The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
DRUG "FIEND" And
:. ANOTHER TRACED
Suspect in the Gebhard Murder
Case Known to. Have Left
( New Ulm.
Believed to HdeBeen at Fairfax
and owaboena- Officers
Looking for Him.
Special to The Journal.

New Ulm, Mimi, Nov. S.--Corrobora,
tive evidence that DR.. L. A. Gebhard
was murdered by the cocaine Hfiend,'
who spent several hours in Dr. George
R. Koch s office few days before the
murder, came to light this morning,
when L.. Nichols, a miller at Fairfax,
Mimi, telephoned the New Ulm authori-
ties that such a man appeared at Fair
fax the day after. the. TRACED ~, While
der with man who came into his
place and made several remarks open
to suspicion.
"The man and his companion came
to Fairfax on bicycles,' said Mr.. Mich
OILS. Gone Of them said he was den
fist. They went into saloon and or
dered a glass Of beer and sat down at
a table. They picked up a daily paper
in which they read an account of Geb-
dertone and finally one of them said ::
you know the murderer was caught at
LIE Sueur.' Shortly afterwards they
left the place and rode out Of town."
From the description given of the
man who said he was a dentist, the
officers are certain that he is the dope
"fiend' who visited several Of the
offices and spent some time In DR..
Koch 8 office at New Ulm and who has
been under suspicion as the slayer of
DR.. Gerhard.
Detectives Impressed.
The detectives attach Importance to
Nichols story, inasmuch as it proves
that the man was still in the vicinity
when the murder was committed and
that he left Immediately afterwards
Of course, they have not yet discovered
a motive for the murder, but that may
be reached when they are able to es
tablish the identity Of the man.
fax, as told by Mr.. Nichols, may also
corroborate the story of Mr.. Neuman
who said that when he was passing the
foot Of the stairs leading to Gebhard Z
office few minutes before the murder
he saw two men standing there anc
heard one of them say: 81 you heal
anything, come up.' He supposed that
one of the men was Albert Kellar, {
drug clerk, and addressed him by tina
name. He. received no reply and Kella
denies having been seen there.
1t is now thought that the man WIZ
went upstairs was the tfiend' himself
| Murder Was Premeditated.
That the murder was premeditatet
is evident from the fact that the ham
mer with which the dentist was killet
did not belong in his kit Of tools. Tha
was established conclusively yesterda,
afternoon when Miss Lydia Schape
kahn, the caretaker of DR.. Gebhard'
office, saw the hammer and stated posi-
lively that it did not belong to tn
dead man.
| The hammer is cheap affair, wit
a homemade handle, about eight niche
long and very rough. One claw
broken from the hammer, while it ha
straight head. It is not the kin
of hammer that would likely be i
dentist g kit of tools, but more like
>, ly cheap tool which the murdere
picked up somewhere.
Knife Also Belonged to Murderer.
The knife with which the assassi
, stabbed and mutlated DIR. Gerhard
body, and which he carried away, wa
also the property Of the murderer. Mis-
Schapekahm has taken a careful il
ventory of DR.. Gebhard s tools and fine
that all of his knives are still in hi
office. These developments are take
to indicate that the murderer wer
!, there with the express purpose of Kill
) ing the dentist; ialtho his mission wa