The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-10
KOCH RETURNS
TO OFFICE WORK.
He Is Offered Many New Loca-
tions and May Come to
Minneapolis.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
week rest Dr.. George L. Koch is again
at work in his office. His ewes have
frightened, his step is lighter and he
has that care-free appearance that was
his before the charge of murder rested
upon him.
When a reporter called upon him he
had just discharged a patient from his
chair, and remarked as the man left the
room, "There is "a man who has changed
his mind in this matter; he is about
| the best friend | have now, and there
are lots more just like him.
DR.. Koch seated himself at his office
desk and remarked, ''You will have to
excuse me if | work while you are
here,' and he began to open one of
large number of letters that lay upon
the desk.
81 have tried to keep up with my
answers to the letters I have received
since last week, but there are several
hundred here that I have not touched,
and I want to answer them ALL The best
1 can do is to say thank you and sign
my name, but L would like to write
are all very kind and full. of sympa-
thy
Most of the letters are from young
ladies, with whom the young dentist
has never had acquaintance, and they
come from all over the United States.
Some Of them contain information to
the effect that if he wanted to leave
in the town from which the letter is
written. There are offers of loans of
money, and requests for autographs and
photographs.
Members Of the Koch family have
returned to their various places in life:
W. E. Koch is behind the cashier s desk
in the Citizens bank, Albert is in the
home, E. G. Koch is also at the home
stead where they are resting from the
strain of the past months Mr. Koch
is recovering his usual strength and is
about the streets as before the murder
and is looking after the harvesting of
his grain.
Dr.. Koch has not decided what he
will do in the matter of locating, but
has narrowed the propositions down to
two fields, either he will remain in this
city or will move to Minneapolis The
chances are that he will select the lat
ter place, but he will not decide upon
the change for some time. He has
friends in that city who are sanxious
that he should go there and he believes
that he would be freer from the gaze
Of the curious and the sights of one
time friends in that larger field than he
would be if he remained here.
Outside of attorneys fees the ex,
penses of the three trials cost the Kochs
nearly $4,000. The attorneys have not
presented their bills and there are some
other accounts that have not been set.
tied, but when all are in the amount
will be not less than $4,000, and prob
ably little in excess Of that. Nearly
$4,000 was expended in an effort to find
the murderer of DR.. Gebhardt; several
detectives were on. different clues and
were employed for long time in the
hope that before the case came to trial
the man who committed the crime
would be found.
The cost to the county will be much
larger than to the Kochs. The itemized
account of the first trial was made yes
terday and the figures are but little less
than $4,000. The county auditor does
not expect the 31Ma.nk&to trials to be as
believes that, when all the figures have
been returned the total will not fall
below $4,000. 50 that the, money ex.
) pended on both sides will be little less
than $4,000. ILL.,. j..