New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-02
George
to is Home Free
ONE BALLOT DECIDES VERDICT
Time and Money Spent in Fruitless Prosecution
of Victim of Strange circumstances.

men had told him that they were about
agreed that the state had no case when
it rested but they wanted to hear one
witness on the part of the defense and
when they had heard him they had
little more interest in the case as far
as other testimony was concerned.
One of the circumstances that seem
to stand out in the minds of them all
is the abuse that was heaped upon
Mrs. Thomas and they were all agreed
that it was disgraceful. When the
jury were at dinner as they were leav-
ing they told the landlady good bye,
so she was the first to know that a
decision had been reached.
The Mankato Free Press report of
the scene is as follows:
Clerk Thorne read in clear tones:
eve, the jury, find the defendant not
guilty."
AS soon as the audience gathered
the import of the verdict it was ap-
plauded vigorously. A couple of humid
red people had been waiting for an
hour or two for the verdict, and they
gave vent to their feelings of appro-
baton of the verdict, until the court
raped for order.
Another scene was being enacted in
the meantime, around the defendant,
who had been sitting with his neck
craned forward to catch the verdict.
His sister, Miss Ida, ran to him and
flung her arms around his neck and
planted an 9affectionate kiss upon his
face. His cousins stepped up and shook
his hands and his brothers and at
torneys completed the group. At first
DR.. Koch appeared like one dazed by
the suddenness of his good fortune,
but quickly revived and returned the
loving salutations of his relatives and
friends.
The court discharged the jury with a
brief word of thanks for having given
the case their attention so long. Then
mOmentary recess was taken, and
the jurors filed out of their box, where
they have sat for month, and as they
passed out DR.. Koch and his relatives
and attorneys shook them by the hands
and thanked them for their verdict.
The scene was a most affecting one,
and the court looked on as though he
enjoyed it thoroughly.
Only one ballot was taken and every
vote was mot guilty." The jury was
paid and left for their homes, feeling
a great relief that their duties were
over.
Gen. Childs began his address to the
jury at $50 Saturday, and continued
it without interruption, except the
regular recess, until the closing hour
at night.
1t was more convincing and more
plausible than either of the other argu,
ments he has made. 1t was most
skillful presentation of the side of the
state. He traced the supposed AMI.
mostly that existed between DR.. Geb.
hardt and DR.. Koch from the time the
latter is supposed to have told Ole Uler
that he would kill DR.. Gebhardt unit
the night of the murder when it is
claimed he made some remark about
DR.. Gebhardt speaking to Miss Fitz
patrick over the phone.
Then in a burst of frenzied eloquenct
he exclaimed, "There is the secret O.
the murder. Jealousy ranking in hi!
heart, he went from the house imme
diately and sought out the weapon tina
was to do the murder"
This is a new theory and a new mo
tive and Mr.. Childs dwelt upon it as i
it was the one thing that would impe
the deed in the heart of the dentist
DR.. Reineke, Dingler and Dahms ant
Ole Ulin were the acme of perfection
as witnesses. They were born for tina
purpose and could not tell anything
but the truth, while there was scarcel,
one important witness on the side o
the defense but who was stepped in tn,
iniquity of perjury.
| But the whole address was master
piece, a magnificent CONFUSION of fact
and fancies that was like the eruption
of some great volcano, calculated t,
bring death to everything it touche,
and loaded down with the pyrotechnic
Of oratory that burned like sulphu
and passed away in the breeze o
analysis.
After all it is to be admitted tina
Mr.. Childs has displayed wonderful
amount Of ability in the conduct of tn
| prosecution. He has had to conten,
| against the combined ability of five n