The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-28

for her fathers family, was the las
of the family to be called She re
lated how she had just gotten into be,
when her brother came in on the nigh
of Nov. lst She remembered this be
cause the shades We're not down and sh,
wondered if he had seen her. He con
| tinued to wear the clothing that he haC
been wearing. He had il cot on one
finger, but she was not positive OF
| which hand, saving several times that
it was the left and finally declaring that
| it was the right DR.. Koch had been sit
| ting by the kitchen stove an hour be-
fore he got burned on Friday night
He had exclaimed out and come to her
and she had dressed the burns with vas
olene.
Miss Koch gave some new testimony
about the hammer, as she had never
been asked about this before She had
last seen her fathers hammer year
ago last fall, lying in the yard. 1t had
a battered face, broken claw and Il
home made handle. The handle stuck
through the iron part and was held by
nails driven through it, She remember
ed this because in driving carpet tacks
it had scratched the Dashboard She
looked at the hammer in evidence and
said that it was not the one that her
father had had. Her fathers was
broken more on the face.
Cross examined, the witness said that
she had known about the hammer all
the time, but had not testified at the
other two trials. The last time that
she had used the hammer was two
years ago last fall, and she had used
it from time to time before that. She
had remembered what time she wound
the night of the homicide.
What time was it that you wound
your clock last Mandoy night?" asked
Gen. Childs.
AT 9:l5 p. M" replied Miss Koch.
"Ilow do you remember that?"
Because | wanted to get up earlier
than usual the next morning"
Theodore II. Schoulau of New Ulm
and William n. Amundson of st. Peter
testified yesterday afternoon that they
and Mr.. Higgs were standing on the
sidewalk Lear the Alvin drug store be-
tween 8 p. m. and 9:l5 p. m. on the
evening of Nov. lst and saw DR.. Koch
come down the stairway from his office
and 60 south after exchanging greet
ings. He wore black cravennette over
coat and brown derby hat, and there
was nothing unusual in his actions
Miss Mary Fitzpatrick of Winona,
teacher in the New Tim schools, testi-
fed to the buggy ride with Dr. Koch
on the Sunday before the homicide.
They had driven out several miles and
DR.. Koch had gotten out and hunted
quail, getting five or six more. He had
hunted in the brush, and while
there the threshing machine came along
and frightened the horse, which reared
and ran. She had screamed and Dr.
Koch had come. She did not see him
until he reached the buggy That eve
ming she noticed that his left cheek was
scratched, and he had explained that it
had occurred while he was running
through the brush. Her birthday oc-
CURED Nov. lst and Dr. Koch came be-
tween ZOO p. m. and 1880 p. m. and
brought a birthday present of bot
tie of perfume. He had gone away
little after p. IN. His actions were
not peculiar. Cross-examined, Miss
said that it was dark when
DIR. Koch got into the buggy and she did
not notice the scratch at that time The
quail were taken to her boarding place
in the evening. The witness identified
the clothing worn by DR.. Koch on the
evening of Nov. lst
f. G.. Koch, the defendants father.
testified in rather indstinct voice He
is seventy-two years old and located
in New Tim in 1851 He was auditor of
Brown county for ten years. His clock
was seven minutes fast, and it was
9:45 p. m. by his clock when Dir. Koch
came home Nov. LIST. The Saturday
before he had cautioned his son to
spend his evenings at home more if he
had no business in his office, and for
this reason looked at the clock. 1t
was Thursday noon when he first heard
that his son was suspected. The wit
ness told of his sons movements on the
evening of Nov. 1st. He had had an old
hammer that had been frequently lost.
for three or four years once. He had
given it to his grand children, the child
rem of his daughter, Mrs. Fenska. The
last time that he had seen it was six
or seven months before the homicide.
He had once found Ratchet on the
Herman monument grounds. in one of