New Ulm review., 1904-11-16
MYSTERY STILL UNSOLV we'd
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about tthe same time. Malcom Creighton
of ST. James was arrested in Mime
apolis on suspicion and Thomas
Thompson was detained in Osceola,
Wis. Sheriff Julius and A. P. Brooks
wentto Minneapolis and saw Creighton,
but he did not answer the description
of the man wanted and was released.
They then proceeded to Osceola and
examined Thompson. He proved an
alibi and did not answer the description
of the murderer or the ''fend'' wanted,
so he also was released.
The authorities have not placed
much faith in the cocaine fend theory
and have been following it up more
with the idea of leaving no stone un-
turned than with any hope of results.
WHOSE WAS THE HAMMER?
The hammer with which the blows
were struck which crushed the skull
has been the object of a great deal of
attention from the detectives the last
week. One of the Pinkerton men has
taken the battered instrument all over
town and showed it to a great many
people in an effort to have it identified.
even showing it to the school children.
He was also in Hanska with the
hammer and tried to find someone
there who had seen it before.
The work has been fruitless, ap-
parently, although one person thought
he had seen it around Hermann's S
monument.
1t is now pretty generally accepted
that thehammerwasn not DR.. Gebhardt's S
and that it was brought to his Offices
on Tuesday night by the man who
welded it,
Another clue Of possible value is a
knife found few days after the
murder in the laboratory. It did not
belong to the dead man, according to
the testimony of friends who were
frequent visitors in the Offices, and
Miss Lydia Schapekahm, the Office
girl, cannot remember of ever having
seen it before,
NO BLOOD ON KNIFE.
1t is a rusty affair and old, and
looks like a knife used in skinning
animals. There are no signs of blood
upon it and the idea OF it's having been
used in stabbing and yet bear no
traces of blood is secuted by many.
Still it is possible that the handle and
blade were wiped before the knife was
tossed onto the workbench in the
laboratory. The murderer was very
cool and stayed in the room long
enough after the deed to do great
many things. Beside this he did try
to wipe the blood from the handle of
the hammer The knife is in the
possession of the detectives.
a clue which may play an important
part in the court proceedings when
someone is arrested and brought to
trial is the bloody finger prints made
by the murderer in effecting his escape
from the window in Dr. Reineke's s
Office.
They are on the under side of the
lower sash of the window and show
plainly the shape of three fingers on
the left hand. When he entered DR..
Reineke's reception room the murderer
carried with him the hammer and
handkerchief, but dropped them when
he reached the window. He pushed
aside the curtains, unlocked the
window and then laced his right hand
on the upper sash and raised the
window a few inches to admit his left
hand underneath. He then threw it
open with his left hand.
| The detectives have cut out a piece
of the sash containing the prints and
| will keep it for future use.
Early Struggle Was Hard.
| Found among the private papers OF