The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-28

as the defense would prove them.
The defense will show that on Thurs
day the defendant put on his brown suit
| for the funeral Nov. Sd, and it was that
day not Nov. I'd that Mr.. Krook saw
him wearing this suit. Mr. Krook got
the day mixed up.
There are great many thick headed
people in the world and a great many
thin headed people, and when the ini-
tials on the handkerchief were found to
be &c. R. X" they got their heads to-
gether and said that &c. r. X" spelled
George r. Koch and that therefore DR..
Koch killed DIR. Gerhard.
1t will be shown that DR.. Koch wore
his cravenette overcoat and pepper and
salt suit Wednesday, and that he
operated on the teeth of four or five
people on Wednesday and they saw no
injuries on his hands. He sang at
Zelle's house and at the church Thurs
day forenoon both being crowded and
held his book up before the audience,
and nobody saw any injuries on his
hands, although the entire audience
knew of the suspicious directed against
him and every eye was bent eintently
him and every eye was bent intently
office especially to look at his hands.
Tho 10 tho ,hn 1ic
acid injuries on the defendants hands,
and the alcohol burns and outlined what
the defense would prove, and by whom.
He said that Dr. Koch has never claim
ed that the acid took any skin off of
his hands Had it not been for a little
gouge on one of his fingers, made two
weeks before while hunting, the prose
cution would probably have stopped long
AGO, but the acid inflamed this, and
the excited state of the people caused
them to see several injuries. On
Thursday noon the defendant had din
ner at the Dakota House and anybody
there could see his hands.
Senator Somerville was in New Ulm
Thursday attending court and was not
consulted until Thursday afternoon.
The defendant was at the conference
that afternoon only little while.
There is not man in New Ulm who
will swear that Dr. Koch had more than
one scratch on his hand except DR..
Stricken, who evidently measured the
meshes of a window screen and con-
Guided that they are lie of an inch
apart.
Mr.. Abbott spoke of the disappearance
of the defendants cravennette over
coat, and said that detectives were in
and out of the building, reporting to
Mr. Hoidale. The meanest and most
contemplate thing about the matter
was that after the coat had been stolen
from DR.. Koch they turned around
and twitted him of it.
General Childs objected to this on
lie SlOu1il tlldJ Ille utlellSe ulu llOO III
tend to prove this.
Mr. Abbott said that it was true.
The court cautioned the speaker to
confine himself within the reasonable
limits of what he intended to prove
Mr. Abbott said that the state knew
that the man who went through DR..
Gebhard's window would be borne
away from the wall by the sag of the
wire, yet insinuates that he scratched
his knuckles on the brick wall
Mr.. Abbott said that the defense
would try to show that the hammer in
evidence belonged to DIR. Gerhard. E..
G. Koch would admit that he has an old
hammer, but that his grandchild took it.
The defense would prove that the ham,
Koch's office. Mrs. Kasz, it will be
shown, scrubs saloons and is of low
order. Nobody else saw the image of
the hammer outlined in smoke on the
wall, although detectives and officers
were frequent visitors at the office.
Had Suppressed Evidence
Mr.. Abbott referred to DIR. Reinecke
and said that the defense would prove
that this representative of the state
turning to General Childs) who says
that he wants a fair trial, had suppress
ed evidence in order to convict the de-
PENDANT.
General Childs arose and declared that
this statement was outrageous. Mr.. Alb
bolt replied that the defense would
prove it.
Continuing the speaker said that the
defense would prove that a man could
enter the second floor of the Ottomeyer
block by back stairs. If the murderer
went up the front stairs he was a man
of great strength and had heavy tread,
for Dr. Gerhard was known to be an
athlete and none but strong man
would attack him with no other weapon
than jackknife and anything he might
chance to pick up in the office.