‘Sausage King’ melted wife, saw sales decline, died in prison

‘Sausage King’ melted wife, saw sales decline, died in prison

Warning: Not for the faint of heart or vegetarians Adolph “Louis” Luetgert was born in 1845 in Westphalia (now Germany). He came to the U.S. in 1865, eventually settling in Chicago. Like many immigrants, Adolph — or Louis as some called him — came to America with very little money. One of his first jobs in the U.S. was similar to what he had done in Germany, working as a tanner. He soon tired of manual labor, and after the Chicago fire, started …