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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Members Of Koch Family Testify as to
Time Dentist Arrived Home.

Members Of Koch Family Testify as to
Time Dentist Arrived Home.
New Ulm, Mimi. Jan. Is. - At the
close of court yesterday Senator Som
erville announced that G. r. Koch will
go on the stand as a witness in his
own defense in his trial for the muir
der of DR.. l.. A. Gebhardt.
Strongly Arrays Testimony.
Yesterdays proceedings in court
can be separated into three phases
the attempt of the defense to prove it's
alibi; to prove that DR.. Koch conduct
ed himself in the ordinary manner af-
ter the murder, and to establish that
the hammer found in DR.. Gebhardt's
office after the murder did not belong
to the Koch family and may have be-
longed to the murdered dentist.
The hammer evidence was the most
striking produced by the defense yes
terday. First. there was an attempt to
create a reasonable doubt in the minds
of the Jurors as to the ownership of
the hammer, and, second, an attempt
10 prove tlldt the udl1iillci ulu ilOl UC-
long to the elder Koch. as claimed by
the state.
Several witnesses who We're treated
professionally by DR.. Koch the day
after the murder testified that no
scratches or injuries were seen on the
defendants hands, and that there was
nothing strange or unusual in his con
duct or appearance.
Build Up Strong AIibi.
Members of the Koch family took up
most of the morning session in giving
the testimony which, if uncOntro-
verted, will go a long way toward saw
ing DR.. Koch from the gallows. With
out contradiction, they told their
stories and stood by them, even when
fercely assailed by the cross-examina-
ton of the state.
The father. brother and sisters OF
the defendant testified as to the time
when Koch arrived home the night of
the murder. and as to his appearance
and conduct, which they all agree. was
| calm and unruffled.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
DR.. KOCH IS A
STAR WITNESS
EXAMINATION OF DEFENDANT
; GOES INTO EVERY PHASE OF
THE CASE.
MAKES A GOOD IMPRESSION
BEARING AND TESTIMONY A
SOURCE OF SATISFACTION TO
HIS FRIENDS.

The state rested Wednesday in the
case of DR.. Koch, under trial at New
Ulm for the murder of DR.. Gebhardt.
Six days were taken up by the prosecu-
ton IN presenting evidence against the
accused nan Briefly summed up, the
states case is as follows:
DR.. Koch was in the barber shop I'M
der Gebhardt's office less than fifteen
minutes before the murder was COM
mitted.
He passed the window of the Re
view office, adjoining Gebhardt's stair
way, just before a man was heard to
stalk heavily up the stairs.
A handkerchief bearing the initials
&C. r. X" was found stained with
blood in the murdered dentists room.
A pencil, such as Koch received less
than an hour before the murder was
committed. was found in a pool of
blood at the dead mans side.
Koch's father had a hammer similar
to the one with which the dentist was
killed, and one witness positively iden-
titled it as the actual hammer.
LII. NeDndEQt T6CelVeu Il UOltle sup
posed to contain poison the week be
fore he was murdered. The state has
proved that this was strychnine.
The poison was SEM in a box such
rs DR.. Koch received from the Parke-
Davis company shortly after Oct. I.
The package was addressed to DR.. Geb.
hardt on a typewriter that was kept in
a room adjoining the office of DR.. Koch.
Dr.. Stricken, DR.. Koch's officemate,
missed strychnine from this bottle dur
ing October.
The word Sample" on the poison
box is in KOch's writing.
DIR. Koch told a farmer that some
one was going to kill DR.. Gebhardt.
He told a young man in New Ulm
that Gebhardt was a twO-faced -
DIR. Koch's hands were seen to have
sores upon them the day after the muir
der, and we're seriously burned or the
Friday following the murder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Handwriting and Typewriting Experts
Combat the States Claims.

New Ulm, Mimi, Jan. ia mass
of expert testimony relating to hand
writing land typewriting machines
Saturday prevented DR.. George r.
Koch from telling his own story on
the witness stand.
He will tell it, however, to-day and
he will tell it all. Nothing will be
kept back by a fearful defense appre-
hensive of trouble from a full eX-
p~loitation Of the cas-
Every fact connected with the hon.
icide will be laid bare, and if DR.. Koch
can clear up any obscure points. he will
do it. Nothing will be concealed.
Saturdays testimony was feature
less. The defense attempted to prove
to the jury that there was no doubt
that DIR. Koch severely burned his
hands by an accident at his home.
There was ONE expert testimony
tending to show that the address on
the poison package was not written on
the typewriting machine in the insur-
ance Office; also expert evidence de-
nying that DR.. Koch wrote the word
sample on the poison bottle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
NEW ULM MURDER.
Dr.. Koch on Trial for the Murder Of Dr.. Gebhardt.

1t developed yesterday that when DR..
Koch was seen on the evening of Nov.
/ with a bundle under his arm, he was
carrying a bottle of perfumery to Miss
Fitzpatrick. The jury was told he did
not have the murderous hammer under
his arm, but a friendly offering to the
young lady, on the occasion of her
birthday.
The scratches on DR.. Koch's hands
were received the Sunday before the
murder while the doctor was driving
with the young lady.
koch's Father on the Stand.
The defense then called the defend
ants father to the stand. Mr.. Koch
testified that on the night of the muir
der he was sitting in the house when
his son George came in.
The witness was certain it vas TWEEN.
ty-two minutes to 10 O'Clock, for the
Saturday before he had talked to his
son about spending more of his even
ings at home. When the son came in
that night the father looked at the
clock and noticed the time. This evil
dence of the father is important, as it
is the basis of the alibi which the de-
Tense expects to prove. DR.. Koch, &C
cording to the fathers testimony, did
not appear excited, nor was his man.
ner out of the ordinary.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Stranger Seen to Enter the Stairway
Leading to Gerhardt's Office.

Stranger Seen to Enter the Stairway
Leading to Gerhardt's Office.
New Ulm, Mimi, Jan. 14.-The de-
tense began it's inning in the Koch
murder trial yesterday, and the foun-
dation was laid for evidence, which DIR.
KOch's attorneys claim. not only will
acQuit the accused dentist, but also
will exonerate him in the eyes of the
public.
The defense had on the stand two of
the star witnesses, E. G. Koch. the
aged father of the defendant, and An
ton HOrsak. the shoemaker who
claimed he saw a middle-aged stranger
who held a handkerchief to his face
enter the Gebhardt stairway about
9:16 O'Clock the night of the murder.
Another important witness was Miss
Gertrude Fitzpatrick. daughter of
Senator Fitzpatrick of Winona.
Miss Fitzpatrick. according to the
testimony yesterday, un%consciously
had a part in creating two
Suspicious Circumstances
connecting DR.. Koch with the murder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Editor Brooks Says He Did Not Rec,
oQnize Murderer.

Editor 6rookS says re Oio Not Hec'
ognize Murderer.
New Ulm, Mimi, Jan. 10. The
states case against D.. G.. r. Koch, on
trial for the murder If DR.. l.. A. Geb-
hardt on the evening Of Nov. l. came
to a dramatic close shortly before S
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The state has produced all its wit
nesses against DIR. Koch and is ready
to rest. A. P. Brooks, the editor. and
the only eyewitness to the murder.
was on the stand nearly all day. He
was called by the court. The state
and the defense had the benefit of the
crOss-examinatiOn.
Brooks insisted that he did not rec
ognize the murderer while looking
through the transom over the door to
DIR. Gebhardt's office while the crime
was being committed. The cross-ex-
animation by Gen. Chi.ds was severe.
but Brooks held to the essential points
OF his testimony.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
Farmer Burned to Death.

Maple Lake. Mimi, Jan. IS. - God.
fried Neumann, aged sixty, was found
burned to death at his farm home,
five miles west of here. All the mem
bers of the family were at church
and on their return they found him
lying on the floor badly burned and
dead Nothing burned in the house.
How it occurred is not known.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

The old settler sat alone In his cab
in, where the hand of woman Had new.
er been known. and dirt reigna1 tri-
umphant. The conversation suYned
upon cooking. "Yaas," draw3ed the
old man, Il got one of then there
cook books wunst, but l never ee0id do
nOthin' with it."
What was the d%ificulty?" asked the
visitor from civilization, persuaavely.
why, every one of then recipe
things starts off with Take q clean
dish "-CaSSelIs Journal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
TWO HOoSlER LADS SENTENCED.
Came West for Adventure, and Will
Now Stay Awhile.

Two and a half years in the peniten-
tiary for WILDER Egbert and tive years
for Ivan Goodwin were sentences i'm
posed by Judge Gaffy at Miller after
the young men had decided to plead
guilty without trial to charges OF horse
stealing. The states attorney had
such a strong case against them that
they saw the folly Of standing trial
next April.
These are the Indianapolis dime
novel youths who said they came to
South Dakota last summer to work in
the harvest fields, but finding the task
too hard each stole a horse and saddle
and went to North Dakota. An e(1cer
followed them and brought Goodwin
back, but Egbert went home t. In
dianapolis. The horses and saddles
we're returned from North Dakota,
where the boys had sold then.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Down at Salem, Mass, q woman has
sued for divorce because her husband
kicked her with his wooden leg. He
will mo- doubt set up the plea that he
couldn't stand on his wooden leg and
kick her with the other.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Examination Of Defendant Goes Into
Every Phase of the Case.
New Ulm, Mimi. Jan. 18.-Dr. G.. r.
Koch, whom the state charges with
numbering DR.. L. A. Gebhardt, was on
the witness stand nearly five hours
yesterday, and at the conclusion of
his cross-examination by Gen. Childs
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

A town named Hohokus in New Jer-
sey has produced another Mrs. Chad.
wick. The village should petition the
legislature for authority to change its
name to Hocus Pocus.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Dona Maria Francisco O'Reii:y de
Camara, Countess of Buena Vista. is
suing to recover the hereditary Hav-
n monopoly OF slaughtering cattle.
y name like hers would make q great
sign W. q slaughter house.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
TRIAL or BURTON
For Receiving illegal Fees While a
Senator TO ee Held in Washington.

washington, Jan. 18.-The trial un.
der the indictment charging Senator
Burton with receiving a cash payment
at st. Louis will proceed Immediately
at this place. The department of jus.
tice has got yet considered the ques-
ton Of the trial place OF the indict-
ment alleging payment in this city. 1t
Is possible the statute of limitation
may operate against it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
Guilty of Wife Murder

Milwaukee, Jan. 15.-William Not
ten was last night found guilty of muir
der in the first degree by a jury in
Judge Braces court. Molten was
charged with the murder of his wife
on Sept. IL last.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

A pretty girl kissed Senator Cullom
the other day for saving her lover
from going to the Philippines. Does
anybody wonder that q senatorship is
considered such a desirable berth?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

A nude man on the top of a heap OF
snow and armed with nothing but a
c-ow-bar kept q dozen New York po-
lcemen at bay for half an hour. He
must have been a cool one.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

The Moscow zemstvo has decided
to quit and go home. It's a wise
zemstvO that knows when there's no
use hanging around and running up
board bills. -
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Mr.. Morgan showed poor judgment
In paying $4,000 for the Oldest piano
In the world. He could have got one
every bit as bad for a great deal less
money.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

It is not true that Arthur F. Duffey,
the Splinter, is going to Australia to
get points from the festive kangaroo.
He is going to show the mo fear" fel.
lows how to travel.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Names Official game record shows
that 4.471 deer, moose and bears we're
shot during the past season. The rest
Of the sport was furnished by six men
who were mistaken for deer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

II r. = pleasure to learn that all The
soldiers In the vicinity Of Mukden po,v
have shoes. There are ! great MANI
things funnier than going barefoot -
= country where snow and Ice conan,r.
~ hide the green grass under aho,t
I've leet ~ chilliness.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
Frozen Body Found.

Pierre, S. D., Jan. 15.-The body of
an unidentified man supposed to have
frozen to death, was found near the
forks of the Bad river, sixty-five miles
west Of Fort Pierre, and is being
brought here for an inquest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Harvard may not win very often at
football or rowing, but when it comes
to chess, it Is Harvard. Princeton, Co
lumbia. Yale. Now for the ping-pong
championship.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

A visiting English earl ands an
American murder trial very interest
ing. 1t is good to md earls interest
ed in other things In America than the
hank account of . marriageable young
woman.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

The Japanese art OF tiu-jitsu. 1t APP
pears. is didicult, OF requirement. It
cannot be learned IN . few easy les
sons or from . correspondence school.
rs cooking or the French language
can.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Arthur Sawtelle of Oakland. Me-, is
70 years old and has just been shot
accidentally for the fifth time. One
might think he would be gun-shy by
this time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

A German court has decided that
poker Is not = game Of chance. It
certainly isn't when an innocent
stranger sits down to take a hand "fn
Z friendly little game" operated by
gentlemen who depend on it for q liy.
ing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

1t will be remembered that those
persons who tried to have fun with
young Gould's celebrated g%randparent
generally came to grief.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Football legislation received it's first
attention in the senate Monday, COM
ing in a bill by Lightner, who seeks to
do away with the rougher plays in the
game, proving a disqualification for
any player of any school team who
either accidentally or Intentionally in
jured another player. Other senate
bills were by Cordell, to change back
to the old district method of selecting
county commissioners, instead of the
present county system; by Andrews,
to provide state aid for high schools,
n by Lightner, to encourage tree
planting or school grounds.
At the Saturday session of the sem
ate a resolution was presented for a
joint committee to visit the soldiers
home and investigate the needs of that
institution. Monday Bonney moved
that the junket committee consist of
all the members and employees of both
houses, and that they be given thirty
days in which to make the trip.
The senate made the first move for
a recess adjournment by adopting a
resolution for an adjournment from
Thursday of this week to Tuesday OF
next week, and this will come t o the
house for adoption tomorrow.
In the house, Horribly Of Moody start
ed the first freak bill, a measure for
the protection of jack rabbits, and
making a closed eason from May ] to
Sept. Is. Other house bills were by
Parmley, to provide for a parole law
for good conduct prisoners; by Car
roll, to limit liability of ~sureties on
bonds; by Groce, to prevent the prac-
tice of veterinary surgery by any 9th.
er than graduates from reputable vet.
Urinary schools; by Johnson, to COM
pei long distance telephone companies
to make connections; by Bratrud. again
to make the term of the county auditor
begin on March /, it having been
changed to Jan. /, by the code com.
mission in it's compilation; and by
Martin, to provide for a stone library
building on the s%tatehouse grounds and
appropriatinA 500, 900 for that purpose.
A petition by farmers in the vicinity
of Bloomington was presented, asking
for an appropriation to pay for horses
killed by order of the veterinary sur
Oonn
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Shall women run push carts?" asks
q New York paper. II women must
operate push carts, perhaps they
should be limited to pushing them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
IN SILENCE.
Musician and NobIeman Too Proud to
Tell Relatives Of His Trouble.

IT" VI ~ FVF'0'C.
Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 49, -Comte
valiant de la Croix, formerly musical
director in the Illinois conservatory at
Jacksonville, and the knickerbocker
conservatory in New York. dis
tinguished for his work in grand
opera. and the last male survivor OF
the famous titled French family, is ill
and in poverty here because he is too
proud to let his rich relatives in
France know of his condition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Tom O'Brien, king of me gold rick
men, died the other day in a French
prison. The queen of the tribe is in
Jail at Cleveland.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Countess Cassini, the daughter of
n Russian ambassador, has been poi
soned by something she has eaten,
but a Japanese plot is not suspected.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

II. Fl. Rogers is in a position to
prove that it is a mistake to suppose
that a man who has SIS, 100000 can do
as he pleases.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
Carter Lacks Eleven Votes.

Helena, Mont, Jan. Is. - The first
joint ballot in the legislature resulted
in no election for United States n
tor. Ninety-fve votes we're cast. ono
member being absent and tive paired
making As the number Necessary to
elect. Thomas H. Carter came within
II of the requisite number.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
70 Succeed Senator .earo.

Sacramento. Cal, Jan. 13. Frank
p. Flint, Republican of Los Angelo,
was yesterday elected United States
senator to succeed Thomas r Bard
whose term expires March 4. 1906.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

People in large towns live three and
a half years longer than people in the
country. But If they live so much
faster where is the advantage?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

Pepper is reported to be selling fol
80 a pound in the Klondike. The ma.
fives are probably not doing any
sneeZing.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

An Ohio burglar remained conceal
ed under a piano while a girl played
for an hour. He was punished enough
and ought to be turned loose.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

The first attempt at speechmaking
before the present session of the leg
islature was in the house Tuesday.
when Vanosdel of Yankton spoke in
opposition to the resolution memorial
izing congress to pass the 6i0-acre
homestead bill. He went back to an
cient history to prove that it is not
necessary, and announced his opposi-
ton to the measure.
The first roll call of the session was
demanded on the concurrence in the
senate resolution for a recess adjourn
ment, resulting in it's adoption by a
vote Of 65 to 20.
The wolf bounty advocates have de-
cided to make a fight for increased
bounty, since it has been agitated by
the bill to repeal the old law, and
Stokes of Butte Tuesday introduced a
bill t. increase the bounty from So to
s. on wolves, with a total limitation
of $4,000 a year.
Other house bills were: BY Lindley,
making homesteads subject to me-
chanics' liens; Wolzmuth, fixing sal
aries of county auditors and registers
of deeds on population basis, and by
Stokes of Marshall, to provide the
manner of %refunding county floating
debts.
A number of bills were presented in
the senate. Many were duplicates of
house bills. The principal measures
were: BY Northrup, to prevent the
-+,ol,,o+;Dr nf rovio,c ;rccotc ;rtO
the state; by Wagner, providing for
taxing the costs of a suit to the plant
if when the suit is brought in the
wrong county.
A communication was presented
from Gov. Herried, transmitting the
report Of the boundary commission
which fixed the boundary between Ne
olution accepting the report was push
ed through both houses.
A communication was received from
the governor of Virginia asking for
an appropriation for al exhibit of the
state at the jamestown celebration in
that state.
1t is not likely that any attempt will
be made to rush business before the
recess adjournment. which will carry
the sessio.. up to Jan. II before any
real work commences.
In the house Wednesday the joint
resolution memorializing congress for
the passage of the 640-acre homestead
act was placed on final passage. Daley
and sweeney spoke in favor of the
measure, which passed by a vote of
Is to 8.
Brown of Bookings offered a reso-
luton that both houses meet in joint
session at 2 o'clock Thursday to listen
10 the arguments of J. w. Shepard OF
the agricultural college and Dairy Com
missioner C. p. Sherwood on the needs
OF the state for pure food laws. This
was adopted.
The pay of clerks was materially
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
Sutherland for Senator.

Salt Lake City. Utah, Jan. m.-IThe
Republican caucus last night nonina-
ted ex-Congressman George Aushey-
land for senator.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

A war correspondent says many OF
the Japanese private soldiers are nut
ty. All OF them seem to be tough
nutty.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
Col. Greene declares that he losi
$4,000, 900 in less than a week. Who
got it?

Saxony's new king is very hard up
He has only S8S7,500 a year, with sia
young children to support.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20
Farmer Dies While at Work,

Mazeppa, Mimi, Jan. IS. = Squire
Baker, one of the Oldest settlers of
this place, died suddenly while haul
ing a load Of wood. He was found
about a mile from town, nearly dead.
and his horse down In a snow drift
He expired before reaching home.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

connecting DR.. Koch with the murder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-01-20

he returned to his seat near his at
torneys. His bearing and his testi-
mony was a source of satisfaction to
his friends and a disappointment to
some of his
The accused man proved to be the
star witness for the defense, and while
his testimony added nothing new in
the way of facts, his appearance on
the stand and his demeanor under fire
of questions were strong points in es-
tablishing a conviction that he is inno-
cent.