The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-13

knife in such manner that the per-
son committing the deed was thoroughly
acquainted with the anatomy of the hu-
man body. The prosecution will show
that the defendant has attended dem
tai school where dissection work on the
human body was portion of the course
that portion of the human body.
| Now, gentlemen, evidence will be
shown that the room where the
body was found hammer, so peculiar
in form and construction as to arouse
attention, was picked up. A portion of
the handle of this hammer was cut off,
not with an ordinary saw, but with one
given that such a saw as must have
been used to saw the handle of this
hammer was in a building near the home
of the defendant. One claw of the ham,
mer was broken and the face was also
in very battered condition. Lying ON
the floor near where the hammer was
found, covered with blood was a hand
kerchief, which had been used to wipe
off the handle of the hammer.
Evidence will show that there are two
doors leading into the office, one solid
door with a transom above leading into
the operating room and the other glass
door with large pane of ground glass
in it with a small strip of clear glass
around the outer edge of the glass, and
leading into the reception room. This
is door leading from the operating
room into the reception room, and few
feet apart. The hammer and the hand
kerchief were found between these two
doors and under the glass door leading
into the hall from the reception room
were bloody finger prints made evident
| ly by the murderer after he had left the
operating room and passed into the
reception room and looked through this
clear rim of glass to observe if any
one was in the hall to prevent his es-
cape.
The Initials on the Handkerchief
Upon the handkerchief were the mi
tials "G' r. X" written in indelible ink,
and evidence will be produced by the
state that the defendant was in posses
sion of handkerchiefs marked exactly
as the one found i'm the room. Lying
in pool of blood was a new lead pen
ell which had not been sharpened.
Blood stains to indicate that the pen
ell had been floating in blood were up
on one half of it, while the other half
was perfectly clean. Perhaps not more
than half an hour before the defendant
was in the office of Hoidale & Somsen
where number of gentlemen were en-.
gagged in a card game, and Alfred j. Vo-
gel, a lumberman i'm this city, had a
number of lead pencils upon which was
his business advertisement which he
passed around, and gave one to the de-
PENDANT. The state will be able to show
the pencil picked up on the floor where
the murder was committed was one of
those passed around by Mr.. Vogel that
evening.
The state will further show that the
murderer made his escape through the
rear of DR.. Reineke's office, the screen
covering the lower portion of the win
dow had been broken, the curtains were
bloody and there were finger prints upon
the window sill, and whoever the muir
derer was let himself down by the aid
of the electric wire that was fastened to
the building, thus easing his fall. 1t
is very manifest that the murderer left
the room with blood covered hands and
left blood behind him on everything he
the defendant made his home with his
father on Herman's heights and not far
from the Koch home is situated cream
cry, the lower portion of which contains
hot and cold water. Double doors lead
to this portion of the building and upon
these doors were the marks of bloody
hands.
Could Reach Home in Ten Minutes.
The state will also prove that a per-
son could walk the distance from Min
nesota street to the Koch residence in
ten minutes and if he ran the distance
could be covered in six minutes. Evil
dence will be shown that the defendant
left the office of Hoidale & Somsen
about nine O'Clock. The card party
broke up about 9:30 the defendant had
left before. A boy at work in the bar
Der shop left the shop about nine o'clock
and stood on Minnesota street when the
accused passed by him walking in a
northerly direction and when in front
of the hardware store turned and came
back and went into the barber shop.
There were but two persons in the shop,
Mr.. Simmett and Mr.. Pfefferle, who had
entered but few moments previously
and had asked Simmett to go and play