The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
A NEW FEATURE
! - IN KOCH CASE.
The Handkerchiefs in the Muir
dered Man IS Room Not Like Il
DR.. Koch's Others.
Special to The Journal.

4 Special to The journal.
{ Mankato, MINI, July 27.--J. 2. Read
Of North Mankato, formerly of New
Ulm, testified in the Koch trial today
i that he frequently borrowed tools from
q DIR. Koch s office, but never saw the
hammer offered in evidence nor one
& similar to it there.
ssf Fred Engelbret, a saloonkeeper across
from DR.. Gebhardt's office. gave new
testimony. when he said A. j. Vogel en-
tered Dahl's saloon twice on the even,
ing of Nov l, before the homicide, and
give him an advertising pencil. lie also
gave testimony to impeach Edgar Ding
~ Ter, the states hammer witness:
s Henry Gaide also gave an 1mpeach-
ment of the testimony regarding a state
/ ment by Dingler
Z. u. UPLAND of Wells worked for
his board at E. G. Koch 8 place winter
before last ard saw nc old hammer with
broken claw there
once had an old hammer that looked like
sthe one in evidence, but had lost it..
They admitted that their hammer was
"a l5-cent, cast-iron one. .....- F..
Mrs John Muhs, wife of creamery
man, testified that she heard no dogs
barking on the night of the homicide.
IL She told of marks on the creamery
doors, which she had thought was from
rabbits killed by her husband. She
said she was close friend Of the Koch
family and her husband hunted with
DIR Koch Fire was kept in the cream,
cry the night Of the homicide, and hot
and cold water in the basement, but she
heard no noises of persons around. Her
dogs had hunted with DR.. Koch
Mrs. Muhs. is a new witness, butt was
sworn at the Henningsen hearing.
Pencils, Blood, Etc:
w. D. Abbott, one Of the attorneys
for the defense, took the stand and tes-
tilted to having taken an advertising
pencil from the top of Dr.. Koch S desk
where DR.. Koch had said that it was,
and this pencil was offered in evidence.
Alfred Haegele, ~~whe~was @a%wltness
!. for the state at the last" trial, and who
! was not called by it at the present trial,
testifed that he went to DR.. Gebhardt s
office at S:45 on the evening of the
homicide and remained until 9 o'clock.
DR.. Gebhardt was sitting by his desk
in his shirt sleeves reading when the
witness entered and offered to bring in
a chair, but did not: There was no
chair in the operating room. DR.. Geb-
hardt went to work with his polishing
machine and the witness soon left. Mr.
Haegele said that he neither saw nor
heard anyone else in or about the Of
fees when he left, and that the door
was unlocked. He had an engagement
to go riding with DR. Gebhardt:
DR.. J. W. Andrews, DR.. G. D. Steele
and Dr. I. D. Webster testified as to
the length of time that it takes blood to
coagulate, placing it at from four to ten
minutes, according to the amount. They
stated that the blood vessels of a hui.
man body would become emptied in
from three to ten minutes if the iugular
vein and carotid artery were severed
DR.. Andrews said that he had made a
test for blood on the post near the
n >o,41, l,,4 1,o1 ,l>1
to find any. He said that blood is very
adhesive and would have left indica
tions on the post for forty years. Cross
examined, he said that he had taken the
scrapings entirely from the top of the
post and none from the sides, He said
that if peroxide Of hydrogen: was: to be
poured over the. post it would ) entirely
would be some tendency for2the indica
tions to disappear with the lapse OF
time DR.. Webster was asked whether
.post standing beside a damp slough
filled with water in the night with {
Ii hold the blood stains in such condi
ton that they would not come off by
piled that the blood would not dry al
quickly under such conditions.
Captain Albert Steinhauser, an at
E# tOEney OF NEW UlNi, LeSC1neu CndG EQ
gar Dingler's reputation for truth ant
veracity was bad. He admitted tina
he had been counsel for the plaintiff
in civil suit against young Dingler
Miss Thomas Makes Point. g.
Miss Elizabeth E. Thomas was nev
witness for the defense, and her testi
mony was the most interesting brough
out during the forenoon, as it opene,
up an entirely new feature Of the case
She is a clerk in the handkerchie
and lace department of large loca
dry goods store. She was asked to es
anime the different handkerchiefs tina
:. have been introduced in evidence
which she did by the aid Of line
press used for testing linen. She pro
nounced the blood-stained Handkerchief
IS, that was found in DR.. Gebhart s OF
Ell fee to be of linen, while all the hand
kerchiefs theH&sownershipsa@zo of whic
is admitted by DIR. Koch, some o
which are marked with initials &C. F
K.'' are cotton. She said that tn
: linen handkerchief was entirely dill
ferent from the others. Her examine
ton was not completed when the moo
# recess was taken. Several other pei
0 sons connected with the clothing store
Fl and fancy goods departments were i
d45s5HsE,