The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Hand Burned by Design.
"Farnily Alibi" Scored.

attacked. General Childs said:
"Such an alibi is cheap expedient
easily concocted, and has been resorted
to thousands Of times in criminal cases.
The alibi rests entirely on the members
of the family. God bless theml
Thsre ;sto the aged father the brother
against their George. But I shall say
nothing about the stories they have.
told. Blood is thicker than water. The
ties Of relationship are the strongest
ties. but we we must take the facts, not
Then he declared that the greatest
Importance attached to the, testimony
Of Paul Hippauf, "the only persone.in
the house mot blood relative. ~ The
home, rushed into Hippauf's room, 50
coming. That was one minute be-
fore 10.
ct have always thought that the
defendant wanted to kill a rabbit that
night to account for the presence Of
blood. He wanted to get out Of the
presence Of his family. He was out
e eofs des 41 2 the evdence his
guilt; he was hiding that overcoat. He
was washing out those crimson stains
which were crying out against him:
You, Or: Koch, killed Louis A. Geb-
hardtp'
Emphasizes Poison Evidence.
General Childs said that it had al
ways seemed to him that the poison evil
dence was marvellous in its consistency
in the number Of facts: The man who
slew DR.. Gebhardt was the man who
sent the poison to him. The man who
stole those strychnine tablets, he said,
was close to DR.. Strickler, from whose
case or grip they were taken.
DR.. Strickler had such a blue bromo
bottle standing on his shelf in this
waitingroom closet, easily accessible to
the defendant. The defendant had re-
ceived from the Parke-Davis company
Of Minneapolis about such a box as was
sent to DR.. Gebhardt. There was a
typewriter in the office across the hall
from the defendant, just such a type
writer with it's popularity Of alignment
as the one on which the poison box was
addressed.
Scouts Somsen's Evidence.
The speaker referred to the testimony
of Henry Somsen, brother in law Of the
defendant, that three days after the
murder, Mr.. Somsen found a small blue
box, just like DR.. Gebhardt received,
on shelf in DR.. Koch's office.
He said that when suspicion gathered
around the defendant it became neces-
sary to account in some way for the dis
appearance of the blue box from his
4 office. No man in the city of New Ulm,
save only the defendant and his brother.
Iin-law, knew Of the finding Of that blue
| box. Why did they not bring in DR.
Stricken, DR.. Vogel, Mr.. Barnes, whose
offices adjoin, or some other reputable
citizen. to prove that the box really
was found in the defendants Offices
1 &t1No. they did not do that said
/ General Childs, ttonly the defendant
and his relatives. No other knew of it
i You will not believe this testimony.
Opportunity to Do the Murder.
The defendants opportunity to com
NIT the crime was next discussed. Gen
j eral Childs told Of DR.. Koch being al
4 the barber shop at 9:20 or 9:23, hi
4 passing the Review office in view Of tn.
i BOYS within some time before $50; O.
4 the sound Of footsteps ascending TIL,
4 stairs to DR.. Gebhardt Is office
ssCounsel for the defense have ar
4 gued,' said he, that the very fac
q that the murderer stamped heavily III
the stairs is the best reason for prov
1 ing it was not the defendant. Nc
!, Now, if the defendant had plotted tn
8 death of DR.. Gebhardt, he would hav
4 What better for him to do than le
hundred men know he went UP to D1