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

over I won't have to work any ;money is
coming easy or words to that effect?"
mo, SIR
did YOU in that saloon, in Henry
Hammonds presence, say don't have
to work any more for awhile. Money
is coming easy?"
''No, sir"
did Henry Gady have talk with
you three weeks before the New Ulm
trial, in Sittouu's saloon, and did you
state to him or in his presence in ref
erence to this case tnat there was
$500 in it for you, or words to that eff
fect?"
NO, sir"
Witness said that he looked at the
hammer at Koch's barn a compile Of
times He admitted that at the New
Tim trial he had said that he had just
glanced at the hammer and did not
look at it long,
On redirect. witness said that he
stood a foot from Mr.. Koch wnen he
pulled out the nails.
Answering Mr.. Abbott, witness said
that he did not know how many nails
were pulled out Was not watching.
The evening recess was taken.
Disliked DR.. Gerhard.
Hjalmar Hoidale of New Ulm, a
brother of County Attorney Elmer Hoi-
dale, light complexioned young man
wearing gold bowed spectacles. testified
about the offices on the second floor of
the Stricken block, where Dr. Koch's
offices are located. He works in Hoidale
& Somsen's law office in that block
He said that Dr.. Koch visited the Off
ces of the Interstate Insurance COM
pany about every day There was q
wide carriage Smith-Premier typewrit
cr in these offices. Had conversation
with DR.. Koch about Dr. Gerhard in
October last in DR.. Koch's laboratory
Nobody else was present.
The defendant objected to the intro
duction of this conversation in evil
dence. The court overruled the OBJ
lection.
Witness said that DIR. Koch said that
he Thought that Dr.. Gebhard was a
double faced -
On cross eXamina ton. witness
said that Dr. Koch was arrested about
Dec 9th He was in New Ulm all of
that time, carrying on his dental bust
ness, except a week or ten days. Wit
ness brother, as county attorneys hired
Detective Rydell to get evidence, and
the latter was frequent visitor in the
Stricken block. The insurance offices
are across the hall from the offices of
Drs. Koch, Vogel and Stricken, The
Smith-Premier typewriter was in the
fire insurance company's office. There
was another, entirely different type
writer in the other insurance office, but
both insurance offices are under one
local management. DR.. Strickler had
Il Smith Premier typewriter. The wide
carriage machine was large and not
used much for correspondence, but for
filling out policies. 1t was the only
one that had a purple ribbon. The ma
chine was gotten in August or Sep
TENDER, and was kept in roll topped
desk that locked automati cally.
On redirect, witness said that the
doors to the insurance office were oft
en- open. The desk containing the type,
writer was generally left open. Witness
had seen Detective Chandler, who was
employed by the defense.
''' On second cross examinations, witness
said that he had seen half dozen de-
tectives in the building.
County Attorney Hoidale.
Elmer Hoidale was sworn. He is a
little darker than his brother, also
smooth faced. and is also specialized. He
said that he has been county attorney
of Brown county for over three years
His partner is Henry n. Somsen. Wit.
ness said that he conducted the exami
nation at the coroner's inquest over the
remains of DR.. Gerhard.
The defendant objected to all testi
mony descriptive of or in any manner
referring to the bottle. the box. the
label or the wrapper of the box on {
number of grounds, one of these be
ing that they tend to prove another
and Independent otfense than the one
upon which the defendant is being tried
The objection was overruled.
The witness testified in regard to thu
exhibits named. The bottle was no
opened, that he remembered Of If i
had been opened he thought that HI
would have known it.
On cross examination, witness sai'
that there were a number of persons il
the room at the inquest. Don't know
who or how many had the bottle il
their hands. The bottle had the ap
pearance of containing bromo-catfiene
It had one small kernel and several lit
tie ones. The largest one was as big a
flax seed and the others as big as phi
heads.
What Miss Wiedeman Saw.
Miss Lena Weideman, sister o
George Weideman of this city, who re
sides at Ne wUlm. said that there
an open porch at the rear of the sec
ond floor of the Krone building. Dl
Koch's dental offices are about thirt
feet from this building. There is
window in the Koch offices facing til
porch. From the porch a person ca
see into the office. The night of tn
murder | was on the porch betwee
eight and nine o'clock and between mir
and $3.50 o'clock.
The second time she was taking som
fowls down from the back porch, an
she noticed a light in the Koch offic
She saw DR. Koch staudinr in the VIII