The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-05-05
HAM MER STILL
is IN DISPUTE
STATES WITNESSES MAY FAIL
TO SHOW JURY THAT WEAPON
WAS kOCH'S.
TYPEWRITER is BROUGHT UP
EXPERT TESTiFIES REGARDING
WRITING ON THE POISON
PACKAGE.

Mankato, Mimi, April 2S.-Will the
memorandum book of DR.. l. is Geb-
hardt reveal an engagement with
woman who could throw light upon
the mystery of the murder? This
question will be answered by the state,
which will introduce the book at this
trial.
When the pockets Of the murdered
man were searched small memOran-
dunn book was discovered by the coro-
ner. The contents of the hook were
not at that time thoroughly examined,
and the book was given into the care
of the state. Ever since its contents
were kept profound secret.
Many Rumors Afloat
Naturally a great deal of specula-
tion has arisen as to the subject, and
rumors promising startling sensations
have been set afloat. One of these
rumors, which was particularly en-
phasiZed by the friends of the defend
ant, was that the book would reveal
an engagement with a young woman
of New Ulm who could explain much
of the mystery surrounding the motive
for the murder and which might also
lead to the conviction of the perpetra-
tor.
The most important fact brought
out in the testimony is that three
witnesses testified positively that the
murder occurred at about $50. This
fact was not positively sworn to in
the first trial.
Mankato, Mimi, April 90. - With
pale. worn face, which has begun to
reveal its pOssessor's terrific mental
strain. DR.. George r. Koch, handsome
and youthful, the alleged murderer Of
DR.. Louis A. Gebhardt. sat stOldly in
court yesterday afternoon and heard
the accusation that he had attempted
to employ a hireling to murder DR..
Gebhardt.
Ole Ulen. farmer living near
Hanska. was the witness who made
the allegation. The significance of
the words, He asked me if would
kill DR.. Gebhardt,' did not appear TO
agitate the defendant, who sat as il
in meditation and only half-conscious
of the proceedings.
Handkerchief Is kochs.
Chief Of Police Adolph Klause, on
the witness stand just before noon,
declared that Miss Ida Koch, sister Of
George r. Koch, had told him that
the handkerchief found in Dr.. Geb-
hardts Office on the night of the MUIR
der was lone of Georges and that
"it was one she had marked with the
initials C. r. K.
The testimony of the chief was a
surprise and a sensation. AT the
first trial he did pot quote Ida Koch
as making any such statements Coun-
sci for the defense was dumbfounded.
Mankato, Mimi. April 30,-Dr G. r.
Koch, the alleged murderer of DR..
Gebhardt, left the Blue Earth county
court house last evening jubilant
man, his face wreathed in smiles.
Mrs. Katherine Kaes, states wit
ness. who was sworn to testify that
the hammer found near the murdered
dentists body was one used about the
office of DR.. Koch provoked the
smiles.
Mrs. KaeS stated positively upon
the witness stand that the hammer or
exhibition was not the one she had
seen in the parlors of DR.. Koch. Mrs.
Kaes was to have been the star wit
ness for the state yesterday, hut the
strange and unexpected tenor OF her
testimony startled even the staid and
immovable Mr.. Childs. who is in
charge of the prosecution.
Rhinehold DahmS a twenty-three-
year-old man who lives On the road
over which DR.. Koch was accustomed
to go to and from his dental office.
was on the witness stand a greater
part of the day. Dahms testified that
he was employed every winter to
work at the Koch home. He testified
that he saw the hammer exhibited in
court as the one found near the body
of DR.. Gebhard. at the Koch home
stead every winter until two years
ago.
Mankato Mimi, May 2. - more
than one of the witnesses for the state