The Mankato free press., 1905-05-19

the Brown county trial, for l offered il
in evidence there.
| The defense offered the clothing, bo,
and pencil in evidence; also two ole
hammers, somewhat similar in appear
ance to the hammer introduced by the
state; also the fense post, top of post
plats, etc.
Blood Dries Rapidly.
DR.. Andrews was recalled. Have had
practice in surgery The general prop
critics of the blood of all mammals are
very similar. Have often tested blood
The tendency of blood is to dry rapid
| ly, and especially when exposed to the
air. 1t begins to CONCEAL almost as
soon as it leaves the bloodvessels and
comes in contact with the air. Presum-
ing that the temperature was 81 de.
grees, in the night air, hands covered
with blood, would become perfectly dry
in ten minutes, and it would be i'm.
possible for them to leave stain
even on white cloth.
| doubt whether a large stain would
be left on wood after five minutes
Blood is quite fluid when very fresh, but
almost Immediately begins to CONCEAL
"lf person were to grasp a tele
phone wire tightly with both hands
what would the tendency be in re-
gard to removing blood from tne
hands?"
The state objected and was sustained
'On night in early November, il
blood from hand was put upon a post
how long would it be before it would
dry?"
Not over two hours"
''Would it be possible for blood to be
on the post the next morning, so that
it would stain a PERSONS hands? ?"
81 don't think that it would be pos
sible."
The witness said that there is NO
blood on the post. If there had been
blood on it last Nov. Cd it would still
be there. | nave made the Haematin
test with scrapings from the post, to
find whether there is blood on the post
and | can say positively that there
is none.
On cross examination, the witness
said that he had scraped from the top
of the post and down the sides. Blood
four hundred years old has been de-
tected by the Haematin test In tnat
case it was found on spikes that had
been pressed into a victim.
"Where were the spikes kept?" asked
Gen. Childs.
"In a museum" replied the witness.
DR.. f. ID. Steel was called. His tes-
timony was very similar to that of the
last witness. Blood on hands would be
perfectly dry and hard in ten or fifteen
minutes, if the person was moving in
the open air. In five minutes hands
dripping with blood would be so dry as
to leave no stain. A considerable
quantity of blood on post would dry
in two or three hours. An ordinary stair
would dry in half an nour. 1t would
not be possible or conceivable for blood
to be so fresh eleven hours after be.
ing placed on post as to leave stain
Blood stains placed on a post last Nov
lst would still be there.
On cross examination, the witness
said that frequent placing of hands on
the post would in some measure re-
duce the amount of blood left. The
elements would also tend to remove it
On redirect, the witness said that the
blood would sink into the post, also
"This is the defense's case," said Mr.
Abbott at l0:l5. a. m.
Rebuttal Begins.
Anton Richerd, middle aged farmer
was called by the state in rebuttal. On
Nov. End, had conversation with E
G. Koch on his premises. Tie claimed
that the murder had taken place at lC
L p. m. He said that his son George, came
home at 10 p. IN. the night of the muir
der. sa
Mr. Abbott cross examined the wit
ness. Mr.. Koch spoke in German. He
| did not say that George was home at