New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-11
STATE PUTS IN IT'S
STRONGEST EVIDENCE

STRONGEST. EVIDENCE.
The case against DR.. Koch locked
blacker at the close of the Monday
Afternoon session than at any time since
the trial began. The poison evidence
was admitted by JUDGE Webber and ex-
sperts on type writing we're put on the
stand aud sWore that the address ON the
package of poison sent DIR. GebhaTdt
was written on the Smith Premier ma
chine which during the month Of Octo-
Der was IN the offices of the Minnesota
Mutual Fire Insurance company lust
across the hall from Dr.. Koch's office in
the Stricken block.
Then III the afternoon DIR. @. c..
Stricken, who for the last three wears
has used Il waiting room III common With
the accused, gave damaging testimony
about the losing of poison from his
instrument chest in the waiting room al
about the time the package was sent to
Gtbhardt. He further told OF seeing
scratches on his friends hands and told
If one time, Two days after the murder,
when he had found the defendant in a
state of almost total collapse.
STATES CASE STRENGTHENING.
His testimony taken with that of the
typewriter experts is by far the strongest
the state has introduced.
Miss Elizabeth Meskam, bill clerk for
the Park Davis Dr'g company OF
Minneapolis was called and testified to
having mailed sample packages from
her house tt, both Dr.. Gebhardt and Dr.
Koch on October 7th. She had her re-
cord book with her and this, which had
been barred Saturday afternoon by a
decision of Judge Weber, was now
offered in evidence.
This is an important link in the states
chain of circumstances for 1t is necessary
to prove that DR.. Koch received box
similar to the one sent the murdered
man.
w. G. Alvin was next called. He was
with DR.. Reineke and Sheriff julius when
they found the bottle on one Of the
shelves in DR.. Gebhardt's labertory. He
| testified that at the same time they had
found the bottle they looked on the shelf
also for the box but could not locate il,
neither could they find it in the waste
paper basket. This box was found
after ward By Chief Klause on the shelf
right where the other men had been
looking. #
/ MACHINE IN INSURANCE OFFICE.
G. w. Barnes, president of the Inter
state and superintendent of agents OF
/ the Minnesota Mutual Fire. Insurance
company, was called and testified to
having u Smith Premier machine ia the
4 offices of the fire insurance company
during the month Of October and un,ll
November ist. It was policy ma.
chine with 4 wide carriage. He SAID
that DR.. Koch made visits to his offices
once in while.
/. The two experts on typewriting were
now called, the first one being III. p
Baird. superintendent of the St. P u
branch of the Smith Premier Type
writer company.
i He said that every machine which
| had been used much was individualizee
Ihy the alignments of the letters
i Shown the name and address on til,
box in which the poison was sent and ],
sample of the work done q week ago OIL
the machine in the insurance Office, b,
= pronounced them made ON the sam,
machine. He went on to tell In wha
: Ewag he was able to tell this, explainiin,
EhoW nearly every letter was q little GU
! Iof line.
I SECOND EXPERT TESTIMONY
q Percy Liveson, city salesman for s.,
Paul, working for Mr.. Balrd was Gale,
and offered substantially the same tes il
!, mony as his chief, giving it us his hes
| Judgment that the name and address q
3 the box was written on the machine i
i the insurance office.
! Both these witnesses were subiecte
~ to a searching cross examination b
: Attorney Snmtrville, who tried to es
!, tablish the fact that they were not com
) petent to give expert testimony.
STRICKLER TEsTIFIEs
I POISON WAS HIS
DIR. o. g. Stricken, whose offices &C
~ JolA lhUse u #lnt- aCCus6u anu VINO %
+ cnpied a joint waiting room with hin
! in the afternoon gave OIL some of Il
/ most Damaging testimony which b,
yet been offered by the. state.
q He told Of missing q quantity
s strychnine from his instrument ches
z setting in the common waiting room ];
: about the time the poison was receive
!. ny DR.. Gebhard. or little before, al