New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-17

koch's. The defense put on six witnesses
Ito say that the handwriting is not that
(of DR.. Koch If DR.. Gebhard was liv-
ing he might speak one word that
would clarity the whole typewriter
Iathmospnere. He might have sent the /,
box with some article in to be sent
back with another in
The evidence proves that DR.. Koch
never mailed the blue box, but that
someone else did. 1t shows that the
box was received by DR.. Gerhard before
lit was said to have been mailed at
Hanska If the box was mailed on Oct.
2sth on the Winthrop Storm Lake divi-
| sion it would have borne the stamp of
Leecn or Nelson, which it did not do.
The state of Minnesota had better re
pudiate its bards and stand disgraced
before Christendom, rather than con-
vict and punish one of its citizens with
out evidence that carries to a moral
certainty. This is no ordinary case.
Mr.. Brown spoke for an hour and a.
quarter upon the blue box, and then
denounced the Pinkerton detective
agency.
Where is the case now left, if there
was poison in that bottle? 1t is prov
ed that another man than DR.. Koch
was seeking the life of DR.. Gerhard.
According to the state, the defendant
was so seeking with the emblems OF
his crime that the very dogs baycd at
( him as he went through the streets
that night, yet he sought Paul Hippauf
at once to prove an alibi, and Hippauf
was unable to detect drop of blood. 1t
has been proved by many witnesses
: that Koch wore the same clothing for
F., many days afterwards that he wore on
; the night Of the murder.
Mr.. Brown went over the clothing
field at much length, comparing the
evidence of the different witnesses.
A
Mr. Brown took up the inquiries te
n the defendants hands. The blood OF
@ the wire was three feet out from TIT
f wall, so that the man who dropped
d down from the window could not hav'
0 injured his fingers on the wall. Th
f burns were not made because of sus
u picions because there were no inquire
It to be hidden There was nothing in tn
t carbolic acid stains on in the burns t
e disguise injuries until the skin was tax
V en- off by the physician. If he had no
II burned his hands no suspicion woul
e have arisen. Suspicion was spawned b
e. the burns. Dr.. Koch worked at hi
re office until he received the burns an
v made no effort to conceal them.
a We have the testimony of an ely
0r witness, which is over and above ever
Or other testimony in this case. Who
We Brooks? A man who has worked hin
K self up to the proprietorship of new
IL paper; llldll WIZ mas ocilo ,iN"o
he life: a man who hurls back the imput;
IN ton that he had taken the name of h
OF maker in vain. Until Nov. LIST, not
k word of suspicion ever pointed -toWa1
Id Asa P. Brooks. He heard scufflil
ed upstairs and went and looked. He h;
en- been sworn five times in this case, al
CHI never once has he. said that he kne
st who it was that ne saw. Who is
is. that has the right to sit in judgme
" upon that clean, christian man, w
testified only to what he could co
he scientiously. He never said he hea
1t agonizing screams. He was threaten
ey with states prison.
he Gen. Childs: "There is not t
Ice slightest evidence of this"
re- Mr., Brown: Crooks testified tn
I'd Popham told him So"
ne Brooks was threatened with the lc
ne- of business by Silverson. What 81
IL renders he has made, because he W
ITO not testify to what people want him
nr' He has talked with thousands of Pr
U" pie but where is the man who So
10 that ne claimed to know who he So
u 5 Threatened with business injury q
~ ruin, threatened with the penitentia
''s urged to compromise his testimony
Po' stands like an honest man, and for
nto fifth time tells his story like one v
'ee' realizes that he must answer to
s.iS frowning judge for any misdee
''ei fear there are not many who wo
'o'i stand the test is he has. If thir
w." six years of honest living, untarnis
''V by anything, do not entitle him to h
% his testimony given weight in cou
''n7 we might as well dissolve society.
W defense has never threatened as sta
.e's witness with the penitentiary or b.
ness ruin.
this
It is conceded that the murder t