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A syndicate composed OF ]. W Doolittle,
F. r. Wood a Co. and others has purchased
the % she oJ cSSng sh1a SEoS
700 villa plots, adjoining the station Of the
Central Railroad OF View Jersey and extend
9s i0T sVeRus /, u the intention Of
begun by the Old COLONY, Land Company
John Il. Fife and PhInney 4, Corsa haye
leased the Avon Inn g. AgSn INC lor T
Of Palmer ( MacDowell, proPristors Of the
Hotel MAGNOLIA at ST. augustine. Fla : and
Of the Hotel Breslin az Lake hopatoohs'
Colin NJ. Eadie was the broker in the sale
Of Nos, s4s and $50 East Thirty-seeond street
'0 The 9ssociStion Of Bronx Real Estate
Brokers win hold a mass meeting Thursday,
N May 81 Roo ROOM Morris Building. Corner Of
'49th street and Third avenue TO protest
AGAINST the service Of the Union RaiTay
Company and TO demand the lnmediate
extension Of the subway service TO The Bronx,
Belmont. one Of the properties owned and
IN process Of development By the New YORK
hiSh plateau overlooking Mount Vernon. with
long Island Sound Ia the distance. On tho
completion Of the jerome avenue extension
within twenty minutes Of Forty-second street
and forty minutes OF Wall street. Houses
Son9iGGs p ITS r ssTf 10 are behS
built on tho property.
Crestwoou, sixteen andtbrcc-quarters miles
from tho GRAND Central station on the Harlem
division Of the New York Central Railway. -
on high ground. midway between the Sound
and the Hudson The Watson Realty Com;
sold over hfty houses costing from - 900
inward Greenwood has macadamiZed
streets. electric street lighting, schools and
churches and the property Is highly restricte ed
against all und esira BILE features. The monthly
Communication $3.50. Among the many exam
pies Of rapid advancement IN Westoheater
county values, the development Of Crest
wood has been notable.
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Coming Auction saIes.
MONDAY, NAY 4.
ny Inncnh p. Dnu


by Joseph p. Day BE-,
Itith street, east side. 100 feet east OF Eighth
referee rec due on Judgment T,ttiS7; subject 70
S:, STepus Nos ao7o and 2oza northsss, corner
OF iOl!h street. SoSIiOo. four stony bek lon and
''ITI ,I sVenac. No 1854 southeast corner OF iosth
msnt: shcfs sale Of an night. title. &C.. which John
Poth had on April "a. 1905, or since; r. T. Martin
sen, attorney: ", l.. Granger, SheTtd.
TUESDAY, NAY =.
BY MoVlckaf -0tilArd Realty Co.
9EUsaESy 10 isI ss.l sas 5'o Sc! sorh
hold: seven story apartment house with siorts.
Thirty ninth street Nos. ~ 70 l7S, north aide,
Above: seven story hotel.
BY Philip A. Smyth. ....
Nineteenth street, No.. szs and 80. south aide,
ByD.P, InTrAham co.
Arthur avenue, southwest corner OF lad street.
cTotonS avenue, weSi Side q feet north Of Isist
street. ttIito; vacant
By Referee on Premises.
OAK street, north side. 100 feet east Of Syracuse
%snu, street south ds 100 feet ssst Of Syracuse
wsbS,er White Ct a.: {. be IA Mare, Stsornsy;
c. Q. Macy. JT., referee due on judgment. tiiSs01
subject 20 taxes, &C. tS7S.
WEDNESDAY. NAT 3.
Madison avenue. west side, 20 feet South Of
Tooth street. b0iiHiooi vacant
FRANKLIN avenue, Nos t1N 20 t76a west side
40 feet south OF 10th street t76 01iSo7I irregular
xi6s.0 . ave story nat and two two stony fame
BY Bryan l.. Kennedy
Third avenue, southeast corner Of i6Sd street,
four lots q. IN from % 70 500.
ie9d street, south side. % east Third avenue.
Harlem River Terrace, west side. opposite Cedar
avenue, iH-1Iose 70 New fors Genital tracks
Harlem river terrace, east side. north Of Cedar
avenue n7I7f75 10 cedar avenue tp57I2O:
SsdSwiok avenue. west side, opposite iHsi street.
BY Joseph p Day.
feet east Of Washington street. W.ezsa.iO. oid
tensments and Stables, =
IA BfonI SAlesroom.l
BY MCOuAy 4 o. and Julius n. Haaa
Jerome Hvnuf, Nos, ilit and 1870, east kide NB
feet south Of Mount Hope place % iOIioo two three
A jerome ,sF@Rus. No, iSA, ,ss, side. ssio fee,
north Of rc'h street. 1o.eKioo three family owen.
Ism street. Nos. 50, 50. $3.50. south side.
stoty hriek dWslIngI. each q, sHi0o.
Itfth tirtst, Eos. ~ and tbs south side. between
81 Annt snd cEPrtss avenust' @sHioo two two
Itisi street hOrthsSst corner Of Concord avenue.
LSrihsrd place, sss, SIDE ~ isst nortA Of Third
avenue. foIi0o. Vncnut.
iltA stTsst. Southsast corner Of 81 Anns sveuOs
issss 49,, sun .,a.5 ~ NJ, sss, Of a. AnAs
ii,ih siTs-;, nsT,s -. ~ fsst ssss Of 81, Al.
aguauo, H21oA y to1n pirlcE vucanh
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more money than know what to do with
and don't care who sees it.
The box Of loose gardenias signifies;
lama man Of fashion and paid pretty
price for these latest and most elegant
flowers
OF course there are still men who have
original and poetic ideas as TO fornl gifts.
but unless they are quite sure that the fair
recipient Of their favors has poetic ideas
also, they will find their labor a wasted
effort Other flowers do we'll enough for
the vases, but to be worn where even the
practical modern lover Is still romantic
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AAk mol AAALh AObEoA NAOLhA'
there Il, but, on being sifted, this alleged
sentiment proves TO be nothing after all
but blind desire to lay the conventional
gift Of flowers, strictly regulated by fashion,
at the feet OF the beloved one. Man h,
and always has been, a consevrative creature
In bis love gifts. Jewelry, flowers bon
bons and books make up the sum Of his
ideas upon the subject, which have their
ancient foundation in the barbaric instinct
to hang ornaments upon the person Of the
one admired.
It must be granted, however, that some
sixty years ago and more, when the meaning
Of flowers was a current language, these
same conventional love gifts were good
deal more sentimental than they are to-day.
In the matter Of jewelry, for instance,
the honored old present Of a locket or a
brooch containing a miniature portrait
Of the lover and look OF his hair may not
be 80 smart and knowing as a padlocked
bracelet or pair OF jeweled garter clasps,
but It's degrees more romantic.
A handsomely bound book containing
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The modern florist admits that he knows
nothing about the language Of flowers.
II Il, indeed, a commentary on the unro-
mantle spirit OF the times that this man who
1fTanges and sends forth daily from his
shop the offerings OF love should acknowl-
edge his ignorance In this respect,
When pressed A. to whether there lie
any sentiment at all In the choice Of flowers
ordered by the lover to be sent 10 the girl
Of his heart, he thinks, nay, Is sure, that
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each s7xOoIiOO. for a consideration of
SCI. COO
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BOROUGH OF BRONx-sAIE on RENT
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FOR SALE-TWp family house: latest Improve.
ments: hardwood nnish throughout: nelEhbOrhood
restricted. STlEHL, 1854 Clay sv., near ieSth 81
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

about $50, in the safe undisturbed.
The body was not identified until pa
pers taken from the pocket showed
that it was DIR. Gebhard's. A new lead
pencil advertising Vogel & Co., lumber
dealers, was found on pool of blood.
In the next room on the floor lay an
old hammer, the handle home made,
the face badly battered and one claw
broken. There was blood on the handle,
looking as though it mad been wiped
off, near by was handkerchief, clean
but for some blood upon it.
At door, where there is ground
glass window with a streak of glass
around it, q person may stoop and look
through the hall. There was blood upon
that door. The lower sash of a window
facing the alley was open, there was
blood on the frame, and there were two
! cuts in the wire screen. The electric
light wires, attached to the wall close
| to the window, was found to have sag
ged down, because the fastening to the
building was broken. It was evident
that the assassin had escaped that way.
Was a Horrible Deed.
It was horrible murder Who was
it that did it? Who entertained sucn
hatred against that splendid young dem
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

road passes the house of Mr.. Dahm, for
twelve OF fifteen years tenant OF
Koch's father, almost in a bee line. On
the road is post that a gate swings
on, held by wires and fastened by a
rope. There is another post fifteen.
inches away. In going through, one
must instinctively place his hand on a
post to keep from stumbling, owing to
a declivity in the ground. On the
morning after the murder Mrs. Dahm
saw fresh blood on the post. The day
before there was no blood there. On
the hill to the west is the Koch home.
The gate is on a private way to the
latter. Mrs Dahm wild testify that the
members of the Koch family were in
the habit of using this private way. On
the night of the murder she was in bed,
but the barking of her dogs aroused
ner and she heard a person running.
She asicked" her dogs and they pur-
sued as far as the gate.
a few days after the murder, the
state will show, Koch lay on his couch
and said to DIR. Strickler: Doctor, ]
ian almost helpless. | do not think that
can walk across the room, am SO
weak" or words to that effect. On
| Friday night severe burns were found
on DR.. Koeh's hands. He claimed tnat
they were made by earbolie acid getting
on his hands and alcohol placed on the
burns catching fire while putting sticI
of wood in the stove. The state con
tends that carbolic acid will not mater
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

night of the murder wore black
cravenette overeoat with slash pockets,
and he says he wore a pepper and salt
suit. The next morning he wore a
brown coat, according to one or two
witnesses. Another creditable witness
will testify that at 2:30 p. m. that af-
ternoon he saw the defendant with his
right hand in his pocket and mis- left
by his side He suspected Koch and
scrutinized the coat closely for blood,
and will testify that the coat was
brown. He also saw a small, reddish
colored scratch under one of the de-
fendant's eyes, apparently recently
made. Another witness will testify
that the coat worn next day did not
have slash pockets. The defendant
claimed at the New Ulm trial that his
cravenette overcoat disappeared three
weeks after the murder, but that he did
not tell it to anybody but his brother
in-law, Mr.. Somsen, who advised him to
keep still.
More New Evidence.
The state will also prove that eight
or ten minutes before 10 o'clock on the
night of the murder someone ran by
the last house on Second street north
before reaching the Koch residence The
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

tally injure PERSONS hands-all gone
in day or two. 1t will be apparent
that the defendant burned his hands
by some otner means and for the pur
pose of destroying the evidence of the
sores.
Motive Will Be Shown.
There is usually motive for human
action, and the question naturally
arises, "What could have been the mo-
tive that could have. inspired the de-.
fendant to slay Dr.. Gebhard 2" Before
we can say that a person had motive,
we must understand the man. There
are men so noble tnat they would not
take fellow mans life under any con-
sideration. There are others who will
do it for a few paltry dollars. There
are men who will do it out Of revenge
or jealousy. The state will show by
Ole Ulen that the defendant said that
Dr. Gebhard wouldn't be there much
longer as somebody would kill him.
Koch then asked Ulen whether he would
or could kill Gebhard, and Ulen said he
could not for all of Brown county, and
Dr. Koch said that he was not worth
so much. Another witness heard Koch
call Gebhard a 'double faced ---.' .
| The state will show conclusively by a
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03
Jos. WADDELL
ALBERT HAGERMAN

tist that he would rob him of his life?
New Ulm was deeply agitated, and ev
evry respectable man considered that he
had but one duty to perform, and that
was to find and punish the murderer.
Whose was the hammer-the nandker-
chief-the pensil? No one knew. But
the heavens above us have so directed
things that when men commit such Of
fenses they usually leave traces that
lead to the finding of the guilty par
ties, so that life can be protected.
Somebody within twenty four hours
washed out a corner of the bandker-
chief, and there came into view the let
ters &C. r. K.'' Somebody whisper
ed George R. KOCH" There was the
starter. With the circumstance pointing
like pale star, an investigation was
begun.
Whose hammer was it? After some
| days it was ascertained that an old
hammer had been in the possession of
! the father of the defendant. The boy
who said this was rude and unlettered,
and said that while hauling gravel he
saw the hammer lying in the barn. The
hammer had grooves in the handle and
attracted the attention of the boy, and
ne identified the one found in DR.. Geb-
hard's office as the on he had seen in
the Koch barn. The state will intro
duce other testimony which will prove
that there is no doubt about the own
ership of the hammer. The state will
introduce a young man who mad lived
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

in the Koch family for years and he
will identity the hammer. He will say
that he saw the old handle taken out
and the new one put in. There will be
other indisputable evidence. It will be
shown that the hammer disappeared
from the Kocn barn some months before
the murder.
Woman Saw Hammer.
A washer woman, cleaning DR.. Koch's
office few weeks before the murder,
looking for a hammer to pull nail,
found an old hammer with the face
battered, the claw broken and home
made handle. She was troubled in
drawing the nail because of the broken
claw. The hammer hung on the wall
near an old lamp, where the smoke blew
against the wall SO as to leave a clear
imprint of the hammer on the wall
when it was removed. A few days
after the murder the woman went again
to clean the office, and wanted to use
the hammer, but it was gone and tne
wall had been cleaned off and there was
no longes any trace of the outline.
Whose pencil was it? A few moments
before the murder the defendant was
in Hoidale & Somsen's law office, and
while there he received from Mr.. Vogel
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

pencil Identical with the one picked
up in the blood. The pencil was float
ing in the blood, and the top part was
clean. The state will also show that
as soon as the door was broken open.
one of the first men to enter saw the
pencil lying where it was found, so that
this removes any possible fear that the
pencil was dropped by some person who
went to the office after the murder.
Koch Had Injuries.
The person who went through the
screen must nave injured himself. The
state will snow that a few days after
the murder DR.. koch's hands were ex-
amined. Three superficial scratches
were found on one wrist, one-sixteentb
of an inch apart. The wires on the
screen were one-si4teenth of an inch
apart. The state will prove that on the
day following the murder the defend
ant went to a drug store under his of
fee and went behind the counter and
began to search for some cots for his
/ fingers. The clerk in the store will tes-
tify to seeing sores on two of DR.
Koch's knuckles, as though the skin
had been jerked off. He helped Koel
put on two rubber cots. A day or two
later another witness saw the sores
The sores, the state will claim, were
made by the DEFENDANTS fingers brush
| ing against the brick wall as he lei
himself down into the alley in making
his escape.
Witness Will swear that Koch on th,
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03
Saw Koch Enter Office.

The defendant left Hoidale & Som
sens office just before 9 o'clock. He was
seen in Smiths barber shop at 9:2O,
and left there at 9:23. Two boys in the
Review office saw and heard foot steps
at once 60 up the stairs, heard the door
open and the footsteps cross the operat
ing ROOM The state can account for
part of the time from 8 to 9:20, but
not for all of it. The defendant claims
that ne started for home, but remem-
bered that he had left the light burning
in his office and went back to put it
out. The state will prove to certain
| ty that this was a fabrication. It will
| prove by witness who cannot be i'm
peached that the defendant between 9
and 80 went to. his office, turned on
the light, went to the corner where the
hammer was kept, and put up his arm
as if to take the hammer down, and then
reach up and put out the light. This
was on her back porch, looking toward
the office.
When Koch came down onto the
street, ne was seen by a boy crossing
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

large array of evidence that DR.. Kocn
actually attempted The life of DR.. Geb-
hard in the latter part of October, by
means of poison. The state will show
that Koch had access to strychnine and
mailed box containing it to DR.. Geb
hard, and addressed the package with a
typewriter that was in an office down
the hall from his office.
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03
Testimony Taken.

When court opened, it was agreed be-
tween council that exhibit l be intro
duced in evidence. 1t is a diagram of
the premises, with descriptive words
and scale. 1t was also agreed that ex-
hibit 2 be received, it being plat of
a portion of the city of New Ulm, from
the Ottermeyer block to the Koch resi-
dence. A photograph of tae ottomeyer
block was introduced as exhibit 8.
DIR. George B. Weiser of New Ulm
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

An officer burst in the door and found
the room full of light and body lying
nearly on it's face in the operating room,
with great pools of blood near the head.
The reception room rocking chair was
found in the operating room turned
over, as was also a screen that belong
ed behind the door. On map hanging
on the wall was great blotch of blood,
bearing the indication that someone's
head had been crowded UP against it.
There was also a semi-circle of blood
on the wall. The door of the safe was
partly open and q blood bespattered
book lying on top. There was money,
New Ulm review., 1905-05-03


DR.. L. A. Fritche of New Ulm testi-
fed that he was coroner of Brown coun-
ty in 1904. Reached the Gebhard prem
ises at 1920 to 10:25 p. m. the night
of the murder, and at once took poses
sion of the room as coroner. The wall
map found in the office. with big blood
sp1otch upon it, was introduced in evi-
dence. Witness saw it hanging on the
north side of the operating room, behind
the door leading to the reception room
if the door was open. The blood on the
map was then fresh. The map was
hung high enough from the lower
edge of the floor, so that the blood stain
would be five feet from the floor. A
wooden door opened into the operating
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-10-02

take stringent measures" said the
czar.
The dowager empress, who was
present, and who had attended the in
terview with Mr.. Witte, here broke in,
saying;
III ow is it that you agree with two
contradictory opions. Such thing is
impossible?"
Il quite agree with you" the czar
replied, helplessly. But what can |
do? They know better than l.
Such a scene as that would now be
impossible. The czar has found him
self again, and ne has renewed his
role of the beuigant and all wise auto
crat. The uprising in the Caucasus
has had no effect upon him. THAT is
small dispute between the Armen-
ians and the Tartars," he said when
the news was taken to him. "My sol
diers will soon restore order"
Nicholas is giving all of his time to
preparing for the first meeting of the
new Russian popular assembly. 1t is
his present hobby, and he is as enthus-
iastic over the coming parliament as
a scientist is over the discovery of
Car Nicholas believes he has discov-
cred a new principle in government
that it is possible to retain an auto
cratic rule, and at the same time give
representative institutions to a nation.
Because, with representative govern
ment, the kaiser can force his own per-
sonality on everything political in Ger
many, Nicholas thinks he can dupli-
cate the feat in Russia.
When the crash comes and he finds
that real representative government
has been established in Russia, Mich
Olas will he as much surprised as he
was when he found himself engaged
in a war with the mikado. Watching
his autocratic throne being made into
2 rubbish heap, he will probably ex-
clanm to Russia as he did to Japan:
You do not play fair; you took me
by surprise"
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-10-02
1.-THE BRAVEST ARE
THE TENDEREST

The island chief sat on the sand
His fairest wives all near him,
And twenty slave soubrets stood byI
To sing and dance and cheer him.
Bring on the feast, good chef" he
cried,
"Your chiefs in finest fettle
To tackle any dainty bit
That's in the royal kettle"
The chef brought on the big chiefs
grub
All piping hot and steaming,
And when its oder struck the air
The royal face was beaming.
"No-noble king! Gr-raclous sire!
Good chief" the poor chef slut
tered,
Then showed his nose deep in the
sand
And hemmed and hawed and sput-
tered.
Speak out, you dog, what's gone
amiss?"
The island monarch thundeied,
Hast done the throne some shame
full wrong
Or in the cooking blundered?"
The scared chef said, "Our best dish,
king
Is soldier boy We've nary
A bite, grieve to say, good sire
OF tender missionary"
ooh, fudge, you chump," the big
chief roared
This dinner will delight me,
l much prefer to dine upon,
The gallant lads who fight me.
"The soldier boys the boy for me
The fattest or the slenderest.
And good chef, let your motto be:
The bravest are the tenderest.'
Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-10-02
NEW PUPILS.ENTER. ~
TAIN OLD ONES
MhA.klI

Each year, according to custom, the
new students of the normal school are
entertained by the old ones. This
years entertainment occurred last
Friday evening. The new students
assembled in the assembly hall and
later the old students entered, each
clad in a Japanese costume. Frank
Light delivered the address of well
come on behalf of the old students,
and Harold Bateman responded on be-
half of the new students. This num-
Der on the program was followed by
a fan drill, accompanied by a song
from the senior girls. Following this
came a Japanese wedding in panto-
mime and another drill given by the
juniors, at the conclusion of which all
present adjourned to the gymnasium
building.
The first announcement then given
was a series of original games, the
students being divided equally, and
the winning side receiving a barrel of
ginger snaps as a reward for their
hard work. Every one was then
given a half sheet of newspaper, and
asked to tear out an elephant, with
no other aid than their fingers. In
this contest Miss Bessie Barnes re-
ceived the prize. Another contest fol
lowed, all being asked to draw a map
of Japan from memory. Miss Pearl
Parks won the prize.
Rice and chop sticks were then
passed and much amusement followed
the efforts to eat it in Japanese style
some proving themselves equal to the
task, while others contented them.
selves in looking on longingly. Tea
and waters were then served, after
which the merry students adjourned
all voting the entertainment a most
enjoyable One.-Silver City Independ
ent