The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-26
SAW GERHARD JUST
BEFORE THE MURDER
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fees We're. said that he had entered
the Simmet barber shop, next door, at
9:1O p. m. on the night OF the murder
Dr. Koch entered at 9:20 p. m. by the
barber shop clock, and remained three
10 hve minutes, passed a few words
with Simmet and then went out Sim
met closed his shop two minutes later
and he and the witness went away
The witness said that on Jan. he and
three others had walked from the Geb-
hard offices to the Koch home and had
found that il took just 10 minutes and
40 seco Ids.
Anton Simmet, the barber, made a
good witness. He has a French accent
and appearance and a positive way of
expressing himself.
He told of Mr.. Pfefferle and DR..
Koch visiting his shop on the evening
OF Nov. l. DR.. Koch came in at 9:20
p. m. He had on a brown derby and
loose hanging black box oVercoat
that reached two or three inches below
the knee. He stayed three or four min
utes, standing about three feet from
the door. He said: How do you do?"
l said Anything / can do for you,
George? He said: Where's Stamm?"
Stamm was my workman. / said: Il
heard a man say this afternoon that
DR.. Strickler was going to vote for
Johnson" He said: IF he votes for
johnson. there will be quite a few Re-
publicans vote for him." That was all
that was said.
DR.. koch's Hair Cut
On crossexamination witness said
that he suggested to Pfefferle that they
play a game of pool. Pfefferle said
that IL was too late, and they looked
at the clock and it was 9:20 D. m.
Koch came in just then.
How is it that you noticed his
clothes so particularly
He had hair cut just before p.
m. and I was afraid he wasn't satisfied
with it."
Are your customers in the habit of
this?'
mo, SIR
How was ii, them"
We'll. / had generally cut his hair
before. but my man did it this time"
There was litter through the au-
dience and the court had to rap for
order.
Witness said that he never talked
politics with Koch except when he
came in to get a shave.
Witness said he went across the
street, looked into a billiard hall, and
then went back by his shop and went
home Was in the opera saloon five
minutes, leaving there at 9:35 p. m.
went in the clock was $3.50. From
there he went home.
Alfred Heinz, a II year old boy, who
was employed last fall in Simmets
barber shop, said that he left the shop
on the night of Nov. L at 9:05 and
stood in front of Pfefferle's drug store
ten or fifteen minutes. DIR. Koch pass
ed him and went north to Fassen-
meyers hardware store; looked in and
soon returned and asked whether
"Schilling was working at Fassen-
meyers and whether Tom Kratsch
was there, and whether Simmet was
in his shop. Koch then went into the
barber shop. On croSsexamination the
witness said that Koch wore a brown
derby hat and black overcoat and had
no package. 1t might have been $40
p. m. when witness had left the shop.
Heard Heavy Steps
Herbert Baltrusch, a young man
with an honest appearing face, and
who is a printer in the New Ulm Re-
view office, which is owned by Asa
p. Brooks. next took the stand. He is
Is years old. He said that he and his
IA year old brother, Oscar, We're dis
tributing type in the front part of the
office the night of the murder until
9:45 or later Their cases were six or
eight feet from the front window and
the door of the Review office faced the
door of the Simmet barber shop, both
having an entrance in a recess. He
saw DIR. Koch pass the Review office
window. coming from Simmet's barber
shop, and as soon as he saw him pass
by ne heard heavy footsteps going up
the stairs. The stairway is at the
other side of the Review office from
the barber shop and leads to DR..
| Gebhard's offices, which are over the
Review office. He heard the steps
cross the hall and go through DIR. Geb-
hard's reception and operating rooms
and into the laboratory.
He had previously been hearing the
buzzing sound of DR.. Gebhard's polish
/ ing machine, but this sound ceased
when the steps approached the Ia
boratory- He heard no voices or noises
upstairs, and ten minutes later went
home. He did not know what time 1t
was when Koch came out of the bar
ber shop. He had the brown derby
hat and black overcoat that he usually
| wore. Witness saw him wear the same
| hat afterwards Usually when any
one went up the stairs witness heard