The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-13
MANY CUTS AND BRUISES
Cover the Body Of Fischer, the Young
Polish Murderer.
He FOUGHT FoR HIS BROTHER
To Save Mike from Injury. Fischer Struck
the Blow Which Probably Caused
the Murder-Prisoner In.
tsrviewed In Jail.

Charles Fischer. the young Polander
who was arrested by County Detective
Leyshon Tuesday night and locked In
the county jail, is not the only person
responsible for the death of Michael
Kutkoswski. who died on Tuesday
from the effects of beating he received
in a drunken row at the Ridge near
Archibald on Monday. At least such
was the conclusion OF the jury at the
inquest conducted by Coroner Long
street at the Ridge" yesterday. The
Jury returned a verdict naming Fischer
as the principal to the crime and Joe
Fluenski and Mike krotosky as access
sories. Fischers native name Is Char
lie kOsoloSki.
Coroner Longstreet and DR.. Penny
packer performed pOst-mOrtem eX-
animation and found that Kutkosw-
skis skull was cracked and crushed
in half dozen different places. The
evidence heard indicated that u
dozen or fifteen men were en-
gagged in the drunken melee;
that Fluenski and Krotoski were the
leaders and abetters of the fight. and
that Fischer used chair in striking
the blow which did the killing. Fur
ther information was difficult to secure
from the evidence, as the witnesses
spoke English only brokenly or not at
all.
Fischer Tells His Story.
In the Jail yesterday afternoon n
Tribune reporter conversed with Fisch-
er, whose body and head bear evidences
OF not having come out of the fracas
unhurt. He is u splendid specimen OF
the physical animal, seems intelligent,
is good looking when compared with
others of his nationality. speaks fairly
good English and Is II years old. 1t
was 8 o'clock In the afternoon when the
interview took place. and at that time
the young fellow did not know that the
blow he had struck ended In murder.
Fischer admitted his part in the af-
fair, even to striking the blow. which
he says was to save his brothers life.
His story, relieved of his broken Ian
guage. IL as follows: Just before the
fight Kutkoswski who was a stranger
to the prisoner. entered the room. When
the fight started Fischer was on the
stairs. He looked on and took no part
in 1t until he saw his brother, Mike,
seized by several men who proceeded
to beat him until the blood ran down
his face in streams. 1t was then that
Fischer ran down the stairs and with
his fists fought his way through the
crowd to the party surrounding and
hammering his brother. Fischer mixed
In with them and all fought desper-
ately.
Fischer fell and was kicked about
the face and body and hit upon the
head and Jaw with a stone. He re-
gained his feet, seized q chair and
brought it down with force upon the
head Of the man nearest him. The man
fell and In a moment more the fighting
ceased. Fischer did not then know who
he had struck nor how badly the fellow
was injured.
That was all of his story. told without
reserve and In manner that indicated
truthfulness.
His BODY a Mass OF Bruises.
At the request Of the reporter Fisch-
er stripped to the waist. His body
contained maybe twenty bruises and
cuts. The most serious of these marks
OF violence were cut over the left side
OF the forehead, q scalp wound on the
top of the head. cut on the back of
the left shoulder and a bruise on the
left forearm which reached from the
wrist to above the elbow and made
the flesh black and swollen. His cell
mate said that Fischer had not been
able to sleep during the night on ac-
count Of the pain from his wounds
and had not been able to swal-
low other than liquid food because of
pains in his Jaws
The young Polander seemed to fully
realize the seriousness of his position.
He said that others We're more guilty
than he and he was anxious to know
IL they had been arrested No friend
or relative has been 20 the Jail to see
him. nor has he secured counsel, al
though a strange Polander called at
the jail yesterday. talked with Fischer
and said he would get him lawyer.
While the reporter was In Fischer's
CELL DR.. d. Fl. jenkins. the Jail physi-
clan called and dressed the prisoners
wounds. They are painful but not Sc
rious, the only treatment they required
being dressings of carbonated vasel-
inc