The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-08
MURDER VERDICT
IN SECOND DEGREE
Continued from First Page.

How can the work of different
typewriters be distinguished asked
Senator Somerville.
One way is when there is defect |
IN type OF particular machine, and |
another is when a type gets striking |
off its feet = The last phrase, Mr..
Singleton said, was descriptive of a |
character which strikes family on the
bottom or top or on one side or an
other-that is, not squarely on it's face.
Poison Package Address.
Senator Somerville then showed the
witness the address on the so-called
poison package, and asked him if he
thought it was written on the type
writer in question.
He said he did not thin kit was, be-
cause the small en-" in Ulm was "off
it's feet, - having the appearance Of
striking fainter on the bottom and
toward the right-hand corner, a char
acteristic which was not apparent on
writing done on that machine.
Another difference which he noticed,
small CHI in Gebhardt, having, as he
said, defect in that portion Of the
perpendicular column just above the
loop.
He said that he had examined with
a glass that letter on the typewriter in
question and had found no such defect
there. He also said that the uniformity
with which the letters were written in
that address indicated to him that they
were written by an experienced opera
tor.
He also declared that he believed there
was a difference in the ribbon. Both
were purple, he said, but one was
slight shade the darker.
Senator Somerville showed Mr.. Sin
OlotOn fifteen different cent onoac writ
ten on the typewriter. When Mr..
Baird was on the stand, he examined
these closely and then said that in his
opinion not one Of them was written on
the machine in question. Mr.. Singleton
swore that he himself had written six
of them on that typewriter.
Mr.. Somerville also showed the wit
ness sixteen other typewriter SEN
fences. From them Mr.. Singleton Sc
lected four which he said he had writ
ten on the same typewriter. When Mr..
Baird was on the stand he picked out
two of these four.
s. G. Fulcrut of La Crosse, Wis. an
afternoon, to corroborate Mr.. Single
ton. .--
Kerchief Initials &C. r. R.''
DR.. Fritschie, former coroner of
/ Brown county, who was a witness for
the state, was called by the defense.
He said that he believed all Of the men
in the Gebhardt Offices just after the
murder had noticed the initials on the
handkerchief which was found there, but
they believed at that time that the let
tiers were &C. r. r.
.'Did anyone suggest that evening in
your hearing that the marks were Il. r..
X. y ~ Mr.. Abbott asked.
s. No, SIR said the witness.
/ DR.. Fritschie said that shortly after
the blue box was found in DR.. Geb-
hardt IS office Detective Rydell brought
to him impressions of the stamp of the
& st. Louis. Together they, made a
comparison Of these impressions with
the stamp on the box.
At first they appeared to be the same,
but later, DR.. Fritschie said, he noticed
that the year-marks were placed diff
ferently. He said that he called Mr..
Rydell's attention to this fact. !,
AT the noon recess Mr.. Abbott SAID
that this testimony by DR.. Fritschle
indicated that the state knew when the
Ebox was mailed at Hanska and that,
notwithstanding, it had brought in two
new witnesses at the second trial to try
to prove that it was mailed in that town
when DR.. Koch was there, whereas the
stamps themselves and the testimony
of the mail-clerks indicated that 1t was
:, mailed before Oct. "a and when Dr
Koch was not in Hanska.
Look-Out-for-Ed Letter.
Chief Of Police Klause, who was ont
of the witnesses for the state, wa
, called by the defense and asked con
corning his inspection Of the office O.
DR.. Gebhardt after the murder. Ill
said he could not exactly remembe
: whether the safe door was open or shu
3 or locked or unlocked. Neither coul'
8 him to swear that he had or had no
! found a letter in the desk saylnl
: "Look out for Ed,'' or words to tina
effect. +,
! Sheriff julius recollection proved t
;. be clearer. He said that a few day
;. after the murder he and Chief Klaus
' made a thoro examination OF the COZ
i tents Of the office of DR.; Gebhardt. q
q said among other things he found let
:. ter written to DR.. Gebhardt by hi
: brother.
f'What did that letter says" aske
d 1T don u remember the exact words,
9 said the witness, "but they were some
Q thing like Elook out for Ed or Fred.
d He said he thought Chief Klaus
S found the letter and that they read
s COSeJueI luey tuouShI I1Gtio VI ~ q
that time or subsequently,, however.
e Gross examined by General Child
d the witness could not tell whether til
e name in the letter was "Ed' c
@ "Fred.'
{ Henry Gebhardt, brother of DR.. Gel
t. hardt, was asked by reporter abor
10 the letter, and said there was nothin
4, in any Of the letters found in h
\ brothers. room, which could be COZ
q strued to read or mean what Sheri
d julius had said.
p More as to the Hammer.
/. Two more features of the testimon
f today tended to substantiate the d
u. tense s contention that the fatal hamm'
p was the property of the murdered de,
s. fist. Sheriff julius said that DR.. Rel
r exc had told Tony Weisner, in his pre-
le ence, that there could be no mistal
II about the hammer being Dr. Gle
le hardt IS; that he CDR. Reineke) remer
h, bered it because he had seen Dr. &c
re hardt saw off the handle.
d. j. G. Reed, employed in the insuran,
ID office across the hall from DR.. Koc
I'd testified that he had frequently visitt
~ with DR.. Koch in his laboratory al
e. many times had seen the tools whit
e. hung on rack in that room. He w
shown the hammer and asked if he h;
even seen that in DR.. Koch s office, al
said, emo
~. ntWould you have observed it had
" " been there9n Mr.. Abbott asked.
~ 90 am certain / would. -