The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-28


tae testimony q William Charles L,le5-
gerts business partner. lie explained Why.
as he csalrne5. Lae caustsc p0tas1. iu wnica
tGe body 9f Mrs. Luesgert i alleged 20
have oeen dissolved. was bought Accord
ifg % Charles stoEy. The posash was pur-
ceased Is the principal ingredient u d
quantity of sofJ soap. 90 De ased in clean
lns up she hlg factory preparatory 20 IS
sale 20 an EEgElasA syndicate. TIE witness
said ne suggested tbis method Of putting
the factory ia shape hInself and that Luet-
gert acting upon the suggest.ou. ordered
"a barred 81 caustlc potash sent 10 the fac
terry ia March iast- This Was about the
time The prosecution claims TIE nsgotLa-
tioTs were pending between Lue,Eex, and
Ifayey. tEe mysterious Elgl3sansn n no Is
said 10 n2Fe represented TIE syndicate and
VINO borrowed something Ike s.. 90 from
LuetgeFt.
Charles also offered an explanation of the
Apparently barFicaded door 20 the 1ase-
tuent stairway % telling about chase for
rats N which a small dog was an activs
participant. He said that the factory had
been infested for sonls time and t8st IN
Effort mad been made 10 get I'D Of them.
The eve eliag u April 20 he ana Luetgert.
wiEa others were in the basement. when
= terrier whlca belonged 10 tae blildiIg
went after . rat. Ch2ries. Luetgert and
the others moved boxes. barrels and 0sner
obstacles 20 aid the dog in the chase. and
the boxes and barrels were hurled - a pale
against The door The harrtcade OF the door
w4s uRinteatioaaL he said.
Boiling the SOFT Soap.
Charles says, besides the caust!c potash.
two Or hires barrels q saliow quantity OF
greass and some Clipped b0ae which was
20 be used in making the soft soap was de-
iivered a. the factory. He said taaE he
aided 0dor0fsky and LevalgoEski, The TWO
labcrers employed IN the factory 20 place
some OF the stun in the middle vat. He
also saw Frank Bi2lk IN the factory at the
tine. The caus-8c potash was put IN the
va. ard Luetgsrt sad ne would see %
turning on the sielrEn and boiling the stun.
ClaTles said be met Laetgsrt Ia a saloon
opposite Ihe factory on The eve 0f the night
Mrs. Luetgert disappeared. and Luetsert
said he was going over 10 the factory 10
turn on the steam.
Al o'clock The same night Charles said
Re went 10 The basement Of the factory and
found Luetgera there and The steam turned
on. The mixture boiled over once OF twice
ard sp,ashed upon the floor. he said TIE
following day he visited he factory base
Tneut ard saw the mixture n the vat The
tal.ow was IN one portion Of the var and
the grease or lard had collected IN another
part of the vat by ITSELF. LUetgert again
turned o. steam N the mixture, the witness
sid.
The Bogus Promoter.
on discrimination by States Attor-
rev Deenea. Charles denied he had doc
t9red" the books Of the concern 50 as to
show q yearly profit Of $4,000. This line
Of cr0ss-exam.nstion was objected 70 By
TIRE defense. bat the court permitted Il for
q time. the case Being a complete denial
Is Charles He acknowles3gAd Il was ne
who introduced Promoter DsvVy 70 Lue1-
CERT but NJ sald he was deceived - the
man as wel as LuetEert.
Frank DirtIer told ~ seeing Mrs. Luet-
CERT Nrinz3ng her hands on one occasion
II was during the latter part q April. and
the witness declared Ar. LuetEert SAID tine
business was broken up and everything
was gene and taat she was going away
also. Later the witness said Mrs. Luet-
CERT promised 20 attend the wedding q his
daugare~ ia June and make the prospective
bride q present
NJ t~e to Cros~-Examine Charles.
~ the close @: she afternoon session q
court ex-JudEe Elncent and Ats1Tnev
PheEau wers mucn pleased ever r8e evl-
6eroe 0t the w-rsss Charlie. He tcli a
pretty fairy story" ark kncwI-3ged Assist
aut States Attorney NrEwc1 AZ the close
ef the trial III was or9 ~ those stories
upon wn5cs there s. nothing left 20 cross
examine FlTst. he sought the opportunity.
Al lH4e lftHT34EtEla -ksN
factory that n.Eht and f.uefgert began %
make snap. lie ana LuetgeTt are the only
oues who really know the Te4i object for
wh{ch that caustic potash was bouzht.
Teey are E3s xaiGE 20 ten any 0ther story
than ths 1ne toid by Charles - what
ls the 1sa 20 crees-ex mine at length m
zka- nelrte But ve have some other evl-
deucs ou ta.s aort that wtH change fhs
complexion If Charles eYi2ease. wae1 Il
s. submitted"
claims she Was Threatened.
Mary SL--ernE. t-e servant girl whose
cToss-ex xa-sira tloa was .n progress 7n SAT-
ur3aT ves recalled. Sc appeared con-
posed ana defiant Z vas evident she rad
uz6e 1r ar- nsrd % ccutroi nsr feelings
and n5- perTzlt The states attorney t1 con-
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