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

- SUI. Viii rocks sticking out Saw
tests of running made by the mouse to
the gate. It was 452 feet from the
house to the gate. The street is open
the full width for travel The Dahms'
house is the last one ON the street. Wit
ness explained the lay of all the coun-
| try around from a plat. Mrs. Dahm's
was asked to point out the place where
she stood, but she did not. Went to the
back porch of the Krone building and
saw persons turn on the light in the
Koch offices.
Witness said that his eyesight is very
good He could not identify person in
| the offices from where he stood Had
seen Koch almost daily, and he wore
a brown derby hat and a black craven
nette overcoat. He wore these both be-
fore and after the homicide. DR.. Koch's
laboratory window is twenty-five inches
wide, and a cabinet stanls directly in
! front of the window, and is "A inches
high. Could see the opposite wall and
| twenty inches to the left The tools
are hung around the operating room,
five feet above the floor
On cross examination, the witness
said, that he did not know the arrange
ment of the tools last November, Was
at DR.. Koch's office with Mr. Broderick
and Mr.. Chandler Did not know that
the latter was a detective, employed by
the defense. He paid his own hotel
bills. Saw the defendant the Sunday
after the murder, with the cravennette
coat on, in front of a drug store.
What DR.. Reineke Said.
! 70 tho al,
ter of the soil near the Dahm's house,
saying that it was soft and sandy, with
grass growing. Saw the experiment of
people running by the house. Have good
hearing, was in DR.. Reineke's office the
day after the murder and he said "They
might suspect me-" and / said "They
do" He asked ''what had better dog"
[ told him he had better write out
statement and give it to the officers,
showing where he was tne night before,
and he did so. Heard Sheriff Julius ask
DR.. Reineke whether the hammer wasn't
DR.. Gebhard's hammer. DR.. Reineke re-
piled eyes, it is. I laughed about it
when he sawed the handle Off" J..
On cross examination, the witness said
that the latter conversation was when
| DR.. Reineke handed his statement to
Chief klause. Witness drives bus and
makes his headquarters at the Dakota
House. Did not go to Minneapolis for
the defense in search of blue box.
| Was arrested and convicted twice for
assault and battery.
| j. A. Kaler, barber of New Ulm,
said that he met the defendant on the
east side of Minnesota street on the
evening of the homicide. He was going
southerly. 1t was 9:O5, and was a
block south of his office.
Herman Helm. athletic instructor in
Turner half, was called and replied to a
Factions question by Mr.. Abbott that
he had never been convicted of assault
and battery. The forenoon after the
homicide ! met the defendant and MI
Somsen. The former wore brown strip
ed pants and blueish gray coat. Never
knew him to wear any other hat than
his brown derby.
Impossible to Identify.
7. A. Broderick, train baggageman,
VS. on the porch at the rear of the
Krone building lately and looked into
DR.. Koch's lighted office Could not rec
ognize person there with whom | was
we'll acquainted. a cupboard or work
bench forty-four inches high stands in
front of the window. Two windows are
opposite each other and could see the
other one and twenty inches from the
casing. The nails on the wall for tools
are five feet from the floor. The light
is in the center of the room and shad-
ows the face of man with his hat on.
Koch has been wearing brown, stiff
hat. and never saw him wear any other.
Saw him wearing his black cravennette
overcoat before the murder and for two
weeks afterwards.
On cross examinations the witness said
that the test was made at 9:45 p. m.
the laborat tory was about ten by four
teen feet. and the room was brightly
lighted by electricity Saw nails
through the window on the opposite
wall, but couldn't see a person well
enough to identity him. Am employed
by the Chicago & Northwestern road.
F. H. Schoulan who lives in the
Krone building and is one of those for
whom Miss Weidemam keeps house,
said that DR.. Koch got his brown derby
hat early in the fall. Never saw him
wear a SLOUGH hat since three years ago.
He wore black cravanette overcoat.
Was north of the stairway to DR..
Koch's office and he came down and
went south on Minnesota street Did
not see him 60 up. This was between
9 and 9:l5 Nov. LIST, p. m. In a very
short time he came back and went up
stairs and remained a minute or two.
He then spoke to us moment, said
goodnight and went south again. He
wore a brown derby hat and his black
cravennette overcoat 1t was about 9:l5
when he left the second time.
On cross examination, witness said
that the SLOUGH hat was a black, soft
one.
The evening recess was taken.
Miss Fitzpatrick Testifes
Miss Fitzpatrick was the first wit
ness called this morning. Am a teacher
in the public schools at New Ulm, and
have known the defendant year and
a half. Met him on Nov lst at my
boarding house, S. D. Peterson's resi-
dence, at between and 7:l5 p. m. and
he remained there a little after p. m.
He brought a box of perfumery, as it
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