The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-06
Childs Poses as q Dentist.

jurors, VINO We're watching the mock
operation intently, inyoluntarily opened
theirs as did also many. women in the
audience who. were raptIy watching the
performance. There was general laughter
in the courtroom, and the Stuebe wit
ness found it. difficult to smile, in COM
pliance with palpable desire to do SO,
and also keep his i mouth wide open.
General Childs, leaning over the wit
ness, asked him: 2>:gs e (. y.
.> 4: Did the dentist operate on teeth in
your upper or lower jawq''.S..sff /, IS. 5% :
"'Uhher,'' mumbled the witness, and
there was more laughter. ~ 81,
Now, Mr.. Stuebe, you were in that
position, were, you, and DR.. Koch was
In this, was he notS" asked General
Childs. - ~. !
"U-ha.' ~. 5s
And you could see DR.. Koch 'sshands
very we'll then, could youq' asked Gen
eral Childs, as he walked back to his
seat. Yes, SIR :. ,<ss 80
ooh, I guess that g all.'
49,. Detective in Embryo. ::
" Mr.. Bushard, who is a merchant in
New Ulm, said that he had heard DR..
Koch g name mentioned in connection
with the homicide and had heard, too,
that the man who did the murder must
have injured his hand in getting out of
DR.. Gebhardt.'s office, and So, on Friday
following the murder, he went to Koch 3
office for the double purpose Of getting
some dental work done and ascertaining
whether there were any injuries on the
dentist Is hands.
p He said that DR.. Koch lanced tooth
for him and that while this was done
he had clear and distinct view Of the
bucks and fingers Of DR.. Koch g hand.
81 was looking for Scratches he
said, "and was unable to see any
Miss Antonio Crone said that DR..
Koch treated a tooth for her on the af-
ternoon following the murder, and she
saw no scratches on his hands.
81 Miss Mamie Neumann testified as she
did at the first trial that she and Miss
Crone met DR.. Koch on Minnesota street
near the Gebhardt offices at about 9
clock on the night Of the murder, and
that he talked and chatted with, them
pleasantly for several minutes ,-,z.~.
| Miss Fitzpatrick IS Evidence.
Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, daughter of
Senator Fitzpatrick Of Winona, this
morning added AN important statement
accommodating to prove that DR.. Koch
|rdid not kill DR.. Louis A. Gebhardt.
/ She declared that on the Sunday pre-
Itceding the homicide the defendant sus-
tanned long scratch on his left cheek
THE scratch which DR.. Reineke said
that he noticed on the day following
the murder. s.-a .-,.~... t.. ....+----
I Between 7 and 1880 O'Clock on the
evening of Nov. I, 1904, she said DR..
Koch called on her at her boarding
house, s. E. -Peterson's residence. 1t
Koch brought her as a present a box
containing a large bottle Of perfume.
This box, a green one, decorated with
Easter lilies, was exhibited and iden-
tilted by the witness. ~e,.., - =. "
| Continuing, Miss Fitzpatrick said DR..
Koch remained with her until after 8
o'clock that. night. She remembered
vest and black trousers, and, when he
entered, carried his brown derby hat.
DR.. Koch had worn that brown derby
all, the fall, she said, and previously
had worn a. black derby, She had
never seen him wear a SLOUGH hat.
| +" What was DR.. Koch IS appearance
that ynight9'' asked Mr., Abbott.
swered Miss Fitzpatrick.
his condu et 1 or i SIR
"Were you with DR.. Koch on the
Sunday preceding the death Of DR.. Geb-
hardt9 '"Yes, sir.' ~ -
"Will you please tell the jury
Marks on Koch's Face. s
Miss Fitzpatrick then related the
story Of the drive which she took with
DR.. Koch on that day. They drove into
the country, she said, and DR.. Koch
| left her in the buggy in field by the
roadside while he took his gun and dog
land went into the. brush to hunt quail.
While she was. sitting in the buggy,
Miss Fitzpatrick said. threshing
which ran. She was frightened and
screamed, and DR.. Koch hearin the
commotion, came running thru the brush
| to her rescue.
ssDid DR.. Koch sustain an injury
4 them" asked Mr.. Abbott.
IT didn't notice any, that after.
eed satS the the eye Mnesg ut b whfR R he
was a scratch about two inches long un.
der his left eye:
"That was the Sunday before the
homicide, was it not9'' asked Mr.. Alb
bolt. eyes, sir.
vogel Corroborates.
DR.. j. II. Vogel, who was one of the
witnesses for the state, was called by
the defense as corroborative to Miss
4
scratch on DR.. Koch IS face. He said
that he remembered it particularly be
cause when he saw it on Monday before
the murder he remembered that DR.
Koch had been driving with q his
girl" Sunday, and asked him laugh
ingly. if that was one Of the ,conse
/ .quences.
Then, he said, DR.. Koch told him the
circumstances Of the drive. They
were exactly as Miss Fitzpatrick had re
Lated. DR.. Vogel said that DR.. Kocl
showed him another scratch in the palm
of his right hand, which he said he 90
lat the same time, and in the same way
i Good Witness for Koch.
4 DR.. Vogel was with DR.. Koch on tn,
i evening of the murder. He said tn,
defendant wore the pepper-and-sal
coat and vest and black trousers. Mex
day, he said he sawthat he wore the sam,
clothese. He said that not until Thurs
day, when DR.. Koch was notified tina
he was suspected, did he notice any
thing unusual in the conduct or actions
Eof DR.. Koch. He described the veal
! physical condition Of the defendan
and said that in his opinion as a medi
cal man, such condition was natura
. result of the strain, caused by worr,
over the charge which was placed upoi
him. ssh
DR.. yogel said, too, that on the morn
ing following the murder he saw, on Dr
Koch g workbench pencil exactly lik
the one that had been given the defend
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