The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-02


to-day. A majority OF the spectators
were women who had come early,
Outside the court hundreds waited In
line, unable to enter. The big sausage
maker, the central figure in the trial.
was apparently in the best OF spirits,
betraying no outward effects of the
strain of the trial. He commented, not
in bitter terms, on the testimony or his
old employe Bialk, the watchman, who,
he said, was simple, honest man.
He is an ignorant man." said Luet-
CERT, "and like an elephant or n bear
ne can be trained. He has been well
trained by the police"
When the. court was called TO order
Assistant States Attorney McEwan
announced that he had authorities at
hand on the questions which were left
undecided yesterday, whether the visits
OF Mary Simmering, the Luetgert fam
lily servant, TO Luetgert In the factory
was admissible as evidence, but the
state would prefer to argue the guess
ton later. Judge Tuthlll said Bialk
could be recalled later In the trial and
the question decided.
Attorney Vincent then began the
cross-examlnation OF Bialk and put 10
him questions regarding his connection
with the police since May l6 Mr. Nc
Ewan objected, but Attorney Vincent
declared II would be shown that Bialk
had not been out OF the sight OF po-
liceman for five minutes since the ar
rest OF Luetgert, and the defense had
not been able TO get a minutes CONVEX
satIon with him. The cross-examina-
ton proceeded and Bialk testified that
since May 10 he had been with officer
KlInger, living In the latter's house and
paying no board He had done no
work, but Inspector Schaak had pro"
vlded means for his wife TO live and
pay rent,
Mr.. Vincent brought out the fact that
previous TO May the watchman had
met Luetgert In different parts OF the
factory at all times OF the night. Some
times the sausage maker walked about
the building and even in the yard at
late hours. Blalk said he regarded the
actions Of his employer on the night Of
May as suspicious, because he turned
on the steam into the basement at 0
o'clock. This was unusual.
o. 1t was made piHuT TO the jury In the
ross-eXamlnation that Bialk from his
position in the boiler room could have
looked through an opening near the
elevator and have seen Luetgert at the
vat in the basement. He did not do so,
he said, because he knew 1t would not
do for him to be caught at 1t, Bialk
said that although Luetgert had barrl-
cnded the door leading directly from the
boiler room when he went to the base
ment there was another route by which
10 Na, InV
ment. He did not go in, he said, be-
| cause Luetgert had told him TO go back
to his fires after he had delivered the
second bottle OF medicine to him.
Luetgert did not at any time tell him
not to enter the basement. The watch
man said he could have looked from the
court into the part of the building
where the watts were and could have
seen Luetgert and his lantern, but did
not do so.
The cross-examination OF Bialk.
which had taken all the forenoon, was
concluded shortly after the afternoon
session was begun. Frank Odorofsky
was then called as n witness. He was
en- employe OF LuetRert. whose duties
were around the watts. odorofsky said
he broke up the caustio potash and
under Luetgert's directions put 1t in the
middle vat. The witness then told what
he saw in the basement on Monday
morning, May 3. Beside the middle vat
was n mass OF reddish brown stun
which had overflowed from the vat and
been carried part OF the way toward the
sewer opening in the floor The stun
had an offensive smell, the witness said,
and was sllmy and greasy. Near the
vat were three doors which had been
taken from the smoke houses near by.
Two OF these doors were smeared with
the same substance as though they had
been on top OF the vat and the contents
of the vat had boiled up against the
doors. He said he took n quantity Of
the stun on n shovel and examined II
carefully. In II he could see small
pieces OF bone and what appeared to be
particles Of flesh. Odorofsky said Luet.
gert ordered him TO remove the stun
from the floor and vat which he did,
and the sausage maker then told him
TO take II out into the yard and scatter
II NIL over the yard.
u took Il out Into the yard" said the
witness. but / did not scatter It
around. Instead dumped 1t in one
place and put some dirt over It,"
The witness said that after the police
had begun their Investigations OF the
case he showed them whore he had
placed the material from the vat and
they took part OF II away Odorofslty
said the fuel used In the smoke house.
furnace was sawdust and the furnace
was cleaned out on the Thursday be-
fore the first OF May. Luctgcrt then
directed that now supply Of saYdust
hc placed In the furnace and this was
done. When court adjourned for the
day odorofsky was stlll on the witness
stand and his. testimony viii be con.
cludcd tomorrow