The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-13

CHICAGO, Oct N-Adolph l.. buet-
CERT, inspired by memories of Chicago
day has given out fiery estimate Of
the case the prosecution has made out
against him. The big sausage maker
gripped the bars Of his cell and swung
his ponderous body to and fro as he
talked of police persecution and 1.-The
lying evidence OF those who testified
against him, He was bitter in his
denunciation OF lthe police and
Prof. George Dorsey, the chief
astrological witness against him.
II have kept quiet about what
thought of the case that was being
made out againt e-expressed no
opinion during the trial because |
thought by so doing | might injure
my case he said. But now | will
say that in my opinion the case Of the
state is weak. 1t is built upon lies.
Why, Frank Odorofsly and Frank Lee
wandOwsky, those two 'Polaclls, would
swear to anything They are liars, pure
and simple, Neither Of them worked for
me the week ending May /. Odorofsky
came to my factory on Friday, April
30. had nothing for him to do and
told him to come back again on Mon
day. lie was not at the factory again,
and all the evidence he gave about
what he saw and did at the factory on
May was manufactured. did try to
make soap in that vat That is the alb
solute truth of the matter. The soap
washed out of the vat, and | gave up
the job. | had intended to hire 30 men
to scour the sausage factory from top
to bottom and put it in frst-cass shape
to be sold.
"The police treated Mary Stem
mering shamefully, They prosecuted
her, bulldozed her and threatened her.
They tried it on me when | was first
placed under arrest but Istopped them
in short order They could not put me
In the sweat-box. ! knew my consti-
tutonal rights, and informed Inspector
Setback that he was not acting in the
capacity of trial court, and that | did
not have to answer his questions. He
dropped me then.
"Fulbecll, who swore that Mary
Siemmering told him on May that
Mrs. Luetgert was upstairs in bed, is
a base falsifer. That fellow has not
seen a sober day in years. lis used to
come to my factory intoxicated, and
when | ordered him away he'd say:
Don't drive me away, Luetgert, thrash
me- lie is an migrate.
Some people seem to think that
Luetgert's brain is no good. They are
foolish. remember things well, Peo~
pie who are under obligation to me
y ent on the witness stand and swOre
against me Some time in the
future l may have something to say to
these people. Mrs. Johanna eeban,
Fred Miller and Diedrich Biclnese de-
liberately falsifed when they testified
that Mrs. Luetgert always treated her
children well. How could they know?
They only called at my house occasion
ally.
"Dr. Dorsey, the bone expert, is
very fresh young man. He thinks he
knows all about bones, but in my esti-
matlOn III W dllCI IL al pOlL lAoo
forgotten more about osteology
than Dorsey ever knew. As | have
often said before, | believe my wife is
still alive. | should not have been sur
prised if she had entered the court
room any dny during the long trial
now nearly over She will be heard
from yet, and then all the people who
have lied about Luetgert will be shown
up to the world in their proper light.
| am an innocent man. My health
and happiness has been destroyed
by an unjust prosecution and my for
tune-the result of years of toil-has
been swept away. To-day verging
upon 60 years of age, l find myself al
most penniless and in the deepest
trouble that can come to man. | would
like to have told my story to the jury,
but my counsel thought it better that
/ remain off the witness stand. Re-
luctantly followed their advice. That
is all | have to say at this time