The Mankato free press., 1905-05-12

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he did not examine them. Witness had
no recollection of giving that. testimony,
and would not say that he did not give
it. He presumed that the questions
and answers were made as quoted, but
the answers were incorrect. Witness
said that Gen. Childs and Mr. Pfaender
had never threatened him. He got up
on the banister to see what was going
on Did not hear any noise while going
up stairs Had gone up on theory that
there was Il trough house."
"Now, Mr.. Brooks, why did you get
up upon the banister to attract atten-
tion so as to be let in?" asked Gen.
Childs.
Il can't say why, only that l did it,"
replied the witness.
Answering Mr. Somerville, the witness
said that he did not believe that he
had given the testimony quoted, regard
ing the examination of the hands.
"How many people Hwere questioning
you at that examinations"
about six. Everybody was butting
in"
Nobody was charged with the
crime?"
'No, sir'
"And nobody there represented the
state?"
NO, sir"
"Who is this man Shepard, referred
to-"
"a representative of the Minneapo-
lis News"
"A sensational reporter?"
very"
isn't it a fact that the newspaper
boys generally like to exaggerate?"
Gen. Childs objected, and the court
sustained the objection
The witness went on and told of his
conversation with Shepard. He said
that the, witness, was the representa-
tive of the Pioneer Press, Dispatch and
Journal, and if Shepard sent a story to
his paper that had no truth in it it
would make trouble for witness with
his papers. Shepard did send in an un.
truthful and garbled story, and witness
told him next day that he had made
trouble for him with mis- papers and his
friends, and that he wouldn't stand for
it any longer and ordered him out of
the office, telling him he would give him
no news. Shepard suggested that Koch
be taken to Gebhard's office to see
whether witness could identify him
through the transom in the same posi-
ton that the murderer was. Shepard
said it would make a good story, but
witness said that he was not in that
kind of business. Witness denied hav-
ing any telephone conversation regard
ing change of hats. The scoop of
Shepard was the beginning of losing
my job as correspondent for the other
papers.
Answering Gen. Childs, the witness
| said that Mr.. Popham asked most of
the questions at the Henningson exam
| nation
Mail Agent Called.
G.. w. Nicholson, station agent fol
| the M. & ST. Louis road at New Ulm
was called to testify as to the trains
| The north bound trains pass New Uln
at GAO a. m. and l:55 D. m. and the
south bound trains go at 1928 p. m
and 9:37 p. m. The division starts from
| Winthrop, eighteen miles north of New
Ulm, and the night train goes to Ester
Vile and the day train to Storm -Eaasv7
Iowa, the other end of the division. II
is called the Southwestern division.
L. Leech of Storm Lake. Iowa, l25 te
l30 miles south of New Ulm, a railway
postal clerk on the Southwestern divis
ion of the NJ & st. L. railway, said thai
his duties are to distribute mail. The
slit in the side of the mail car for mail is
not large enough to take in the blue boz
in evidence Mail that is handed in o,
placed through the slit is stamped b,
the mail clerk. No packages with any
tning breakabe in them are received
Two clerks are on duty and one lay
ing off. The other clerks last Octobe.
were James j. Ray and Nels Nelson
and the three have done all the work OF
the division during the past three years
No train makes the entire trip to Storm
Lake and back in one day. from Winth
rop. Witness was on duty from Oct
"a to Nov. 2 last. Nelson was the
other clerk on duty Ny stamp hat
Min. & st. L. r. p. O." in the outer
edge of the circle There were fou,
lines, for the month, the day, the trair
and the year. The year has been in tn
third line from the top and second lin
from the bottom during the past fvt
years in my stamp.
Did not use any other seal than m,
own. Witness looked at the box an,
Said tha tthe figures "l904" are on the
bottom line, and that the box was no.
received in his car while he was OF
duty. 1t is a common practice for LET
ters and packages to be mailed at tn
stations Have no recollection of ,havin;
received box like this one Had n,
conversation with anyone at the Hans
ka station. | take my seal home whe,
not using it. / was shown the box b,
Detective Rydell few days after tn
murder and explained to him about tn
stamp and gave him a sample impress
sion.
On cross examination, witness coult
not say whether the postmark on th
box was made by one of the otnei
clerks, but it resembles the stamps us
ed on the division. Clerks are not per
mitted to receive bottles containing liu
uid that would be apt to injure mai
matter If properly packed, it is al
right. The seals of my associates are
like that on the box, except for thu
lettering.
On redirect, the witness said that
Nelson's stamp has the year on the
third line, same as witness. Ray wa,
laying off between Oct "a and Nov.
His seal has the year at the bottom, the