The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-01
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and is considered by very many good
people as case of great public con.
Germ. To such an extent has this feel
ing extended that the bounds of pro
priety. have been far .overstepped and
the administration Of Justice in it's due
to some extent, hampered and delayed
The ripples Of public sentiment have
been augmented into monster waves of
public feeling, intended to beat down
all opposition and to carry everything
before them without regard for due
forms of law. This condition Of the
public, mind augurs no good to the pub,
by. all good people.
"Under such conditiont as these, it
should be forever understood that the
courts Of this country are competent to
bring. to Justice the laWbreaker and are
a safe refuge for the innocent. 1t
demonstrated that the courts of this
country will stand as a rock capped
wall Of adamant against which the huge
pillows Of public prejudice may beat
eng thunder, only to fall back in utter
defeat; and that a distorted public
have no place alongside the cool and dis
passionate administration Of justice in
the courts Of law. They are not potent
factors in reaching right results. It
| should not be forgotten that the god
dess Of justice is blind to everything
save only law and evidence.o
Judge Cray then instructed the jury
as to the meaning of reasonable doubt,
the value of impeaching testimony, cir
cumstantial evidence, etc. He instruct
ed the jury that it must bring in YER
diet Of murder in the first degree or an
acquittal.
The jury retired at 11:4O am. in
~ oF D., IItJ1
They took a number Of the exhibits into
the jury room.
DR.. Koch was not taken in custody.
The court took a recess until 2 pm.
Mr.. Brown, in his argument late yes
terday, said:
In seeking motive, we must not
deal with the realms Of the ina gina-
ence and the laws Of human nature as
we understand them. They suggest alb
solutely no reason for DR.. Koch to have
committed the crime. If two men be-
gin to disagree in a town the size Of
New y p1lm, it j is !; not long before every.
Speaking, of the defendant 5, where
Brown took up the telephone.sincident
and said that it showed to what
straits the state was driven for a
motive. It was not a good thing to
have the name Of Miss Fitzpatrick, who
is schoolteacher, heralded over the
state in connection with this case. sit
was absolutely atrocious and inexcus-
able. Like other witnesses for the
defense, the attorney declared, " she
has been trampled down without PITY
Mr.. Brown defended Mrs. Thomas,
who had testified to having seen DIR.
Koch walking home the evening of the
homicide. He resented the insinua-
tions Of the state, and said she was
in the way and that was the reason
why she had been trampled under foot
by the brutal prosecution.
$50 far as | know" declared Mr..
Brown, she is as virtuous as any
woman living. The prosecution has
flashed the tongue Of poisonous SLAM
der at her, and even at the name Of
her deceased husband, while Edgar
Dingler, the state s witness, is com
pared with David, the Lord g anoint-
ed. Next to the Savior, Dingley is
holy-the man who has been i'm
peached
Taking up the matter Of the alibi,