The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-11-01

got lne information from Father
Lempke2"
The witness tried to reconcile
his conflicting testimony,s but be-
came confused and declared he
had been mentally unbalanced.
Father Lempke told him in 1916
to remove the remains secretly, ac-
cusing Mrs. Lypczynski and deny
ing the rumor Of Bienowski's COM
plicity. Lempke claimed that
Bishop KogloWski had told him.
Podlaszewski denied having inter
fered with photographers at Isa-
dore.
Mrs. Lypczynski's Daughter
Mrs. Mary Fleese, daughter of
the defendant, lived at Isadore at
Bienowski's house in August,
1917. She demanded an interpret.
er, but unconsciously lapsed into
use OF English with such facility
that it caused a general laugh.
She was at the priest s house on
the afternoon of Janina's disap-
pearance, and her evidence gener-
ally tended to account for the pres
ence Of her mother in and about
the house throughout the afternoon
when she would necessarily have to
be absent to accomplish the alleged
crime.
She repudiated a statement or
affidavit made in Milwaukee, de-
clared she knew her mother to be-
innocent, and became involved in
the, searching examination made by.
the prosecution, and the prosecu.
tion asked to introduce her former
affidavit in evidence saying her
testimony is adverse, that she
changes it at will and under other
influences.
The defense used the daughters
testimony to make it appear that
Mrs. Lypczynski was a long time in
the house on that fateful after
noon. She said that sisters from
the convent came to the back porch
at about $3.50 p. IN. inquiring for
Janina where her mother was at
the time baking bread in the
kitchen.
When further questioned as to
the affidavit and examination in
justice court she became confused
and contradictory.
When Bienowski was again
called to the stand his evidence
traced the report Of murder and
burial under the church back to a |
Priest Pobloski who died in Au-
gust, 1915. Sisters Antonina and
Veronica also made it evident that
the knowledge or rumor of the
murder and concealment of the
body was generally known by the
Felician sisters and priests as early
rs 1915.
The Former Sheriff
Mr.. Brown said he was a
resident Of Leland, Leelanau
County, Mich, and that he has
mown the e,respondant for the past
Y years. / was sheriff at the time
he sister disappeared and | was
Notified on the Thursday following
he disappearance of the sister. i
his being a week after she had dis
appeared. ] went to Isadore the
lext day, Friday, a week after the
There | met several |
'ther people and officers at Father
'ienowski's residence, and IE
tarted an investigation. found
70 belongings of Sister Mary Jan /
ma but found there had been a fire
n the convent basement. The
oom Sister Mary Janina lived in
Tas in the northwest corner of the
upstairs. In it we're ONLY
cot and stand, but no bedding as
remember. | went under the
hurch basement and found lum-
er and there were also odds and
nds there Of cuttings which ap-
cared to have fallen there at time
I building. / was not nor did / t.
'ok for a grave there. We, then
rent out into the woods. / re-
lained there that day and then
he following Sunday | went TO
sadore again and we searched the |;
'oods that day. There had been ,
piece Of raveling found on a !
snce, that day and Mr.. Bowles /,
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