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

Il
.lshed at first, instead Of taking time Il
go into The house, take off your coat
land get a drink y asked Gen. Childs.
1 7 wanted to take my .oyercoat off,,
Did you think that the rabbit would
Wait for You 50 as to be shot?
Yes, sir, they were tame
Were you in the habit Of shooting
rabbits there other evenings2''
Il had done it before
How long was it since you had
ever shot a rabbit in your coward
before at mighty
Three or four months
Gen. Childs asked whether the witness
/ had said at the Brown county trial that
he had started to take off his coat and
vest, when he went down to his room
the first time. DR.. Koch said that he
didn't remember. Gen. Childs then read
from the doctors testimony given at
the Brown county trial to show that
he said nothing about this there
| On Wednesday morning my brother
and | talked about the murder a few
moments. When | got upstairs / talked
with Emma about it, She heard more
about it over the telephone and told me
what she had heard. That morning,
! when | went to the Gerhard offices and
looked up at the window from the allev.
90 not recall what Postmaster Krool
sald or what reply [ made. Don't
think that | spoke to anybody in the
Reineke office about the murder. Said
Coed morning to several people. Did
not lean against the table and when
looked at by the carpenter straight in
Inc eye tlVn and go away. Did not see
the carpenter.
Do not recollect DR.. Stricl1ler saving:
They say that the man who went
through that window must have hurt
his hands. Let me see yours" Didn't
know that people We're saying that the
man who went through the window
must nave injured his hands. knew it
when my hands. were examined in Mr..
Somsen's office. Never asked any doctor
to examine my hands before they were
burned. They were examined by Mr..
Somerville and DR.. Vogel in Somsen's
office. When the carbolic acid was
spilled on my hand | at once washed
1t off at the sink with water and a
brush. 1t was spilled on the first three
fingers from above the second Joint to
the tip of the fingers and a little on
the right thumb. First applied alco-
hol Thursday, in my office. Always
have it in my office. Got the cot We'd
nesday at 1870 a. m. Wore it on the
street and when I was not WORKING On
Friday evening [ applied alcohol on my
hand three times. Sat in the kitchen
from 1870 until a little before 9. Used
Just enough to moisten my fingers.
Took the stick of wood out of the wood
box with my right hand and put it in
tne stove through the lid hole A flame
came up all around the wood reaching my
hand almost Immediately The burns
were on the back of my fingers and
thumbs.
The only place where the burns were
was on the back of the fingers and
thumbs?" asked Gen. Childs.
eyes, sir
And you had poured the alcohol out
so that it could run down the sides of
your fingers and on the wood?"
Il didn't say So
But your counsel did in opening the
case"
The counsel for the defense objected
to this and the court sustained it.
"Why didn't you tell Dr. Strickler
that you had your blue box in your Of
flee, and not wait until three days after
the murder and then tell Mr.. Somsen ?"
asked Gen. Childs.
Nobody believed anything I said
anyway"
Us that your reason?"
eyes, sir"
Referred to Mr. Pfaender.
Gen. Childs had the witness look at
the exhibits of mis- writing. I some
times write the capital IS" like it is