The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-09
LUETGERT TALKS.
Fierce Abuse of the Wit
nesses for the State
the Police and
the Lawyers.
1T WAS ALL TO MAKE sOAP
He Is Innocent and Ruined and i
Victim-So Is Mary
Siemering.
It WAS ALL TO MAKE soAP

CHICAGO, Oct. 9, 1s97-Adolph L. Luet-
CERT, inspired by memories Of Chicago
Day, this morning gave out a fierce esti-
mate of the case the prosecution has made
out against him. The sausage maker
grpped the bars of his cell and swung fis
ponderous body to and fro as he talked o6
police persecution and the Lying evidence"
of those who testified against him. He
was bitter in his denunciation of the po-
lice and Prof. George F. Dorsey, the
chief astrological witness against him.
Il have kept quiet about what thought
OF the case that was being made out
against me. expressed no opinion during
the trial, because by doing SO thought T
might injure my case. But now 1 will
say that in my opinion the case of the
state is weak. 1t is built upon lies Why
Frank Odorofsky and Frank Lewandow-
sky, those Polacks. would swear to any
thing. They are liars. pure and simple.
Neither of them worked for me the week
ending May 1. Odorofsky came to my
factory on Friday April 80. I had noth-
ing for him to do, and told him to come
back again on Monday. He was not at
the factory again. and all the evidence
he gave about what he saw and did at
the factory on Saturday, May 1, was man
ufactured.
Il did not try to make soap In that
vat. That is the absolute truth of the
matter. The soap washed out of the
vat and 1 gave up the job had intend
ed to hire my men to scour the sausage
factory from top to bottom and put it in
first-class shape to be sold
THE police treated Mary Siemmering
shamefully. They prosecuted her, bull
dozed her and threatened her. They
tried it on me when was first placed
under arrest but stopped them in short
order. They could not put me in the
sweat box. I knew my constitutional
rights and informed Inspector Setback
that he was not acting in the capacity
of trial court and that did not have
to answer any of his questions. He
dropped me then.
"Fulbeck. who swore that Mary Siem-
mering told him on May 8 that Mrs.
Luetgert was upstairs In bed is q base
falsifier. That fellow has not seen q
sober day in years. He used to come
to my factory intoxicated and when
ordered him away he'd say, Don't drive
me away, Luetgert; thrash me- He is
an migrate.
Some people seem to think that Luet-
gert's brain is no good. They are foolish
remember things well People who are
under obligations to me went on the wit
ness stand and swore against me. Some
time IN the future may have something
to say to these people. Mrs. Johanna
Leeban, Fred Miller and Diedrioh Bick-
mex deliberately falsified when they testi-
fed that Mrs. Luetgert always treated her
children, well. How could they know?
They only called at my house occasionally.
DR.. Dorsey, the bone expert. is very
fresh young man. He thinks he knows all
about bones, but in my estimation DR..
Airport has forgotten more about oste-
ology than Dorsey ever knew. As ! have
often said before, believe my wife Is
prised if she entered the court room any
day 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.
ST am an innocent man.. My health and
happiness has been destroyed by an unjust
years toil-has ben swept away. Today
verging upon sixty years Of age IND my
self almost 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. Reluctantly
l followed their advice. That is all have
to say at this time
States Attorney Deneen and Assistant
States Attorney McEwen put in the
time today outlining the arguments they
will present to the jury next week. Ex-
Judge Vincent and Attorney Phalen were
similarly employed Judge Tuthill hav-
ing gone to Nashville, there was no ses-
sion of the court today.