The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-03
EVIDENCE IN DETAIL


Crowds Block the Enhance 10 Court.
"Ham FranIG's" Testimony.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-The hundreds of
eager spectators equally divided be-
tween the two sexes kept the bailiffs at
Judge Tnthlll's court room busy when
the Luetgert trial was resumed to-day.
For time 1t was impossible for those
connected with the case to get In or out.
Before the court was called to order the
doors were locked and kept so until the
crowd had been dispersed by the ball
IFS.
II was definitely announced to-day
that Luetgert viii be witness in his
own defense. The big sausage maker
said the matter had been discussed be-
tween his attorneys and himself, and
when the time comes he will take the
witness stand and tell the Jury about
his actions on the aight Of May l. Luet-
CERT said he will explain what he was
doing in the basement Of his factory,
and the experiments he was conduct
ing there. The court opened with
Frank Odorufsky, Luetgert's smoke
house man, still In the witness chair.
Yesterday Odorafsky gave his testi-
mony In German. This morning he
abandoned that language for Polish,hl
| nativ2 tongue and new Interpreter
was necessary. His direct testimony
was concluded In n few minutes, the
state showing him tin box containing
caustlc soda, This. the witness said.
was like the stuff which he took from a
barrel in the shipping room and under
the direction of Luetgert, broke up aud
placed in the middle vat.
OdornfslSy was turned over to the de-
rense for cross examination and Attor-
ney Vincent questioned him first about
his connection with the police since the
arrest OF Luetgert The witness said
an officer has been with him nearly all
the time. No money. he said, has been
given him and no position promised him
but his wife has received money from
Inspector Setback. Just few cents"
said Odorafslty, ITO keep body and soul
together. am not giving my testi-
fneny for money, but for conscience"
Odorafsky In his cross examination,
was subjected 20 severe questioning.
with the object Of showing that there
were discrepancies between his testl-
mony on various points and statements
and what he had given at LuetEeFt's
preliminary hearing and In the hnbeas
corpus proceedings before Judge Glib
bons The smoke house man declared
candldly that on those former occasions
he had been examined IN German,a Ian
Euugc which ho does not speak Many
of the questions, he said he did not I'M
NAp1AuWhI,s a
to the best OF his ability 10 all OF At
torney Vinccnts questions about for
mcr testimony, he answered that he did
not remember what he said 0d0ra fsity
said he only took about half shovel
full OF the red substance out Of the vat.
He did not scrdpc uut the vat or exam
Inc It's bottom thoroughly. The cross cx-
animation came to nm end much earlier
than was expected and Odorafsky was
permitted to go.
WIInm Frankie" Testimony.
Frank Lewendowskl nlso n Pole,wns
called next, He Is at present employed
as a iaborer by The Northwestern rail
rond Lownndowsd was employed In the
Luotgort fnctory mp to May last when
The sheriff took possession, HIS worlS
was the boiling ana wrapping Of hams
and TO distinguish him from The other
Frank, paemfsAy, who was cnlled
"Smoke Frank" he had tho nickname
of Ham Frank" Lrw0ndowskl'B teB-
tlmeny was mainly corfoborhlIyc Of
that Of Odomrsky, He assisted tho
latter In brcnltng up the cauytIc soda
ana IN putting Il 10 che vat When he
saw TINT Odorarslty had burned his
hands with the stun the wllncsH said
hc covered hiR hands wlth rags ana ~ 20
put q cloth over his face to protect him.
arlf
The witness assisted OiomnNy IN
cleaning the floor about the vat on The
Monday following the lrgl VI MAY H.
geH ne examined ihe red Epbqlanpr
which had come from tho vat AMI
found II had nm offensive smell Thuro
were two gmpAp Aeu8e dparH near Tho
vat which were wet ana had thls rcd |
Frhnlnncu on them, showing that they
Hpd been used lp cover thr vat. rhpto |
were also a number of sucks near the