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south, went up the stairs and came
right back down. AS he went away he
said, Good night, ! am going home'"
"What time was that?"
GA little before nine o'clock"
Mr.. Higgs was cross examined by Mr..
Abbott.
''Did you see him talking to some girls
at First North and Minnesota street?"
mo"
"Did he have on his stiff hat and
cravenet coat?"
"Well, he had on long coat, but /
don't know if it was cravenet or not.
He had on stiff hat
General Childs showed the witness the
pencil found in Gebhard's office and ask
ed him if it was the pencil DR.. Koch
received
ut was one just like it," replied the
witness.
Koch Denounced Gerhard.
Iiihcl Iloludle, DIOlIeT OF CHe county
attorney, and employed as a clerk in
Hoidale & Somsen's law office, testi-
fed that the typewriter was kept on
table in the insurance office and not
kept locked.
"Did you ever have a conversation
with the defendant in regard to Louis
A. Gebhard?"
81 did"
"When was it?"
"Well,, l had several, one in which he
expressed himself, in his laboratory,
about Oct. 10, as to his feelings toward
Gerhard"
Here General Childs offered in writ
ing what he proposed to show by the
witness. The defense objected, but
Judge Weber overruled the objection.
"Please state what the defendant
said.
"He said he thought Gerhard was a
double faced - of a --" sd
Cross examination by Senator Somer
vile:
'Do you know on what occasion there
words were used?"
"No, l don't remember, nor what the
subject of the discussion was"
DR.. Hood on the Stand.
DIR. f. F. Hood of Hanska, with whom
DR.. Koch had branch office, was sworn.
He has been in Hanska over four years
and has known Koch for two years.
''How long did Koch practice dentistry
in Hanska?"
| when did he stop practicing. there?"
son Oct. %, the Friday before the
murder. He came down the last time on
the night of Oct 81"
did he tell you he was going to stop
his office at Hanska?"
Not until few minutes before train
time"
"What did he say?"
"He said he was not coming back
again, and packed his chair and machin-
cry"
DR.. Wood was cross examined by SEN
ator Somerville.
"How long before that was he there
last?"
GA month and a half, maybe two
months"
Brooks, the Eyewitness.
A climax in the Koch murder trial was
reached shortly before five o'clock yes
terday when General Childs, in behalf
of the state, said that the prosecution
had about concluded it's presentation of
testimony.
"a. p. Brooks is said to be an eye
witness of the MURDER" said General
Childs, "but he will not be called to the
stand by the state. The state has pro-
duced Mr.. Brooks in court and be may
be called by either side or by the court. %
General Childs said he thought Mr..
Brooks should be called as a witness by
the court.
Judge Weber ordered the jury sent
out, and when the bailiffs had withdrawn
the jurors, L. L. Brown, for the defense
addressed the court, saying:
"The witness mentioned by General
Childs appears to have been an eye wit
ness. He was in the immediate neigh
borhood. The state should call him"
Mr.. Brown moved that the state be di-
rected to call Brooks as witness which
he said should be done in justice to the
defendant. The cross examination, Mr..
Brown said, would be second CON
sideration
State Should Call. Him.
'In Justice to the defendant, the state
should not be allowed to rest its case
until Mr. Brooks is produced" said Mr.
Brown.
Mr.. Childs then stated that according
to his information Mr.. Brooks had made
contradictory statements General
Childs cited two cases, one from the