The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-01


her previous testimony Mrs. 1osch did
not use these words.
She said that in her conversation with
him May Il, she asked him What caused
the smoke from the factory furnace on
the morning of May 2. and he asked her
not TO say anything about the smoke.
In her former testimony she sad
Luetgelt once told her he sometimes
became SO angry at his wife that he
coulo take hold of her and. indicating
by a finger, crush her.
The witness SAID Luetgert told her he
had great deal Of trouble with his
wife, and had ceased to live wifi her
She objected to the presence of Mary
Simmerlpg, the servant in the house,
but Luetgert told the witness that If
his wife turned Mary away he eSould
take her into the factory with him
Mrs. Tosch was subjected to a severe
cross-examinati0n. during which she
was asked If she did not know Luet-
CERT was out of the city when his wife
was taken sick with the throat trouble.
Judge Vincent asked her If she did
not say TO Luetgert on May 10 that
if he knew his wife WaS well as she
CAITs. Tosch) knew her, he would let
her go and not worry about her. Shs
declared she did not make this state
ment She was then asked il she die
not suggest to Luetgert he could coma
to her house With the two children 10
live and she would be mother go the
children. Her answer was an emphatic
30.
BOUGHT NERVE MEDICINE
Frank Bialk, the old watchman who
Wa3 employed at the sausage factory.
was the next witness Bidih told about
the arrival at the factory in March last
Of several barrels which were stored
on one of the upper floors and shortly
before May removed to the basement
These are the barrels which 1T is alleged
contained caustic potash. and the wit
ness said the stuff was emDtied into
the middle vat in the basement Shortly
before May l and dissolved by steam.
He said there was steam in one of the
boilers at 6 O. m May l. Luetgert
turned the steam into the vat in the
basement, and instructed MIN TO keep
up steam during the night, as he would
need Jt-dn the basement. At quarter
past 8 LuetgeT't sent him to a drug
store to purchase a patent nerve medf-
cine. He was gone over half am ho1r
and gave the bottle to LuetgeTt through
the gate 10 the sausage makers Office
which was looked. After 10 o'clock he
was again sent to the same drug store
time. He returned with e. bottle OF
mineral water. which Luetgert had df-
rected 1lim to purchase. He did not
see Luetgert again That night The
sausage maker was in the basement
where the vat was, and the door be
tween him and the boiler room, where
the witness was, remained locked
About o'clock in the morning. the
steam TO the vat was turned off. Bialh
LOFT ~ raIy1 III 7r,r
morning, and before leaving went tC
the Office where he saw Leutgert Sitting
with his feet ON a table. He did moi
know whether LeutgeFt was asleep Oh
not. The next evening. when he re
turned to work. he found the vat run.
ming over. A hose was pouring colo
water into IL. Beside the vat, on tht
floor, was Shiny substance. Near the
vat was q, chalr from the office. The
had been removed from the smoke
house were beside the vat. as though
they had been used to cover the val
while it's contents were boiling
WAS AFRAID TO REMAIN.
Bialk said that after the factory was
seized by the Sheriff and he learned
that Mrs Leutgert was missing, ne was
afraid TO remain there He said tina
C4A A10AAAol CRCIlIdi5s 2 " SfSNf>r 4iS saw
Leutgert in his office and asked him j.
he wanted the steam turned ON to the
vat that night. Leutgert. he said
turned pale and sank down. At this
st9temenG of the witness LeutGer1
laughed heartily.
Bi2lk told of mis- visit to the factory
with police officers. officer Dean dis
covered two rings in the vat and the
officers carried away with them bones
found in the vat and smoke house
The witness said since May 1 he ma.
lived part of the time With Office
Klinger and part of the time at his owl
home. On May 6, officer Klinger wa.
concealed under a bed in the house o,
the witness when Leutgert came to sc,
Blalk- Luetgert asked the Witnes:
what the officers found in the factory
and Bialk said they had discovered
nothing.
That is good. said Luetgert TIL,
latter advised him not to- tell the police
anything and said that in a, short timl
he would start The factory and give
the witness and his son employment.
The court adjourned for the day Will
Bialk's testimony unfinished.