New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-09

no attempt to muff1e his walk: his tread
was heavy and was heard distinctly by
those in the Review Office below.
More than this he had failed to pro-
vide himself with a weapon other than
an ordinary pocket knife, such as the
ordinary man carries about his daily
business. This was the tool that in
ficted the wounds, this and a hammer,
owned by the victim and picked up by
the criminal after he had reached the
upstairs rooms.
1t is at this point that those who
believe the murder deliberately
planned differ. Close friends of the
doctor who were in his office probably
more than anybody else, say that they
never saw the hammer before the fatal
night and believe that it was carried
there by the criminal with the pur-
pose of using it to kill his intended
victim. This view is also taken by
Miss Lydia Schapekahm, who was
office girl for DR.. Gebhardt
| What followed after he reached the
Offices can, of course, only be guessed
at, but from the marks of blood in
various places and from the mute tes-
timony which the general confusion of
the room bears to the terrible strug-
| OIL hp
DID GEBHARDT KNOW MAN?
Either the man was known to the
| doctor or else he represented himself
as one who wished friendly inter-
view. It is certain that the two men
were engaged in converse tion for some
few minutes before the struggle began.
DR.. Gebhardt was working at his
polishing machine in his laboratory
when his visitor entered. He evident
| ly stopped at once and walked out
into the operating room, which is the
main one Of his suit. Always courte-
Gus, he invited the man, whether sup
posed friend or stranger, to be seated,
and went out in the waiting room and
brought in a rocking chair and placed
it a few feet from the door connecting
the waiting and operating rooms,
near a cloth screen used to protect pa
tients in the chair from the gaze of
other patients.
Seated here, the man could look in
to the laboratory, and as the hammer
was always laid on the bench close to
the door. it would naturally fall in
the direct line of the vision of the Wis
itor. Sitting there, talking God knows
what, his eye must have fallen upon
the fatal instrument and probably the
thought entered his mind that there
was a weapon handy in case of need.
The general theory is that whatever
the dispute, the men clinched, a tussle
ensued lasting several minutes, then
there was a breakaway. The visitor
remembered the hammer and stepping
to the door of the laboratory, seized
it and rushed at his host, swinging it
as he came. A blow struck the doctor
in the side of the head, breaking the
skull, and then dazed and nearly I'M
conscious, but with desperate courage
determined to save his life, DIR. Geb-
hardt grappled with his assailant.
BLOOD ON MAP.
They seemed to have swayed toward
the door leading into the waiting
room, for the chair occupied by the
visitor was overturned, as was also the
screen, and on the large map just
back of the screen there is large dab
of blood, evidently made by the wound
ed head of the dentist as he fell back
against the wall
On the floor there seems to be little
blood but for a few splashes, except
in the center of the rug, where there is
great pool. Seemingly, therefore,
the men clasped in life and death
embrace, swayed back toward the
center of the room after hitting the
wall, and then fell to the floor.
DIR. Gebhardt had now lost consci-
BUSINESS and the blood was streaming
from his wound. The sight of the
CHASTITY deed must have frightened the
assailant, and thinking that now he
could be charged with murderous as
sault, he determined to finish his vic
tim and SO prevent any tell-tale wore
from escaping his lips.
Reaching into his pocket he pulled
out his knife and opening it plunged
it into the neck of the PROSTATE man
This he repeated a dozen and NOR
times, evidently crazed with passio
! and lust for blood, now at white heat
BROOKS SEES DEED.
: It was at this point that Asa E
y Brooks looked over the transom, an
! the sight must have nearly scared hi
eyeballs. Dropping to the floor b
Z ran down for help.
y Tn the meanwhile the murderer ha