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about him and asked them to keep the
trial moving as rapidly as possible SO
as not to hold the jury longer than nee
essary. This was consented to by all.
The exhibits were brought in by Clerk
of Court Thorne.
County Attorney Wilson addressed
The jury and spoke of the particular
hardship it is TO the jurors to give up
their time at this season, but said that
their duty to the state at times de
mands a part of their time. Those who
IRE not interested in their own affairs
md welfare are not the ones who are
wanted on the jury. Much time had
been consumed in getting a jury, but
from now on the state would try to
hurry the case as rapidly as possible.
1t had been hard to get jury because
IF the wide publication of the case.
Ihe state had accepted some of the ilir
DIS, knowing that they had formed opin-
ions contrary to it's contentious, eX-
pecting them to lay their opinions aside
md have the integrity and manhood
o try the case impartially according
the evidence. The state now asks
I'll who have formed opinions for or
against the defendant to lay them
aside at this time and listen to the evi
lence and decide according to that
alone. .ul ,t
The state has been anxious to get a
Jury composed of men of standing be
;ause the case had started from the
-aking of a human life. Life from the
.radle to the grave is short at best, and
I'll hold it dear and are entitled to
have it protected.
Mr.. Wilson explained the location of
he buildings and streets that are con
,ected with the case, on plat of New
i'm. He also explained in detail the
elative positions of the rooms and hall
way on the second floor of the Ottomey-
r block, where the offices of DR.. Geb-
iard and Dr. Reinecke were located on
Nov. lst last.
Mr.. Wilson dramatically told of how
Dr. Gerhard was busily working at his
polishing machine in his office on the
evening of the murder. He said that
he witness Haegel was the last person
murderer. Along about $3.50 o'clock
screams were heard coming from the
lental office of Dir. Gebhard, by persons
PASSING by Finally someone went uI
he stairs and looked through the tran
ON. Mr.. Cavanaugh saw tall, slen
Ter, dark haired young man passing out
If the operating room into the reception
DOM. Officers and citizens soon came
md broke i'll the door to the operating
DOM. They saw the murdered man ly
ne on the floor. A screen in DR.
2eineclles office was cut and an electric
light wire beneath it on the outside
vas broken loose. In the operating
DOM of DIR. Gerhard were evidences OF
terrible struggle for life. Many knife
md hammer wounds were found about
he head and face of the deceased. The
irst blow struck was cowardly blow
IN the back of the head. In all prob
,blity the blow was struck while DIR
;ebhard was drawing in the rocking
hair from the reception room for his
'isitor. Then the knife was used, anC
" one who knew enough of the an
ltomy of the human body to know
where to inhct a mortal wound. The
ace was so slashed and bloody that the
friends of Dr. Gerhard did not recog
lze him at first.
1t was an unusually bloody murder
md the man who did it must have tax.
IN with him blood on many places. The
hammer and handkerchief were foune
in the reception room, where the muir
lerer had laid them down when he got
Town to look through the glass door
into the hall The handkerchief was
lsed to wipe the hammer, because The
murderer intended to take it with him
,ut forgot it in the excitement of The
moment, when he saw people gathering
in the hall. The pencil was found neal
the body.
The murder was committed, and thu
question was, "who was .he murderer
Every voice was silent at first, but
next dav the corner of the handker