New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-11-16
Detectives Hard at Work Unearth-
ing New Clues.
Three Cocaine s.Fiends' Arrested
and Released.
Bloody Finger Prints May Be
Valuable Evidence.


they have been an aid to the detectives
in tracing the perpetrator of the crime
of November LIST the public has not
been let into the secret.
The work is not slackening, despite
the fact that a number of the detectives
have left the city, apparently. The
county and city authorities are at
work and the detectives are at work,
and clues are being followed up and
theories are being developed as fast
as can be expected.
New theories as to the identity Of the
murderer are being advanced and
some of them are startling. The
opinion is general that the man wanted
is in New Ulm, lives here and is fairly
we'll known. But is he hardened
criminal or is he novice?
The work is that a hardened criminal.
/ While finishing up his bloody work
he appeared utterly cool and collected,
as he did also in making his escape.
He fingered in the room for several
minutes after seen by Mr.. Brooks,
seemly in no great hurry to be gone.
He had his wits working when he went
out the window and displayed extra
ordinary cunning in covering up his
! tracks.
DIR. JECKEL AND MR.. HYDE THEORY.
/ A theory which makes of the man a
veritable DR.. Jeckel and Mr.. Hyde is
believed by many and is perhaps the
most terrifying yet advanced. It is
nothing less than a resident of New
Ulm, probably we'll known in his
ordinary mood, has spells of mania
at which time he becomes desperate
criminal. Many things point to this
as PLAUSIBLE. The man was evidently
acquainted with the rooms and the
streets of the city. He was acquainted
with DR.. Gebhardt's habits, and he
seems to have been known by the muir
dered dentist.
lTNThe work is that of maniac. The
striking again and again with the
hammer, the repeated stahs after life
was lextinct, mutilating the features
amost beyond recognition. Then the
glare of the eyes. Mr.. Brooks say he
can always remember those eyes; wild
unnaturally bright, glaring.
Brought forcibly to mind at this time
are the robberies of last summer, wher
a daring thief broke into two denta
offices in this city with less than two
weeks intervening between the acts
The last part of June DR.. L. G.. Bell
Offices were entered in the night ant
about $25 worth of tools and materia
5 taken. The robbery was particular.
: bold because there was man sleeping
5 in the next room and the door of tn
s Office was forced from the outsid
I hallway.
WAS BURGLAR ALSO MURDERER?
July 7th, the Offices of DR.. F. w
Fritsche were entered through windo1
) in the rear and about $50 worth O
porcelain teeth, instruments an,
Z aluminium was taken, and probabl,
s more would have been stolen has no
the burglar been frightened away.
{ Less than three months following
} DR.. Gebhardt is murdered in hi
offices. Was the man who robbed tn
) other two offices the mysterious visito
of November. lst? This is a question
which is being asked in many quarter
& and seems to have some pertinence.
: This burglar seems to have confne
) his oper ations to dental offices TO
s there were no other robberies reporte
Z near that time and it is possible tia
s he was one of the "bum'' dentists VIII
s are travelling around the country an
Z seem to be largely addicted to the US
> of cocaine.
81 The cocaine fend theory has bee
8 receiving a great deal of attentio
& from the public and the press for tt
s last week and every 'sfend" in tt
Z state has been under suspicion. Thre
y have been arrested and a fourth or
S pursued but missed.
& ALL ssFIENDs" RELEAs SEQ.
q Charles Bennett was the first ssfend
s to be arrested. He was found
Z Rochester and brought to New Ulm +
, Sheriff Julius and Chief of Polit
$ Klause. He was able to prove an alb
s however, and as DR.. Stricken testife
& that he was not the man who can
+ into his Office seeking the drug son
4 time previous to the murder. He W;
5 released.
q The next two arrests were made
& = :.
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