The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-31
RESTLESS jury
HEARS KOCH CASE
-.
Gen. Childs Makes Bitter Attack
on Testimony Given by
Mrs. Thomas.
Attorney Browns Plea for the
Defense Case May Go to
Jury Tonight.

~AsSSN-- : Il $3.50
Mankato, MINI, July 3l.-General
Childs resumed his argument in the
Koch case today before a full court
the Jury is restless, as the members are
anxious to get into the harvest fields.
Sentiment seems to point to another
disagreement.
In resuming his Argument this morn
ing General Ghilds said that Mrs.
Berndt heard the dogs bark as soon as
a person ran By her house, while Keys g.
corner FIVE minutesGfand walked home.
DR.. Wood Of Hanska saw a hammer
on the wall and on astable in DR.. Koch IS
office. The hammer and the handker-
chief were taken to the scene of the
same ownership. TheHdefendant' 8 hand
kerchief was handed by Ida Koch to the
defendants. attorney, who kept them
until the first trial. Mr.. Klause said
that at the house ON the week of the
murder he saw twenty handk erchlefs.
Now there are butt sixteen. IT some
exactly resembled the blood-stained one,
delivered them over when the man s
life or liberty was at stake3
If another person wanted to cast sus
picion on Koch, he must have known
the hammer belonged to the defendant
also the handkerchief and pencil.
The person vsho. committed the muir
der knew enough anatomy to sever al
artery and vein, and the defendant go
such training when at the dental col
lege. s$
The Burns on Koch's Hands.
General Ohilds took up the matte
/ of the burns and injnries on the de
PENDANT S hands. Speaking Of the ex
animation made thursday afternoon b.
his attorneys, he asked why they di,
not call in committee of ministers 0
reputable citizens to look at his hands
/ so that they themselves would not b
ae asked Whether anyone ever hear
/ of such an astonishing case of murde
in all his life, and asked whether the:
!: thought it credible and whether Il
appealed to their reason. 'eHe wa
\ burned, - said the speaker, but how
a you don It know; but, in viewt.of tn
y circumstances, You are justified in fine
ing that he himself burned himself dc
Eliberately and for the purpose Of cor
cealing EVIDENCE. What would ma
do If he had three! fingers Of his RICH
account for under. the circumstances
Would he hesitate to lay the hand O
i living Goals axaon,5a hot stove9 -
sae1aE a1 . taak nP 2 The MATTE matte
not a father do IS ess.ve his son ~ n
spoke Of the greet law Of love tina
! directs father, sisd and brother. Their
seems to ..be2too much harmony in til
testimony given by the Koch family.
Koch Not a Normal Man.
It might be argued that DR.. Koch!
innocence was shown by the fact thu
he sang at the funeral Of DR.. Gerhard
sfThe man who killed DR.. Gebhardt,
declared the speaker, twas not a no!
I NAL man: Such men are never norms
: men, and when you attempt to jude
them by the standards Of normal me
you make great mistake. They wi
sing at funerals, meet their fellow-me
and wear smiles on their faces almos
) to the very moment when the moose
lowered over their necks.
\ assault which, he said, that the defens
= had made on the character of DR.. Rein
> Ike, who was reputable gentleman. Il
said that if there were any suspicion