The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-28
RESUME 0F DR.. KOCH 5 CASE


"Why didn't you have such feeling
before you looked?"
The witness said that he had no inn
preston rs to what was going on UNI
til he had come back the second time.
It had flashed across his mind that
man had fallen out of the dental chair.
He knew that the man STOPPING over
he form was not DIR. Gerhard. lie
would say that this man wore hat, but
there is an element of doubt about 1t.
His face was very pale, thin and cadav-
erous, his hair black, and he had a
| thin. black mustache or dark luz,
which looked something like a shadow.
The witness admitted that at the Brown
county trial he would not swear that
! the man had n mustache. lie did not
know the color of the mans eyes.
General Childs asked Mr.. Brooks as
| TO conversations with various persons
and as to testimony given at the Hen
ningsen hearing The witness denied
some of these and modified others. The
foundation for impeachment testimony
was laid The witness denied that he had
| told Judge Webber that he had seen
the assassin before but could not place
him. He had always placed the mans
AGE as under twenty five years. Other
wise the conversation with Judge Web
Der was coIrest, as quoted.
Shepard's Startling Story.
/ W. G. Shepard, city editor of The
Minneapolis Daily News, was in Man
kato Saturday, and as result OF his
visit he sent the following startling
story to his paper:
Mankato, Mimi, July 22.-lnforma-
ton of the most startling nature has
come to Attorney Pfaender concerning
a motive for the murder of DR.. l.. A.
Gebhard.
Miss Ida McCabe, a music teacher
who had a studio in the same building
| III winch III. peDldiu ldu MS oiIi'o
volunteered the information.
The young lady alleges that the muir
der of the New Tim dentist was the
direct result of practical joke played
on DIR. Koch.
The awful knowledge that she may
have been indirectly the cause for tax.
ing a human life so preyed on the con-
science of the music teacher that she
sought relief in a confession.
On the night of Miss Fitzpatrick
birthday. which was the night of the
murder. the sweetheart of DR.. Koch, he
brought her a present of a bottle OF
perfume While he was sitting with hel
at her home the telephone rang, ano
Miss Fitzpatrick answered it.
Dr. Koch was sitting in the room ant
heard her talking. From the answer:
given by Miss Fitzpatrick DIR. Kocl
gathered that some one on the othel
end of the line was trying to make al
engagement Will hel.
DIR. Koch asked, "Who was that talk
ing?"
Il don't know" answered Miss Fitz
patrick.
Miss Homson, who was in the room
with them, then went to the phone an.
tried to find out from the central VIII
was talking. The central could not Civ
the name, but said that the phone con
nected was located in DR.. Gebhard'
office.
Miss Fitzpatrick said she thought
. was a girl. DR.. Koch said, no." an
t hard look came into his eyes.
1T was Dr. Gebhard,' he added.
Shortly after this happening Koc
!. took his hat, said he was going HON
a and left.
This explains why he did not spen
e the evening with his sweetheart on tn
night of her birthday.
D Miss McCabe, talking to the count
f who was talking to Miss Fitzpatric
and whom DIR. Koch thought was d.
> Gebhard.
The Young lady has finely modu
lated voice and is capable of success
fully initiating a mans voice.
d Miss McCabe feared to make publ
a her knowledge before
A motive for the murder of Dr. Gel
J. hard, which followed Immediately at
: ter the events told of by Miss McCabt
may be found in the Young LADY,
story. The state will put her on tn
V stand and have her tell the story to tn
jury, and will try to back up the evi
dence strongly by questioning Mis-
Fitzpatrick and Miss Homson.
: Statement From Miss McCabe.
With reference to the articles publish
ed in last Saturdays evenings issue