New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-11
Yes sir, a great many times.

Yes sir, a great many times.
You have talked it over with the
Pinkerton detectives and with members
Of the citizens committee?
Yes sir.
thought SO, remarked the at
torney for the defense and he turned
to the jury and smiled knowingly
Francis Roesch, aged 10 years, testi-
fed but added very little to that al
ready given, being for the most part
confederation of that given by her
friend. She said she recognized the
man by the watering trough as F. Il.
Behnke, the man who kicked in the.
door of Gebhardt's Office.
AS TO the time when she first heard
the sounds coming from the Ottomeyer
block she could not tell exactly but
estimating from the time she went
home she thought it must have been
about $50 o'clock. She said she did
not look at the time-piece when she
reached home.
The testimony of Alfred Keller. a
boy eighteen years old who is working
for p. A. Pfetferle, the druggist, testi-
lied that on the night of Nov. lst he
left the store, which is Just two doors
north OF the stairway leading to the
dental offices, at 9:20 o'clock. He had
mo way Of knowing the time except
that he had heard the buses going
down to the st. Louis train, which gets
! into New Ulm at9:37 and knew that
they always go a little early. Before
| he closed the store his friend Herman
| Lindmeyer, came in and the two
stepped out together.
According to Keller's story, they
then went several doors up the street
to the American Express company's
Office, stood for a minute in the door
way and then came back as far as the
| Masonic block when Keller went MP
stairs into the toilet room and Lind
meyer stayed at the bottom.
HEARD SHARP SHREK,
SAYS KELLER.
When reached the bottom of the
stairs, said Keller, coming back
down, | heard a cry, just one sharp
shrek, then heard no more. What's
that, said to LindmeyenOh, he
answered, there must be a family
| living upstairs, in the Ottomeyer
block.
| At the bottom of the stairs | met
Alfred Vogel, and he wanted some
thing out of the store and ] unlocked
1 the store and got it for him.
When you came out of the store who
did you see?
| | saw Brooks come out Of the Re
/ view office and go upstairs This was
after came out of the store with
! Vogel and then I saw him come down
and saw him and Cayanaugh go back
upstairs again.
AS far as you can estimate it, asked
Mr.. Somerville, how long was it
from the time you left the store the
| first time until you returned the second
time with Vogel?
| About ten minutes.
So that you figure that it was $50
/ O'Clock when you saw Brooks go
upstairs?
Yes sir, about that.
The last witness put on the stand for
!. the afternoon, Herman Lindmeyer, was
to give testimony supporting that OF
/ young Keller, but became so badly
confused in his statements that his
testimony proved Of little value. He
said he had been in the drug store.
went 10 the express Office with Keller
and then waited down in front while
his friend went upstairs. Brooks, he
said, passed him as he stood at the
1 foot Of the stairs and had some mail
1 in his hand. He watched him go into
4 the printing Office and then in about a
minute he came out and ran upstairs.
4 First groans and cries, he said he
heard, while the editor was in the
Office, and that this was about 9:4(
O'Clock. The witness changed his
statements frequently under cross
examination, but finally stated that b,
was sure it was while Keller was up
stairs that he had heard the noise ant
seen Brooks run upstairs.
BALTRUsCH RECALLED.
Herbert Baltrusch, last witness o.
the stand before dinner. was recalle
in the afternoon and was asked if b
rem embered if there were screen door
on the doorway, leading upstairs i
5 the Ottomeyer block, Nov. LIST. He sal
! he Thought so and Mr.. Childs said th
!, state would admit that there were.
Could you ordinarily here thes
screen doors slam when they closed
asked Mr.. Somerville.
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