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

moned by. the state, but the attorneys, |
after thinking it over, feared that even !!
if she told her story as she said she
would she might prove a detriment, as /
the defense would be sure to make use
of the fact.
One of the normal school classes, that
in civics, visited the court room yes
terday afternoon.
w. G.. Sheppard, reporter on the st.
Paul Daily News, who reported the
New Ulm trial for his paper, arrived
in the city yesterday afternoon, having
been subpoened as a witness by the
state
While DR.. Stricken was on the stand
yesterday he grew quite emotional and
some of the spectators declared that he
shed tears.
Among the New Ulm people who
came to the city this morning were
County Attorney Hoidale, Druggist W.
G. Alvin, Sheriff Julius, Fred Engel-
DefU ana FRANK benllke.
Detective Rydell took a trip to New
Ulm last night and returned this morn
ing with a blue bottle of the kind in
evidence land which did not have the
words "Physicians' Sample" printed on
it in red ink. The defense yesterday at
ternoon had tried to draw out the fact
that all such bottles received by ply
sicians or Others have the above words
on them. The bottle brought back by
Mr.. Rydell was one received by Dr.
StriclIler.
Asa p Brooks, the New Ulm editor
who saw the murderer through the tran
som, was on hand this morning. The
state gave it out that it did not in
tend to call him, but would inform the
court of his presence and let it use
it's discretion in calling him to the
stand or not. This was the procedure
at the New Ulm trial
DR.. Stricken Cross Examined.
Stricken said yesterday afternoon that
he was on very friendly terms with
Dr.. Koch On Wednesday morning,
Koch mad a long overcoat, buttoned up.
He came in, said "Good morning." and
stepped into his office. About ten
o'clock l took a patient into his office
to have his teeth examined. The de-
PENDANT was then working with a pa
tient. Did not then notice any abra-
sions or scratches on his hands. Die
not look for any. Koch was busy most
of the time that forenoon. [ left towr
Just after noon Wednesday and return
ed the next day just aftern con. Whe1
[ got back | went into Koch's labora
tory at once and saw MIN lying on {
lounge with his hands in his pockets
This was a Characteristic position will
him. | sat down in a chair beside hin
and asked to see his hands. He showed
his palms, and | did not ask to see tn
backs of them. He acted as though
he was feeling very badly and suffering
mental agony I covered him with hi
overcoat Do not know whether he wa
taken into Mr.. SOmsen's office Just be
fore that and told that he had beel
charged with the crime. Saturda,
morning, with Drs. Weiser and Vogel,
went to Koch's residence to examine hi
hands. Saw no cuts or abrasions of tn
skin. Looked mainly at the blisterE
He had some pain. Monday he cam
down to the office He did not say Il
is enough to make a man daffy, to b
charged with this murder" DR.. koc
$Ook up his work again and was bus
and continued at it until up to tn
time of this trial. He had good bus
ness before the murder, and remained a
his office steadily, working. AS to tn
cocaine fend, there had been such
man in New Ulm, ten days before til
murder. Koch was going on the SUI
position, at the time of that converse
ton, that the cocaine fend, who ha
been in the office had taken his hant
llerchief from the pocket of his ever
= day coat, which was hanging in tt
office. He was wearing his workir
coat while the other hung up.
My attention was first called by D.
tective Rydell to my strychnine bottl
and | then noticed that it was near]
empty. Put the bottle into my walls
about ten days after Sept. 25th, and
then had 90 to IS tablets in it, unless
had emptied the contents of anoth
bottle into it, when it would have hi
more.
On redirect, DR.. Stricken, illustrate
with Mr.. Pfaender, the reclining pos
ton of a patient in dental chair,
show that a patient does not have
good view of a dentists hands, TT