New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-17
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS

remains for the twelve men to say
Z whether Koch is guilty OF not. Many
people look for another disagreement. 1t
is believed that Judge Cray will keep
+ the Jury out until Monday forenoon in
case it does not get together before
s that time He has a term of court at
St James, beginning Tuesday, and of
course will want to get the Koch case
out of the way before then If there is
any hope of agreement the jury would !
no doubt be kept out until Tuesday |
morning, rather than put the county Of
Brown to the great expense of a third
trial
The closing arguments were listened
to by very large audiences The bail
& ifs were vigilent to see that there
were no demonstrations of approval for
any of the speakers, and perfect order
and quiet prevailed.
During the trial there were fifty-siX
4 witnesses examined by the state and
& fifty seven by the defense, five in re-
buttal by the state and one in esurre-
buttaI by the defense
The members of the jury have retain
A ed their health remarkably well, con-
sidering the long strain. Juror Ander-
son was a little under the weather for
a couple of days this week with d sore
B throat, but was able to be on hand
I promptly at all of the sessions. 1t had
s. been a constant fear among the court
officers and the attorneys lest some
Il member of the jury should get sick.
II General Cnids has received many con-
FL gratulations on the very fine argument
n he made to the jury. 1t is conceded to
4 have been one of the ablest, most logi-
r cal and exhaustive presentations OF a
II case to jury that has ever been deliv-
n cred in Blue Earth county.
MI. Browns Argument.
The defense has been treated as
Fl though they were lepers and not fit
II to associate with the counsel for the
# state. | am not offended, but sur
prised. The counsel has the audacity
Il to charge that the two old hammers in
troduced by the defense were manu-
f featured for the purpose of this case
f You can take them to pieces, and ii
Il they are not old [ will stake my life
n on it. The counsel can knock the han
dies out now and see. the hammers
were brought here merely to show yor
now hammers are similar and how diff
icult it is to tell them apart after /
& lapse of time.
Twelve witnesses in all were called
to testify about the hammer. Wht
could better be called to prove tn
ownership of the hammer, than Ia
owner-oId man Koch? Why didn'
Reinhold Dahms testify to the hamme
at the last trial? Because he cNpccte
shat E. G. Koch could bring his ham
81 mer there. To whom did he confes
this awful secret that he had bee
holding so long, unless it was to Fathe
HI Silverson? Then there is Dingler, DO
FL who don't know whether harvest come
in August or December. We are tol
that Heaven sent Dingler to furthe
the cause of Justice in Brown count,
But what is the testimony? He wa
seen by the Pinkerton detective and |
didn't know the hammer then. | coule
II not identify a tool on my own plac
yet Dingler comes here and Identifies
state said that he was uncouth, 1lned,
cated--and it should have added unr
liable.
Young Dahms was shown the 9th
tools and got about half of them rig
and half of them wrong. He heard h
81 father testify at the first trial. He
8 stone mason and an American citize
He knew all about the defense, and t
I public authorities had taken the han
mer to him and he had said that it W
not Koch's hammer. 1t won't do to e
plain about this. He was lying VIII
he said that. 1t wasn't perjury, but
was ten times worse. 1t was accesso
H to the crime-it was treason! Now
comes on the stand--a confessed Ii
a a man worse than a double dyed p'
jurer. Is it worth while to CONNIE
III upon his testimony? He may thi
III that he is telling the truth, but no m
can be certain about such things.
II. one will dispute that the young m
is mistaken or is pursuing his occu]
t8 tion of lying.
Dingler, Dahm & Co.
III Now, we take into the firm anot1
member, and we will have it Ding
ii Damn & CO. Mrs. Kasz is presented
you Trembling, they say, what f
Because she was afraid of the saudie
III or her heart failed. they say. Z