New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-03

/ Dir. Koch entered about 9 o'clock. or
it might have been few moments
before nine. He entered in company
with DIR. Vogel and remained ten or
Fifteen minutes. He mad dark suit
distributed some advertising pencils
there, and believe / handed Dr.. Koch
one like the one introduced in evidence.
got the pencils on the afternoon be-
fore and had distributed quite a few
do not remember how many. Only two
were given to strangers | am not
positive | gave DIR. Koch pencil. He
left about 9:lO, I am not positive.
Alfred j. Vogel, the New Ulm lumber
man, continuing his testimony, said that
ne heard noises of a person in pain as
ii one were getting tooth pulled.
when near the Gerhard offices.
There was a light in the
Review office and he saw Brooks in
his office and when he came out, Brooks
said that there seemed to be trouble
upstairs, and he went upstairs, and in a
minute or two came down and said that
1t seemed to him as though their had
been murder upstairs or somebody
was being murdered
lhe afternoon recess was taken here
The examination then proceeded. Saw
Brooks and Cavanaugh go up the stair
way and come down again in a minute
Don't know where they went. Did not
give DR.. Gebhard pencil. The pencils
were unsharpened Gerhard was about
twenty-six years old, light complexion,
dark and abundant hair, dark eyebrows,
strong build and in good health. l had
given away about forty pencils.
On cross examination, the witness
stated that he is brother of DR.. Vooel.
The latter and Mr.. Hicks were in
Hoidale & Somsen's office in the even
ing, besides those named before. DR..
Koch and Dr.. Vogel were singing in the
office while the Others were PLAYING
cards. The witnesses movements from
the time he left the law office until he
saw Brooks at the foot of the stairway
leading to DR.. Gebhards office were care
fully traced and timed. Heard two dis
tlnct groans and then stepped into a
drug store, one building from the stair
way Was in there four minutes being
waited upon. When I came out I heard
no sounds. Saw Brooks come out of the
Review office then and he said "Seems
to me there is trouble up there He
was there about a minute and I remain
ed for him to return. He then came
down and said, "Seems to me there is
murder or somebody being murdered, .
He said, let's go up" and suggested
that we get more people, and he went
straight across the street to get them.
lie found Cavanaugh on the other side
and they came right oyer. Saw no GIRLS
with young man lettering or
walking on the street. I stayed until
Brooks and Cavanaugh went up and
came down again. They went up at a
brisk pace, and came down more quick
ly and in an excited manner By that
time ten or twelve people had gathered
at the foot of the stairs on the side
walk. Nobody else went up until Po-
liceman Weisenborn went up. Then Mr..
Behnke went up after Weisenborn. It
was four or five minutes before ANYBODY
else went up. Some wanted to go up,
but Mr.. Memo made the remark 'sWhy
40 you people want to 60 up? Do you
want to be shot att" So nobody else
went up. Weisenborn came down; got a
stool and went up again. Behnke came
down and got light, and DR.. Reineke
came about ten o'clock 1t seemed to
me to be about ten for wnen the door
was broken open. There is back stairs
to Cented street down the hall.
On redirect, the witness said the pen
ellis arrived at p. M, Oct. 3lst.
Conductor Richardson Testifes.
Conductor Charles Richardson of New
Ulm took the stand next. He is a Chi
cago q Northwestern railway conductor.
On the evening of Nov. lst, he entered
Engelbert's between 9:3O and 9:35. Mr.
eayanaugh entered the place about $40
and gave the first information. It was
1884 when Engineer Reed and I entered
the place. He looked up at the clock,
said that it was fast, looked at his
watch. and it was 9:34. l went to DR..
Gebhard's office about 10 D. M, and
saw the body lying on its face with a
a pool Of blood near the head, the larger
part of the left side toward the door
leading to the hall. Saw pencil living
on the pool of blood about foot from
the head. The pencil was an unsharpen-
ed one, and was straight ahead of the
body and a foot and half from the
shoulder.
On cross examination, the witness
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