The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-12

1 Cttiy tldt WChO
through. First heard Thursday fore
noon that George was suspected of the
murder. I was at Hoidale & Somsen's
office part of the time when George was
told that he was suspected. He APP
peared sad when he was told. Until
then, / had observed no popularity in
regard to George. Previous to Friday
night / did not observe any cuts, bruises
or burns on Georges hands. That eve
ming Dr. Vogel telephoned to me to send
some medicine. When l got home
George was in bed and mis- hands were
bandaged. / helped to put bandages on,
and there were blisters on three ing
ers of the right hand, and one on each
thumb. Saw no scratches or bruises,
Except that on the third finger of the
right hand it looked little different
The witness identified the defendants
clothing George wore a dark craven
nette overcoat and derby nat. He con-
timed to wear these clothes for the next
two or three weeks. Our clock is usual
ly fast On the evening of Nov. LIST
it was seven OF eight minutes fast, COM
pared with the church tower clocks.
The city lights illuminate our premises.
1t depends upon the color of objects
and the condition of the atmosphere.
There are places in the barnyard where
moving objects the size of rabbit can
be seen so or IS feet. In other places
they cannot be seen so far.
l remember having seen it since the
tearing down of the old toolshed in the
summer of 1903. The witness was
shown the hammer in question and said
positively that it is not the hammer
that his father mad. The latter's ham,
mer had a thicker handle.
The hammer, exhibit c, is our ham,
mer, and has been in the family for ten
years or more. The hammer, exhibit
! C, is somewhat similar to our old one,
but ours had a thicker handle Rein
hold Danms picked out the right saw.
The two mallets We're fathers (Dahms
had said that he couldn't tell) One
of the punches was fathers. Two of
the three chisels were fathers, and
Dahms selected one of the right ones.
Two of the wrenches belonged to father.
spoke to Dahms about his knowledge
of the hammer, during the New Ulm
trial. He said that he didn't know very
much about it. When he wanted ham,
mer he used the other one, and could
barely tell.
On cross examination, the witness said
1890 and l0:45 p. m. at Turner Hall.
had known Dr. Gerhard since shortly
after he came to New Ulm. / hardly
believed the report and felt shocked, but
did not go down town. l went to sleep
as soon as l got in bed. Had no idea
that George was upstairs.
"When prominent man was muir
dered, it left so little impression upon
you that You went home, and to bed,
and right to sleep. and you did not
arouse when someone else got into
bed?"
eyes, SIR"
"When you told George of the murder
next morning, he got right out of bed,
did he?"
"Yes, SIR"
"IIe made inquiries about it,"
"Yes, sir, he wanted to know more
about it. i didn't know much about it."
'.When he was first informed that he
was suspected, how did he take its"
"He took it quietly"
"What did he say?"
81 don't recall'
"When did you first learn that George
was suspected?"
Thursday forenoon. Mr. Samson
came to the bank and told me-"
The witness said that nobody tele-
phoned to him Wednesday night about
it. Ida Koch did not tell me- Don't re-
collect whether Ida was at home We'd
nesday evening. Remembered the church
clock striking Tuesday evening because
they struck together, which was an un-
usual thing. George and had clothes
rack in our room, with a number of
coats hanging there. There were gray
suits and black suits there. The ham,
mer in question differs from the one
father had mainly in the handle, this
being thick. Have not used the ham,
mer much in late years. The first time
| saw the hammer was in court at the
New Ulm trial.
| A recess was taken until 1880 d. m.
! Defendant Called.
Perhaps the largest audience that has
gathered since the court began filled the
court room this afternoon Every seat
was taken long before l:30 O'Clock. 1t
was the expectation that Dr. Koch