The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-05-13

been stamped on the Train, pIOFlulllS,
as claimed by several witnesses of
the state, it was mailed at the depot,
the defense evidently could convince
the jury through these witnesses that
the states testimony regarding the
mailing Of the poison package is i'm
peached.
Mankato, Mimi, May 9.-It is prob
able that in five days more the jury
| in the trial of DR.. George r. Koch,
| charged with the murder of DR.. l.. A.
| Gebhardt at New Ulm, will receive
the instructions of Judge Cray and re-
| tire to find a verdict. The defense
has already introduced about forty OF
| it's witnesses, and as there are less
| than a hundred in all to be produced,
| it is very likely that the arguments
will be made Thursday or Friday OF
| this week.
Good Day for Koch.
DR.. Koch left the court house Sat
| urday evening a happy man. Through
the pushing crowd of curious, morbid
men and women who had come to get
| a glance at him, he made his way
| with the elastic step of man who
| had suddenly been relieved OF tor
| menting cares.
For it was the defense's day in the
murder trial. Witness after witness,
! twenty in all, were introduced by the
| defense and questioned in an appar-
| emily successful attempt to show that
| the accused man was not the owner
| of the hammer, found in the Office Of
| the murdered man; that he wore the
same clothes for many days after the
| murder that he had worn on the night
| it occurred; that he had never shown
| enmity for the murdered man, and
| that it would have been impossible
| for him to send the poison package.
Mankato, MINI, May 10. = Prof.
| Richard Fischer, state chemist OF
| Wisconsin, and DR.. J. w. Andrews OF
| Mankato, two experts on chemistry
and poison, were on the witness stand
| for the defense in the DR.. Koch muir
der trial yesterday afternoon, to
| that it is impossible to compute the
exact proportion of poison which ex-
| listed in the bottle sent to DR.. Geb-
| hardt.
In the testimony of Prof. Fischer
| yesterday the defense hopes it has
| proven that it is impossible to say
whether there was sufficient poison in
| the bottle to cause death, if thorough
| ly compounded with the effervescent
| salts and taken as directed. While
| Prof. Fischer did not say that an or
binary dose of the contents OF the
| poison bottle would not be sufficient
| to cause death, provided the poison
was equally compounded with the
other mixture, he said that if only a
few grains were analysed it would be
| impossible to ascertain the general
proportion Of poison.
The chemist also said that strych-
nine was the most bitter substance
known, and this point was brought
out by the defense to show that a
dentist, had he sent the bottle or
| poison to Dr. Gebhardt, should have
] KNOWN Gel ldIlI AACoh0 "a oN
| complishing his purpose, as he would
F.! have been aware that dentise at
once would recognize the taste of the
poison.
Mankato, Mimi, May Ill never
identified the handkerchief never
| did,"
With face pale and lips nervously
| quivering, but firmly and unhesitat-
| ingly, Miss Ida Koch, sister of DR..
George R. Koch, yesterday afternoon
denied the story that she had told
| Chief Klause the handkerchief found
near the body of the murdered man
was her brothers.
The young woman was called to the
F. witness stand to testify regarding the
alibi the defense is endeavoring to es-
! tablish She told of her presence in
the sitting room of the Koch home
when her brother George arrived
there on the night Of the murder, and
said there was nothing unusual in her
brothers appearance.
According to the father and sister,
DR.. Koch arrived home at 9:45 o'clock
on the night of the murder, according
to the clock in the home, which later