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

that ne came down ana talked TO the
men, that he went to the hardware
store, that he talked to other people,
showing that he did not have murder in
his heart. That DR.. Koch stepped into
the barbershop and asked for Mr..
Stamm That this was 9:2O D. m. that
DR.. Koch had his hair cut and shave
there at 5 p. m. That DR.. Koch had
talked of bet of dollar with one of
the BARRIERS. That when he went there
in the evening he went to complete the
bet. That he passed the Review office
window and on home. That as soon as
he paased the Review office, somebody
went tramping up the stairs. That ten
minutes before Koch passed the place a
man was seen with handkerchief up
to his face, apparently cOncealing his
identity, and stepped into the doorway
leading to DR.. Gebhard's office. That no
man went up the stairs ten minutes be-
fore Dr. Koch passed. That the muir
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ly smeared it with blood from the ham,
mer handle, and the hammer and the
handkerchief carried deliberately out
into the next room to warn the people
and give them clue so that they would
set the blood hounds upon DIR. Koch.
That the murderer went around from
place to place, putting his hands on
the woodwork, so that they must have
been practically free from blood when
he left. The marks on the window sill
showed this.
What the Family Will Testify To.
We will show that Dr. Koch went
right to his home. That when he got
there, Ida Koch, teacher in the New
Ulm schools, sat there beside her aged
father That DR.. Koch arrived home at
9:3S. That a few nights before f. G.
Koch had told his son that he wanted
him to come home early. That the son
obeyed. That when he came in his
father turned and looked at the clock.
That he went at once out of the kitchen
to work house or granary. That DIR.
Koch is quite hunter and keeps a fine
gun in the house and an old one for
single snots in the granary. That DIR.
Koch that night saw a rabbit near the
park grounds, as he came home, went to
the shed to get his old gun and looked
for shells, but could not find any, and
knowing that the rabbit would not stay
long did not 90 out The rabbits are
very thick there, breeding under the
temporary buildings on picnic grounds.
That DIR. Koch spent only two minutes
making this search. That he went back
to the room where his sister and father
were, and read a paper for fifteen min
utes. Then he went down into the base
ment, where is bedroom occupied by
ilege student. That DR.. Koch got an
apple and read book until he went to
Koch was awakened by his brother, wno
asked him whether he had heard of the
murder George had been reading up
stairs when Will came home the night
before. DIR. Koch ate his breakfast as
usual and went down to his office, wear
ing the long, cravennette coat and brown
hat. That George and Prof. REIN will
say that George wore the long coat and
brown hat.
Will Explain Testimony.
: The testimony of Postmaster Krook
regarding this will be explained. 1t was
, the second day after the murder that
he met DIR. Koch, who mad put o ma diff
ferent suit to attend the funeral and
) because it was a warm day. We will
: show that DIR. Koch attended to his APP
lpointments in his usual manner, and had
no blemishes or spots or scratches on
: his hands. That the Sunday before the
homicide DIR. Koch and Miss Fitzpatrick
went hunting. lie went down INTO the
brush, leaving the lady to hold his horse
A threshing machine came along and
scared the horse, and he ran through the
, brush to the horse, scratching his hand.
We will show that two weeks before
the murder DIR. Koch went duck hunting
into the country and while trying to
take the back seat off and got his
, knuckle skinned, that it scabbed over
, and the scab was still there at the time
of the murder.
/ We will show that DIR. Koch has a
cabinet of bottles in his office. That he
had bottle of carbolic acid that he
used in his dental work. That the bot
tie had to be filled frequently. That in
, his work he spilled little carbolic acid
, on his fingers, but did nothing more
than slightly irritate the skin. The
claim of the state that the acid did any
damage on his hands is without founda-
tion and we repudiate it. 1t is story
created by the state for the purpose of