The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-20
FRESH ATTACK
UPON HIS ALIBI
State Has New Evidence to Com
bat Stories Told by the De-
fendant's Relatives.
THREE JURORS ACCEPTED
IN A DAY AND A HALF
How the Route Taken by Koch to
His Home Will Figure in
Second Trial.
JURORS ACCEPTED FOR TRIAL
OF DR.. KOCH
Joseph WadeII, farmer, town OF
Beaufort.
w. H. Wilcox. manufactures, Man
kato.
W.. l. RappIey, farmer, town Of
jamestown.
BY w. p Mcclure,

BY w. p. Mcguire.
Mankato, Mimi, April 20.-It trans
PRED today that one Of the features
Of the new evidence which the state
has claimed to have against George h.
to his home on the night Of the murder
and is relied upon to nullify the abb
which was made for him at the first
trial. It develops, too, that the work
OF collecting evidence in the case has
been prosecuted much more assiduously
than the investigators have let the pub
lie know.
DR.. Koch's alibi, it will be remem-
bered, was family affair. The meth
DDS Of calculation by which his father
and sisters estimated to a minute on
a clock that was seven minutes fast
were related by them on the witness
stand. The nub of the testimony of
each witnessX who contributed to this
aibi was as follows:
DR.. Koch came home at exactly 1888 on
the night of Nov. 1.-E G.. Koch, father
DR.. Koch came home at about fifteen
minutes after 9:2S on the night of Nov. /.
Ida Koch, a sister.
DR.. Koch came home five OF six minutes
| after 9:32 on the night Of Nov. Emma.
Koch, sister.
DR.. Koch was in his room at minute
before 10 on the night of Nov. Paul
Hippauf, roommate Of the defendant.
DR.. Gebhards office door was broken
open at $3.50. At that time the officers
said that there was a man in the room
Frank Behnke, merchant.
The murder occurred between $40 and
9:45 p.m.-Asa P. Brooks. =
| Family Story Will Be Attacked.
If this defense is able to prove this
alibi genuine, it will, Of course, argue
A man from New Ulm, however, while
listening to the examination of venire-
men today, intimated that witnesses to
come to Mankato from his town when
the taking Of testimony begins, will
have stories TO tell which, as. he ex-
Presses press It would 70 Id " e en-. some eyes
| pursuance of the instructions Of the
mayor has been earnest in an endeavor
to get the real facts of the case, come
what may. He has been quietly but
studiously at work ever since the fail
ure Of the first jury to decide definitely
as to DR.. Koch s responsibility for the
murder.
"You may safely wager said he,
"that the surprises which the state will
spring will be surprises of magnitude
and Importance, and he screwed up
| one eye significantly.
''You will understand he contin-
ued, that it would be unwise for me
to disclose too much at this early stage,
but I'll tell you this, that the public,
and, in, deed, the defense, SO far as I
know, hasn't any idea Of how things
have been going since the last trial.
Does this new evidence relate to
that which was referred to by The
J urnal's New Ulm correspond
| ont 20 hint Tho hot -
demeanor while he was out on bail will
be consideredq" was asked.
II dc, not wish to discuss that, he
answered.
| The New Ulm man was asked If he
knew whether or not the rumor were
who had seen the murder Of Dr. Geb-
hard from the window over Engle-
bert g saloon, directly across the street
from the dentist g office, and that this
witness would tell his story at the pres
ent trial.
Nothing to it,, he said, "that il,
he. had been in a position to learn Of
this had it been true, and he said he
guessed he was-fsi just about as near
as anybody could be-.
Do you think the alibi will Be DIFF
ferently attacked this time9O
The man .pursed his lips and rubbed
|
tatively and then said slowly, HIM,
yes: =
.sThen this is part Of the evidences
referred to9"
ut is" he said, land It's going TO
be good and strong.
He was asked whether it had been
4 learned that a mistake had been made
in fixing the time Of the murder. He
shook his head. Questioned If error
would be found in the statements made
at the Koch home, the New Ulm man
said, Presumably
j somervi1le Denies.
/ Many stories that have been more
or less talked about since the first trial
have drifted into Mankato with the in
1ux Of persons interested in the trial.
sci for the defense, had been summoned
to New Ulm by telephone message ct
o'clock on the morning of Nov. 2.
the day after the murder, and that he
had gone there the same morning, ar
irving in New Ulm at 8 or 9 o'clock.
There is not q grain of truth IN
that story" said Senator Somerville
this morning. It has come to my ears
. before this I can prove that / was
not in New Ulm after the murder Of
i DR.. Gerhard until Nov. 8, and that /
went then on business not connected
with the case. On Dec. Ii, when DR..
Koch was arrested, was summoned
from Sleepy Eye by telephone very
early in the morning, and went there
on the early train. Apparently people
have got these two occurrences mixed
up.'
Gebhard's Memorandum Book.
Il Dr.. Gebhard g pocket. memorandum
book will probably play an important
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