New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-10

Illerchief, and Kocn replied that he had
not, but that Ida had. and that she
thought that it was his handkerchief
| That was all that he recollected about
this conversation. The Friday after the.
, homicide, witness had a talk with tne
defendant at his laboratory in the pres
ence of Drs Strickler and Vogel and
| Chief Klause. We asked how it would
be possible for anybody to get his hand
kerchief, and he explained that it would
be possible for the supposed cocaine
fend to take it from his coat pocket as.
it hung on nail in the laboratory over
the lounge.
On cross examination, the witness
said that DR.. Koch showed where the
nail was and said that he usually had a
handkerchief in his everyday coat poe
| ket, and that he hung this coat on the
nail when he worked and put on a
working coat. DR.. Koch did not say
that the handkerchief was his. He
1 showed his cravennette overcoat and did
not seem to conceal anything. The re
mark / made to George at the house
about not going down town was made
laughingly, but l looked upon it as
serious.
l. 4l,r- l., 4l,4 T., Il
Tt looks like Georges handkerchief? 2
asked Mr.. Abbott.
'Wnat did I say before?" inquired the
sheriff:
"a don't know. What do you say
now"
eyes," after much thought.
More About the Hands.
William Shepard, a reporter for The
J. Minneapolis Daily News, said that he
went to New Ulm Nov. I'd and called
; on the defendant the Sunday after he
had arrived. A Journal reporter, Davis
and a Dispatch reporter, Baker, were
present, and also DR.. Vogel and Miss
Ida Koch part of the time, and an
other sister, and during the latter part
of the conversation E. G.. Koch, father
of the defendant The defendant look
ed sick, and his right hand was on the
left, palms together, with cloth be
tween. On the knuckles of the index
| second and third fingers of the right
f.: aand there were wounds, to which my
attention had been called by Dr.. Vogel
1 The one on the index finger looked a
though the skin had been broken ant
raised and had fallen back again. TIL
one on the second finger looked like
gouge nearly as large as a dime. Their
> was carbolic acid burn either on tn
J little finger or thumb. There was =
scratch on the inside of the left nanC
{ The defendant spoke in a very low tone
) and mumbled his words. Koch said tina
u he was in Simmet's barber shop O
u the evening Of the murder and that h
/ passed the Review office. Dr.. Vogel tol
him not to make any statements as t
time, but he said that he was at tn
barber shop at about 9:20 p. m. W
- asked him whether he had met any
81 body on the way home, and DR.. Vogt
j told him not to say anything abou
1t it, Was in Dr. Koch's office that SUI
}, day afternoon. Drs. Koch and Nog
and Mr.. Davis were there. He Shove
III where he hung a coat beside the couc]
he He said that the handkerchief was
Il his coat pocket near the couch. E
u showed where the cocaine fiend sat an
1t said that he was working and Whe
t the man left his handkerchief was gon
On crosseXamination, the witness II
H. iterated that it was Sunday afternoC
1t when ne was at DR.. Koch's office al
III Dr.. Koch was there. l testified at tt
Is New Ulm trial, but was not askt
as about the condition of DR.. Koch's han'
Ut and made no attempt to describe thel
;. Won't say positively that Koch sa
lie that he missed a handkerchief from h
e. coat, but that is my impression.
'e "When you saw Dr.. Koch it w
P' right after Dr.. Vogel had operated up
he mis- hands, was it not" asked MI. A
n bott. .s--~...
al q don't know" replied the witness
ny clad not the skin been cut off Whe
ho it had been burned"
'Dr. Vogel had been dressing t
10 hands,"
u Witness said that something W
VI said about a little wound being made
"a a finger by a carbolic acid wound a
le' burning of alcohol put on it. I did
III like the story and did not pay any {
al tention to it. [ sent in story that t
u wounds looked like cuts, but do
~ know how much of it was published.
lie sent in. the aibi story.
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