The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-11
JEALOUSY IS
Their THEORY
DETECTIVES SEE A WOMAN IN
THE NEW ULM MURDER
MYSTERY.
CITY is GREATLY WORKED UP
DEAD k.AN'S EYES PHOTO
GRAPHED TO TEST BROTH.
ER's THEORY.

New Ulm, Mimi, Nov. 9.-Through.
out the excitement following the mys.
FERROUS murder of DR.. l.. A. Gebhardt
it appears that the detectives are
working along lines entirely different
from those advocated by the general
public and some officials. The detec-
tives will give out nothing, but enough
is known to make certain that all 9TH
er clues have been discarded except
that in which woman figures. 1t Is
the motive of jealousy and that only
that is being accepted as the right
one.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
hammer used in the murder has been
said to have belonged to the dead
man, those who most frequently were
in the dentists Office declare that it
was not his, and that it was carried
there by the person who did the crime.
The further fact that there is no trace
of cement or plaster on the hammer,
and that in the work on which DR..
Gebhardt was engaged that evening
he would have had
No Use for Hammer,
seems to lend strength to the theory
that it was not his own.
The photographs of the eyeba,ls of
the dead man have been developed,
and now that the brother of DR.. Geb-
hardt is here the photographs will be
subjected to examination to prove
whether or not there is photographed
within the photograph picture of the
man who did the murder.
The interest in and excitement ovel
the case does not abate, and the appar-
ent murder of the man found on the
railroad track Saturday night only
agitates the feeling.
Rev. E. r. Dow, an evangelist, has
been preaching on the lawlessness of
the city more or less during his stay
here, and last night gave discourse
on the tragedy and his reasons for
supposing that such a crime could be
committed in New Ulm and go unpun-
, ished. He had an immense audience,
but the synpathies Of the public did
not accord with his remarks.
Cocaine Fiend Under Suspicion.
DR.. George R. Koch made pubic
Yesterday the statement that a cocaine
fiend, who asserted he was dentist
in hard luck. visited his Office few
days before the murder. He asked for
cocaine, and is known to have visited
~ Gin i1ar
errand.
about four days before the murder.
man came into my Office" said DR..
Koch. land said he was dentist in
hard luck. He said he was graduate
from the Chicago Dental college, and
told me his name, but don't remem.
Der It. He went into my work room
and sat down On couch. where he
stayed for nearly three hours vile 1
treated several patients. He then left,
but heard he was about town later.
"While this man was sitting on my
couch my. coat hung on rack directly
above him. There were two kerchiefs
in my coat pockets. and the man
might easily have extracted one Of
them, although I do not know whether
he did or not.
"Of course do not know whether
this man had anything to do with the
murder. but if he did that might ex-
plain how my kerchief came to be in
the dental Office" .i
Evidence 10 corroborated.
DR.. o. c. Stricken bears out Dr.
Koch in saying that such a person was
in New Ulm ON Saturday before the
murder, The man called on DR..
Stricken and asked for cocaine. He
also visited Minnesota street saloon
and asked for a drink, explaining that
he was "broken-down" dentist:
The theories argue that the man:
seeing fight in DR.. Gebhardt's office;
went there for some cocaine. Being
refused, he became angry and struck
the dentist with hammer. Seeing
what he had done, he sprang upon the
helpless man and mutilated the body
with hammer and knife. When the
handle Of the ,hammer became covered
with blood, :he drew out the kerchief
secured in DR.. Koch's Office, wiped the
handle and dropped the kerchief, little
thinking that the crime might thus be