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

was reading or how long had Deeii
reading when George came home. 1
saw him when he came in. Cannot say
what he did with his hat. Did not see
him take it off. He did not say any
thing except Good evening" He was
not outdoors more than tnree or four
minutes when he went out. Am not
positive, but don't think that it could
have been longer Think he had on his
hat when he came back, and when he
went to the cellar. 1t was ten or iii
teen minutes after he came in the sec
ond time that ne went to his bedroom
He had his hat on all of this time.
Saw his hand after he had been down
cellar He was eating an apple, sitting
| by me- Don't think that my daughters
were there then. Don't know when
George came home Monday evening or
Sunday evening OF Wednesday or
Thursday evening. The only evening
that week that | can say exactly when
my son came home was Tuesday even
! ing When he went down stairs the
first time Tuesday night, he said Il
feel like going to bed. Good night.
II heard Thursday noon for the first
time that he was suspected of the muir
der. When he came up from his room,
he said ''Well, I guess I'll have to eat
an apple first" Then he went down
cellar and got an apple and came back
He had been in the habit of eating ap-
( pies evenings. I got the old hammer
, some forty odd years ago. I missed it
in June or July, 1908. 1t had been
: lost and reappeared several times be-
n fore then. It was the left claw that
t was broken off. The only way I can
e say that it was the left claw is because
e l watched my grandchild playing with
d it. Think I testified to this at the
t Brown county trial.
n Gen. Childs read the testimony taken
y at the Brown county trial, and there
re was nothing said about Mr.. Koch know
l. ing that the left claw was broken off
in because he had seen the hammer in the
1T hands of his grandson. The last time
a that | saw the hammer was in my tool
as chest about June, 1908. Do not know
I'd what time George came home on any
he evening during the week preceding the
oy homicide. I always said that it was
n 9:45 p. M, by my clock when he got
home Nov. LIST, and that my clock was
at seven minutes fast. Did not tell Anton
no Richertz that George came home at 10
ad o'clock, or that George was home at the
re time of the murder Richertz made
a some such statement as that the murd
ye- er was committed before ten o'clock.
hit told Ricnertz that George was at home
as with me when the murderer was seer
Of in the room, if I said anything at all
he This was all that [ could have said.
Tiff Miss Ida Koch.
re- Miss Ida Koch was called. I an
M twenty-eight years old, and the daught
III er of E. G. Koch. I have taught in tn
al city schools of New Ulm six years an
IN eight months. I live at home, and wa
there the evening of Nov. lst. | wa
writing letters, and after writing tn
OF fourth letter [ looked at the clock t
ing see whether I would have time to writ
eys another and it was 9:3O p. m. [ the
the put up my writing material, read a lii
ing tie. and in a few moments George cam
9th in. He entered the kitchen door, hun
up his overcoat and went to the watt
pail for a drink and then went OF
1dl- again. Did not see him come in or tai
TO- his coat off, but heard him. He WI
ent out of the house but two or three mil
the utes, and then he came into the dinir
was room and began to read. He stage
ned there about ten minutes. [ glanced l
Clon at him only once, and did not mott
his clothing. He went to bed then, al
[ went soon afterwards. 1t was abol
). 1905 D. NJ, when l went to bed.
looked at the clock. Heard somebo(
' come upstairs again after that. Sa
de- ~ NJ II:
George unc HeNl NlOlnllS. NH, LII
III paul, was eating breakfast with MI
90 George and walked down town toget
''5 er to Washington and Center stree
and I went to my school and he we
j" down Center street. He wore his 10
'N7 cravennette overcoat and brown der
hat, and pepper and salt coat and We
Il
'"' stripes. He had been in the habit
'"''' wearing these. [ read ten or fife
""' minutes after putting up my writ
Au' material Tuesday night. Saw Geol
,''oo' Wednesday evening and we went do
eon town together after supper. He w
Se'i the same clothes. Saw George la
pies in the evening at Henry N. Somse
residence, with three or four other si