New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-03

the wire. There is an alley just under
the window, connecting Center street
with another alley going westerly to
Broadway street. It extends throuoh
the next block to State street. where
there is a school house. The last street
light is two blocks east of Gustav
Dahm's place. The Damn place is four
blocks west of the school house. The
rocking chair was lying to the right of
the body and near the head. The chair
was on its side with the back to-
ward the door, It was a foot from the
north wall Of the operating room. The
blood on the map was five feet and sew.
en- inches high. There were spatters of
blood on both sides of the door to the
reception room. Saw DR.. Koch's hands
at his dental Office Nov. 4tn, in the
presence Of Sheriff Julius. Saw some
sores on the first, second and third
fingers, on the knuckles of the right
hand. The appearance of the sores
was fresh, and the size of the end of
a lead pencil. They were about as deep
as the thickness of the skin. There
were scratches in the palm of the left
hand. Visited Koch at his home Nov.
5th, with Sheriff Julius. Miss Ida. Koch
was there. We examined some clothing
and handkerchiefs. Saw about twenty
four handkerchiefs, and among them
were some that resembled the one pick
ed up the night of the murder in the
Gerhard reception room. They were
marked &C. R. K.'''. with ink. / asked
Miss Ida Koch if she had seen the hand
kerchief that was found at Gebhard's
office, and she said eyes," it is one
that ! marked" Dir. Koch was present
at this conversation. The same day
DR.. Kocn's office was examined.
The noon recess was taken.
The examination of Chief Klause con.
/ tinued this afternoon. An oYercoat and
raincoat were noticed in DR.. Koch's Of
flee, but not examined that day. On
/ Nov. 4th we looked at a cravennette
overcoat and at the trousers DR.. Koch
was wearing. The trousers were dark
with stripe. The overcoat was dark
gray, almost black, with pockets ocross
the hip. At the Koch home, examined
four or five handkerchiefs for the let
tering. On Jan. End I, Mr.. Rydell, Eu
gene Pfeferle and one other walked
from Gebnard's office to the Koch resi-
dence, by way of the creamery. II
took fourteen minutes and twenty five
seconds. The same evening I went an
other route, by way of the alley anc
public school lot. I ran and made il
lin seven minutes and twenty seconds
i The shortest route for the defendant
to go home would be by way of Sec
ond street north. Between Garder
I street and the Koch premises there is
a slough, with driveway graded up.
/ There are no buildings between the
Dahm and Koch residences. The low
land was used as a pasture and enclos
| ed by fence. The driveway is block.
! ed by gate a block from the Dahm
residence. This gate is made of two
barbed wires and held by posts ten feet
apart. There is a narrow passage be-
tween two posts that person can pass
through. The ground is rough right
there. The witness identified the bloody
handkerchief. He told what ne did with
the poison bottle the five hours that he
had possession of it on Nov. 9Th. He
had shown it to all of the druggists and
doctors in the city, but it had not been
lcpened
On the Frying Pan.
Mr.. Abbott conducted the cross exam
nation. 1 was appointed chief of police
by Mayor Silverson. Looked at the
clock in my house wnen 1 was notified
of the murder and it was 9:58. Did
not examine the back stairway from the
hall, to my recollection. Knew of the
back stairs, and that they opened on an
an alley. Examined the stairs after
a. m. that night. The door from the
hall to the stairs was not locked. The
back stairs are covered. There was no.
body in any OF the rooms when I went
into Reinke's offic eandsawthe G.
into Reinke's office and saw the back
window open. Weisenborn told me
about the window being open. There
was blood on the inside knob of the
laboratory door from the reception room.
A door leads from the joint reception
room into DR.. Reinke's reception room,
and it was window of the latter where