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hammer then. 1t had a home made han.
die, and the left claw was broken. On
redirect, Mr. Koch stated that the last
time that handle had been put in the
hammer was ten or fifteen years ago.
Miss Ida Koch Testi6es.
+! Miss Ida Koch sister of the defend
ant, said that she had taught in the
New Ulm public schools seven years
She described the home coming of her
brother on the evening of Nov. lst. She
had retired soon after her brother had
gone down stairs at ten O'Clock. She
had started to read at 9:3O p. m. by
the clock, and it was about fifteen min
utes later that her brother came home.
There was nothing unusual about his
clothing or appearance at that time He
wore the same clothing the following
day. Wednesday evening she first
heard of the suspicious against her
brother, being told by Mr.. Somsen.
There were no scratches or blemishes on
her brothers hands that she noticed
until he burned them Friday evening.
She had marked some of his handker-
chiefs, the last batch with the initials
&c. r. X She had never marked any
that way at anv other time All of the
handkerchiefs were offered in evidence
by the defense.
did you mark that bloody handker-
chief?" asked Mr. Abbott.
81 don't think that l marked it, re-
piled Miss Koch.
The witness said that the border of
the bloody handkerchief is narrower
than that of the others marked similar
w. She did not hear her brother tell
Chief Klause that she had said that she
had seen the bloody handkerchief and
that it was Georges. Neither did she
say that to Mr.. klause. The ''R" was
not Just like the ''R'' that she makes.
On Thursday afternoon she taught
school from 80 to o'clock, and call
ed at Mr.. Somsen's office between 4:3O
and o'clock George was not there.
Mr.. Somsen is married to the witness
sister, and is an attorney. The wit
ness saw no blood on her brothers cloth
ing, nor anything peculiar in his man
ner until Thursday noon. Cross exam
ined, the witness said that Mr.. Som
sen had told her of the suspicious
against George Wednesday evening.
Miss Fitzpatrick was recalled to tes-
tify that DR.. Koch wore the same cloth
ing after Nov. lst that he had before
that date. County Attorney Wilson
then cross-examined her as to the tele-
phone incident of Miss McCabe. The
witness said that Miss Holman was
present when DR.. Koch was calling up
on her early on the evening of Nov 1st
She had received telephone call and
stepped from the pa-lor to the hall to
answer it. She soon recognized the
voice as Miss McCabe's and pronounced
the words at is Miss McCabe." The
latter was trying to disguise her voice
and succeeded at first. Miss Fitzpat
rick had been in the habit of calling
Miss McCabe sweetheart" or some
such word when telephoning to her,
and she applied this term to her this
time. DR.. Koch was sitting where he
could overhear everything that was
said, and he had known that Miss Fitz-
patrick was talking to Miss McCabe
and had asked her afterwards whether
it was not So He had asked 'sIs it
Ida McCabe?" and Miss Fitzpatrick
had replied that it was
Didn't he say that it was DR.. Geb
hard?" asked Mr.. Wilson.
'He said that it would be a good
Joke on me if it had been DIR. Gerhard
instead of Miss McCabe. He said this
because Miss McCabe's studio is located
close to Dr. Gebhard's office and she fire.
quently used his telephone
did you ever 60 to any entertain !
ment with DR.. Gebhard?"
''Did | ever 90 with him?" asked Miss
Fitzpa trick with the accent on '.ever."
eyes"
''Yes, sir"
Mr.. Abbott then took up the ques
tioning.
''You had been going with DIR. Koch
for some time, had you not?"
eyes, sir"
"Your relations were friendly, were
they not?"
''Yes, sir"
''There had been no trouble of any
kind between your"
''No, sir"
"You had been on friendly terms with
Miss Ida Koch, had you not ?"
''Yes, sir.'
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