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


forenoon he showed me where he said ]
he had spilled carbolic acid on his hands,
and showed me his hands. Think this
was shortly after ne spilled the acid.
The hands looked as though carbolic
acid had been spilled upon them, and
prescribed alcohol. The effect Of car
bolic acid, when not treated, the skin
turns white and sloughs off and then
the edges of the sore get red and irri-
tate. The time when the sloughing
takes place depends upon circumstances.
Went to Dr. kocn's home the evening
of Friday, Nov. 4th, and examined his
hands. He said that he had been sit
ting beside the stove, felt cold, placed
alcohol on his hands, put stick OF
wood in the stove, and the alcohol on
his hands ignited. The blisters were
yellowish and looked as though they mad
been made as described. The blisters
did not conceal scratches or sores. He
had small abrasion on either the third
or fourth finger on his right hand, near
the knuckle. 1t was irritated by the
alcohol, and did not appear to be new
sore. He had scratch in the palm of
his right hand an inch and half long.
Did not notice any injuries on the left
hand other than the blister. The burns
were quite bad. Treated his hands
Friday evening and Saturday morning.
DR.. Weiser and Stricken were present
when | treated them Saturday morning
Saw DR.. Koch Monday morning before
tine homocide and saw the same scratch
in his hand and d scratch on his cheek.
Both were very superficial scratches,
like pin scratches. They did not cut
through the skin. The one on the cheek
had practically disappeared by the fol-
lowing Friday, but the one on the hand
was still there. On Nov. 3rd, at ten,
Somsen's office when the defendant was
examined by witness and Mr.. Somer-
vile, the schatch in the hand, the old
scab on the nuckle were the only sores
apparent on his hands. The scratch on
the cheek was hardly visible. On the
3rd, the appearance where the carbolic
acid had been on the hands was slightly
red. The strychnine was not kept under
lock and key, and the door of the room
was not locked except at noon. Many
people were coming and going, including
doctors, dentists and detectives. DR.
Strickler visited the hospital frequently
taking his valise, and when the sisters
are out of strychnine tney get it from
the doctors valise. Witness had taken
strychnine from DR.. Strickler's bottle
five or six times.
The strychnine bottle of DR.. Stricklel
was introduced in evidence
The Typewriter
G. W. Barnes, agent at New Ulm o.
the Inter State Accident Association
and the Minnesota Mutual Life Insur
ance company, was next called. HI
testified in regard to the long carriage
typewriter, and said that the Fire In
surance company had gotten it abou
September and kept it until late in thu
fall. He thought that it nad purple
ribbon. The machine was kept part o
the time in the general reception room
and part of the time in the stenograp phi
er's room.
The typewriter was introduced in evi
dence and identified by Mr.. Barnes
The color of the address on the poison
box is very similar to that Of the rib
bon on the typewriter. The ribbon nov
on the machine looks very similar t.
that which was on the machine las
October. The ribbon is what l woul
call a purple ribbon, and looks differen
from the lettering on the box. Genera
Childs had the witness strike off line
and witness then said the coloring wa
the came.
On cross examination, the defense OF
fered in evidence in line just struck d
by Mr.. Barnes. The witness said tina
the machine was kept in the insurane
office about three months. In the IL
ception room it remained month an
had cloth cover. Then it was ker
in roll top typewriter desk in tn
stenographers' room. 1t was keI
locked nights. The desk was self-locl
ing when the top was rolled down.
person could hardly 60 into the ST.
nographer's room without being see
as the door to that room is in plai
view of the office. The lock to the DIES
was never broken. The typewriter WI
sent back to the house furnishing
because it was out of alignment al
the carriage wobbly.
The morning recess was taken.
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