The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-12

10. fine substance was sulphuric acid
sought for. 1t would be impossible to
determine the quantity of sulphurio
acid in so small an amount without a
quantitative test 1t would be neces-
sary to determine whether there was
sulphuric acid in order to determine
whether there was strychnine of sui
plate of strychnine was looked for
tested two commercial samples OF
bromo- caffaine and both gave reac-
ton of sulphuric acid. Effervescent
SALTS have rough, crinky surface
while strychnine tablets are smooth
Mulford's tablets are composed of the
active ingredients and sugar milk.
The blue bottle will hold about one
and one half fluid ounces, or 800 grains
of bromo- caffains pulverized, and not
less than 500 to 600 strychnine tablets
jpulverized. Provided 80 strychnine tab
let's We're pulverized and mixed with
enough bromo caffaine to fill the bottle
there would be less than one per cent
of strychnine in the bottle. If there was
ten per cent of strychnine in the con-
tents fthe bottle as the analysis
showed, some other form of strychnine
than that found in the tablets must
have been secured. Chemically pure the
strychnine can be bought in the market
visited the Koch premises after the
moon went down last evening and it
was dark. From the coward | could
see large number of lights across the
slough, and six in tine direction of the
Indian monuments Could read the head
lines of several papers and an announce
ment. Could do this half way before
the barn and corn crib. Held the pa
per foot or more from my eyes, Plac-
ed folded paper on the ground and
could see it seventeen PAGES away.( Saw
cat fifteen feet away. Could plainly
see my shade wagainst the corn crib.
Could see eight electric lights from one
direction and seven from the other
from this point and conuld read the
name of the paper Arsenic mas faint
taste, while strychnine is one of the
most bitter substances known.
On cross examination, the witness
said that effervescent salts are quite
light. Strychnine tablets will pulver-
ize to powder. Don't know that there
is much difference in the weights of the
two powders. Tie strychnine powder
might to some extent settle to the bot
tom, when shaker. The fine powder
would 60 to tn ebottom.
Nothing In the Letter Story.
DIR. r. c. Gebham brother of the late
DIR. Lewis A. Gerhard, was asked to,
day by Free Press reporter in re-
gard to the letter alleged to have been
found in the dead mans office, in which
the latter was warned to 'look out foa
Ed" DR.. Gebhar stated that the let
ter was one that te himself wrote to his
brother, and related to matters con-
nected with the cranberry marsh that
the deceased wa interested in No such
statement as Look out for Ed" was
made, nor anything to warrant the
stories that haY been spread about the
matter. To his knowledge, nobody had
grudge agains his brother and there
was no reason p warn him.
The officers It the time the letter
was seen thought the letter not worthy
Iof consideration, and the story seems
to have startel from an exaggerated
account of sone reference made in it,
but which had no bearing on the sub
1ject to which t has been sought to
make it relate
The jury ATTENDED the Baptist church
yesterday forenoon, but did not 90 to
church in the eyening.
Among the New Ulm people to ar
rive this morning was Anton Horsack,
the shoemaker Tho claims to have seen
a man enter til stairway to the Geb-
hard office at lbout $3.50 p. M, Nov.
LIST, and who hid handkerchief up to
his face
All of the attorneys remained in the
city yesterday md worked on the case.
J. w. Hawks d the st. Paul Dispatch
went home
On Hi Own Accord.
Judge Cray, v hen asked today wheth-
er there was my foundation for re-
ports published abroad that an effort
had been mad, to camper With tAe
Jury, replied tht there was none. He
said that no attorneys or anyone else
had made any Euch report to him. He
had conceived tie idea himself, that it
would be betterto have the jury where
it could not her the comments of the
audience as it filed through the halls