The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-08


overrufed. Mr.. Tucker said that on
Oct. he put up a package for Dr..
Koch and sent 1t.
What was In the package?'s
preparation to kill the nerve of
teeth In dental operations" Mr..
Tucker described the box in which the
preparation sent to DR.. Koch was
ed closely with the box that had con-
tanned bromo caffeine sent to DR.. Geb-
hard
Did 1t look like exhibit 15?"
Eyes, SIR"
Who addressed it?'
Il did, with a pen."
Mr.. Tucker testified that he put UP
anotner package Of the preparation for
Dr. Gebhard. On ss-examination
Mr.. Tucker said the Minneapolis house
had sent out 5000 orders of the medi-
cine to Minnesota dentists.
Elizabeth Mesken, In the employ of
the drug house as fling clerk, had no
recollection of shipping anything to
Or. 9. r. Koch, but said she had a rec
ora rro.I .nat would show. The record was
produced. 1t showed that on Oct.
the witness mailed a package to DR..
H. A. Gebhard at New Ulm, but she
admitted that she could not recollect
having mailed any package to DIR.
Gebhard. The objection of the defense
to the question whether the witness
had mailed package to DR.. Gebhard
was sustained, whereupon Gen Childs
oHered the record in evidence but 1t
was ruled out, too, as it did not come
under the head Of accounts.
Coroner Identifies Bottle
DR.. Freitche, the coroner OF Brown
county at the time of the homicide,
identified the bottle labeled ssbromo
caffeine" which had been sent to DR..
Gebhard and which DR.. Reinecke had
given to the sheriff for day.
Or. Freitsche told Of mailing the bot
Tie and contents to Prof. Carroll, Of the
university, on Nov. ID for analysis. He
received it back on Saturday, Dec. 10,
IN the same box in which he had sent it.
On cross-examfnation DIR. Freitsche
said that Dec. 27 and Jan. he let De-
tectiye RydeH take the bottle for a. few
hours. He returned it the last time
on Jan. 5.
Sheriff Julius, called by the state.
told Of getting the bottle from Chief of
Police Klause.
Chief Klause testified that he had
seen the bottle and that he had had it
IN MS possession two hours, but had
not opened it. Klause admitted that he
had exhibited the bottle around the
drug stores Of the city, but had never
let 1t out of his possession except when
the druggists were looking at it.
How far does your possession ex-
tend?"
AS far as can see.'' responded the
chief of police, and the big audience
laughed and the judge frowned KIause
said ne took the bottle into drug stores
TO see If they had anything like it.
Now, you say the bottle was never
out OF your sight?" inquired Mr.. Abb
bott
Except when it was In my possess
s1on," replied Mr.. Klause, whereat the
crowd laughed and Judge Webber said:
Now, what is that to giggle at? If
this is repeated I'll clear the court
room."
Five minutes later the court adj
1ourned until 8 a. m. Monday.
Testimony as to Hammer
If DR.. Koch is acquitted he will owe
his good fortune more to Edward Ding
Ter, the states chief witness Of the fore
noon, than to any other circumstances.
D1ngier, who was called to the witness
stand shortly after court opened, Is
beardless youth Of %, teamster by
occupation. His testimony was the
f1rst that connected the defendant with
the old broken hammer with which Dr.
Gebhard was killed, but the cross
examination Of Dingler utterly dis
credited his direct story and made a
sorry spectacle of him.
On direct examination Dingler said
he had worked for Mr.. Koch, the de-
fendalt's father, in 1903, after the har-
vest, hauling gravel to his barn. 1t
was part of his duty to unload the
gravel by throwing 1t from the wagon
into the barn through door and
window. He noticed when he brought
his second load Of gravel rusty old
hammer on the window sill of the barn.
Asked to describe it, Dingler said:
1t was old and rusty. One claw
was broken off. Pieces were Clipped
out of the big end Of the hammer and
its handle was marked with CUTS,
States Attorney Childs showed the
witness the hammer with which the
killing was done and asked:
Did you ever see this before?"
'Yes, SIR
''Where?"
"At Mr. Koch's barn."
TT there any difference In its ap-
pearance now?"
Yes, sir; the handle is shorter now,"
was the prompt reply
Are the marks of the handle the
same?"
yes, SIR"
Tries to Be "Smart"
Then Attorney Abbott took the wit
ness. The latter, as Mr. Childs after
wards admitted, was ignorant, and un-
dertook to be Smart" With his an
swers, with disastrous results to him
self. In the first place Dingler had
no idea when it was he hauled gravel
for Mr.. Koch. He could not tell what
month of the year it was. But he re-
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