprising citi zens of Hreathitt county. He owned two large farms and a half Interest in 400 anes of the finest cannel coal land in Kentucky. Since he had made peace with the Calahana a few weeks ago the old captain had settled down to hard work, and expected to make n great deal of mnuey in mining caunet roal thta foamier, lie was also largely en gaged tn farming, and had lust ... a large rrop. Tha feud which 1**1 to th# killing he ■an ahortljr aftar th* war It .*#ni* at th# *»oa# of th* war and aftar ('apt. dtrong had gon* to work to (>.«* fl>r j,ia horn# th* Kttklua began to t«rrortn* lha community. It waa generally eon ra«a agalnat th# uul»ntata raps dtrowg waa MMMtlMWl « |#ad«r among th* *g fedaral aoldtara II# waa oolapokvn again*! tka dapr# •latiunauf kuklut *ad la traditad with having organta#d an anti Ink tot party. • klak did mmk toward patting down tka i Ua htmot twu rear* aao ••I th* »*w m*w who had a •«* Into lt>«at hut am** tka advant of the nil. | r> ad. orgaata#4 a land of regulator# jatt#Mu t martial aft#r tk# nkl Mu klua Mian lautw Cap! Ptroag «o i utipulrt aaaiaal tS» method# of tka a-'h and denounced tka tagulalora to uum«a*ur>'d tairna Th* %44* »H» rpro|>rlMt« Keinaillea. For our Juvenile criminality we must search for the special causes ami for appropriate remedies, says the Chautauquan. According to the statis tics, the check on crime attains Its cul minating point from the ages of 21 to 30 years. It falls a little from 30 to 40 years and falls rapidly from 40 to DO. It Is therefore youth which Is the criti - cal age and everything depends on good direction at the beginning. Children have been defined as little savages and also as little criminals, willful liars, cruel and selfish. It has been said that the child reproduces In Its develop ments all the phases of the human race passing from barbarism to civilization. Certainly the Instincts that are bad ami even criminal are frequently found in children. But a good education almoit always gets the better of these In stincts with considerable facility. The good sentiments acquired at that age rapidly become instinctive and lasting, only no mistake must be made as to the choice of means. CARRIED NETTIE AWAY. Nettle laalielle Smith Was Nut 1‘reserit at Her Lover's Burial. While Preston Thornton, the self slayer, was being buried at Cave Hill cemetery, Ixmisville, the other after noon, the girl for love of whom he killed himself was speeding away to Hot Springs, Va„ on a special train, provided by her father, President Mil ton M. Smith, of the L. & ,V. railroad company. The funeral brought to gether one of the most distinguished gatherings ever witnesses in Kentucky. The residence of his aunt, Mrs. John Mason Y'oung. where the services were held, Is a mansion in Louisville's most aristocratic quarter. The house and lav.n were crowded. Most of the at» # » NETTIE IftAHEU.E SMITH, iFor lov* of whom I’reeion Thornton ended bla Ilf* I teudanla went r 1*1 tor* from outside th« c|t}. and numbered member* of III* Hardin. Freetun. WlabllS*. Ilrevbln rlda* and Thnntton f imlllea eai h har lot au annum with Knniu* by a watt ten Malory. Al tba bead of tba raabei (be aged father of lbs ileteaaed aluud. When lie* Ik Mlnoeg*rode referred to edk Id* the elder Tburnton « anted j Tb* |»r#**b#r waa bewildered and heel tated There waa tunfualun, and Ibe »|waber lifted Hie loke until • ik»u« i am»nd bta b*or*ra waa eania eeeured Uwrdt Mar He leewear. || la elatwed l bat Jam** M ll«td> a Ho t* under **nt*W e of death t« iieei«t«»*. M, fur tb* m ttder of on* of bi* w*»> alleged »Ire* a* detailed in ibe World u i»n»««nt It Is wild that two man bate «on**a**d lo bating don* tb* murder It.■ *»■* mad* of mat** or barter nr* | maaota*tur*>l by alm>iat rtrfi halite Mtb i t t «o|tkb THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. THIRD QUARTER LESSON I JULY 4 EUROPEAN CONVERTS. (lolden Text: ‘'The Entrance of Thy WordsUlvetli Light" Psalms I lit: 130 Invasion of Europe by the Followers of Christ. ITR lesson for this Week Includes Act* I*: *-13. as follows: «. Now when they had gone throughout Phyrgla and the re gion of (lalatia, and were forbidden of lhe lloly lihoat to preach the word In Asia. 7. After they were come to Mysla. they assayed to go Into Hllhynla; out the Mplrtt sufferod them not. *. And they passing by Myxla came down to Troa*. !>. And a vision ap peared to Paul In the night; there stood a man of Mecedonla. and prayed him. say ing. Come over Into Macedonia, and help us. 10. And after lie hud seen the vision. Immediately we endeavored to go Into Macedonia, assuredly gathering iliat the Lord had called us for to preach the gos pel unto them. II. Therefore loosing from Troa*. wo came with a straight course lo Hainothruela, and the next day to Neapo II*. 12. And from thence to Philippi, which Is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony; and we were In Iliat city abiding certain day*. 13. And on the Habhalh we went out of the illy by a river side, where prayer wax wont to he made; and we sat down, and spako unto the women which icsorled thither. 14. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of tin city of Tliya llra, which worshiped (loti, heard us; wlioxo heart llie laird opened, that she at tended unto the things which were spok en of Paul. 15. And when she was bap tized, and her household, she liesoughl us, saying. If ye have Judged me lo be faith ful lo the Lord, come Into my house, and .i Mi !«• Ami mIia count r n it** Time A. I). 52. The second missionary Journey wa* lulien early In A. D. 51. Kurope was reached In the following year. Synchronistic Note Paul entered Kurope two year* after the Hrlton* of Kngland were conquered hy the Homan armle*. lie wa* now about fifty year* of age. and had been a Christian for sixteen years. Kellx this year iA l>. 52) Itecame gover nor of Judea. Lesson Preview —“We stand with Paul on the edge of Asia, fonder, aero** Die sea, begins another continent, still un blessed with the Gospel. It Is a remark able spot we stand on—near to the site of old Troy, and In the very city where Alexander the Great halted on Id* march to conquer the Kast, Hut how comes Paul here',' He bud no thought of coming when be left Antioch the second time with Hlla*. Through Hyrla, Cicllla, Ly caonlg, 'confirming the Churches’ (Acts 15: 41; hi; 1-5)—that was Ills first object; but not hi* only object. He Is the apos tle of the Gentiles, and Into Phrygia ami Galuila he penetrates, telling the good new* of sulvutloii. and 'evidently setting forth’ Christ crucified (Gel. SI: I), notwith standing tardily weakness (Oal. 4: 13-15). Then his eyes turn wlstfjlly to 'Asia' Che western part of what we now call Asia Minor), and Its great cities (Kphesu* and others), and he would turn to the left to go thither, but the guiding Spirit 'forbids him.' Well, then, he will turn to the right: Hlthynla needs the Oospel too. No, lie must not go there either. A* If be tween two hedges he moves straight on, wondering: arid now Ire Is on the seashore at Troae. Khali he take shlpr No, not without the lord's direction; so he waits. •And,' he write*, 'a door was opened un to me of the Igjrd.’ One morning. In Tro aa harbor, four men are Inquiring for a ship going across to Macedonia—Paul, 81 las, Timothy, Luke (sec the we' In verso 10). That vision lias called them, and immediately’ they seek means to an swer the call. And a striking confirma tion that they are rightly Interpreting God’s purpose I* granted them. The words 'carne with a straight course,’ In verse 11, mean literally 'sailed before the wind,’ and 'the next day' they had com pleted a voyage which on another occa sion look five days (Acts 20: 6). 1’hlllppl, where they now arrive, was a 'colony,' that Is, a military station of Roman citi zens and soldiers In a conquered coun »».Y *. .. ” ' ~ — tended by lictors (the 'magistrates’ and Serjeants’ of verse 3.r<). No Jews here (or very few), and no synagogue. Rut a few devout female proselytes have got a lit tle prayer house by the river side; there he quietly teaches, and there is founded the lirst European Church." The Cry of the Heathen.—"Come over and help us!" Consider—1. They sadly needed help. Who did? The Macedon ians only? No; tliut man In the vision, though his speech and dress ludlcuted which way Hod meant Paul lo go. was the type and representative of all Europe of the whole heathen world In all ages. What help did they need? Those who cry for help do no bccausr they are help less, but we eannot rail the Greeks help less. with their subtle intellects, or the Romans, with their strong arms. Yet there were two things they did need, and which all of us need: first, to know what to do In order to he holy and happy; sec ond. to have power lo do It. I. Hut did they know their need, and know where to get help? Paul did not find It so. The • mun of Macedonia" cried to him In vis ion hut the real Macedonians, many of them, at least, wauled none of Ills preach ing. Yel sometimes there was In Ihrm, and sometimes there Is In us. an uncom fortable consciousness of all not being light For Instance, drain what was It? Where dkl It lead to? (lay und thought less as they seemed, In their heart of heart* they dkl somvtltuea tty for help, though they knew not to whom to try Here Is a twofold appllralhmi First, you know who can help Ask him that you -may both perceive and know what Ihlnga you ought lu do. ami also may Have grace and power faithfully tu per form the same t-esmon Hymn •outs lo heathen darkneaa lying, where no light has broken through, gaols that Jesus bought by dytwg. whom his soul In travail knew Thousand vtyhaa vail us, w'er the waters blue. Christiana hearken none has taught Ih«m of hta lave so deep ami dear, I-( (ha piectooe pries that bought them; of lbo nail the thorn, the spear |fe who know him. guide tkswr from thotr . dal knee# drear ‘ lln C >' Alexander. Mta Mttl* Jake Atgk k as* | kwoa tfceao via.the* ah out guile the Iblfcg. but | urdahej wi*. ’ mure ott tbs understanding that t am i ktr bate a perfv#1 ■( Cholly Aw ba*« y--u ordahsd g at wall least' New Yurb Triuutta | Jltilii I It# . 4 » ii|U«4 l IftV »I|W »»f tti«»M j 4>4 if •»* Ik* Mint (kfl »*f Mft ««* fc»a4 NlHft i 4l \4%*■»*»••'f ■BOMIUBM VI l« *»W* '■ ■ 1 OLD-TIME KEELHAULING. Pmilsbuirnt »t He* Tb»* One Out of Three Survived. Keelhauling was a method of naval discipline particularly in vogue with the Dutch navy, for, as Van Tromp swept the channel with a hroom at his masthead, his countrymen some times used human sweepers under their keels, says Harper's Weekly. In large square-rigged vessels the victim was lashed to a spar and had iron weights secured to his feet; spans were secured to this spar and lines were ltd from It to the main yard. When all was ready the culprit was swayed up to the main yard, dropped into the sea and hauled under the ship to the other side. Here Is the way Murryat de scribes Its operation In that small cut ter where Smallbones suffered and Hrarleyow was thought to be a (big (lend. “This Ingenious process,” he writes, "Is nothing more nor less than rcuddlng a poor navigator on a voy age of dlicovery under the (KJttom of the ves.el, lowering him down over the bows and with ropes retaining him exactly in his position under the keel son, while he Is drawn aft by a haul ing line until lie makes his appearane • at the rudder chains, generally speak ing quite out of breath- not at the rajbfjty of his motion hut. because when so long under the water he had expended all the breath in his body and was Induced to take salt water In lieu. * • * In the days of keel hauling the.bottoms of vessels were not coppered and, In consequence, were all studded with a species of shellfish called barnacles, which attached them selves ami, as these shells were all open-mouthed and with sharp, cutting points, those who underwent this pun ishment (for they were made to hug the keelson of the vessel by the ropes at each side fastened to their aimA,) were rut and scored all over the body, as If with so many lancets, generally coming up bleeding In every part. But this was considered rather advantage ous than otherwise, as the loss of blood restored the patient If he was not quite urowneo ann 'n« conse quence was that one out of three, it is said, have been known to recover afier their submarine excursion." No words add to this weird description of a very old and hearty sea way of mur dering. All the officers of junior and middle rank and all the men, whether volunteered, shanghaied or • pressed, were underpaid and robbed. QUAKER CITY ECONOMY. Watrliiurii anti Uulilrs l)l>(iutul t one Their llrau Mot tuna. There couldn't possibly be in all this city another crowd of men so disgusted as were the watchmen, guides and ele vator nwn at the city ball, says the Philadelphia Record. It was all be cause the public buildings commission ers had been seized with what the men considered a ridiculous attack of econ omy. This is the time of the year when all uniformed men in the employ of the city prepare to change their w in ter clothing for their summer gar ments. Now, the uniforms worn byT the city hall men are profusely adorn ed with brass buttons bearing ttie seal of the city and the municipal author ities are particularly careful to see that none of these buttons shall ever go ustray. It is, in fact, a punishable offense for a common citizen to have in his possession one «*•' these buttons. Accordingly when each man appeared tor duty he was called to the front and an official, armed with a pair of shears, snipped off all the city's buttons from the victim's uniform except one, which was lift to hold the coat across the cheat. Fortunately the suspender but tons on the trousers are just the ordi nary kind, without any municipal in signia, otherwise there would certainly have been a strike. The crop of but tons thus gathered in was sent to the tailor, who had finished tho summer uniforms up to the point of attaching those nfe!sssary little artleles. Ilow Kttiiliaul Sattlml HU Hill. Raphael, the great Italian painter, whose celebrated Biblical pictures aie J worth fabulous sums of money, was " not a rich man when young, and en countered some of the vicissitudes of life, like many another geitlim Once when traveling he put up ut an Inn and remained there uuahle to get awj.v through lack of funds to settle his bill. The landlord grew suspicious ihut such was the case, and his raquertfi for a settlement grew more an I more pressing Kiually young Raphael, in desperation, resorted to the following device: He carefully painted upon a table, top tu his room g number of gold rotus, and placiug the table ui a cer tain light that gave a startling effect, ha packed his few belonging* am! summoned his host "There, he esdalmed. with « lord ly wgve of hla hand toward the table IS enough to settle my bill and ro.cr % Sow kindly show me the way t,» th. door." The lake.per. with many .mile, and bows, ushered his gue*t out. and then hastened back to gather op hi* gold Hla rage wad cunster awl ton whan ho discovered the fraud knew „M y-„|t uatil n wealthy Kngtt.h trwvahrc r« - ogwtttng the value of the art pat in lb* work gladly paid him gftv poaada t tha I able llwtrt a Mccnw-l l ab w t WOW l«„| • Hrampy. that ...a fever tM coate., he i. , , j * Free Circe Russian farmers hold an average t » • »*k'| vavett irpi to each ia uily