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


nit murder because of business ieal-
ousy, he must have looked into the
mans character, or he has no warrant
for the statement.
Ole Ulen stands unimpeached. IF he
was unreliable, the defense would have
had witnesses here to show the falsity
of his testimony His statement bears
its own seal of truth. We know that
in the history of crime men have hir-
ed others to commit murders. 1t may be
that when this young. man was filed
with passion. he thought that he saw
that in Ole Ulen's fact which would
serve him, or he would not have spok
en- such foolishness to him. The pas
sion must have been SO predominant in
him that when Ole Ulen mentioned that
DR.. Gerhard had done some work for
him it at once led to the conversation
that Ulen testified to.
We have also the testimony of the
brother of Attorney Hoidale. Bear in
mind that the defendant said that he
and DR.. Gerhard were friends. A few
days before the homicide, he tells HAL
mar Hoidale that DR.. -Gebhard is "a dou-
Bile faced ---." Is that the langl-
age of a gentleman, or of a friend? But
the defendant says that he used the
language toward Mr.. Pfaender. In this
he made two mistakes. He said that he
had heard"that Mr.. Pfaender had tried
to get Mr.. Hoidale to resign. Why,
Mr.. Pfaender had been out of the city
during all of that time.
| Whom shall you believe, Ole Ulen
or the defendant? Whom shall you be
lieve Hialmar Hoidale or the defendant?
There is no doubt about the truth of
the testimony of Ulen andsHoidale. It
is important as showing the state of
mind of DR.. Koch, who entertained
most hostile and bitter sentiment
against the deceased.
| When we are dealing with this ques-
ton, it is unWise to Judge the author
of the murder by the standards that
govern Il normal man. The man who
killed DR.. Gebhard was not normal
man. The man who had the nerve to 90
into that office that night and murder
Dr.. Gebnard had the nerve to walk
down the street the next morning, to
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sing in the quartet. The only instance
when the defendant showed the slight
est interest in the murder was the
morning after the murder, and that
rests upon the testimony of his broth
cr only.
4 recess was taken until $50 a. H.
today.
Gen. Childs continued his argument
this morning. He said that if there ever
was a time when there was a grave
and solemn duty resting on a human
brain it was this morning, upon the
|jury in this case. The state has shown
4 motive, a depraved mind and an in
tent to murder DR.. Gebhard. 1t has al
ways seemed to me that the evidence
relating to the poison is marvellous in
the number of facts asccrtained and
their consistency.
sc. R. X" on the handkerchief led
to one thought. There was one man in
New Ulm with those initials, George R.
Koch, and suspicion was directed to
him. There had been something about
the blue bottle that mad aroused DR..
Gcbhard's suspicion, and he had pour
ed out the contents. 4 search for the
bottle was made. for if it was found
that there was poison in it, every "a
tional man would say that the man
who slew DR.. Gerhard was the one who
sent the poison. The little remnant in
the bottle was sent to the most compet-
ent man in the state, Prof. Carel of
he state university, who found strych-
nine in it. The detective was then sent
en- his mission and found that DR.
| CIlIthlcl nlctllclllC CllpSJ WAS III the
care of DR.. Koch, and the doctor found
that 90 to 100 tablets of suIphate of
strychina were taken since he had last
seen it. When a man steals strycnnia
he does it for a purpose. 1t was found
that other persons to whom the strych-
nine was accessible had taken only half
a dozen tablets. 1t was then found
that the Park Davis Co. had sent blue
boxes and bottles to Drs. Koch and Geb-
hard. But the defendant says that MS
brothcrn-law, Mr.. Somsen, took his
blue box three days after the homicide
Mr.. Somsen is a lawyer and a bright
one.
Suspicious Gathering About.
Suspicious were gathering about the
head of DR.. Koch How happy cir
cumstance it would have been if his
) office had been thrown open for search
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