The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-12

said that pieces of strychnine tablets
will easily pulverize into fine dust, in
which case large particles would not be
found in bottle.
"Look Out For Ed"
Sheriff Julius was called. DR.. Rein
exc told Tony Weisner in my presence
about his recognizing tine hammer as
DR.. Gebhard's and having laughed when
he saw the handle sawed off. went
to the Koch residence Saturday with
Chief Klause and looked at handker-
chiefs. Did not look at the clothing that
DR.. Koch was wearing. Mr.. klause took
him to tine light and looked at his
knees. l did not look at the handker-
chiefs. Went to DR.. Kocns office Fri
day, accompanied by Koch, and looked
at the cravenette overeoat. Saw no
blood on it. Turned the sleeves inside
out, but did not do this with the peck
cts, but felt into them. Saw no signs of
washing or shrinking or of its having
been tempered with in any way. Saw
Koch wearing coat similar to this one
day afterwards. | took charge of DIR.
Gebhard's office the night of the muir
der. Went back after the body had
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open two inches. The safe contained
$50 to $50. The day book was lying on
top of the safe. Saw no due bill or
memorandum. Saw letter which said
to be on the lookout for Ed or Fred
or somebody. 1t was among a pile of
letters and was left there. The key
to the office was later turned over to
DR.. Gebhard's brother. | examined the
office the day after the murder, with
Chief Klause. The letter was found
this time or several days later. Think
Chief Klause was the one who found the
letter and read it to me and put it back
where he got it. | did not take it
out again, or tell DIR. Gebhard's brother
about it. l had the keys to the office
a week or so.
On cross examination, the witness
said That he was in DIR. Koch's office
half an hour, examining clothing. Was
at the house ten minutes examining
clothing. Might have examined the
defendants knees at the office instead
of at the house. The examinations were
made in the day time. Had heard that
lamp or candle light will bring out
stains that cannot be seen in daylight.
Cravennette overcoats look alike.
The morning recess was taken, and
Sheriff julius cross examination was
then continued Paid no attention to
the letter referred to.
On redirect, the witness failed to re-
members whether he examined the over
coat on Friday or Saturday afr the
murder
Typewriter Testimony.
Singleton of Minneapolis, type
writer expert, formerly superintendent
of the Fox factory in Michigan, testi-
fed. The Fox machine is similar to the
Rmington and Smith Premier. Later
he was with the Jewett company. The
Jewett is very similar to the Smith
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machine on the market. Had charge of
the repair department of the Fox fac
tory, and have done it myself. Was
a salesman for year. A close observer
can tell the type of one machine from
another. The Smith Premier machine
is very simple in its alignment and does
not stand up well. The pivots are cas-
lily worn and this causes looseness This
causes the letters to strike differently
sometimes in one place and sometimes
in another. The rule is for any type
bar to be out of alignment after little
use. The Smith Premier is type bar
machine. The roller of the wide car
riage machine in evidence has been used
some for practice, but not for general
correspondence.
The alignment of the machine in evil
dence, when examined by me at the
trial at New Ulm, was loose and the
letters would not appear in the same rel
alive positions at different times. A
rapid operator would have a tendency
to place one letter on top of another,
which is what we call piling. A slow
operation would leave more space be-
tween the letters. A letter may some
times tilt one way and sometimes an
J other, because of the type being loose
| in the type bar, but not loose enough
7 to drop out The placing of a new roll
e Ter in a machine changes the alignment
h because the diameter of the roller
4 changes. If the diameter is changed
h the type bars have to raise hign in the
h type basket. A widecarriage machine
is more apt to get out of alignment