The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-19

not desire to be disturbed after 6
o'clock in the evening if a verdict was
reached and that they should retire and
rest for the night, informing him Of
the fact in the morning.
1t was 4:25 when Judge Weber orr
dered the bailiffs to take charge Of the
jury and they marched to their room
to begin deliberation.
The defendant, George r. Koch,
charged with the murder Of DIR. l.. A.
Gebhard on the evening Of Nov. /, was
taken back to his cell in the jail by
the sheriff to await the decision Of the
twelve men who have his life in their
hands. Outwardly the defendant did
not seem to realize the gravity of the
situation as he followed the sheriff
from the room where he has been on
trial SO many days.
Plea for Dr.. Koch
Concluding his address for the de-
Tense when the court opened today,
Attorney L. L. Brown continued his
attack upon the testimony of Ole Ulen.
He pointed out the difference between
the two statements of the prosecution
in regard to what DR.. Koch told Ulen
about Gerhard. In the one, Ulen first
suggested murder, while in the other
1t was DR.. Koch. Said the attorney:
If you take all the testimony of the
state you have not a sufficient case to
justify you In sending this man to the
gallows. The case is one Of circumstantial
evidence without an adequate motive. The
matter OF sending poison is nice theory,
put 1t Is not substantiated; 1t does not
appear that this defendant had poison.
This phase of the case was built up of
theories. First, there was suspicion, then
followed theories, and the evidence was
built to conform to these theories. Beware
OF that when you analyze this evidence.
Dr. StricklerS testimony is not positive.
He says Il think or Ito the best of my
recollection. He says he lost strychnine.
He does not know how much, but thinks
there eighty or ninety tablets. He says
that the bottle was half full. It is half
full now. My brother Childs gives DR.. Koch
looking ahead to the time when he viii
be compelled to face jury, ana yet they
say that he spoke to Ole Ulen over a
year ago of killing DR.. Gerhard.
AS to the Bottle
Then they say that DR.. Koch had access
, 70 podIie IKE the one IN Mlic of o the
erS have access to such bottles. BrOmo
caffeine is a medicine young men take
for blacer after night OF run Be
cause man has access to bottle ike
this does 1T prove that he is guilty! And
Z then comes the testimony In regard to
the box which contained the poison. A
thousand men had access to such box.
Several came to New U1m. Because DR..
Z Koch has his box now, and because 1t was
Kept by his brother-in law, they say that
it is suspicious. They think that it ought
to have been shown to that hostile COM
mittee. He knew he would come to trial,
in fact he courted trial, for 1T was the
only way he could be cleared of suspicion.
They tell you that he mailed the poison
at Hanska when he went there on his
last trip. We have shown thai DR.: Koch
was at his home when every mail train
went through New Ulm, and it is not dis
puted.
The address on the box OF poison they
was kept in the Office of the insurance
company. They have sworn typewriter
experts. don't believe in; suclI experts