The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-03
KOCH CONFIDENT
| OF HIS ACQUI1TALl.
His Friends Ready to Lay Large
Sums Upon the Verdict Juror
No. II Secured.
From q Staff Correspondent.

From q STAFF Correspondent. - T.,
New Ulm, Mimi, Jan. 3-One more
Juror was secured red, this m?aning for the
farmer who resides in Sigel township,
near New Ulm. He was the one hun.
dred and forty-frst talesman examined
since the opening Of the case. a
The court, attorneys and witnesses
are becoming very tired Of the long
drawnout process. Of impaneling jury.
day and one juror $ chair is still vacant.
Perhaps in no case ever tried in the
state has it been more difficult to Sc
cure a jury. Everything. has worked
against the attorneys: Delays in re-
turning. venires and blockaded roads
preventing the jurors from reporting
have interfered with the work of the
court. -..-f.-.e .....: ..E.
| Many Of the talesmen were disqual-
| flied on statutory grounds. Several
were Germans with but slight under
standing Of the English Language, which
opposed to capital punishment, while
many had formed or expressed opinions
as to the guilt or innocence Of the de-
PENDANT. ST.. -. ..'.. 49, Z
With eleven Of the seats in the jury
box occupied the attorneys Went to
! work this afternoon with a determina-
ton to complete the jury today. They
|
jurors and are anxious to get TO the
real business in hand. -
Expense Piling Up. II.
The case is costing Brown county a
large sum Of money. There have been
and they draw from che county So a
day. The court triers draw $40 a day,
and bailiffs are being paid So day
each. In addition there is host of
witnesses who were subpenaed to. ap-
! pear last Tuesday and have been here
ever since drawing their per diem. The
cost to the county will amount, up in
is completed. .-..,
This enormous expense Will undoubt'
edly be the cause Of much trouble fol
Brown county in the event DR.. Koch is
not convicted. It is said by some con:
nected with the prosecution, that the
best the state can hope for is a disagree
ment of the jury and a transfer of the
case to county where the popularity
Of the defendant g family will not have
such an influence upon the case.
Doubt Cast on the Hammer.
Will the hammer with which DR.. Geb
hard was killed be offered in ,eyidencef
found near a handkerchief bearing DR.
Koch s. initials, it has been the cause
Eof much speculation. Now it is hinted
j. that the defense will object to its in
= PRODUCTION on the ground that it has
: not been properly guarded. since thu
murder. It was introduced in evidence
t at the coroner s inquest and was iden
tilted by DR.. Reincke, DR.. Gebhard' =
: office mate, and by Asa P. Brooks, a.
j the property of DR.. Gebhard. 1t wa
d marked "Exhibit Az and was lef
). with Coroner Fritschie. 49,.
j After the inquest the coroner file
the evidence taken before him wit
Q the clerk of court, but failed to leav
l. the hammer. Since then it has bee
It in possession of the detectives and ha
+ been taken to and fro over Brow:
county.
o The defense, if it makes objection t
y the introduction of the hammer, vii
l. do SO on the ground that it may hay
70 been substituted for another or ma
IS have been tempered with in such wa
8 as to make it worthless as evidence.
o. y Detectives suppose to be, employe
q, by the defense spent yesterday in e.
70 T. aiming the letters and papers of Ma
N tin Fuchs, "a man who committed SUI
;. eide here a week ago BY hanging. TIL
70 only connection that he seems to hav
y with the case is that he answers clos,
"a ly to the description Of the man see
~ ~ in Gebhard's office.
% ., H. G.. Davis.