The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-05

the knuckles. He admitted that he
had testified at the New Ulm trial that
it was the left hand. He couldn't swear
which hand the scratch was on. He
admitted that at the New Ulm trial
he said he thought it was on the left
hand He could not now swear that il
was. Was not asked how the pockets
OF the overcoat were, at the last trial
Am pretty certain that the pockets were
crossways and not up and down. Did
not see anybody pick up the pencil
and hand it around the evening of the
murder and then place it back on the
blood. Did not see it in anybody's hand
that evening.
On redirect, Mr.. Klause said that DIR
Koch, at the New Ulm trial, testified
that his cravennette coat had beer
stolen.
"Now before that time had you enter.
tanned any doubt as to the identity OF
the coat you saw at the time you visit.
ed the defendants Officer"
The defense objected to this and the
court sustained the objection. On ex
PLANTATION by Gen. Childs that it was
intended to explain the witnesses actor
at the New Ulm trial, the court de
cided to allow the question.
"No sir,' replied the witness.
Witness said that the blood on thu
wires was little to the right of tn,
opening in the screen. The key found
on the overturned screen in the operat
ing room was Mr.. Zelle's. DIR. Gebhart
boarded at Mr. Zelle's at the time of hi
death. The letter "K" was covered will
blood when l saw the letters &C." ant
"R". at first.
Hanska Mans Sensation.
Ole F. Ulen of Lake Hanska was call
ed, and his taking the stand was &C
companied by good deal of expectanc,
on the part of the audience. He was
tall, slow moving man, with an homes
face and Scandinavian dialect.
He said that he had lived at LAX,
Hanska fourteen years and has fam
lily and is farmer He lives mile am
a quarter from the village of Hanska
Met DIR. Koch in DR.. Woods office il
Hanska, where DIR. Koch nad a denta
office and chair. Met the defendant
there in June or July, 1903, when
went to him to have some "tooth worl
done" Koch pulled two teeth HaC
a talk about Dr. Gebhard
"What was said," asked Gen. Childs.
Mr. Brown asked that this be present
ed in the form of written offer to tn,
court, so that the defense could take ac
tion
Gen. Cnilds presented the offer, anl
it was incompetent, irrelevant and i'm
material, and on the ground that it il
no way tends to support the purpose fol
which it is offered, and that no found
alton had been laid. Mr.. Brown further
objected separately to each statement
in quotations. He wanted to object tC
each part, so as to come within the rule
of the supreme court that he must ad
wise the court of this:
The court read over the offer and
overruled the objection.
The witness then answered the
question:
81 asked him if he was the dentist
didn't know him. | told him Geb
herd in New Ulm had pulled one. He
asked me how | commenced to do that
told him a clerk had sent me down
and some of the rest of my family mac
gone, too. He said he was no better
thOn the rest of them. He said he
wouldn't be in town very long. I ask
ed him if he was going away. He said
No. I asked him if he was sick He
said NO said He must be there
them and he said somebody would xii
him. | said They can't do that HC
said to me- You could do it or Would
you do it p | said | wouldn't do it il
was to get the whole of New Ulm, not
even the whole of America. He said
1T was not worth that much, | said
The man who will do that will gel
punished Nobody can find it out,
he said"
The defense moved to strike out
you could do it or would you do it,
and the answer of the witness. The
motion was denied
The evening recess was then taken.
Ulen's Memory Tested.
When court convened this morning
Mr.. Brown cross examined Mr.. Ulen
The latter held closely to his story. He
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