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


From Wednesdays Daily.
Juror McGregor has been under the
weather for couple of days, but by
an effort has been able to attend to his
duties.
The jury attended the theatre Monday
night having boxes.
The jurors are more lively than
those composing the last jury, and like
to Chamber over the hills. They like to
sit up late, and the last ones seldom re-
tire before midnight They have a
good deal of sport watching spooney
couples on the court house porches. Al
most nightly there is gum-sucking going
on at these places, and the jurors
quietly observe it through the glass
doors, unseen.
The defense expects to rest tomoir
row noon. Some new evidence will be
put on tomorrow forenoon, that is ex-
pected to be surprise
Yesterday party of seven drove
over from GAINESVILLE to listen to the
proceedings When the arguments are
made Friday and Saturday, number
from the southern part of this county
are expected.
1t seems likely that the case will
get to the jury about Saturday.
This morning W. f. Koch was exam
ined as to the paths or routes from the
city to his fathers home He describ-
ed his conversation with DR.. Koch on
Wednesday morning, when he inform
ed him of the murder, and said that he
wore the same clothing after the homi
eide that he did before The young
mans actions were also natural The
witness had used the path by the
Dahms' daily, but had seen no blood on
the post. The passage between the posts
is fourteen inches wide at the top and
twelve at the bottom. The witness
had seen nothing wrong with his broth
er's hands up to Friday night when he
had been telephoned to bring home some
medicine. He had applied this to the
burns and the blisters were unbroken.
The Koch premises are somewhat light
ed by the city are lights, as twenty-five
can be seen down in the city There are
many rabbits near the premises. Cross
examined, Mr.. Koch said that he was
in Turner hall when telephone mes
sage was received announcing the muir
der. FIFTEEN or more persons were
there, planning for rabbit drive the
following Sunday, and all but five or
six went to the scene of the murder.
The witness, the janitor and couple of
men who were taking a bath were
among those who did not 90. He had
ridden home with man who ran the
creamery, who fumbled around a good
deal before he could find his lantern.
The witness had gone to bed at is
or ll:20 and George was not yet in bed
He had thought that George was down
'V"h- L nv tiOCk Is seven or
eight minutes fast On redirect. the
witness told of the old hammer on his
fathers premises, and said that the one
in evidence is not the one.
Paul Hippauf, the college student who
worked for his board at the Koch home
and roomed with w. E. and George r.
Koch. testified that it was one minute
before ten o'clock when DIR. Koch en-
tered the bedroom the night of Nov.
lst The witness had given him
book and he had taken it and gone up-
stairs and did not come back until af-
ter the witness was asleep. The de-
PENDANTS clothes and actions were the
same as usual. Cross examined. the
witness said that he did not know the
time that DR.. Koch came home, and
could not recollect when he entered the
room an any other night W. +. Koch
was the first to talk with him about
the matter, and that was on Thursday.
Miss Emma Koch. who keeps house