The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
SAW KOCH LIGHT UP
In HIS LABORATORY
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did not know whether ii was open or
closed on the night of the murder. The
cows came home alone that evening.
but whether some one opened the gate
she did not know.
Have you a hired man2'
Have you husband at homer,
Yes. where else should he stay?'
The court raped for order.
What tins DO they generally take the
cows out of the yard?'
Sometimes before 6, sometimes after
6, sometimes later"
What time did you see the blood?''
Before the next morning.
Why did you go through the gate that
ITO work on the land"
Did you work on the land the day
before?''
'I worked on the land every day."
How do you know there was no blood
on the post the day before?'
Il had to go between the posts. and 1
Witness said that when she first saw
the blood on the morning of Nov. the
big gate was open and she closed it and
did not have to go through the passage
way. The cows had already been put into
the pasture that morning.
That morning your cows were In the
pasture and the gate was wide open, was
YES"
Nothing to prevent the cattle from
going out and wandering around the
Nothing when the gate is open"
was the gate left open nights, gen.
Were there any cattle left there to be
shut in there?''
".Koch's cattle are always there
Did you get any blood on your hands
I'D putting the rope over the poStg
Yes"
Was there blood on more than one
ST saw IT only on one"
Was the blood spot as large as a sill
yer dollar"
1T was larger
Was it as large as a hand?"
Larger"
How large was 1t, then?"
81 did not look. ] only know there
was quite a little blood on top OF the
Witness said that there was one blood
spot on top OF the post. and one on the
side where a person. goes through;
Witness said that this road Is the
only one crossing the slough for some
distance.
"A good many people use this road,
Not many"
Don't many young men use Il to go
across the slough when they go hunt
ing?"
Never saw any. Very few use it aside
The witness said that some time this
spring Chief Klause cut off the top OF
the post that had the blood upon IT.,
and she did not know where it now is.
Initials on Handkerchief
The last witness of the afternoon
was W.T.. Eckstein of New Ulm, court
reporter of Brown county. He testi-
fed that before the corner OF the hand
kerchief had been washed he had be-
come convinced that the initials were
L H. L.
cred with blood and on the afternoon
of the day after the murder member
of the coroner's jury washed off the
blood from that letter. On the after
noon of Nov. 2, at 2:30 o'clock. he had
seen the defendant standing on Min
nesota street talking to Elmer Hoidale.
He wore a brown derby hat and brown
coat. His right hand was in his trous-
er's pocket, and there was a scratch
across his left cheek two inches long,
1t was deep enough 10 see the flesh
underneath, but had commenced heal
ing.
The witnesses was asked by Mr..
Childs to give some OF the testimony
of the defendant given at the New
Ulm trial, relating to his having re-
ceived blue box and what became OF
1t, his having had a cravenette over
coat and its having disappeared, his
knowing where DR.. Striekler kent his
strychnine, his having had an oyercoat
on early In the evening of the homi-
eide at Hoidale & Somsen's Office, his
having passed the Gebhard office at
9:25 D. m. that evening, that he had
gone back TO his office and turned out
the light. and that he had taken in
struction in anatomy at a dental col
lege at Chicago.
On roSSexamination, the witness
said that he had not told anyone about
the clothing that he had seen the de-
fendant wear until after the New Uln
trial. and had written to Gen. Childs
about IL. Mr.. Eckstein was then re-
quired TO give large part of the tes-
timony that DR.. Koch had given at
the first trial.
The evident purpose OF all OF this re-
hashing of old testimony was to bring
IL to the minds OF the Jury to be
thought over on Sunday. The state
brought out the points that were in
line with its contentious. and the de-
fense brought out about every other
point. Mr.. Eckstein was still engaged
IN this when court took a recess until
5 o'clock Monday morning.
Seen in the Drug Store
Cleveland Frederick, the drug clerk.
was crossexamined closely. He said
that DR.. Koch was a frequent caller at
the. store and had the liberties of the
place. to come and go as he pleased,
like other doctors. Cots are used for
covering finger wounds They are an
inch and half long and tan colored.
Can't state which hand the cot was
placed upon. Saw cot put only on
one finger.
At the New Ulm trial, the witness
had testified that he could not swear