The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-05-05
KOCH R0ASTS
The WITNESSES
HE SAYS THAT THE TESTIMONY
OF SEVERAL OF THEM is
NOT TRUE.
HANDKERCHIEF is NOT HIS
DENIES THAT HIS SISTER EVER
IDENTIFIED 1T AS ONE
OF HIS.

Mankato. Mimi, April 27.-Was the
murderer of DR. l.. A. Gebhardt in
sane or intoxicated? This is a ques-
tion the solution of which promises to
cause more debate in the trial of DR..
Koch than any other feature which
has yet developed
Two witnesses for the state, boys
who at the time Of the murder We're
employed in the office of a New Ulm
newspaper, stated yesterday that on
the night of the murder they We're in
the newspaper office, which is located
beneath offices occupied at that time
by DR.. Gebhardt and that they saw
DR.. Koch pass the office at about 9
o'clock. Immediately thereafter they
heard the sound of heavy footsteps
ascending the stairway leading to the
dental offices of DR.. Gebhardt.
Heard Wild Noise.
"The man who went up the stairs
on the night of the murder while my
brother and We're in the newspaper
office made an unusual nose,' said
Herbert Balturisch, who, with his
brother Oscar, was employed by Asa
P. Brooks. New Ulm editor. "The
man made so much noise, in fact, that
my brother and l paid particular at
tention to the sound. 1t seemed as
though We had never heard a man
make so much noise in going up those
stairs before, and we could hear any
one ascending at any time. as our Of
lice was directly beneath them. After
the man assembled the steps he
slammed the door at the head. and.
Judging from his footsteps, crossed
operating ROOM
The statement of Herbert Baltur-
isch was corroborated in detail by his
brother, and, although the two wit
nesses were introduced by the state,
the
Senator Somerville stated, after the
testimony OF the two brothers, that he
would make the most of it, and he
thought he could prove to the salts
faction of any ordinary jury that the
man who assembled the stairway in
such manner was either intoxicated
or insane, or planned conspiracy to
lay the blame of his crime on another.
Mankato, Mimi, April 2S-Will the
memorandum book of DR.. Louis Geb-
hardt reveal An engagement with
woman who could throw light upon
the mystery Of the murder? This
question will be answered by the state,
which will introduce the book at this
trial.
When the pockets Of the murdered
man We're searched small memoran-
dunn book was discovered by the coro-
ner. The contents of the book were
not at that time thoroughly examined,
and the book was given into the care
of the state. Ever since its contents
We're kept profound secret.
Many Rumors AfIoat. -
Naturally a great deal CT specula-
ton has arisen as to the subject, and
rumors promising startling sensations
have been set afloat. One of these
rumors, which was particularly en-
phasized by the friends of the defend
ant, was that the book would reveal
an engagement with young woman
of New Ulm who could explain much
OF the mystery surrounding the motive
for the murder and which might also
lead to the conviction Of the perpetra-
tor
The most important fact brought
out in the testimony is that three
witnesses testified positively that the
murder occurred at about $780, This
fact was not positively sworn to in
the first trial.
Mankato, Mimi. April 20. - With
pale, worn face, which has begun to
reveal it's possessor's terrific mental
strain, DR.. George r. Koch, handsome
and youthful, the alleged murderer OF
DIR. Louis A. Gebhardt, sat stolidly in
court yesterday afternoon and heard
the accusation that he had attempted
to employ hireling to murder DR..
Gebhardt.
Ole Ulen, a farmer living near
Hanska, was the witness who made
the allegation. The significance of
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