New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-23

of success. I have heard that such
threats have been made. Now, you
need not fear them.
There has been quite an excitement
in town during the last few days think
ing that there would be some arrests
made. 1t is easy enough to suspect
someone, but it is quite a different
thing to convince a jury of twelve men
that certain party is guilty, and if
we once make an arrest, we expect to
do SO with the intention of landing the
criminal before the bars of Justice, and
we will not do it until we have
enough evidence so that we feel rea-
sonably sure that the jury will convict
the one whom we arrest.
= Now, in order to do this. we must
have detectives and probably an attor-
ney and we have to work in secret, for
there IS no use looking around for a
murderer with everybody yelling at
him warning him that we are after him.
1t has to be done secretly and quietly,
| and you will have to have patience
1t may take months or longer before
the authorities can discover and prove
who the cold-blooded murderer was.
Therefore I thought best to call this
meeting and get a list of the prominent
citizens present and see how much they
are willing to contribute to this cause.
am willing to contribute my share,
and hope that all of the citizens of
New Ulm will contribute to the best of
their ability in order to clear the good
name of New Ulm, which cannot be
done until we have unprecedented the
murderer of DR.. Gebhardt. This will
probably require great deal of
money, and we may stumble on the
right party within a week or ten days.
Should there be any surplus of money
after the authorities have discovered
the murderer, then this committee
could refund to the parties who SUBJ
scrlbed it in proportion to the amount
that is left in their hands, or if you
| gentlemen present have any other plan
| of how we can raise funds, we will be
pleased to hear from you. Some have
proposed that the city bear the expense,
and IN this way, one who pays taxes
| will bear his proportionate share.
That, however, cannot be done, for, if
| one dissatisfied tax payer desired to
do so, he could get out an Injunction,
or if the money was actually taken,
they could bring suit against the city
officials and compel them to pay the
amount expanded.
| ATTORNEY POPHAM SPEAKS.
Attorney George NJ. Popham, the
Chicago criminal expert and one of
| the attorneys who defended the car
barn murderers in that city, was called
upon for a few words. He explained
first his connection with the case. He
had been classmate of DR.. Robert
Gebhardt, he said, in college, and his
/ wife and the murdered man had at
tended the high school together in
i Black River Falls. Natural he had
an interest in the case and he had been
the first one on who the dead mans
brothers had called when they wanted
advise. He had come here not to
assist prosecute the case but merely to
| advise the Gebhardt brothers as to
swearing out a warrant for an arrest.
He said he was heartily in favor of
the proposed citizens committee and
i explained little the law of SANDER,
assuring the people that if they knew
anything connecting any person with
the crime, they need have no fear in
coming forward and telling it to the
committee. Mr.. Popham had the con-
ddence of the audience and his re-
marks met with approval.
/ The secretary of the meeting, Albert
Pfaender, then read the following
resolution which was adopted without
] dissenting vote.
+ It is hereby resolved by the people
q of New Ulm, Mimi, in mass meeting
assembled on this 10Th day of Novem-
Der, 1904, that committee to consist
|. of not more than five citizens of this
i city be appointed and org anized for
, the purpose of conducting a thorough
Investigation of said crime in order
that the person or persons guilty
q thereof may be detected, arrested and
! dealt with according to law; and
It is further resolved, that the Hon
!. orable Charles Silverson, mayor Of
j the city of New Ulm, be and is hereby
appointed by this meeting as one OF
the members and as chairman of saiG
committee, and that he be and i
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