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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, ‘SEPTEMBEB 3, 1897. 3 MAKING A CANE AGAINGT LUTGERT Indifference of the Rich Sausage-~Maker After Loss of His Wife. EVIDENCE OF POLICE| IS HEARD. Oificers Tell How the Accused | Failed to Aid Them in Their Search. WAS ANXIOUS TO SAVE| HIMSELF. Employes In the Factory Where the Murder Is Sald to Have Oc- curred Also Testify. | [ CHICAGO, Iry., Sept. 2—The indiffer- | ence of Luetgert after wife had disap- | jeired was the principal fact brought out ain-t him to-day. Itwas shown by the| testimony of Police Cap He Sct Luetgert did n show regarding his wife, s never 10 ask the police whether they vy trace of her or not. Oniy occasion he cailed at the police station to protest against an article in ay v paper saying that his first wife had | t diea a natural death. The police at | time were out dragging the river, ne inte clay holes and patrolling the in the hope of finding some trace of sing woman, but Luetgert, after he had plained of the papers, left the sta- tion without even asking if the police had found any trace of his wife. When the police first became aware of the disappearance of Mrs. Luetgert rough her brother, they asked Luetgert t theory he bad regarding her disap- pesarance, and he said that in his opinion she had become insane and had wandered away from home. He had not reported‘ the going away either to the police or his neighbors, because, he said, 1t was a dis- grace to have an insane wife and he did not want people to know anything abou it. Captain Schuettler said that in all the police did on the case before the arrest of Luetgert they never received any help or | suggestions from the husband, and he | never seemed to care whether they found | her or not. Luetgert to-day announced that he in- | tended to take the stand and testity in his | own behalfl. He said that he bad llkkedl‘ the matter over with his attorneysand | they had consented that he should do so. He said he would tell all about his actions on the nights preceding the disappear-. ance of his wife, and would convinca the jury that he had done nothing wrong. The interest in the case increases every | day and this morning it was almost an impossibility for the court officials and e attorneys to force their way throu owd that blocked the hallways o he courtroom. in took side o prosecution was tnat Luetgert used them and the doors to cover the vats and in- crease the heat. Sewandowski was cross - examined briefly without changing his testimony, and was suc-eeded in the wiiness-box by Detective Charles Gribenow of the Police Department. The detec.ive said that in May, the day before the arrest of Luet- gert, he met thé latter in the saloon of Mrs. Tosch, near the Luetgert factory. Luetgert asked him what the police had diccovered and what he might expect. The witness told him he mignt expect to be arrested. Griebenow said that when ke first met Luetgert the latter asked him if ne had a warrant for him. The witness said. Luetgert shook him by the hand and said: “You are my friend. Do whatyou can for me.” At the conclusion of the officer’s testi- mony the court took & recess. Tha feature of the ufternoon session was the tesumony of Police Captain Her- man Schiuetter. Before the Captain was called to tbe witness chair the State proved the purchase of a barrel of caustic soda by Luetgert in March last, and Offi- cer Klinger detailed the conversation be- tween Luetgert and Watchman Bialk in the latter’s house May 16, when Klinger was concealed in & bed. This was simply a corroboration of the testimony of Bialk. Captain Schluetter said he was first in- formed of the disappearance of Mrs. Luetgert on May 7 by Deiarich Bick- nesse, her brother, and Fred Miller. They gave him a description of the missing woman. That night the captain said he detailed Officer George Smith to make in- quiries in the neighborhood of the factory ro-garding Mrs. Luetgert. The next aay Officers Dean and Qualey were detailed to investigate the case. Shortly after that the captain said he and Lieutenant Hutchinson visited Luetgert at his bome. The witness told the sausage-maker that they had heard ot the disappearance of his wife ana called to see what they could do for him. Luetgert was asked to tell his theory of his wife’s disappearance, and he told the officers he believed she was insane and had wandered away. He said she bad been acting strangely for some time. The witness asked Lueigert why he had not otified the police, instead of keeping si- lent. Luetgert said he feltit was a dis- grace to him and nis children that his wife had become insane, and did not like to tell about it. He said he bad last seen her shortly after 10 o’clock on the night of her disappearance, before he went to the factory for the night. Captain Schuettler said that Luetgert gave him the names of friends of the missing woman, and he sent officers to visit all of them and make the inquiries. Search was made for Mrs. Harris on Cleve- land avenue, who was no: found, and visits were made to Wheaton, Eigin, Kankakee and other places. The police dragged the river and searched the clay hills in the vicinity of the factory. Luet- attemnpts to find his wife, and failed to in- quire whether any information regarding her had been found. Once he called at the Sheffield-avenue police station to com- plain of a newspaper article, intimating that his wife had not died a natural death, but while at the station be did not inquire whether the police had found any trace of the missing wife. The witness then told of the visit of him- s-1f, Inspector Shaack and a number of officers to the sausage factory, the exami- nation of the smokehouses and vats and the finding of the rings in the middle vat. The witness said the rings were found by Otficer Dean, ¥ho was in the vat examining the bottom. Both of the rings were covered with the reddish substance which was in the vat. The rings, one a plain gold wedding ring, the other a guard ring, were put in evidence. Attorney Phelan began the cross- examination of Caotain Schuettler, and ed bim to tell the jury all the police ad done to asceriain whether Mrs. Luet- gert had been seen at Kenosha, or in that neighborhood. The captain said the gert, the witness said, took no vart in the | FUSION PLAN - GOES THROUGH Three Parties of Ne- braska Join in Making Up a Ticket. Nominations for Supreme Judge and University Re- gents Agreed Upon. Democrsts, Popullsts and Sliver Republicans Are F.nally Induced to Combine. LINCOLN, NEBR.,Sept. 2.—As predicted by the party leaders, the three parties— Democratic, Popualist and Silver Republi- cans—joined hands in fusion and the ticket placed in the fiela is: For Supreme Judge, Jobn J. Sullivan (Dem.), Columbus; for State University Regent, Evan Forell (Pop.) of Kearney and George F. Kenower (Silver Rep.) of Wisner. Many celegates maintain that the fu- sion was perfectly harmonious. while there are others who claim that there may vet be dissension on the Silver Re- publican side, as about one-third of their delegates went home early this morning before fusion was effected. For a while in the three conventions it looked very precarious for harmony, as the Silver Republicans had a very warm time, a number of ‘‘middle-of-the-road” deiegates talking in favor of the nomina- tion of a straight ticket in order to pre- serve their organization. Finally it was announced that the Democrats and Silver Republicans haa agreed upon Jobn L. Sullivan for Supreme Judge ana signs of fusion began to appear. Even then it was not until Judge Neville urged the in- dorsement of Mr. Sullivan that the Popu- lists gave in. At noon the agreemeat to fuse was finally reached and the rest of the proceedings were of short duration. It became very evident near the ciose that neither Scott, Neville nor Thompson could be nominated by any two of tie conventions and the maneuver of the Democrats in substituting Sullivan was considered a coup d’etat that cut short what might have resulted in a long-drawn, knotty convention, full of fight and ulti- mately separating the three parties so widely that fusion would have been an unknown condition for years to come. This is the condition freely expressed on every hand. % There were fifteen counties unrepre- sented in the Populist convention, and about the same number absent from the other gatherings, The delegates began leaving the city as soon as fusion became an assured thing, and by evening there were scarcely a score atany of the hotel THE McCORD CLAIM. Peru Holds That the Fine and Im- prisonment imposed on the Claim- ant Was Just. W ASHINGTON, D., C., Sept. 2.—Secre- tary Sherman and the new Minister from Peru, Senor E:uigeren, had a conference at the State Department to-day, the long pending case of Victor McCord being among the subjects considered. It has been stated recently that the United States has presented an ultimawum to Peru, demanding an immediate paytment of $50,000 in settlement of the McCord case. Itis learned from official sources, THOSE Fascinating Green Tags WILL, Dangle Fromsome very pretty Reefer Suits, elegant- ly braided. $3.50 has been the price; ages 3 to 10; also 9 to 15 years. GreenTagswill save you a U \ \ heap. To-day | & they'll be P=oe \ $1.65. Green Tags On those pretty Brownie Suits. Thevest ispret- tily braided— the whole Swit is so cute and | cunning. See what the Green | Tagds have done to-day. Marked ’em down to $2.50. Green Tags Mean one- half on our fin- est Reefers, owr handsomest Boys’ Suits, ages 3to 10 and 9 to 15 years. Ouwr $6 and $8 valwes. 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To-day they’ll be Green-Tagded at $1.95. --$P8.50.--- police had received letters, most of them { however, that no ultimatum had been | anonymous, stating that Mrs. Luecgert The courtopened with Frank Odorafsky, gert's smokehouse man, still in the ess chair. Yesterday'Odora stimony in German. 1 abandoned that languag tongue, and a new interpreter | ec v. His direct testimony w: i sinutes, the w uded in.a few m showing bim 2 tin box containing caustic This the witness said was like the | ch he took from:'a b lin the g room and, under the direction of | broke up and placed in the mid- | v was turned over to the de- T cross-examination, and Attorney Vincent questioned him first about his c ion with the poliee e the arrest tgert. The wWitness said ‘an officer has been with him nearly all the time. No money, he said, had been given him. and position promised him, but his wife hos received money from Inspector Echaack. ‘Just & few cents, said Odorafsky, “to nd scul together. I am nmg 4 testimony but for conscience,” was - suobjected to severe questioning with the object of suowing thal there were. discrepancies between his testimony now and what he had given =zt Luetgert's preliminary hear- | ing ana in the habeas .corpus proceed- | ings before Judge Gibbons. The smoke- bouse man declared candidiy that- on | those former occasions he had been ex- amined in German, a language which be does not sp:ak well. Someé of the| questions, be said, he did not understand | thoroughly, but had answered to the best of his ability. To all of Attorney Vin- cent's questions about former testimony he answered that he did not remember what he said. - Odorafsky said be only| took about half a shovelful of the red sut. | stance out of the vat. He did not sv.'.'ape! out the vat or examine its bottom thor- oughly. Frang Sewandowskl, also a Pole. was called next. ' He is at present employed as & laborer by the Northwestern Railway. | Sewandowski was employed in the Luet- | gert factory up to May last, when the | Sheriff took possession. His work was | the building and .wrapping of hams, and to distinguish him. from Odorafsky, who was called “Smoke Frank.” he has the nickname of “Ham Frank.” Sewandow- ski's testimony was mainly corroborative of Odorafsky’s. He assisied the latterin | breaking up the caustic soda and putting itin the vat. When he saw Odorafsky had burned his hands with the stuff wit- ness said he covered his hands with rags and also put a cloth over his face to pro- tect himself. The witness assisted Odorafsky in clean- ing the floor apout the vat on the Monday following the 1st of May. - He said he ex- amined the red substanc: whicii had come from the vatand found it bad an offen- sive smell. There were two smokehouse doors near the vat which were wet and had this red substance on them, showing that they had been used to cover the vat. There were also a number of sacks near the vat, some of them hanging on the vat next to the one in which it is alieged the body of Mrs. Luetgert wasdesttoyed. The #acks were wet, and the theory -of the | had been seen wandering near Kenoshs, and he sent to officers there to investigate. The officers discovered no trace of Mrs. Luetgert. Attorney Phelan asked the witness | furiher about trips which he himself had taken on the Luetgert case, and the cap- tain said he had gone to New York to in- vestigate a rumor that Mrs. Luetgert had been seen there May 8. “Chief of Pulice Kipley, the witness said, had received a message from the New York police that a man whose name was Grattey had met Mrs. Luetgert before her marriage to the sage-maker, and had met her on Broad- y. The captain said he had not gone to New York to find out whether Mrs. Luetgert had been there or not. He went to find out something about Grattey, so that if he appeared as a witness in the case to give perjured testimony, his testi- mony couid be met. Attorney Vincent asked to have the statement as to the object of the captain’s visit to New York stricken out, but the court said the defense bad called it out. There was a wrangle between the attor- neys, in the midst of which the court ad- journed for the day. Judge Tuthill said he would either strike out all the testi- mony concerning the trip to New York, or vave the whole story told tie jury. UNION PacCIF ) SECURITIES, Their Sale Au hor jor Collateral Mot Redemption. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 2—In an order iisued by Judge Lacombe of the United States Circuit Court to-day, the trustees under the Collateral trust in- denture of the Union Pacific Railroad Company were authorized to sell from time to time any bonds, stocks or securi- ties held by them for the purpose of pre- curing funds with which to redeem out- standing coliateral notes issued in 1891 through an agreement with the creditors of the company. The suit in which.this orier is un outcome was brought by J. Pierpon Morgan, and others, agsinst the Union Pacific Rsilrosd Company and Frederick R. Coudert and others, as re- c ivers. and in the complaint it was charged that prior to August 18, 1891, the defendant company 1ssued promissory obligations amounting 1o $17.000,000 pledging stocks anc bonds s securities. The creditors agreed to accept 6 per cen' collateral notes made payable August 1, 1894, and secured by pledges to be de- posited with Drexel, !\Forgun & Co. as wrustees. The quesiion of the disposition of securities deposited with this firm was entrusted 10 J. P. Morgan and others. Tue firm deliverrd collaterai notes to the amount of §18.770.000 and there ars now outstanding $8,127,000 with interes:. The plaintifts asked that if the railroad com- pany should fail to redeem these potes power be given to the trustees to seli to Procure Funds secarities to be used in paying the notes. |. SR N Freight Elevator Falls. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 2—A freight ele- vator in the Nelson Morris packing house in East St. Louis, containing four em- ployes, droppeda trom the third story to the basement this forenoon. Louis Breen, Wiilism O’ Brien and Patrick G llam wers picked up unconscious, the two former with broken 'egs and the latter with his bead and face seriously cut. Daniel O'Brien was also tadly bruised, but not ‘seriously hurt. presented, although a courteous but firm note was addressed by Secretary Sherman to Peru. There is good reasom to believe that Peru’s answer will be of such a na- ture as to doaway with any chance of fric- tion between the two countries, and that final ad justment will be made at an early day. Al the same time Peru will make clear that any adjustment is due 10a desire to continue the friendly relations long existing between the two countries, anda_thst the claim of McCord is not re- garded as a justone. Senor Eguigeren was seen at the Peru- vian legation to-night and consented to give Peru’s side of the case. It differsin many respects from the siatements made in connection wiith the so-called ult.ma- tum. In brief, it is contended, first, that McCord was not, as claimed, a United States Consul at the time the alleged in- dignity to him occurred, but was superin- tendent of the National Railway of Feru and without any official connecticn with the United States; secOnd, thatthe fine and 1mprisonment imposed on McCord were justitied by the fact that his action during the revolution of 18%5 led iothe transportatior. of a larce boay of armed troops from Mollendo to Arequipa, where a bloody conflict ensued, resulting in the death of a largce number of people; third, that any grievance that McCord may have had was long ago settled in writing by Mr. Tnorndike, his superiorin the Peru- vian railways; and finally, that McCord is now a resident of Peru, and is not de- sirous of naving the United States urge the claim. —_— CIFIL SEKVICE TEST CASE. A Mail Employe Brings Suit Against tie Postoffice Department. WASHING10N, D. C. Sept. 2.—John G. Woods, Superintendent of Mails at the Louisville (Ky.) Postoffice, to-day brought suit against Postmaster-General Gary and the Postoffice Department authorities to prevent them from removing him from the service. The case probably will be a test of the power to remove a Government official embraced within the civil service rules. Woods was notified that his services would be dispensed with, and he refused toresign. He has now asked foran in- junction to prevent his removal The court has 1ssued a temporary restraining order to protect his interests. At the Postoflice Department it is stated that the cffice of Superintendent of Mails, which Woous is seeking to keep, is un formly fillea by details of employes of the railway mail service. This is in the nature of a temporary %omolion, and the order against which cods complains directed him to ‘‘resume’’ his former run in that service. With this notification to ‘Woods to return: to his old work was the formal detail of Clerk O’Donnell to suc- ceed him as Superintendent. The re- straining order issued by Judge Bingham was served on Postmaster-General Gary First Assistant Postmaster-General Heath to-day. State Constadles Withdrawn. COLUNBIA, 8. C., 8ept. 2.—Goveraor Ellerbee announced to-day that he had given orders withdrawing the State con- stabulary from every village, town and city of the State. Only a few constables will be retained in tne country districts, where there are no local officers to enforce the dispensary law. This action removes the chief cause of friction 1n the enforcement of the State liquor - 'aw. and will save the common- wealth $50,000 a yeur. A FEAST FOR | YOUR EYES Adre the Big Boys’ Swits, ages 12 to 19 years. What swell styles! Gaze in aston- ishment. They're Green Tagged $3.50. What Rich and Rare Styles await yow at this price. What pretty Swits for Boys; Dress-up Swits. Green Tags are Wonder Workers. They’ll do a heap to- day at Y $6.00.— A Swell Lot Are the Overcoats That are Green-Tadded $8.50. They represent the swellest of styles. No tailor can make *em handsomer—in those Royal Blue and Black Kersey Overcoats; Box Coats in Tan Covert Cloths, Serdes. Such darments other stores wouldn’t dream of selling under $18—and can’t! to-day at Green Taggded —-$58.50 I--- O-11-15-15 KFARNY &7 |Men’s Worsted {Trousers, | In genteel, neat stripes, Green- Tagged g, e | Fine All-wool Scotches, Hand- | some Trousers, Green Tagded ---$1.75.--~ FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE. William Crton Kakes the Daring Leap and Now Lies in a Critical | Condition. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 2—William Orton jumped from the Brooklyn bridge tnis. afternoon and now lies in a critical condition at the marine nospital. He rode on a truck going to Brooklyn shortly before 2 o'clock. When the truck was near the center of the bridge Orton got off and quickly climbed upon the rail. The bridge was crowded with promenad- ers, but no policeman was near. Orton stood on the rail for a few moments, and, throwing off his bat, jumped out into space. He turned over several times in his descent and struck the water on his right side. When he came to the surface the crew of the tug Gratitude fished him out. Orton was in an exhausted tondition, and after a while said, “I did it, I did it; didn’t 1?" Then he sank into a state of coma, from which he had not recovered at last accounts. FACIION (UOMNVENTIONS. McKinley and dilver Republicans of Colorade Will Meet To-Day. DENVER, Coro., Sept. 2.—Both factions of the Republican party of Colorado hold their State conventions to-merrow. The straight or administration faction meets in this city, while the Silver Republicans meet at Glenwood Springs. A strong ef- fort has been made by some of .the ad- herents of both factions to effect a fusion of the two in support of acommon ticket, but this has been eardestly opposed by others, and especially among th ver advocates. Senator Teller, the undis- puted leader of this faction, is now at Glenwood Springs with the avowed inten- night he said to an Associated Press re- porter: *There will be no fusion betw-en the Republicans of Colorado and the McKin- ley Republicans. Furihermore, I will say that the convention which is to be helid here to-morrow will be one of har- mony. 3 Notwithstanding this assurance, it seems certain that there will be a spirited coniest over the question of fusion. The leading candidates for the Supreme Judge- ship are the present Chief Justice, Hayt, whose term expires thib year, and Judge 0. E Lefevre of the Arapahoe District Court. The Hayt followers are largely in favor of the fusion with the administra- tion Republicans on the belief that the latter are almost cercain to nominate their man. —— NEW STEAMSHIP LINE, Kansas City Wil Reach for Central Americin Trade, KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 2—A steam- ship line from the Guif to the principal points of Central America and the West Indies is to be put 1nto operation by the Kansas Cicy, Pittsburg and Guif Railroad. Rovert Gillham, general manager of that road, is now arranging for the sieamers and within thirty or sixty days, 1t is said, the new line will be doing business. I is the intention, if possible, to bring busi- ness here that otherwise goes to Eastern points, The plan originated with. President A. E. Stillwell of the road, ana includes the e-tablishment in Kansas City of a bureau of information where Western merchants may find out about the tropical countries from which it is expected to secure trade. —— sAndrews and Brown University. PROVIDENCE, R. L, 8spt. 2.—Presi- dent Andrews said to-day that he nad taken under consideration the request of the Brown University cerporation that he withdra whis resiznation. Dl Monetary Commissioner Keturns ROSTON, Mass, Sept 2—Among the tion of preventing any compromise with the friends of the administration. Toge . passengers on the sieamer Canada from Liverpool, which arrived toeaay, was General Charles J. Payne, who, with Sena- tor Wolcott of Colorado and ex-Vice President Stevenson, formed the Mone- tary Commission appointed by the Presi- dent 10 visit Europe in the interesc of bimetallism. General Payne will return to Europe withir a few weeks. —_————— PASSENGER ANSOCIATION. Kxecutive Committes Conerdering Im- portant Matters. CHICAGO. ILL., Sept. 2.—A meeting of the executive committee of the Western | Passenger Association was held to-day for the purpose of considering the future oif the association and the best methods to be employed 1n strengthening the or- ganization. The association has not been able to accomplish all that the chairman and executive commitiee would have liked on account of the strong lines that have refused to become members. It was decided that Chairman Caldwell should arrange for a meeting of all the linesin the West which have interested territory in the association and a discussion will be made to strencthen the association and remove some of the handicaps under which the chairman and the exicutive commiitee have labored ever since the promulgation of the Supreme Court de- cizion which dealt such a body blow to raiiroad associations. The meeting, which will be held some- where about the middie of the vresent month, will be general in its character and as much for the purpose of obtaining the views of the different roads as any other reason. The Burlington, Atchison, Northwest- ern and other interesteu lines have met the rate of the Rock Island for the con- vention of letter carriers at San Fran- cisco. It 1s not likely that tnere will be any demoralization over the rates as the business is very light. B — Coast Defense Garritons. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2—The special army board created by Secretary Alger to draw pians for garrisoning the new coast defense works had its first-meet- ing at the War Depariment tc-day. Itis ) | expected that the work before the birl | will occupy it fora lung time, reiating as It does to the . consiruction of harracks and quarters at many points, drainage and water suppiy, the assignment of proper forceso! artilierymen to esch point of defense, and perhap. the proprietv of a general increase of lorce in the artillery | arms. | ——— THE FOKEST Y PKOBLEM. Secretary Bliss isx Becoming Mueh In- toreated in the System. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2.—Secre- | tary Bliss is taking great interest in the forestry preblem, and is watching the de- velopments in the comprehensive system of employing special a rents with assigned districts for the complete supervision and | surveillance of the segregated tracts. Some time ago under the authority of Congress the States embracing the vari- ous reserves were placed in districts, ezch in charge of a specizl agent appointed by "the Secretary of the Interior, with au- t hority for employing such assistants as were necessary. This schewme, though limited in effectiveness by a meager ap- | propriation, is bzing put in force as rap- | idly as circumstances wili permit. The results £o far attained are regarded with satisfaction by the department. One of the most important results has been to check the ravages of forest firen. This feature especially has met wiih the ap- proval of the settlers and " has secured their hearty co-operation. Commissioner Hermann of the General Land Office is now making a personal inspection of the new ‘system and its workings on the Pa- cific Coast. He reporis seeing one forest fire, which would ordinarily have been very destructive, promptly checked by the uew foresiry corps, The Duty Decivion Dext Week. WASBINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2—The Attorney-General is devoting much of his time this week to the preparation of bis decision of the question invobved in the interpretution o1 section 22 of the iariff law, relating to discriminating dutjes. It - is not nrobable that the decision will be ready uniil next Monday,