New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-09
CLUES ARE BEING CAREFULLY GUARDED
City in White Heat Of Excitement and Many
Theories and Suspicious Rife---Develop-
ments May Bring Surprise.

gathering of talent, and it is probable
that the corps will be augmented un-
less conclusive evidence is produced
very soon.
There are now six or more detectives
working openly and a number of whom
nobody knows. Two Pinkerton men,
A. E. Rydell, the man first on the
scene, and J. G.. Callihan, assistant
superintendent of the St. Paul Office;
are here. The two others most promi-
nent in the public eye are Fl. F.
Cheney of the Thiel Detective Service
company, with a branch Office in ST.
Paul, and William Baxter, of the
Baxter Detective company of Mime
apolis.
With this large force at work day
and night, it would seem that if the
man wanted can be found, he will be
found, and already the public is
beginning to feel more at ease and is
inclined more to be patient and wait.
SOME CLUES FOUND.
The murder is still mystery, but it
is not the impenetrable affair that it
was first supposed to be nor that the
general public thinks it is at the
present time. The work of the de-
tectives and elocal police has not been
in vain and the county attorney is in
possession of clues which, while he is
not giving them away, he believes are
| valuable.
/ Motives seem to have been occupying
the attention of the detectives. Who
could wish to murder DR.. Gebhardt
and what possible motive could be
back of the deed? Was it robbery,
! jealousy, revenge, or was it an I'M
premeditated crime? Was it the work
of an insane man, or Of a morphine or
cocaine fend? These questions and
many more the detectives are working
on.
: The theory that there is woman in
the case seems to be the one on which
the detectives are working the hardest
and in which they place the most faith.
Just who the woman is and what the
relationship between her and the doc
tor were cannot be known until they
lay bare their findings, but they seem
to have come into possession of some
valuable evidence along these lines.
This will be revelation to great
s many who have been inclined to jump
at conclusions and have pinned their
faith only to clues that are shallowest.
THESE CLUES PUBLIC.
There are few clues which are
plain and from which the public has
drawn hasty judgments, but these are
only a few. The one which has been
receiving the greatest amount of
attention is the bloody handkerchief
, found in DR.. Reineke's Office near the
window through which the murderer
escaped. 1t has received attention out
of all due proportion to it's Importance
and because the initials sc. r. X
were marked on the piece of linen, it
has thrown suspicion upon DR.. George
business rivals.
Since the suspicious gained ground
and became general talk the doctor
{ has been very much broken up, as is
natural, and has not been down to his
Office. To say that he is suffering
greatly is putting it lightly.
There was last week much criticism
5 Of the officials because they did not ar
: rest the suspected man at once. They
s did not arrest him and have not be
{ cause they do not believe the evidenc,
: against him is strong enough. Their,
5 are some circumstances, but they ar,
5 heavily counterbalanced by evidenc,
I in his favor.
s A thorough search of the suspected
{ mans Office and home has been mad
and nothing was found that woule
deepen the suspicion. DR.. Koch ha
5 been able to account for his time con
vincingly to the authorities before
s after and at the time of the awful deed
and can call upon reliable witnesses
to prove his whereabouts. Not onl,
: this, but no possible motive can con
: meet DR.. Koch with the crime He an,
: DR.. Gebhardt were friends