Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-10
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO LEAVE
MATTER IN THE HANDS or
OFFICIALS.
LARGE REWARD is OFFERED
PRICE PLACED ON sMuRDERER,S
s9t HEAD INCREASED az STATE
TO $500.

New Ulm, MINI. Nov. Lone thou
sand men at fever heat of excitement
over the battling mystery surrounding
the murder of DR.. l.. A. Gebhardt met
In mass meeting in New Ulm last
night. The meeting. which was in
stigated by dissatisfaction in certain
quarters with the county attorneys
handling Of the case, ended in a tri-
umph for the. public prosecutor.
The meeting was called together by
Philip Liesch, who suggested that it
would be the best to place the work of
ferreting out Of the criminal lin the
hands of a committee of citizens and
also to leave in Its charge the prose-
cutting Of the case when arrests were
made. Judge B. F. Weber was elected
chairman and called upon County At
torney Einar Hoidale to explain his
position.
i County Attorney Explains.
Mr.. Hoidale. In a speech which.
burned with feeling, explained in de-
tail every action he had taken SO far.
and showed that his actions had been
those of a jealous Official. The senti-
ment against him arose, he said, be.
cause he had refused to disclose every
new clew and latest development.
When he finished the audience. as
one man voted not to appoint . citi-
zens' committee but to leave the MUIR
der case in the hands of the officials.
The reward for the apprehension Of
the murderer has reached the sum Of
$780, Gov. Van SAINT, on behalf OF
the state, increased the reward by
$500 yesterday, and Mrs. Susan Geb-
hardt, mother of the murdered man.
has offered $500.
Newman Story lmprssses.
In following out the facts, the Of
ficials have been much impressed with
the story of M. B. Newman and his
wife, who saw two men at the foot of
the stairway leading to DR.. Gebhardt's
ONCE shortly before the murder. One
OF these they identified as Albert Kell-
ar, youth of fifteen or sixteen, who
works in a nearby drug store. The
other they did not know, but they
heard him tell Kellar that II he heard
anything he was to come up.
Kellar is in hysterical condition.
He denies all knowledge of the crime ,
and says the young man with him was
Albert Heagerle. who seems to have
no connection with the case. Young
Kellar has sister who was married .
year ago to brakeman on the Chi
cago & Northwestern. The couple
live here and both
Say They Were at Home
and in bed before 10 o'clock on the
night OF the murder. The wife has
been having some dental work done
by DR.. Gerhard of such a nature that
1t has required her to visit his Office
frequently of late. For some reason
that does not appear the officials have
thought best to search the brakeman's
home and to question the pair closely.
They found nothing suspicious In the
house, and their questions ELECTED
nothing except an alibi that seemed
complete.
The married life of the two has not
always been unruf1ed. Some time ago
the wife was out spending the evening
at the house of friend and was es-
corted home by young man who had
been there. This so enraged the hus-
band that he
Took a Shot at the Escort.
Luckily it did no harm. The wife as
result returned to the home of her
father and the pair lived apart for
time Eventually, however, they
made up" and seem to have lived
happily together.
A minute examination OF the effects
of the dental Office reveals the fact
that there was more desperate strug-
gle than at first supposed.
A new story can be heard every
hour. A new rumor is. to the effect
that relative of the murdered man
was not in good circumstances and
was of rather dissolute character;
that he might have visited the doctor
to borrow money. There is nothing to
confirm this, however. The Twin City
detective at work on the case says he
puts little faith in the Newman story.