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

sesses
In fact, all phases of life have been
brought out in the trial of this remark
able case, from the wealthy mill own
| er and chief official down to the sa-
| loon loafer, from the leading profession
al men to toilers by hand, from So
Iciety leaders to scrub women. All have
had their say, and all have gone through
the trying ordeal of cross examination
lat the hands of the attorneys on the op-
posing side.
Asa P. Brooks Recalled.
Mr.. Brooks was recalled Saturday
afternoon. Was a frequent visitor to
DR.. Gebhard's office during the winter
and early spring previous to last fall.
He had an old hammer in his office
Twill not swear that he mad the hammer
in evidence, but | will say that he had
Ian old, short handled hammer. I went
to borrow it to open a box once. He
gave me nail puller did not take
/ r Is
| the hammer because it was not in con-
dition to use. | laughed and asked him
how he expected me to pull nail with
! it, and he then said that if [ wanted
to pull nail he would give me nail
pnller. At the time of the. breaking up
of the tennins season he and I gathered
/ IN ha 1c
ground, and we had some little dispute
lover the division. He wanted the ham
mer and screw driver and; / wanted the
hammer. He took them and took
/ some other tools. The tennis club con-
sisted of five young men, The hammer
was a new one. ,s#
! The club was organized year ago
this last April. 1t is year or more
since | saw the old hammer in DIR. Geb-
hard's office. He roomed with G. A.
Zelle and the tennis court was west of
there. The new hammer went into DR..
/ iebhard's hands a year previous to his
death, in November The tennis club
i played two summers. The tools were
aot taken back to the grounds
On cross examination, the witness
said that it was a year ago last month
that fence was built around the
grounds, and the hammer was used
| then. Later Mr.. Brooks got little
cd fla+ no lx,34
4 Der just when it was. The tools were
i divided at the close of the first season 5
/ playing, but whether it was one or two
years ago last fall he could not say.
\ wire fence was built the first season.
which he thought was in May, 1903
Won't be positive when the hammer was
bought. Never saw the tennis hammer
in DIR. Gebhard's office, to my knowledge
Don't know when it was that I wanted
to borrow a hammer of DR.. Gerhard.
Wouldn't swear that the old hammer
chat | saw there had a broken claw, a
battered face or home made handle
was never IN his laboratory when he
was working.
Mr.. Pfaender read from Brooks testi-
mony before the Henningsen. inquiry
where he said that he did not 90 fire.
! luently to Dr. Gebhard's office. Wit
ness did not think that; he had said this,
but would not swear that he had not
Witness said that he had seen barrel
in DR.. Gebhard's office, but did not
know what was in it. Had heard that
lit was a cement barrel. Didn't know
that it was a plaster of paris barrel.
Had Similar Hammer.
Fred SchWede was called and H. L.
Schmitt was sworn as interpreter. Am
seventy-one years old and have lived
in New Ulm seven years.. Am a fisher
man. Previous to seven years ago was
4 farmer. Lived block and half
from the tennis court until last Octob-
er goth. / had hammer like the one
in evidence, but cannot say that this
is mine. bought it in Fairmont two
years ago. Have not seen it since.
Don't know where it was. lost. Kept it
sometimes in the yard or garden, where
used it.
On cross examination, the witness
said that his hammer was cast iron and
cost fifteen cents
Mrs. Fred Schwede was sworn, and
Mr.. Schmitt acted as interpreter She
testified the same as her husband She
looked at the hammer in evidence, and
said that it looked like their hammer
but she could not swear that it was
Her husband had bought is new in Fair
mont in a five cent store. When the
j handle got broken her husband made
himself one. She could not tell whether
| this was the handle. The CLAW was
broken like this one
E. A. Eplund testified that he had
worked at E. G. Koch's residence At
tended the business college in Mankato
last winter. Now works at the mill. I