The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-06
WOULD LIKE TO
SEE KOCH Hang
MAYOR sILvERsoN OF NEW ULM
SPEAKS BITTERLY WHILE
ON STAND.
DID KOCH SEND POISON BOX?
STATE MAKES STRONG EFFORT
TO PROVE HE MAILED 1T
AT HANSkA.
DID KOCH SEND POISON BOX?

MankatO, Mimi, April ~. - WIN
pale. worn face, which has begun to
reveal it's possessor's terrific mental
strain. DR.. George r. Koch, handsome
and youthful, the alleged murderer OF
DR.. Louis A Gebhardt, sat stolidly in
court Yesterday afternoon and heard
the accusation that he had attempted
to employ a hireling to murder DR..
Gebhardt.
Ole Ulen, a farmer living near
Hanska, was the witness who made
the allegation. The significance OF
the words, "He asked me if | would
kill DR.. Gebhardt," did not appear to
agitate the defendant, who sat as if
in meditation and only half-cOnscious
of the proceedings.
Handkerchief Is Koch's.
Chief of Police Adolph Klause, on
the witness stand just before noon,
declared that Miss Ida Koch, sister of
George R. Koch, had told him that
the handkerchief found in Dr. Geb-
hardt's office on the night of the MUIR
der was lone of Georges" and that
sit was one she had marked with the
initials C. R. X
The testimony of the chief was
surprise and a sensation. At the
first trial he did not quote Ida Koch
as making any such statement. Coun-
sci for the defense was dumbfounded.
Mankato. Mimi, April 30.-Dr. G. r.
Koch, the alleged murderer OF DR..
Gebhardt, left the Blue Earth county
court house last evening jubilant
man, his face wreathed in smiles.
Mrs. Katherine Kaes, a states wit
ness. who was sworn to testify that
the hammer found near the murdered
dentists body was one used about the
Office of Dr. Koch provoked the
smiles
Mrs. Kaes stated positively upon
| the witness stand that the hammer OF
| exhibition was not the one she had
seen in the parlors Of DR.. Koch. Mrs.
Kaes was to have been the star wit
ness for the state yesterday, but the
strange and unexpected tenor of her
testimony startled even the staid and
immovable Mr.. Childs. who is in
charge Of the prosecution.
Rhinehold Dahms, a twenty-three-
year-old man who lives on the road
over which Dr. Koch was accustomed
to go to and from his dental Office,
was on the witness stand a greater
part of the day. Dahms testified that
he was employed every winter to
work at the Koch home. He testified
that he saw the hammer exhibited in
court as the one found near the body
of DR.. Gerhard, at the Koch home
stead every winter until two years
ago.
Mankato, Mimi, May 2. - more
than one of the witnesses for the state
have told on the stand what's not
| true. | know this TO be fact, and
my attorneys Will prove it. Mark my
word; before the close of this trial
| there will be a sensational exposure
of the testimony of certain witnesses
| for the state, and this exposure will
be of sufficient Importance to arouse
sudden respect, tell you that"
Says He's Angry.
'Iisten!" he said heatedly, leaning
forward, his face aglOw with earnest
ness. 81 know it were much better
for me if l did not speak too freely
about this case. but l am angry, | am
provoked, and / can't help it.
"a certain witness for the state
| swore. after he had raised his hand
toward heaven and called God to bear
witness to the truth of his words, he
swore that my sister identified the
handkerchief found near the body OF
the murdered dentist as one belonging
to me. This is false. We will prove
it. 1t is false-listen! This witness
did not tell of that Identification at
the first trial. He is an officer OF the
law; why did he not tell it then? This
witness was on the stand at that time
Why was his testimony on that point
not brought out at the last trial?
Tell me that will you?
Said 1t Wasn't His.
What | tell you in this regard is
true-as true as truth. That witness
who swore that my sister identified