The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-19

OClitN Gu tiC lCpOie Civ iSit ShOChCu, Ooo
did not 60 down town. / went to sleep
as soon as / got in bed. Had no idea
that George was upstairs.
"When prominent man was muir
dered, it left so little impression upon
you that you went home, and to bed,
and right to sleep, and you did not
arouse when someone else got into
bed?"
"Yes, sir"
"When you told George of the murder
next morning, he got right out of bed,
did ne?'
eyes, sir"
"IIe made inquiries about ."
.Yes, sir, he wanted to know more
about it. l didn't know much about it."
"When he was first informed that he
was suspected, how did he take it?"
"He took it quietly"
"What did he say?"
81 don't recall"
"When did you first learn that George
was suspected?"
Thursday forenoon. Mr.. Samson
came to the bank and told me.'
The witness said that nobody tele-
phoned to him Wednesday night about
it. Ida Kocn did not tell me. Don't re-
collect whether Ida was at home We'd
nesday evening. Remembered the church
clock striking Tuesday evening because
they struck together, which was an un-
usual thing. George and had clothes
rack in our room, with number of
coats hanging there. There were gray
suits and black suits there. The ham,
mer in question differs from the one
father had mainly in the handle, this
being thick. Have not used the ham,
mer much in late years. The first time
I saw the hammer was in court at the
New Ulm trial.
A recess was taken until lao p. m.
Defendant Called.
Perhaps the largest audience that has
gathered since the court began filled the
court room this afternoon. Every seat
was taken long before 80 o'clock. 1t
was the expectation that DIR. Koch
would take the stand, and this fact was
undoubtedly responsible for so large an
attendance. All standing room was oc
cupied. A large proportion of the audi
ence, as heretofore, was ladies.
"Dr. Koch," said Mr.. Abbott.
The defendant walked sprightly to
the witness chair, and there was a gen.
eral buzz of excitement DIR. Koch an
swered questions briefly, clearly and to
the point, wasting no words.
/ am twenty four years of age, and
was born and raised in New Ulm. 1 was
educated there and then spent three
years in the dental college at Chicago.
On Nov. lst there were five dentists
in New Ulm. My office is in connection
with DR.. Strickler's office. Have had a
good practice up to the time of the
present trial / had offices for a time
at Hanska and Lafayette. The latter
started in 1902 and stopped it in the
fall of 1908. | went to Lafayette once
month, and to Hanska twice month.
Then | abandoned the Lafayette office
and went to Hanska once a month. /
lost business at home while at the other
opened them in order to get acquainted.
| went finally to Hanska on the fourth
Thursday of the month. Didn't 60 to
Hanska last August, and only once in
September and once in October. Went
the fourth Thursday in September and
the fourth Friday in October. I mad
not intended to go again after August,
but DR.. Wood said that he had lot
of work there, so | went in September
and October. | took the evening train,
going at 9:37, Thursday, the last time
that | went. Came back on the | 80
p. m. train. l uniformly went and came
on those trains. / worked in DR.. Woods
reception room, but the last trip l made
he said that he was going to move his
office to private house on side
street and would move the stove to the
drug store building. l concluded to dis
continue my office, as | wasn't going
there much more anyway and would
| have had to move. The dental chair was
DR.. Fritchie's, and / took it to the de-
pot. Didn't see Mr.. Hage get off at
New Ulm.
On Nov. lst | left home shortly before
I p. m. and went to my office, got a
package with a bottle of perfumery in
it that Dr. Vogel had bought for me
the Monday before. l kept it until
Tuesday evening as that was Miss Fitz-
patrick's birthday and / wanted to give
it to her. / remained at Miss Fitzpat-
rick's boarding place until $40 or S:l5
p. m. | wore pepper and salt coat and
vest cfripod fro,lSarS n hroxu, ,1oxh,, he