The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-15
HE TALKS BITTERLY.
LUETCERT DENOUNCES
STATES WITNESSES.
Declares That lie Ia an Innocent Man aud
That His wife VIII be Heard From Yet
Declares His Health and Happiness
Destroyed by Unjust Prosecution.

CHlcAeo, Oct !I.-Adolph L Luet-
CERT, the sausage NAL on trial for
the murder of his wife, this morn
Ing In an interview In ja
II have kept quiet about what I
thought OF the case that was being
made out against me-expressed no
opinion during the trial-because I
thought by so doing I might injure my
case. But now / will say that in my
opinion the case Of the state Is wholly
built upon lies. Why, Frank Odor-
afsky and Frank lie wandowsky, those
two 'Follacks, would swear to any
thing. They are liars, pure and simple.
Neither Of them worked for me the
week ending May ]. C.lorafsky came
to my factory on Friday, April so. 1
had nothing for him to do, and told
him to come back again on Monday.
lie was not at the factory again, and
all the evidence he gave about what
he saw and did ut the factory on Sat.
urday, May, /, was manufactured. l
did try to make soap in that vat. 1t
is the absolute truth OF the matter.
The soap washed out Of the vat and |
gave up the job. 1 had intended to
hire three men to scour the sausage
factory from top to bottom and put II
in first class shape to be sold. The
police treated Mary Siemmering
shamefully. They b%ulldozed and
threatened her. They tried It on nc
when l was first placed under arrest,
but l stopped them In short order.
They could not put me in the sweat
box l knew my constitutional rights,
and told Inspector Schaack that he
wal not acting in the capacity of a
trial court, and that | did not
have to answer any Of his
questions lie dropped me then.
Fulbeck, who swore that Mary
Siemmering told him on Friday that
Mrs. Luetgert was upstairs in bed, is
a base falsifier, That fellow has not
seen q sober day in years. He used to
come to my factory intoxicated and
when l ordered him away he'd say:
Don't drive me away, Luetpert;
thrash me- He is an migrate. Some
people seem to think that Luetgert's
brain Is no good. They are foolish.
l remember things well. People who
are under obligations 10 me vent on
the witness stand and swore against
me. Some time in the future | may
have something to say to these people.
Mrs Johanna Leeban, Fred Miller
and Diedrich Bicknese deliberately
when they testified that Mrs.
Luetgert always treated her children
we'll. How could they know? They
only called at my house occasionally.
DIR. Dorsey, the bone expert. Is n very
fresh young a He thinks he
knows all about bones, but in my es-
DIR. Walter II. Airport has
forgotten more about osteolopy
than Dorsey ever knew. As 1 have
often said before, l believe my wife
Is still alive. I should not have
been surprised IL she had entered the
room any day during the long
now nearly over. She will be
heard from yet and then all the pco-
pie who have lied about Luetgcrt will
be shown up to the world in their
proper light. am an innocent man.
My health and happiness have been
destroyed by an unjust prosecution
my fortune-the result of years of
been swept away. To-day,
verging on 90 years Of age, ! find my
self almost penniless and in the deep.
trouble that can come to man. l
would Ike to have told my story to
the jury. but my counscl thought it
better that l remain off the witness
stand. Reluctantly I followed their
advice. That is all l have to say at
this time"