The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-11

ing uedu lndH, was SHOWN -Cne lock OF
hair found by Chief Klause, and said
that it had the appearance of his
brother 8 hair.
States Hypothetical Question.
DR.. O. G. Stricken was recalled and
asked the following hypothetical ques.
ton:
A person Is. seen at about 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon Of given day. having
sores upon the second Joint of two Of
his fingers, which sores are about the
size of the head of an eight penny nail.
or the unsharpened end of lead pencil.
The skin within the boundary of said
sores appeared to be wholly removed an
| If jerked off; the sores have a reddish
appearance; on the morning Of the same
day, the said person spilled commercial
carbolic acid, 80 to IS per cent strong
upon the fingers upon which said sores
appear. $50
State whether or not, in your opinion
/ as medical man. the said sores as de-
iscribed were caused by the splitting of the
said carbolfe acid upon the said fingers.
{" Not M, entirely j. = replied the witness;
Senator Somerville. cit would. =
Albert Pfaender, associate attorney
for the state, was sworn and attempted
to testify that saw which was intro
duced by the state was the one which
l
which the man was killed. The defense
objected to the testimony and it was
not allowed.
"Where were you on the night Of the
murderY" asked General Chi1ds
| ~ drove from Evan to Sleepy Eye,
ION, you don't need to prove m
alibi," said Senator Somerville; eve
don t intend to try to convict you. You
are exonerated from all connection with
the crime.'
! Charles Silverson was recalled and
identified his signature on the report
Of the special committee which inves-
tigated the case the week after tEe
homicide and which exonerated Dr..
Koch. He explained that he had male
certain changes in the document before
signing it.
, Court Itself Calls Brooks.
The motion of the defense that the
Asa P. Brooks, was then taken up.
"The motion is denied and the court
calls the witness Brooks said Judge
Webber, when General Childs said that
the state was ready to rest it's case.
The defense took an exception.
Judge Weber then called Brooks
! and examined him. Brooks has known
Koch for three years. part of the time
while he was in college and the last
two years while he practiced dentistry.
He was also, intimately acquainted with
l 'Where were you on the evening OF
4 Nov. 1872
: "Part Of the time in Hoidale's office.
i, the rest Of the time was in my office. =
: "Where is your office9'
Directly beneath Gerhard 8 office. -
e office?''0
I eyes, between 9:35 and 9:45. nearly
9:45. came to my office, unlocked the
Q door and read a letter. L heard noise
y up stairs and went out and met A. J..
T up stairs. I said there was a rough
e house and asked him to go up with
/ me. / went up and tried the reception
J. room door; it was locked and I tried
the other door, but it was locked also.
Looked Into Face Of Murderer.
e ct hesitated moment and then got
s up on banister and looked thru the
u transom. L saw man kneeling over a
e Frustrated body. He looked squarely
'e in my face and / looked squarely in his
% and told him there was trouble up there
N and [ wanted him to go up. He didn t
is start and ran across the street, where
tr / met Cavanaugh. He asked what was
the matter and he went across the
a street and up the stairs.
is ~ climbed up on the banisters and
N man lying on the floor. said, Some
IS one has been murdered in there, Cav,
". anaugh said, THAT can't be, and
If climbed up himself. He looked and
~ said, BY God, there is a live man in
there and / am not going to stay up
at here and get shot at We then ran
down the stairs and notified the crowd
II. and the police was called.
~ ~ Did Not Recognize Him.
|
Of "Did you or did you not see a mar
as in there when you looked the SECOND
vs. time?' asked the court. Mo-
o. "Did you or did you not know the
y. man you saw there9o
Ut ct did not.
ne "Was it the defendant9'
HIt was not. -
IS aWhat timef was it when this hap
Nv w pened7"
h ln Shortly after the door was brokel
g :. in, looked at my watch and it wa
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