The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-28

On Sunday or Monday, the witness saw
the defendant at the latter's office. DR..
Koch said that the cocaine fiend had
taken his handkerchief His face was
pale and indicated mental and physical
suffering.
| at was such as an innocent man
would show if accused for four days
with having killed friend, wasn't it 4?
asked Mr.. Abbott.
Il hardly know how to answer that,
said the witness.
You wouldn't comment on the fact,
that he showed mental suffering under
such conditions, would you?"
Il dare say l wouldn't ordinarily,
but | wrote story about it,"
Mr.. Abbott endeavored to draw out
that the defendants appearance was
such as would be natural in man
wrongly accused.
New Witness Testifes.
Miss Theresa Gulden of New Ulm
was new witness. She is seventeen
years old and spent several months at
the farm house of John Guggisberg in
Lafayette township last fall. On the
Sunday before Nov. LIST she saw gem
tleman and lady drive to the top of a
hill near the Guggisberg house, and stop.
The lady was Miss Fitzpatrick, teach
Ell in the New Ulm schools, but the wit
ness did not know the gentleman. The
latter got out of the buggy and walked
north A threshing machine came along
and frightened the horse and it jump
ed up. The lady screamed and the man
ran to the horse There were some
willows along the road, but the man did
not go among these when going to the
horse The witness did not see the man
near the willows. The witness could
not remember the details very well.
Cross examined, the witness said that
Miss Fitzpatrick drove ahead toward the
man. She is employed by Mr.. Clos, SUI
perintendent of the Eagle elevator. She
saw the occurrence through the trees.
Albert H. Quandt, farmer whose
house is 100 rods from John Guggis-
berg's, said that he was working with
a threshing crew last October, and on
the Sunday before the homicide passed
a horse and buggy at the point men
Nv C,,lJ Il
two rods east of the willows, when
the horse reared. He was two rods west
of the horse and between the horse and
willows. The man did not go into the
willows, but walked on the stubble field
towards the willows. There were no
thorns in the willows. Some were real
low and some ten or twelve feet high
The horse stopped rearing as soon as it
saw the engine. Cross examined, the
witness said that he was running the en-
CINE. He was six rods off when he first
saw the horse. The man had a gun
The lady drove on until the horse quiet
ed down. The witness did not know
whether the man had been in the will
lows before he saw him. He had noticed
some quail running along the road and
under the willows. On redirect, the wit
ness said that the horse reared while
the man was walking towards the will
lows
j. L. Bushard of West Newton, who
was connected with the same thresh-
ing crew, was called. He said that it
was near noon when he saw the buggy
four or eight rods from the road The
man was rod or two from the willows
that lined the road and had gun, and
there were some quail near. The man
walked toward the buggy. There was
no brush between him and the buggy
The witness was on the engine and saw
the horse rear. Cross examined, the
witness said that the quail had run
along the road in front of the engine
and then flown over to the~place where
ten minutes later he saw the horse The
man walked fast toward the horse.
The last two witnesses were called
at this trial for the first time
DR.. 0. c. Stricken of New Ulm de
scribed the offices of himself and Dr.
Koch. There was gasoline stove on
the south side of DR.. Koch's laboratory
near the window, and the room was
lighted by an electric light hung from
the center of the ceiling On the morn
ing of Nov End, about eight o'clock, the
defendant came to his office, wearing
cravennette overcoat The witness had
said: 81 have visited Binger's morgue
this morning, and | hope the party who
committed thot dastardly deed will be
punished" Dr. Koch had made no re-
ply. On Thursday, just after noon, the
witness saw the defendant lying on a
sofa i'll his laboratory, and said: "Why
do they suspect you in connection
with this crime?'' DIR. Koch replied
Because | was in the vicinity at the
time" | said: "The party who commit
ted the deed wust have some injuries
on his hands. Show me your hands,
Dr. Koch took his hands from his pOck