The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-16

lof the defendant intimate that sur.
prise will be given the prosecution when
the case comes to trial.
Fearing that he may be trapped, DR.
Koch's attorneys have demanded the re.
moval from the adjoining cell of Will
liam Edward Crandall, who they claim
is Pinkerton detective. Crandall was
found by Pinkerton detectives tamper-
ing with the till in the Dakota house
and was arrested just as he was about
to leave the city. The attorneys think
he is there to listen to what DIR. Koch
says and perhaps to try to trap him
into confession. Crandall was in Man
kato prior to his visit to New Ulm.
Such thing is possible that he is a
detective. At any rate Koch's friends
do not propose to take any chances.
John Kenneth, Terrier, Scotland
Yards man from London, is here and
will examine the finger prints of DIR.
Koch. As the prosecution knows moth
ing about him, it is thought he has been
hired by the defense.
Mrs. NJ. E. Holland, the Chicago ex-
pert on finger prints, will also arrive
Thursday and will examine the finger
prints of DIR. Koch secured by the Off
GERS.
Another witness for the state has
been located He is DIR. Woods of Hans
ka, who is said to have related to the
citizens committee a conversation he
had with Koch few days prior to the
murder
According to the evidence obtained by
the citizens committee, DIR. Koch was at
Hanska, where he went on regular
weekly visits on the day when DR.. Geb-
hardt received the poison.
On the following day he had his chair
at Hanska packed ready to remove it
from that place. He went to say good
by to his friend DR.. Woods.
DR.. Koch said that he could not af-
ford to let his New Ulm practice suffer
for the work at Hanska.
81 didn't know that your business at
New Ulm was very large" said DR..
Woods.
"My business hasn't been very large,
but there is going to be change" de-
clared DR.. Koch.
H. W. Childs of st. Paul has paid a
visit to the creamery where the bloody
finger prints were found after the muir
der and is making himself thoroughly
familiar with all points likely to have
any connection with the case at the
trial.
Rochester, Mimi, Dee. l4.-The muir
derer of DR.. Gerhard, of New Ulm, is
now in Rochester. So says Asa P.
Brooks, who saw the man crouching near
his victim OH the night of the murder.
Asa p. Brooks and Attorney Somsen,
brother-in-law of DIR. Koch and law
partner of County Attorney Hoidale, of
Brown county, came to Rochester yes
terday morning and remained here all
day, returning home in the evening.
They were met by DR.. Kilbourne,
superintendent of the hospital for in
sane, and the three drove to the asylum
and held a long conference, and it is
understood, visited one of the wards.
In the afternoon Mr.. Brooks was met
| by an old school mate. To the latter
Brooks stated that the man who killed
Dr. Gerhard was in Rochester, that he
was positive of this and that Dr. Koch
was not the man he saw on the night
of the tragedy.
| The conversation lasted long time
and Mr.. Brooks spoke freely to his old
friend, but avoided mentioning the OBJ
ject of his visit to the insane asylum.
His confident tone, however, and the fact
that the two New Ulm men visited no
other places or parties leads to the con-
clusion that they went to the asylum SO
that Brooks might identify a patient
and that he found such one.
Fargo, n. D., Dec. l3.-A special
from Wheaton, Mimi, says one of the
lady teachers of that town is fiancee
of DIR. Koch, who was arrested at New
Ulm on the charge of numbering DIR. Geb-
hard. She is reported to have been over
come by the arrest, but firmly believes
in hiS ;puooopce