Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-02
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Odorafsky Continues His Testimony
at the Luetgert Trial.
CHANGES FROM GERMAN TO POLISH
Probability That the Prisoner viii
Be Put on the Stand.
CROWDS IN THE COURT ROOM

CHICAGO. September 2.-The hundreds
OF eager spectators. equally divided be-
tween the two sexes. kept the bailiffs at
Judge Tuthilrs court room busy when the
I.uetgert murder trial was resumed today.
Fer time 1t was impossible for those con-
nected with the case to get in or out. Be-
fore the court was called to order the doors
were locked, and kept SO until the crowd
had been dispersed by the bailiffs.
1t was definitely announced today that
Iuetgert will be witness in his own de-
Tense. The big sausage maker said the
matter had been discussed between his at
torneys and himelf. and when the time
comes he will take the witness stand and
tell the jury about his actions on the night
OF May 1. MIR. Luetgert said he will ex-
plain what he was doing in the basement
of his factory and the experiments he was
conducting there. The court opened with
Frank Odorafsky, Luetgert's smoke-house
man. still i'll the witness chair. Yesterday
Odorafsky gave his testimony in German
This morning he abandoned that language
for Polish. his native tongue, and a new
interpreter was necessary. His direct tes-
timony was concluded in a few minutes.
the state showing him a tin box containing
caUStic soda
This the witness said, was like the stuff
which: he took from barrel in the ship
ping room, and, under the direction of
Luetgert. broke it up and placed it in the
middle vat
Turned Over to the Defense.
Odorafsky was turned over to the de-
Tense for crosse Examination, and Attorney
Vincent questioned him first about his con-
nection with the police since the arrest
of Luetgert. The witness said an officer
has been with him nearly all the time.
~ I,;,,
and no position promised him, but his
wife has received money from Inspector
Setback. Just a few cents, said Odor
afsky, Ito keep body and soul together. /
am rot giving my testimony for money,
but for conscience.
Odarofsky, in his cross-examination. was
subjected TO severe questioning with the
object of showing that there were dis
crepancies between his testimony on various
points and statements and what he had
given at Luetgerts preliminary hearing
and the habeas corpus proceedings before
Judge Gibbons. The smoke house man
declared candidly that on those former
occasions he had been examined in Ger
man. language which he does not speak.
Many of the questions, he said. he did not
understand thoroughly. but had answered
TO the best of his ability. To all of At
torney Vincent's questions about former
testimony he answered that he did not
remember what he said. Odarofsky said
he only took about half shoyelful of the
red substance out of the vat He did not
scrape out the vat or examine its bottom
thoroughly. The cross-examination came
to an end much earlier than was expected
and Odarosky was permitted TO go.
Frank LewandOwasky Examined.
Frank Lewandowasky. also a Pole, was
called next He Is at present employed as
a laborer by the Northwestern railway.
Lewandowsky was employed in the Luet-
CERT factory up to May last, when the
sheriff took possession. His work was the
boiling and wrapping of hams, and to dis
tinguiSh him from the other Frank Odar-
ofsky was called Smoky Frank" He had
the nickname of Ham Frank" Lewand-
owskys testimony was mainly corrobor
alive of that of Odarofsky. He assisted the
latter in bringing up the oaustic soda and
putting it in the vat When he saw that
Odarofsky had burned his hands with the
stuff. the witness said he covered his hands
With rags and also put a cloth over his
face to protect himself. The witness as
sisted Odarofsky in cleaning the floor al bout
the vat the Monday following the LIST of
May. He said he examined the red sub
stance which had come from the vat and
found it had offensive smell.
There We're two smoke house doors near
the vat, which were wet and had this red
substance on them, showing that they had
been used to cover the vat. There We're
also number of sacks near the vat, some
Of them hanging on the vat next to the
one in which IL Is alleged the body of Mrs
Luetgert was destroyed. These sacks were
Wet. and it Is the theory of the prosecu-
ton that Luetgert used them and the doors
TO cover the vat and increase the heat.
Detective Testiies.
Lewandowski was cross-examned briefly
without changing his testimony. and was
succeeded in the witness chair by Detec-
tive Charles Griehenow of the police de-
partment- The detective said that in May,
the day before the arrest of Luetgert he
met the latter in the saloon of Mrs Tasch
near the Luetgert factory.
Luetgert asked him what the police had
discovered and what he might expect The
witness told him he might expect to be
arrested Griehenow said that when he
first met Luetgert the latter asked him if
he had warrant for him.
The witness said Luetgert shook him by
the hand and said: You are my friend
do what you can for me-" At the con-
ciusion OF The officers testimony the court
took a recess