New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-11

Simmet told his story in simple,
Istrai ghtforward fashion and was turn-
I ed over to the defense. The state had
endeavored to make much of the fact
at the barber shop was closed for
the night, and it was an unusual time
for any one to step 10 off the street.
Mr.. Somerville, in cross-examin-
/ ing the witness, brought out the fact
that it was very natural to enter the
shop even though the curtains we're
down. Simmet admitted that Koch
had a hair cut that evening about
supper time, and that they had been
discussing politics and had been on
the point of making bet on the
election of governor.
Koch's dress, the barber described,
was that of a derby hat, and a box
toyercoat, reaching a few inches below
the knees.
You had seen DIR. Koch wear that
same clothing before, have you not,
Mr.. Simmet.
think so, it looked like the same
coat
| Many times:
[ think so.
E. A. Pfeferle, the druggist. who
was. in the barbershop with Simmet,
when Koch entered, had very little to
offer that had not been covered by
Simmet's testimony and was largely a
! coroboration of his statements. The
druggist said. however, that he had
walked the distance between Gebhardt' S
/ office and the Koch residence in com
pany with several others and that it
had taken him just fifteen minutes and
| forty five seconds.
POLTA IS NOT SURE OF
TIME OF THE CRIME.
Polta is by no means sure of the
exact time, but remembers that he left
the saloon about O'Clock. He walked
with the young women up as far as the
COngreg ational church, four blocks
away, then back again, stopping in
front of the Brown county bank, at
the corner of Minnesota and Center
streets, across the street and a few
crime.
The young people stood in front OF
the bank for few minutes and heard
cries and means coming from the
dentists Office. They then crossed
over and stood in front Of Simmet's
barber shop for a few minutes, accord
ing. to the testimony of the young man.
While there they saw Brooks come
/ out of the Review Office, run upstairs,
then run down again and meeting
Cavenaugh, again assembled the stair
way with the latter.
The trio then passed on up the
street.
Cecilia Martinka, one of the two
| girls, was called to the stand and asked
to tell her story Of the nights doings
She is a pretty country girl about
sixteen years old, and though speak.
ing English with a slight German
accent gave her narration clearly ane
apparently with all honesty.
FIERCE CROSS -EXAMINATION.
She told the following story Wher
examined by the attorneys and stuck
4 to it under fierce cross examination
! My two brothers and Francis RoescI
and I drove in from my home il
! Nicollet county reaching New Uln
about seven in the evening. Francis
and I went up to one Of my sisters
who lives by the Catholic church
i about eight blocks from DR.. Geb
hardt's Office and about nine O'Clock
we started down town.
! We came straight down town ane
met Joseph Polta in front OF Amman
| harness shop. He wanted US to take
i walk and SO we went down Mime
Il SOUd oUL OCU Cbo UllC dblOl
al church and then turned around ant
!: walked back. When we got to th
1 Brown County bank we stopped an,
stood minute.
i Did you see anyone there? asked Mr.
]. Childs.
i Yes, we saw a man standing by th
watering trough.
/ Did you hear anything?
/ We heard sounds coming fror
i across the street and Joseph sal
!, there's fight, let's go over, and "
81 all went over and stood in front of th
barber shop, looking up to Dl
! Gebhardt's windows.
4 FUCKERS UP PRETTY MOUTH.
81 When asked to describe the noise a
near as she could the witness puckere
+ / her f,pnftv month and I1ttaro1 oh .z al