New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-03

my revolver and we went in Saw the.
body on the floor. Saw light i'll the
laboratory. Went there and also into
the reception room, looking for the muir
derer. There was no light in the re-
ception room. Went into the reception
room, the door being open. Saw a
window open in DR.. Reineke's office.
Was in the reception room one or two
minutes. then down the hall to the rear
room. Then went back into the operat-
ing room. Body was lying on its stom-
aeh, and a pencil was on the floor, near
the left side of the head. Saw it first
when 7 came out of the laboratory. Aft
er the body was turned over, the pencil
was twelve or fifteen inches from the
body. Did not examine the window or
screen in Dr.. Reineke's Office.
On cross examination, witness said
that he is a night police. Saw Brooks
standing on the street in front of the
Review office Wnen I got the chair. It
was high office chair. Saw a dead
body when / looked over the transom,
but no live man. I said ooh, Jesu'' in
German, which means Oh, Jesus"
did not think that there was a live man
in DR.. Resineke's office. I did not say
anything or run out, although it was
dark.
Didn't you say at the last trial that
you were afraid Of the dark?"
81 just took that question for fun
'sYou didn't get scared That night,
did your
"a little"
Where were you when you got
scared?''
'sWhat does scared mean?"
Were you afraid?o
eyes, little.''
'sWas it when you were in the dark %
Eyes, I guess So
did you see Nenno taere?"
mo. not until Gen. Bobleter was
there?"
you didn't say anything that he
heard?"
mo sir"
He didn't duck out, did he?'
"No.o
Didn't you testify at the last trial
that you got scared and ran out into
the hall?"
I went out into the hall. IL
Answer my question, did you not
testify so?o
We'll, | was not afraid"
did you go into DR.. Reineke's Of
flee without light?'
mo, SIR
! when you got afraid then was in
the joint reception room, was it,"
eyes, sir.''
Mr.. Somerville showed the officer his
signed statement at the coroner's in.
quest, wherein he answered "don't no.
to the question whether the pencil was
lying near the body when he first went
in. He explained that this was mis-
take on the part of Mr.. Hoidale.
I did you find out that it was a
mistake before the New Ulm trial?"
| eyes, before the trial..
| Mr.. Somerville read from the officers
testimony given at the New Ulm trial
in which he said that the testimony
given by him at the coroner's inquest
was correct. He asked if he had not Sc
testified at the New Ulm trial.
| YES, it may be. I was on duty
twenty -six hours on the murder night, :
replied Mr. Weisenborn.
I "Bu tyou weren't on duty twenty
hours at the time of the New Uum1
trial?''
"No, not them
We'll, what reason do you give for
testifying at New Tim as you did about
the case?"
! Il might have been mistaken
On re-didect, the witness. said that
ne talks in the German language at New
Ulm.
Chief Klause On.
Adolph Klause, chief of police of New
Ulm, was called. He said that he had
been chief of police for seven years. He
was at home when informed at two
minutes to ten Of the murder. He reach
ed the scene of the murder at seven
minutes past ten. Mr.. Weisenborn was