New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-10

not recollect of anyone being in DR..
Gebhard's office that evening. This is
a contradiction of the testimony of the
states first witness. -s
On redirect, the witness explained his
testimony at the coroner's inquest. I
was shown the hammer before the body
was identified, and I said several times
that it was not DR.. Gebnard's. Mr..
Brooks said that it was Gebhard's and
that he used it to pound cement. was
much upset and did not sleep much that
night. remembered his having had an
old wrench and an old mallet, and a
broom handle to move his operating
chair. I had held a consultation with
Dr.. Gerhard in April about his first
hammer that he ever bought, and all
these things coming into my mind con-
fused me. DR.. Gerhard and I were good
friends. In regard to the conversations
with Mr.. Alvin and Tony Weisner,
did not say definitely where DR.. Koch
kept his hammers, as | did not know,
but pointed to corner and said it must
be there somewhere. DR.. Gerhard had
two hammers. They were ordinary car
penter's hammers. The witness identi-
fed the mallet spoken of, and which DR..
Gerhard said was the first hammer that
he bought. The witness also identified
Dr.. Gebhard's two carpenters hammers.
Those were the only hammers that he
had ever seen in Dr.. Gebhard's office.
There was considerable talk around
town as to certain parties being con-
nected with the murder, and after talk
ing with Chief Klause and Sheriff Jul
JUS he had made a written statement
and given them the privilege to examine
his office
''You got Mrs. Kasz to testify in this
case, didn't your" asked Mr.. Abbott.
"No, sir"
Didn't you GO to her and tell her
that Chief Klause wanted to see herr"
''No, SIR"
"You have been extremely diligent in
getting testimony for the state haven't
you?"
"No, sir"
'You signed an affidavit of prejudice
to get the second trial of the case
removed from Brown county, didn't
your"
Il don't know whether I did or not. "
Mr.. Abbott produced affidavit, and DR..
Reineke acknowledged his signature.
Typewriter Expert.
H. P. Beard, manager at St. Paul for
the Smith Premier Typewriter company,
was called and said that he was famil-
lar with the mechanism of typewriters.
He had been engaged in repairing ma
chimes, and inspected repairs. Repairing
/ alignments is particular point that I
have been engaged in. The company's
Minnesot branch sold the Minnesota
Mutual Fire Insurance company a wide
carriage machine in August last. The
alignment was perfect, and it had a
soft roller and purple ribbon. The col
oring of tine address on the blue box is
purple Witness identified the type.
writer in evidence. The typewriter has
a blue ribbon on now, and he did not
know whether the ribbon was changed
at his place. Don't know in what con
dition the machine was wnen it was re-
ceived back. No changes were made il
it at the house unless the ribbon was
changed. It was only used to make out
a few short reports and by lady ste
nographer on the outside for half al
thour Did not examine the alignment
the day it was received back, but it has
not been used enough since them t.
change its condition any. ,- -.
| Gen. Childs, offered the typewriter il
evidence, and the defense objected OF
a number of grounds. The objection
was overruled. Mr.. Beard was thel
asked to write the words and character
on the address on the blue box, usins
the machine. This he did. Mr.. Beart
stated what he had observed as to tn
alignment of the address on the box
The peculiarities are not very noticeable
in the first five letters. The, sc" il
''Gebhardt'' is trifie low, and too ia
to the left. The ''h'' is too far to tn
right, leaving the ''b'' standing alon
with more than its share of space o.
each side. The "a" is little too low
The ed" and st" show an unusual pc
sition, the "d' standing by itself, Will
the ct" is little too low. One lette
in the next line is out of alignment
while the last four letters, MIMI ar
perfectly aligned. Mr.. Beard looked a
the words that he had printed and sal
the popularity of the alignment is tn
same as on the box. The copy made b
Mr.. Beard was offered in evidence. Nh
Beard said that the easiest way to ge