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

bursments of said moneys, with the
understanding that if at the termin alton
of it's labors such committee shall
have any unexpended funds it shall
return the same prorata to, the contrib
utors with a statement only of the
total amount of its receipts and dis
bursments, and it shall be required to
make no other statement or account,
the purpose hereof being to enable
such committee to maintain such
secrecy concerning its operations as it
shall deem proper; and
ALL INFORMATION WANTED.
It is further resolved, that all the
law abiding and justice-loYing citizens
of Brown county and especially of the
city of New Ulm, are hereby cordially
invited and earnestly urged to CO.
operate with and assist said committee
in its investig ations, and all persons
having any information or knowledge
of Importance, however slight, which
may aid in the discovery of the
murderer are earnestly requested to
communicate the same in person or by
letter to said committee, which COM
mittee is hereby authorized to extend
such protection as is proper and
necessary to such persons as may
communicate information to com
mission Of said crime.
| MAYOR APPOINTS COMMITTEE.
| Mayor Silverson then appointed
Frank Retzlaff, Ferdinand Crone,
Albert Pfaender and Wd. Eibner as
his associates on the committee and
work Of raising fund of at least
So, 900 was taken up. Mr.. Silverson
headed the list with 800 and later
increased it by $50. Other contri-
buttons followed in quick succession
and it was not long before fund of
81, $50 had been pledged.
/ The meeting was then adjourned and
the committee has since been hard at
work. It has held secret sessions every
day and although it has not given out
any information it is understood that
ut has hired one or more expert de-
tectives. It is also busy soliciting
additional contributions.
| NO ARRESTS FOR PRESENT.
| ALI talk of arrests for some time to
come has stopped. Last week it was
generally understood that arrests were
planned and such proved to be the
case. The Gebhardt brothers would
naturally be the ones to swear out the
warrants, but they did not wish to act
until they had received expert advise,
as they had heard, they said, that
threats of suits for Islander and
malicious prosecution had been made.
Mr.. Popham arrived in. the city
Thursday and after a few hours con-
ference with the mayor and the Geb-
hardt brothers, left for st. Paul and
interviewed the Pinkerton agency there.
His object being to learn what evidence
the agency had been able to secure
and so decide whether there was enough
to warrant an arrest.
Z. He returned Saturday and advised
that while there was some very strong
evidence against DR.. G.. r. Koch, it
was incomplete and not sufficient at
this time to justify any action. Acting
on this advise the proposed arrests,
which would have included Asa p.
Brooks, editor of the Review, as an
accessory after the fact, we're deferred
indefinitely
4 STRONG CASE, SAYS POPHAM.
/ When interviewed by the Review the
Chicago lawyer expressed himself
/ freely. He said that there was one OF
the strongest cases of circumstantia al
evidence he had ever seen and he
thought that more evidence would be
added by the subsequent work of the
detectives. Personally he said he was
satisfied as to the identity of the guilty
party, but said that when it came to
presenting case to the jury the guilt
had to be proven beyond a reasonable
doubt and that he felt that this could
not be done with the present evidence
in hand.
These Gave to the Fund
Mayor Charles Silverson. $3.50
) Schell Brewing Co... l0o
II Gebhardt Brothers ............... loo
II. Fl. Retzlafff sc
4 A. p. Brooks. -. .......... lC
: Joseph Flor .......... 1C
DR.. j. Fl. Vogel lC
], Karl Tastel.
! | EL1,r, 81 Pfoi for,