New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-12
JURY GETTING IS VERY SLOW
Farmers Not Anxious to Leave the
Ripening Grain.
No Sensational Publications Pre-.
cede This Trial.
Roth Sides Expect to Complete
{ Jury This Week.
THE KOCH JURORS.

w lillian ocnaefer, IafmerI
Henry Heinzeman, dairyman Lime
town; Burt Fuller, farmer Limetown;
Fred Boesch, retired farmer Amboy:
L. W. Wells, Amboy.
Fred Boesch, a retired farmer living
at Amboy, was accepted as the fourth
juror. He was not challenged by the
defense. The state challenged for inn
piled bias, and the juror said that he
knew of no reason why he could not
sit in the case. He couldn't say that
he had any conscientious scruples
against the death penalty. He could
vote to convict on circumstantial evil
dence if it was strong enough. The
state withdrew the challenge. and after
much consideration and questioning
became satisfied and announced that
it had no challenge.
L. w. Wells of Amboy, son-in-law
of Judge w. N. Plymat of this city,
was accepted as the fifth juror. He is
a farmer of middle age. The defense
had no challenge. The state challenge
| for implied bias, and Mr.. Wells stated
| that he had ne conscientious scruples
against capital punishment, but be-
lieved in it where evidence was strong
enough. He thought that he could
convict on circumstantial evidence.
He knew of no reason why he could
not sit and try the case carefusly and
impartially. The state withdrew its
challenge and the juror was sworn.
Two jurors were secured Saturday,
one in the morning and one in the
afternoon, but out of the entire special
venire of seventy-fye men who re-
ported Friday afternoon only two
were selected. At this rate it will take
at least another week before the trial
can be proceeded with.
On account of disabilities Joseph
Fredericks, the second juror selected
Friday afternoon, was excused from
further service in the case by Judge
Cray.
The special venire of seventy-tive
men was exhausted Saturday and out
of the bunch but one man was secured,
court then adjourned until Tuesday
morning at 8 O'Clock when another
venire ofseventy-iv men was on hand
and the work of examination was taken
up.
| The purpose of adjourning court
until Tuesday appears to have been sc
that the venire could be selected from
among the large crowd that was pres
ent at the circus and in that way ge
| the men from as distant points as pos
sible.
1 At any rate there was no court or
Monday and the trial has now been or
for just one week with the result thai
only four men have been secured tc
serve on the jury.
During the forenoon Saturday
twenty-seven special veniremen were
examined. One, Henry Heinzeman, was
accepted. He is the proprietor of {
dairy and resides in Lime township
north of MankatO. He is we'll known
and about IS. Like the other jurors
selected, he is a German-American
The tactics of the defense were not tC
challenge those whom it had reason tc
believe were opposed to capital punish
ment. On two or three occasions, wher
! it developed that the defense was mis-
taken and the state had interposeC
challenges, the defense admitted them
} Generally, however, the defense knew
the person it was dealing with. Severa
of the talesmen showed a deep anti.
pathy toward capital punishment.
! The history of the murder of DR.
| Gebhardt is SO we'll known, having
been covered and recovered by the
press of the state, that it is hardly
necessary to again review the case a
this time. Suffice to say that DR.
Gebhardt was murdered in cold blood
( in his dental Office on the night o
Nov. /, 1904, between the hours of
and 10 O'Clock, and it is one Of thu
most mysterious deeds ever committed
in this county.
DR.. Koch, well-known man of high
standing of New Ulm, and bushes:
competitor of the murdered man, was
placed under arrest five weeks aftel
the murder, charged with having com
mitted the terrible deed. Intense ex
citement prev allied in Brown count,
!, following the murder, and the arres
resulted in the forming of factions,
portion of the people believing DR.
Koch guilty, while the other portion
was equally strong in believing him tt
to be innocent. Detectives were EN-
s ployed and everything possible wa
done to ferrit out the my stery, but with
out success. DR.. Koch and DR.. Geb
hardt were rival dentists, but were ap
parently on good terms and promi
!. |nently identified with the business ant
social interests Of New Ulm.
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