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

What did you do?"
q ducked OUT
Why did you do thatl''
Because Weisenborn scared us by
what he said.''
what did he say?n
He mnrmered something that |
couldn't understand. He did not say
that there was a live man in there, but
he said something that gave me an i'm.
preston that the murderer was in
There
what did you do when you went
down stairs?''
81 told one man to look out or he
would get shot. Some of the people at
the front of the stairs had wanted to
go up.
"You were pretty badly excited,
weren't yol?"
No, l wasn't excited"
"When did you go back?''
Three or four minutes later. A whole
bunch of us went up then, following Dr..
Reineke''
Witness said that on his second visit
to the room he stopped over and read
the letters on the pencil, and told the
bystanders that it was A. J. Yogel
pencil. Gen. Bobleter, Chief Klause
and others were there at the time. Mr.
Klause did not to touch the pencil
Dr.. Reineke went from the hall into his
own office first, before going into
Gebhard's office.
On redirect. the witness said that
there was light burning in the labora.
tory. Weisenborn stepped into there
and also into the reception room.
Fred Engelbert, the proprietor of the
saloon across the street from the Geb-
hard offices, testified to having seer
Conductor Richardson and Engineer
Reed compare their watches on the eve
ming of Nov. lst.
The saloon clock was eight or ten
minutes fast. The witness thought that
| it was about $40 when Mr.. Cavanaugh
stepped into his place. 1t was five sol
six minutes after the watches were com.
pared that Cavanaugh entered.
Gen. Bobleter Testifes.
Gen. Joseph BoDleter, one of New
Ulm's most prominent citizens, was ex.
amined by Gen. Cnilds. He arrived al
Gebhard's Office three or four minutes
after ten o'clock. The body was lying
on its stomach, with the head turned
toward the left. The body was turned
over at my suggestion in the hope. Of
being able to Identify it. The pencil
was lying five or six inches from the
upper part of the shoulder in the blood
noticed some papers in the upper left
hand vest pocket and pulled them. out
to try to identify the body. There was
a pocket comb and fountain pen in The
pocket with the papers. They were
showed in as far as they could be. The
fountain pen protruded one ane
one half inches aid the comb one incn
The pencil was nine to ten inches from
the pocket. / put the articles back into
the pocket, leaving them in nearly The
same position as they were. / did not
disturb the fountain pen OF comb.
On cross examinat ton, the witness
said ne went up alone, and was follow
ed by Klause. Mr.. Weisenborn was
pacing back and forth in the hall, but
there was nobody else there. Several fol
lowed Mr.. Klause. In all, there
We're seven or eight persons there. then
Nobody in the room could identify the
body even after it was turned. the face
was so much covered with blood Die
not hear anyone mention the lettering
on the pencil while / was there.
Dr.. Koch Got Pencil.
Richard Higgs, a miller of New Ulm
said that he was in the office of Hoidale
& Somsen the evening of Nov. lst. He
entered five or ten minutes after seven
with Hoidale, Somsen and A. P. Brooks
and played cards. I left at fifteen OF
eighteen minutes to nine. Alfred Vogel
came in, and sometime between 7 and
8 o'clock DR.. Koch came in. Mr.. yogel
gave me a pencil and DR.. Koch one, and
think he gave out some more. Saw Koch
going north on Minnesota street, after /
left the office. He went up the stairs
to the law office and came down again.
This was shortly before nine. Did not
see him again that evening.
On being cross examined, witness said
that he was employed in the Eagle
Roller mill, Of which Mayor Silverson is
president and one Of the so-called citi-
ZenS' committee. Have not Ia Ikod wifi