The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-11
|ONE MAN AGAINST
WEB OF EVIDENCE
Continued from First Page.

-, y AZ 81 4
Continued from First Page.
Mr. Brooks ro:I Ks was cross-examined by
"What time was it when you left
Hoidale & Somsen's offces'' AT
1882
elbow do you know9'
"Hoidale asked Somsen what time
It was and he said it was 9:35. -
mWhat were, you doing thereg''
"Playing cards.
"Where did you go from that
offce9' .-.... =.
- "soms en- and md I i left together and we
"What did you do in the postoffce?''
''Got my mail. .E
"What did you do then?"
,"started down the street toward my
''How long were you in the post
Officer" "Tfwo or three minutes. !"
'Did you see any one on the, walk
in front of your offce?"
mot that 1 remember of. :"
from the postoffce to your offceq'
"About two or three minutes
"Did you hear any sounds before
you entered your offce?'
eyes; as I passed the drugstore.
"Was that the first soundg'' Yes
elbow long after you had entered
the of office off did you hear the sounds while
"They were continuous
'What sounds did you first hears"
HThe outcries.''
fce7' "About a minute"
Ibid you hear sound Of falling
body or furniture7' "No.'
''How long did you stay upstairs9'
IA fraction of minute; not more
than half a minute. I can say that
was there long enough to see; can It
compute it in seconds.'
'sWas the man you saw kneeling7'
eyes, on his left knee and sitting
on his right foot.''
elbow was the body lying9'
"On the right side; the left arm lay
over the body toward the face.'
Saw the Murderer Strike.
" Gould you see the arm Of the per-
son e.M kneeling over the bod5y?' eyes,
can up-and down motion Of the
arm.'
did you see the hand9'
"Not at that time; when I saw his
face he, raised his hand and then. I
saw it,
Ibid you not say to A. J. Vogel
when you came out of your office there
is some ot teoubje or murder in DR.. Geb-
emo; said there seems to be trou-
BILE upstairs.''
. ~" ID g. YOU 9 ever say that you ran up
"To whom did you say so?' ~
can t recollect.
"What impression did you have when
you looked thru the transom?'
81 had an impression that | was see
ing what | ought not to see.''
DR.. Koch9' II did,
Ibid he wear a hat?'
"He had a slouch hat on the back
Of his head.''
"Did you always say that?' 81
have said that he either wore a close
fitting black hat on the back of his
head or had a heavy head of black
hair. He looked at me and his eyes
head was covered with a black cover
ing .,
nWhat was the color of his face9''
NDid he wear any bearda'' ttHe
had a thin mustache of about three OF
four weeks growth
Are you sure he had a mustache9'
"The man [ saw in there certainly
had small mustache. I have always
said that he had a mustache or there
was a shadow on his lip which I mis-
took for mustache. -
"What was the color of his eyes?'
II don't KNOW
Description Fitted Koch.
"Did you not say to Charles Silver.
son that you could not swear that it
was or was not DR.. Koch?'
mo, sir, he said that to me-
"When you looked over the transom
| did you see any blood?'
IT saw few drops on the sleeve
Of the arm that laid across the body
"Did you not say in the examina
ton before Justice Henningsen that
the description Of the man you saw in
Gebhard' s office answers that of DR.
G.. R. Koch?' "Yes.' r
H. G.. Davis.