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

ward the door. 1t was a foot from the
north wall of the operating room. The
en- inches high. There were spatters of
blood on both sides of the door to the
reception room. Saw DR.. Koch's hands
at his dental office Nov Attn, in the
presence of Sheriff Julius. Saw some
sores on the first, second and third
fingers, on the knuckles of the right
hand. The appearance of the sores
was fresh, and the size of the end of
lead pencil. They were about as deep
as the thickness of the skin. There
were scratches in the palm of the left
hand Visited Koch at his home Nov.
5th, with Sheriff julius. Miss Ida Koch
was there. We examined some clothing
and handkerchiefs. Saw about twenty
four handkerchiefs. and among them
were some that resembled the one pick
ed up the night of the murder in the
Gerhard reception room. They were
marked &c. r. X" with ink | asked
Miss Ida Koch if she had seen the hand
kerchief that was found at Gebhard's
office, and she said eyes," it is one
that / marked" DR.. Koch was present
at this conversation. The same day,
DR.. Kocn's office was examined.
The noon recess was taken.
The examination of Chief Klause con-
tinued this afternoon. An overcoat and
raincoat were noticed in DR.. Koch's of
flee, but not examined that day. On
Nov. 4th we looked at a cravennette
overcOat and at the trousers DR.. Koch
was wearing. The trousers were dark
with stripe. The overcoat was dark
gray, almost black, with pockets ocross
the hip. At the Koch home, l examined
four or five handkerchiefs for the let
tering. On Jan. End |, Mr.. Rydell, Eu-
gene Pfefferle and one other walked
from Gebnard's office to the Koch resi-
dence, by way of the creamery. 1t
took fourteen minutes and twenty five
seconds. The same evening | went an
other route, by way of the alley and
public school lot / ran and made it
in seven minutes and twenty seconds.
The shortest route for the defendant
to go home would be by way of Sec
ond street north Between Garden
street and the Koch premises there is
slough, with a driveway graded up.
There are no buildings between the
Dahm and Koch residences. the low
land was used as pasture and enclos
ed by fence, The driveway is block
ed by gate a block from the Dahm
residence. This gate is made of two
barbed wires and held by posts ten feet
apart There is narrow passage be-
tween two posts that person can pass
through. The ground is rough right
there The witness identified the bloody
handkerchief He told what ne did with
the poison bottle the five hours that he
had possession of it on Nov. Sth He
had shown it to all of the druggists and
| doctors in the city, but it had not been
on.<lad
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On the Frying Pan.

Mr.. Abbott conducted the cross exam
nation. l was appointed chief of police
by Mayor Silverson. Looked at the
clock in my house wnen | was notified
of the murder and it was 9:5S. Did
not examine the back stairway from the
hall, to my recollection. Knew of the
back stairs, and that they opened on an
an alley. Examined the stairs after l
a. m. that night. The door from the
hall to the stairs was not locked. The
back stairs are covered. There was no
body in any of the rooms when l went
into Reinke's offic eandsawthe G
into Reinke's office and saw the back
window open. Weisenborn told me
about the window being open. There
was blood on the inside knob of the
laboratory door from the~reception room.
A door leads from the joint reception
room into DR.. Reinke's reception room,
and it was window of the latter where
the sash was up and the screen cnt. The
place where the screen was cut was the
nearest to the wires of any window
The bracket being broken, weight ON
the wire would bring the wire down
nearly to the ground and would bear
away from the building. The vertical
cut on the screen was about three and
a half feet, and the on on the base was
about tighten inches. Tow wires, both
insulated, were pulled loose that night
Pieces of the screen and of the window
SASH and of the door of the reception
room were cut out and preserved. A
common door key was found lying on
the screen in the operating room. Made
no effort to see what doors in New
Ulm it would fit. Saw Brooks right
after the murder and got a description
of the man he saw in the room and
dent it to different towns. He showed a
telegram which he sent to Sleepy Eye
Eye, but which he said was worded a
|
little differently in regard to the age
Started out to get clues as to man
who committed the murder. The blood
marks ON the wire were on a portion
beyond the bracket. One was three
feet from the bracket and the other
fourteen inches further on Each was
the width of mans hand. | tolc
DR.. Reinke about this first and Sperif
julius was there. This was at a. m
next morning, which was when l found
them. An attorney named Popham OF
Chicago came to New Ulm and acted
as an attorney with Mr.. Pfaender il
getting evidence for citizens commit
tee. | devoted nearly all my time fol
many weeks getting evidence to be tax
EN- in proceeding before a justice Of
the peace. Do not remember whether
in my testimony in that proceeding
mentioned having found the blood OF
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porting the case for the Daily News, only
started to work for that paper Mon
day, after having been with the Pho
neer Press for five years. He reported
the proceedings of the lower branch of
the legislature for his paper.
DIR. Koch is standing the trial well,
and shows no evidence of strain or
worry. He is accompanied at each SEES
sion by a number of his relatives,
brothers, sisters and cousins. He sell
dom speaks, and only then when spok-
en- to. He smiled when asked as to a
report current on the street that he had
tainted, and remarked that he is in
good health.
Chief Klause stated to the Free Press
today that the fact that he was not
asked at the New Ulm trial about the
conversation with Miss Ida Koch was
an oversight. Gen. Childs forgot to
ask him the question, and when it was
sought to use the testimony TO ln4leach
Miss Ida Koch's testimony it was too
late.
Miss Koch strongly denies having said
to Chief Klause that the handkerchief
found at the Gerhard offices was one of
Georges.
Among the newcomers at the trial
this morning from New Ulm were w. |.
Eibner and F. H. Retzlaff of the cltl-
zens' committee, Mr.. and Mrs. Gustaf
Dahms and Reinhald Dahms, across
whose yard it is now claimed the muir
derer ran, Sheriff Julius, and Mrs. An
drew Kaesse, the scrub woman who will
testify as to the hammer being in DR..
Kochs office.
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ing room. Body was lying on its stom
aeh, and pencil was on the floor, near
the left side of the head Saw it first
when l came out of the laboratory. Aft
er the body was turned over, the pencil
was twelve or fifteen inches from the
screen in DR.. Reineke's office.
On cross examination, witness said
that he is night police. Saw Brooks
standing on the street in front of the
Review office when / got the chair. 1t
was a high office chair. Saw a dead
body when / looked over the transom,
but no live man. / said ooh, Jesu" in
German, which means " Oh, Jesus" l
did not think that there was live man
in DIR. Resineke's office | did not, say
anything or run out, although it was
dark.
Didn't you say at the last trial that
you were afraid of the dark"
81 just took that question for fun"
"You didn't get scared that night,
did your"
"a little"
'Where were you when you got
scared?"
"What does scared meant"
"Were you afraid?"
"Yes, a little"
"Was it when You were in the dark"
"Yes, guess So"
did you see Nenno taere?"
mo. not until Gen. Bobleter was
there?"
"You didn't say anything that he
heard?"
mo sir"
"He didn't duck out, did he?"
mo"
Didn't you testify at the last trial
that you got scared and ran out into
the hall?" A.
81 went out into the hall. L"
answer my question, did 3. you not
testify so?" s.qg Il 5s.+ gsre;,r3f.
"Well, l was not afraid" ,,et
did you go into DR.. Reineke's Of
flee without light"
'No, sir"
"When you got afraid then was in
the joint reception room, was it?"
"Yes, sir"
Mr.. Somerville showed the officer his
signed statement at the coroner's in
quest, wherein he answered don't no"
to the question whether the pencil was
lying near the body when he first went
in. He. explained that this was mis-
take on the part of Mr. Hoidale.
"Did you find out that it was
mistake before the New Ulm trial?"
'Yes, before the trial"
Mr.. Somerville read from the officers
testimony given at the New Ulm trial,
in which he said that the testimony
given by him at the coroner's inquest
was correct. He asked if he had not so
testified at the New Ulm trial.
''Yes, it may be. | was on duty
twenty-six hours on the murder night"
replied Mr.. Weisenborn.
"Bu tyou weren't on duty twentys six
hours at the time of the New Uum
trial?"
''No, not then"
"Well, what reason do you give for
testifying at New Ulm as you did about
the case?"
81 might have been mistaken"
On re didect, the witness said that
he talks in the German language at New
Ulm.
Chief Klause On.
Adolph Klause, chief of police of New
Ulm, was called. He said that he had
been chief of police for seven years. He
was at home when informed at two
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Were a Scared Lot.

Little courage existed among the den
liens of New Ulm, who were gathered in
the hall just outside DR.. Gebhard's of
flee, Immediately after the murder was
discovered. 1t is true enough that there
were great strong men in the gathering.
plenty of them, men who pride them
selves on their fighting qualities, and a
number of military men too, some of
whom had seen service under the stars
and stripes and thought up to that time
that they did not know what fear was.
Cautiously they peered around. Suddenly
a little noise was heard. Policeman
Weisenborn said, "There is man in
the next room," and the whole crowd
forgot everything but their own safety !;
the soldiers memories of bullets flying
thick and fast about them on the field
vanshed the burly men VINO had deem
ed themselves equal to any emergency
quailed; and pell nell, heller SHELTER.
down the steps the whole gathering clat-
tered, to escape the terrible imam in the
next room"
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y
the soldiers memories of bullets flying
thick and fast about them on the field
vanished; the burly men VINO had deem
ed themselves equal to any emergency
quailed; and pell nell, heller SHELTER
down the steps the Whole gathering clat
tered, to escape the terrible "man in the
next room"
Chief Klause's Warm Time.
After the recess yesterday afternoon
Chief Klause's cross examination con
tinued. ], knew, that there were two let
tiers on the handkerchief, but did not
tell the coroner about it when | handed
the handkerchief to him. Told Sheriff
Julius about it after / a. m. Could
not see any letters that evening except
sc. r." On Nov. End | found out that
the initials were sc. R. K" On the 4tl
went to Koch's office to examine him
because he was then suspected. Sheriff
Julius was with me. | wanted to eX-
anime his hands, because of the blood on
the window and the wires DIR. Koch
made no objection to showing his gar
ments or anything asked for. On the
18th we went to Dr. KOch's home and
asked for the nandkerchiefs. Ida Koch
brought them from the drawer and
turned them over to us to look at
Emma Koch was not present. Several
suits of Koch's clothes were shown us
and examined by us. | didn't look at
more than four or five handkerchiefs
They were all marked &c. r. H."
Mr.. Abbot referred to the Klause evil
dence given at the New Ulm trial, and
read it over. Klause in that testimony
said that he Thought that the older sis
ter was present. He also said that he
saw about twenty or twenty four hand
kerchiefs so marked" Witness said
that this referred to the handkerchief
being marked with indelible ink and not
SC. r. K"
"Why did you testify that you only
looked at four or five handkerchiefs
when you said at the New Ulm trial
that all were marked with indelible
ink?"
81 don't know. 1t must have been a
slip of the tongue
Witness said that he was not ask
ed at the New Ulm trial in regard to
what Ida Koch said about her hav-
ing marked the handkerchief found in
DR.. Gebhard's office.
"When you were asked what was
said,' and if there was anything else
said, why didn't you answer and tel
what Miss Kocn said instead of saying
you didn't remember exactly what was
said'?"
81 was waiting for the question to be
put"
"You went right back and took youl
seat behind your counsel, didn't your
eyes. sir"
"Did you tell your counsel that you
hadn't been asked this?''
eyes, sir"
"And they did not call you backY"
mo, sir"
"And Gen. Childs knew about it,"
eyes, sir"
"Who did you tell the conversation
to?"
TO County Attorney Hoidale."
Did you tell anybody else?"
Il presume | told Gen. Childs and Mr.
Pfaender." 81
Witness said that he would not swear
which hand of Koch had the sores on
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Chief Klause On.

Ulm, was called. He said that he had
been chief of police for seven years. He
was at home when informed at two
minutes to ten of the murder. He reach
minutes past ten. Mr.. Weisenborn was
there, but nobody else. Witness was
unable to identify the body and called
in Gen. Bobleter, who was near the door.
Saw the lead pencil lying on the blood
a foot from the head and six or eight
inches from the shoulder. Saw the
words ga. j. Vogel, lumber" on the
pencil. He stopped over and read the
words as the room was lighted and he
had his electric fash. He turned the
body to the left on the right shoulder,
forty-fve degrees. Took out the watch
from Gebhard's pocket and it was
1907. Told Gen. Bobletter to take, the
papers from the left upper vest pocket
The body was then identified The pen
ell was fourteen to sixteen inches from
the pocket mentioned. The pencil was
picked up next morning and given to
me.
Noticed that the screen was cut
close to tine frame Saw blood stains on
the frame, screen and window sill. There
were finger prints under the window
sash as though to raise it. There were
several finger marks on the right half
of the screen. There was some blood
on the curtains. There were wires
fastened to bracket by the side of the
window. The wires passed through a
ring and then to a post fifty feet
away. the window is fourteen to six
teen feet above the ground. The wires
passed foot above the roof of a shed
The telephone wire, which was the
nearest to the window, was torn off
and there was blood in two places on
the wire. There is an alley just under
the window, connecting Center street
with another alley going westerly to
Broadway street. 1t extends through
the next block to State street, where
there is a school house. The last street
light is two blocks east of Gustav
Dahm's place. The Dahm place is -four
blocks west of the school house. The
rocking chair was lying to the right of
the body and near the head. The chair
was on its side with the back to-
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Hammer Identified.

Reinhold Damn, brick layer and son
of Gustaf Dahm, aged twenty two years
was called. He was smooth faced and
didn't appear to be over eighteen years.
He did not testify at New Ulm. Faith
er has been f. G. Koch's tenant for nine
years. E. G. Koch is the father of DR..
Koch. l lived with E. G. Koch's fam
lily about four months each winter from
1897 to 1908. | cut wood and did the
chores. Z. G. Koch had a carpenters
hammer. 1t was old and had one claw
broken off three-quarters of an inch.
Pieces were broken off of the face of
the hammer, and the iron part was rus
ty. 1t had a factory handle the first
few years l worked there, and after
that had home made handle. Saw it
from the time | first went to work
there. The handle was changed about
the year 1899. | used the hammer for
dxing the cow yard fence, and the
old thay rack, the ice slide and for fix
ing door. The home made handle had
rasp marks and burrows lengthwise. E.
G. Koch had a rasp. Witness was
shown exhibit 5 and examined it and
said: "This is the hammer | seen up
there" Mr.. Cnilds offered the hammer
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
STANFORD SEEMS STRONGER
Decisive Defeat Administered to Ore
gon Proves Cardinal Eleven is
Far From Weak

The decisive defeat administered by
Stanford to the Oregon football team on
Tuesday gives the first real line for a
comparison of the respective merits Of
the cardinals and Berkeley. The best
Berkeley could do against the northern
ers was to hold them to a tie in no.
score game, while Stanford won 10 to 4.
From the play of Tuesday the fact
was demonstrated that the cardinals
are able to make their gains by straight
football and they overcame the web
footers by the strength of both the line
and the back field.
On the other hand Berkeley defeated
ST. Vincent by much larger score
than Stanford was able to roll up and
at the time of the game with the south
ern team was touted as superior to
Stanford. The result of the Oregon
game puts things in different light
and the old saying that Stanford holds
herself back in the preliminary games
may be proved true in the contests
which are TO come.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
ANGELS TROUNCE
ORPHANS AGAIN
PENNANT is ALMOST WITHIN
THEIR GRASP
Tigers Start OF Like Three-Time
Winners, but Blow Up Like Toy
Balloons Before Game Is
Half Over
Los Angeles 6, Tacoma 4

The Tigers surprised themselves and
everybody else who saw yesterday e
game at Chutes park by scoring three
runs in the first inning, and 1t began to
appear that possibly the visitors would
get two games of the series.
But the Tigers swelled up and their
chestiness was their undoing. Tke
Seraphic bunch were not properly awed
by the awful drubbing of the first in
ming and sailed in to show the Bengals
just what a thoroughbred could do
when left at the post.
Tozer was the Angels jockey and the
way he rode after getting away was
something not heretofore seen in that
line. The Tigers flying start was
gradually cut down until the head of
the stretch, when the locals were rid
ing easy on even terms and gaining
with each succeeding inning.
Emerson was up for the Tigers, but
he threw a shoe before the start and
was replaced by Brown, who did some
better, it must be said. After the
Tigers scored their first bunch of runs
they threw their hats away and only
one other lonely tally was chalked up
for them thereafterwards.
The way the Seraphs are slugging the
ball is accounted a sure indication that
the pennant has already started toward
the southland. Not "A man on the Nor
leyites' lineup yesterday failed to get
a hit. Flood bagged three out of five
attempts, Toman got two in four times
UP and all the others secured one EACH
Eagan was the Tigers particular
star, getting two hits out of three times
at bat. One of his hits was a homer
and netted three runs. Another aided
in scoring the final tally for the Tigers
This is ladies' day at the Chutes park
and that the feminine fans may not be
disappointed by the conduct of the
locals Baum or Nagle will twirl, just
to make certain that another victory
will be gained and thereby root the
Angels to the top of the pile.
Mike Fisher is becoming desperate,
and after reading three or four riot
acts to the Orphans has selected his
star, Bobby Keefe, to twirl for his mis-
fits.
Game will be called as usual at 2;S0
o'clock.
The score:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
SULLIVAN TO FIGHT o'BRIEN
Jack Twin Earns Right to Meet PhIIa-
delPhlan by Winning From
Tommy Burns

By winning from Tommy Burns Tues
day night Jack Twin Sullivan earned
the right to meet Jack O'Brien in the
match which McCarey has had cinched
since last summer.
The fight will be held before the
Pacific Athletic club the first week
in December. Tommy Ryan could have
O'Brien's place if he would come to
the coast as requested by McCarey, but
since his last letter, in which he asked
McCarey to make the match for him, he
has remained in seclusion on his celery
patch near Benton Harbor, Mich.
McCarey would prefer matching Sui
livan and Ryan and the ARRANGEMENT
would please all concerned, and match
the winner of this fight with O'Brien,
but the Michigander will have to hurry
if he gets the battle.
O'Brien and Sullivan will put I'D a
fight worth crossing the Divide to wit
ness, providing OBrien defeats or
makes "a good showing with Al Kauff-
man.
Sullivan said after Tuesdays battle
that he wanted to meet O'Brien ahead
of all others and believed he would be
able to wipe out the defeat and draw
verdict of their former meetings.
Jack Twin never was in better con-
dition and will spare no plans to keep
in shape and polish himself into excel
lent trim when he meets his old-time
foe.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
RACING OUTLOOK is BRIGHT
Eastern Horses of High Class and
sookmakers Heading for Sunny
Cline of California

The outlook for a successful racing
season on the coast was never brighter.
Many of the high class horses of the
east will contest at Ascot and Oakland
this year and several of the reputa BILE
metropolitan bookmakers are coming
to cut in at both tracks.
With the thoroughbreds of the east
entered in stake events, the sport will
nave greater interest than heretofore.
When there was merely a sprinkling OF
the best horses on the coast
With the coming of the eastern books
makers, the game promises to be fair
and square and the complaints of form
er years as to "jobbing' races is ex-
pected to be unheard this season.
Eastern methods are not necessarily
taken as the standard in all things per-
tanning to the turf, yet the high scale
upon which racing is conducted on the
eastern tracks is worthy of emulation
and the adoption of some of these
methods would not mar the sport on the
coast to any appreciable extent.
The management of Ascot intends to
conduct the winter meeting on a high
plane and cater to the best there is in
the sport, according to their state
ments.
The local stables are being filled
and applications are a daily feature of
the business office of the Ascot offices.
Among the horses to be raced at Ascot
this season will be found many of the
thoroughbreds which have won fame
and stakes on the tracks of the east and
middle west during the season just clos
ing
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
RACE SCENE is SHIFTING
Eastern Tracks Will Soon Close and
Southern and Western
Tracks Open

Racing in the east will continue until
December 2, when the scene will be
shifted to the sunny south and the
Pacific coast.
Memphis has declared that the racing
dates allotted to that city for the fall
meeting will be abandoned.
Nashville's fine track has been sold
since the outlawry of racing in the
state and will not operate.
New Orleans will have two meets,
the tracks of the Western and Ameri-
can Jockey clubs operating split dates,
owing to an agreement between Ed
Corrigan and John Condor to kiss and
make up the war between the rival
turf organizations.
Los Angeles will open Ascot Thanks
giving day and Oakland will hear the
bugle call for the first time this season
on the same date.
Jamaica will have a fortnight's rae
ing beginning last Monday, ending No
vember 1.
Aqueduct opens November and con-
tinues until November 15.
Bennings will also have a fortnightly
session, beginning November 16 and
ending December 2.
Latonia meeting runs until November
IS. Following the close of Latonia, a
twelve days intermission will be given
for horses to make their journeys from
other tracks to New Orleans and the
west.
The season in the east has been one
Of the most brilliant and successful in
the history Of racing and owners and
horses are preparing to duplicate these
successes on the southern and western
tracks.
Ascot will have its share of thorough
breds and representative owners. It's
stakes are above the average in num-
Der and value, as compared with other
tracks, and this will attract the best
in the business.