The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-07
DID DRUG FIEND
DO The MURDER?
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hard was unearthed yesterday, and
caused a well-known business man the
painful necessity Of entertaining two
detectives, who questioned him closely
as to his whereabouts on that terrible
night. What the officers learned is un-
known. &s ..rH..l. .-
The clue was given by prominent
society woman who said that the bust
ness mans wife had confessed to her
Gebhard would be her first choice, and
DR.. Koch her second. She also said her
husband had chided her about her fond
ness for dentists. As DR.. Gebhard was
known to have been frequent caller
at this, home some Importance was at
tached TO the tale.
Statement by DR.. Koch.
Altho the victim of train Of I'M
toward circumstances, DR.. George R:
Koch stands today acquitted from all
connection with the terrible murder.
In a statement today in which he
infinitely describes every detail Of his
movements from the time he left his
home at 6:15 pm. until he retired at
l1:45 on the night of the murder, DR..
Koch clears himself from all blame.
The circumstances which have SO IN
fortunately connected DR.. Koch with
the tragedy began. when handker,,
chief, bearing his Initials and stained
with blood, was found in the Office Of
the murdered dentist. Then it was
learned that DR.. Koch had passed the
foot Of the stairs leading to Gebhard' g
Office less than thirty minutes before
the murder. Added to this DR.. Koch
had the misfortune to. burn his right
hand severely last Friday and when
4 n l ballad at his
home, he found the hand in bandages.
Yet in the face Of all these circum-
stances, DR.. Koch has been able to ex-
plain all except the handkerchief, and
today he does not know whether it was
really one Of his handkerchief that
was found in the room or whether it
was only a chance that the assassin had
R. K" So completely, however, does
he explain all, Of the other circum-
stances that citizens Of New Ulm be-
lieve they have hastily. accused and
innocent man of a terrible crime.
II left home at about 6:45 pm,
Tuesday, said DR.. Koch to T Q
Journal, "and went to the Office,
arriving there about o clock. I got
q bottle of perfume that Dr.. J: H:
to a lady friend. I arrived there at
7:15 and stayed until about 8: 10: I had
professional appointment at the Of
fee with Charles Stuebe, Jr., at 8
O'Clock. I was fifteen minutes late and
when I went in I turned on the lights.
I found that Stuebe had been there and
gone, SO I called him up by telephone
and made an appointment for the next
day. 49, ~, ,ro,+ ;r+o uoid.,a g. som.
sen g office, which adjoins mine, where
A. P. Brooks, A. J. Vogel, H. somsen
and Einar Hoidale were playing game
called Five Hundred I staid there
until $3.50 and sang popular songs with
some of the men who were not playing
cards. J. P. Reed sand @. Schramm
were singing in an adjoining Office.
Other Witnesses.
"From the office. q, Hoidale & Som
n nes st Street. All First North street
I met Miss A. Crone and Miss M. Neu-
mann and talked a minute with them.
then walked on down to Center street
and turned up that street, walking as
far as ReinhartAs barn, a., distance Of
seventyfve feet from Minnesota street,
when remembered that IT, had not
turned out the lights in my waiting
r was in front Of Alwin's drug store,
under my office, I saw DR.. Vogel, Mr..
Higgs and Mr.. Schonlou talking in the
doorway. I went up and turned out the
lights. When I came down stairs
found that Vogel had left the doorway
and Mr.. Amundson was talking to
Higgs and Schonlou. I stopped a
minute and passed remarks with them
and then walked on down the street.
shop I saw Mr.. Simmits and Eugene
Pfefferle and went in to finish a po.
litical conversation started earlier in
the day. I don't know exactly how
long I stayed there, but soon started
home. In passing the Review office
saw young Baltrusch working.
walked to Center street and came di
rectly home, walking thru the Sons OF
Hermann park, which adioins my home
In the .cowyard I saw a rabbit.
went into the house, arriving there al
about 9:40.
"When I went into the house, tool
off my overcoat, got drink of water
and went out to an old shed to get {
gun to shoot the rabbit. I did not fine
any shells in the shed, so went to the
granary, where I usually kept some, bu
did not find any. I went back into thu
met 1Uasf Paul Hipplauf, Who rooms rooms With me
"When I went into the house, I tool
father and my sister, Ida, were sitting
in the diningroom reading. They were
also there when I returned from my
quest for the shells for the shotgun.
} II sat down, read a magazine and sew
eral pages Of 'On q Slow Train Thr,
Arkansaw,' a joke book. I went t.
bed at 11:45.''
Alibi Is Perfect.
Not only is DR.. Koch g story straight
forward, but it has been verified b.
The Journal and everyone VIII
Koch says he saw in the evening, re
: members seeing him. Dr.: Vogel, VIII
ing, bears him out in every statement
r and adds that Koch was in his usue
pleasant state of mind.
= E. G.. Koch, father Of DR.. Koch, sal
: that he looked at the clock just as hi
. son entered the house and saw that
: was 9:45 o'clock. The clock was seve
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