The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-12

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see whether would have time to write
another and it was $3.50 p. m. ] then
put up my writing material, read lit
! tie, and in few moments George came
lin. He entered the kitchen door, hung
Iup his overcoat and went to the water
lpail for drink and then went out
again. Did not see him come in or take
This coat off, but heard him. He was
out of the house but two or three min
utes, and then he came into the dining
room and began to read. He stayed
there about ten minutes. / glanced up
at him only once, and did not notice
his clothing. He went to bed then, and
went soon afterwards. 1t was about
IlO:05 p. M, when | went to bed. I
looked at the clock. Heard somebody
come upstairs again after that. Saw
George the next morning. Mr.. Hip
paul, was eating breakfast with nim
George and / walked down town togeth-
er to Washington and Center streets,
and l went to my school and he went
down Center street. He wore his long
hat, and pepper and salt coat and vest
and trousers of dark material with
stripes. He had been in the habit of
wearing these. | read ten or fifteen
minutes after putting up my writing
material Tuesday night. Saw George
Wednesday evening and we went down
town together after supper. He wore
the same clothes. Saw George later
in the evening at Henry n. Somsen's
residence, with three or four other sing
ers, practicing psalms to be sung at DIR.
Gebhard's funeral Saw George Thurs
day late in the afternoon Heard Thurs
day that he was suspected of the Of
tense, at Mr.. Somsen's. Saw George in
his office that afternoon and he seemed
rather sad Up to that time he had
seemed as usual.
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Chief Klause and Sheriff Julius came to
our house and asked whether they could
look at Georges clothing. George was
there and we all went down to his
room and George showed them the
clothes, and opened drawer and said
there were the handkerchiefs. | did not
tell Mr.. Klause- that it was Georges
handkerchief, or that / mad marked it,
and did not hear that he claimed this
until last week, when l read it in pa
per. When | first saw the handkerchief
was able to make out only the first
two letters.
Mr.. Abbott produced DIR. Koch's hand
kerchiefs, bunch of sixteen, and they
were examined by the witness. Six
were coarsely marked sc. X" by the
defendant Tine defense offered them in
evidence One was marked Geo r.
Koch," and was offered in evidence.
Two were coarsely marked &c. A.
Koch," by the witness. They were Of
fered in evidence. Four were marked
finely &C. A. Koch," by the witness.
They were offered in evidence. Three
were marked &c. r. X" | marked
them said the witness and never marked
any others that way. The hens and
texture are alike. and also the marking.
marked three or four &c. r. Koch"
coarse, and four &c. r. KOCH" fine 1t
was Georges practice, when he got a
new set of nandkerchiefs, to bring them
home and have me mark them.
Did Not Mark It.
The witness examined the bloody
handkerchief and said that the border
was narrower than on the handkerchiefs
marked by her sc. R. X"
"You look at the letters on that
handkerchief and say whether you
marked them," said Mr. Abbott, refer
ring to the bloody one.
81 think that | did not write them,''
TeplleQ the W1tHeSS dIIeT uellDeTdIc
investigation.
Witness said that she had shown all
of the handkerchiefs to Chief Klause
and Sheriff Julius. As far as she knew,
the ones in evidence were all that
George had, except some silk ones.
The pepper and salt coat and vest
and trousers were identified by the wit
ness and were offered in evidence He
continued to wear this suit for several
weeks after the homicide, said the wit
ness and also the cravennette overcoat
and brown derby hat. Heard Wednes-
day evening that George was suspected.
Noticed Wednesday noon that he wore
a rubber cot on the third finger of his
right hand Did not notice any other
injuries on his hands, Noticed his hands
Wednesday evening at dinner and We'd
nesday evening at Somsen's. Did not
see the burns on his hands until Satur-
day morning.
On cross examination, the witness
said, that she did not remember when