The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-30


StenoSrapher In the Jenzow case. who
translated the anonymous letter received
By the pastor.
Of the letter. saying II was not correct.
He likewise objected to the s;enographers
statement that the writer OF the letter
had disguised the handwriting and made
II as illiterate as possible.
TRANSLATION OF LETTER.
The letter es translated ny Mrs. Swc-
be-. who was selected to take the steno-
graphic notes of ;he testimony because
OF her ability TO write several languages
In shorthand. follows:
Mr. Janzow: You certainly. are ,h. ruler or
the schools. Why do you not 60 into Tire school
and clean the children from IIceg That Ger
tainly would be letter than always coming 10
Of lies you ar. . liar :nyhox. Th.i ha. been
ssh%.n. are hrisssn = pssGs on ana 70 Ian. q
you ,, are re, enc. ne h. ne, and: Jan.ox: what DO
s.IaT = !: .sla Ss ss. ioIa you ik.s w you a' are
Nc" n"s sSnes. sss1 Thrr. h, T. perfectly Iight Can
!.eos!s. N s?afs You "sss y'1 mi..;ss: s:
ayDoer,,s; VIA, Roasi.:d has aid ]. the truth:
ne - mofs honest than you are. How can you
in. 1 S:Ss:d Il: ,,. e 'ss pulpit. ycS who are
yoy .sypoeiiie, 4 liar does not SeiOns In the
% you intend TO confound the entire eonSre-
g..ion With a., your ,h,esteninrs? But, lake
.ussS nS You In nave sd Saf 9. many
tnise': but We fou5d they are - ms. Ycu
he very. one: Il Is high time that The eng e
fation should he .ntehiened. Can you n,xer
% s is s:ss5t :%y af. @ M 4 % oi 5. a
~ .hs. The Word Of God teaches u. such al
SssL ana p thrown INTO III. Ta ss,.r' % ,hs, 10 he bs
nsver might. come 20 light again. This ought
TO BE done with you. you iie-saaked hypacrite.
TRANSLATION EXCLUDED.
Both Attorney Smith and Comfnis sioner
Hisginbotham objected to Mr.. wchren-
brechts statement as 10 prejudice on the
part Of the stenosrspher. but 3greed to
keep the TRANSLATION from the record until
experts have examined the original letter
and made translations OF II.
Mrs: Swe6e!. In transisting the letter. in
. had mss5s
MARKS. but says she did not change a
word or endeayor TO misconsruc the
me- meaning; % Mrs.: swsbel IL one Of a very
dictation In several languages, as she
writee English. German, French. Spanish
and Russian with equal nuency.
@Srnns ~as a.: s. Hny Ens:: Se w::
On the sand that the letter was intro
duced In evidence. the purpose Of Mf.
show that Rodefeid either wrote the let
Ter or knew who did. This the witness
The Reverend Mr.. Janxow's counsel.
howeveC obtained the admission from
Rodefeld that he had talked about tho
pastor and called him names. feeling sure
that the law Of the church against one
member suing another for damages would
protect him. Attorney Smith says II IL
believed In the church represenfed by the
plaintiff and defendants that any member
who sues another Will not go to heaven
A BAD MEMORY.
Rodefeid displayed q bad memory when
k came 70 answering several important
questions put TO him b. Mr.. Smith on
cross- ss-examination- He said he did not
remember whether PaEor Janzow had at
tempted 70 have the lame mule letter
suppressed and not introduced at n meet
Ing OF the church board.
Pastor Jantow told me there were sew
efal true things In the letter" declared
the wttreas. IN reply TO a question as 20
could not tell what the true things
were when pressed on this point.
Mr.. Jansow's counsel will continue the
cfoss-eHamination Of Rodefcld when an
agreement is reached; as 10 the correct
translation Of the letter. He will make
every effort TO ascertain wfo wrote the
letter. and says be may be aoIe 10 show
that Q man. and not n woman. the
letter indicates. wrote the epistie.
The depcsifions will be resumed this
morning. II Mr.. Mueller, the aged wit
pees who tainted Tuesday. II able to ap-
pear he viii be- placed on the stand. lie
b the wealthiest man Interested In the
case.