The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-12
CASE WILL PROBABLY GO TC
THE JURY BEFORE CLOSE
OF THE WEEK.
STATES NET is BADLY TORN
DEFENSE STRONGLY ASSAILs
MANY POINTS OF STATES
TESTIMONY.

not disgrace a f1agpole by hanging
such man upon it," was the bitter
statement of Charles Silverson, may
| or OF New Ulm, while on the witness
stand yesterday afternoon, in refer
ence to DR. George r. Koch, the al
| legged murderer of DR.. Louis Gebhardt
Silverson was called shortly after
the noon recess, and while his testi
mony had no great bearing upon the
evidence deduced at the trial itself, it
showed the bitter feeling existing
| among a certain faction in the little
city where the murder was commit
teo.
Beyond the testimony of Silverson,
practically the whole day yesterday
was spent by the state in an attempt
to prove that DR.. Koch was the one
who sent the bottle of poison to Dr.
Gebhardt week before the murder
e. G. Hage. Hanska banker, and
]. N. Thompson, station agent for the
Minneapolis & ST. Louis road at
Hanska, testified to seeing the mail
ing Of a square box to Gebhardt at
New Ulm the same day that DR.. Koch
moved from his branch Office at Han
ska.
Mankato, Mimi, May 5.-The pros,
ecution has rested in the Koch mur-
der trial. Asa p. Brooks, the New
Ulm newspaper man, who was the
only witness of the crime, was not
called by the state, and Judge Cray
yesterday afternoon ordered that if
Brooks was to be called he must be
called by the defense, which accord
ingly will do SO. None of the sensa.
tions that, according to gossip, would
reveal the identity of the murderer
beyond reasonable doubt yet have
materialized.
The memorandum book of DR.. Louis
Gebhardt was introduced by the state
late yesterday afternoon, but. con-
trary to general expectation, it's con
tents did not reveal a motive for the
whereabouts Of any one who could
throw light upon the murder.
ChiIds Closes.
After the testimony Of Prof. Carel
was taken, Gen. Childs, for the pros
ecution, made his closing address to
the court.
Mankato, Mimi, May 6.-"The man
] saw bending over the form of DR.
Gebhardt as gazed through the tran.
som on the night of Nov. 1, 19O4-the
night of the murder-was not the de-
fendant. DR.. Koch
Asa p. Brooks, the New Ulm news.
paper man, who is the only direct wit.
ness in the Koch murder trial, made
this statement yesterday afternoon
while on the stand. Brooks took the
stand shortly before noon yesterday
while 500 spectators closely followed
his testimony. His face was pale, he
apparently realizing the full impor-
tance of his testimony, but never for
moment showing the slightest sign
of nervousness.
Brooks Tells All.
Brooks told of his actions on the
night Of the murder of DR.. Gebhardt
l COulluCuCIu6 Will Ills utSl 0CIAOA oLSCi
he had eaten supper, and ending with
an expression of the wild fear that
entered his heart as he gazed through
the transom Of the door leading to
DR.. Gebhardt's Office and beheld the
murderer bending over his victim.
Describe the murderer" was the
request which led up to the dramatic
statement of the witness when he said
DR.. Koch was not the man.
"He was an undersized man with a
small black mustache, and with either
q bushy head of hair or small slouch
hat which fitted closely to his head,
Brooks answered.
was the man you are speaking OF
the defendant, DR.. Koch?" Attorney
Somerville asked.
Murderer Was Not Koch.
"The man I saw bending over DR..
Gebhardt as gazed through the tran
som was not the defendant, DR..
Koch"
MankatO, Mimi, May Z. - A sensa-
ton was created yesterday in connec-